Wells College - Cardinal Yearbook (Aurora, NY)

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main stack room. It is also used in the basement in the reading room. Window shades match the cork carpeting in tone of color. Electric light and other fixtures are of brushed brass. The Woodwork throughout the building is a fine grade of ash, finished in medium-brown shades. The Walls are tinted buff. The furniture is of the best quartered oak, finished in tone to match the Woodwork. The stack end of the building is of fireproof construc- tion. It is separated from adjacent rooms by calamine fireproof doors. Cement floors are carried throughout the greater part of the basement. The cost of the building complete, including furnishings, was Z58,ooo. The present capacity of the stacks is 5o,ooo volumes. By the addition of more stacks, this number may be nearly doubled. The present number of volumes in the library is 2I,600. This includes the departmental libraries located in the chemical and physical laboratories. The average yearly growth for the last five years has been 1,250 volumes. The library is classihed by the Decimal System and is sup- plied With a dictionary card catalogue. There is free access to the shelves. A year's use of the new library building has proved it admirably suited to our needs, and it is the general consensus of opinion that much more Work can be done in it in a given amount of time than in the old library. ALICE E. SANBoRN, Librarian. 17

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The jfrances Qilehelanh jfulsum library The library has been comfortably housed for a little over a year in its new building, which was dedicated on Commencement Day, June 14, IQII. The building was the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, and was named after Mrs. Grover Cleveland, of the class of 1885. It is built of red brick with standstone trimmings, in harmony with other buildings on the campus, and is located southeast of the Main Building, on the site of the old Power House. Surrounded by green lawns and trees, and with an extensive outlook over charming Lake Cayuga, the setting inspires all to higher thinking and living. The original plans for the building, showing rooms desired and their contents, were drawn in simple outline by the librarian. These were modified and further devel- oped by the architects, King and Walker, of New York. The contract for the construction was given to Mr. E. A. P. Krabbenschmidt, an architect and contractor of Newark, N. Y. The building is rectangular in shape, with a frontage of III feet and a depth from front to back of 60 feet. It consists of a main story and a high basement. The former contains a central delivery room, a large reference and general study room, a conversation room, a work room for the library staff, the librarian's office, and a large stack room. Each of these rooms is amply equipped with furni- ture suitable to its needs. The basement contains the reading room for current periodicals, coat rooms, an unpack- ing room, a janitor's room, a disinfecting closet, a storage room, additional stack room, and an unfinished room which may be used for future growth. Cork carpeting in a light green shade is used on the main floor in the reference room, the delivery room, and the 16

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