Roycemore School - Griffin Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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E LIBRA The modern Ideal of a combInatIon of beauty and UfllIfY IS fulfIlled In the new lIbrary Walls of unstaIned knottv pIne and brIllIant blue represent the blue and gold of Roycemore A bust of Pallas Athena wIth her attrIbutes wIsdom and scIence stands In a nIche over the door lendIng solemnuty and beauty to the room and completIng to perfectIon the space made by the arched roof The maple furmture IS sImple IH desIgn sturdy In buIld, and heavy enough to Insure a mInImum amount of dIsturbance The wIndow sIlls and book shelves have been staIned darker In tone to match the furnIture, and thus offer a unIfyIng motIf between the room and ltS furnnshmgs Every avaIlable space, behInd the panellnng and bulletIn board and beneath the large center wIndow has been UfIllZ9d to provIde cupboards for storage of lIbrary supplIes and books seldom used Modern Improvement IS partlcularly evIdent ID the use of sound absorbent maternal for the ceIlIng and IndIrect lIghtIng fIxtures whIch yIelcl a maxImum of lIght and a mInImum of glare or straIn of the eyes of the readers SIX smaller wIndows wIth VenetIan blInds and one large center WIDdOW hung wIth beautIful blue drapes supply abundant lIght aIr and a real feelIng of cheerfulness lhe book collectIon Includes both fIctIon and non fIctIon and offers ample maternal for recreatIonal readIng or reference work There are approxImately 2400 volumes, countIng the l.ower and Upper School collectIons together Some of the most Important reference books are the EncyclopedIa BrItannIca, the New lnternatIonal the Amerlcana, and new edItIons of the World Book and Compton s for the Lower School lmportant reference acquIsItIons thus year have been the latest edItIons of the New Standard DIctIonary and the EDCYClOD9dIG of the SocIal SCISDCGS Notable hIstory reference works are the Cambndge Modern l'lIstory and a good begInnIng on the Chromcles of AmerIca SGFIGS Taken all together these make up an excellent basIs for a general reference collectIon The book sole ID the Fall brought about one hundred and fIfty new books Into the lIbrary and many more have been added SIDCQ then The Sophomore class presented a large standIng globe and one of the mothers delIghted us wIth a specIal edItIon copy of Audubon s BIrds of AmefICG The book collectIon IC supplemented by subscrIpt1ons to about seven DeFIOdICOlS whIch are kept on a magazIne rack and many more are brought ID as gufts At present the most Important work QOIDQ on In the lIbrary IS the makIng of the card catalog When all the books have been fully treated, there Wlll be approx Imately 'l5 OOO cards, sInce each book wIll be entered under ltS author, ItS tItle, and lfS subject ln addItIon to these entrIes many books, such as collectIons of plays or poetry are beIng analyzed and there Wlll be cards In the catalog for theIr lDdlVIdUGl plays or poems to facIlItate locatIng such thIngs The Dewey decnmal system of classIfIcatIon has been used to separate the books Into theIr varIous fIelds of knowledge and to IndIcate to some extent theIr contents Two large drawers beneath the card catalog contaIn a pIcture fIle Many reproductIons of works of paIntIng, sculpture, and archItecture are here arranged chronologIcally and eventually Wlll all be mounted and labelled IDdIVIdUGllY The Lower School classes come over regularly once or tWIC9 a week for llbFGFY perIods and soon Wlll be QIVSU InstructIon In the use of the lIbrary the card catalog, and the reference books lt IS hoped that by such InstructIon the gIrls wIll learn how to use theIr own lIbrary to the greatest advantage and wIll gazn a basIc knowledge of the mechanIcs of any other lIbFGFV Dorothy Werrenroth l-lutchIns LIbrarIan 8 ' 1 1 1 , . 1 1 , . 1 . .. I .. ' - . . . 1 D , 41 I! I , 1 1 1

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