Word: overnight
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...meeting of the Intercollegiate Basketball Association, held at the Murray Hill Hotel, in New York, on Saturday afternoon, Harvard withdrew from the league, composed of Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cornell, and Columbia, because the Athletic Committee had refused to sanction more than three overnight absences, making it impossible to play all the games required by the league schedule...
During the mid-year and final examinations, it has been the custom at the College Library to allow reserved books to be borrowed from the Reading Room for use overnight, on condition that they be returned by 9 o'clock the next morning. I want to ask those who borrow to take pains to return books promptly, so that other workers may not be deprived of their...
...number of men have neglected to return their books until noon or later, to the great inconvenience of other students. Unless these is immediate improvement in this respect, I shall be obliged to discontinue altogether the practice of allowing books to be taken out for overnight use, since annoyance to readers the next day exceeds the accommodation to borrowers the night before. Before taking this step, however, I desire to ask the help of all users of the Reading Room toward making the operation of the present method successful. WILLIAM C. LANE, Librarian...
...rule now stands, it would be impossible to justify anyone in removing a reserved book under any circumstances, since it involves the deliberate breaking of a Library rule, but it might be possible so to change the rule as to provide for the drawing out of books for overnight use. This system works satisfactorily in Harvard Hall. Why not in Gore Hall? A BIBLIOPHILIST...