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...light it up and steam to heat it. Its extreme dimensions are one-hundred and seventy-three feet by one-hundred and fifty-six feet. The dimensions of the west stack are forty-seven feet by forty-four feet, with a capacity of two-hundred and fifty-four thousand volumes. The south stack is forty-two by forty-three feet and has six floors; the book-capacity is a good deal smaller than that of the west stack-it is one hundred and fifty thousand volumes-owing to encroachments by the reading room. Both stacks have a large number...
...reading-room for periodicals is next to the general reading-room; it is fifty-five feet by twenty-one, and has the same light advantages as the larger reading-room. Beneath the high side windows are book-cases with a capacity of six thousand seven hundred and fifty volumes...
...circulation of the University library during the past year has been somewhat less than ten thousand volumes. This is exclusive of the special departmental libraries of the graduate schools and also of the Linonia and Brothers which has a circulation somewhat in excess of the University library. This is to be accounted for chiefly by the fact that this library contains works in general literature while the University library is limited to works of a heavier character. One rather surprising fact is that the scientific department withdraws only about 5 p. c. of the total circulation. The showing...
Brown university has recently bought several estates adjoining the present college grounds, in order to secure sufficient space for the new physical laboratory now being erected. Thirty thousand dollars has been subscribed by the alumni to support the gymnasium, which will be constructed immediately from the Lyman fund...
...championship game between Pennsylvania and Wesleyan took place on the morning of Thanksgiving day at the Polo grounds in New York. Three thousand people were present. The teams were as follows...