Word: collectionitis
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Many students have in their possession books purchased for college courses, books which they will not again use. These are generally sold to second-hand dealers at ridiculously low prices. The suggestion I should like to make is that these books be collected by a student-committee, brought together, catalogued...
It might be well in each case to require a deposit equivalent to a fair second-hand price for the book, which deposit would be refunded on the return of the book in good order. A charge of five or 10 cents, however, might be deducted to defray the cost...
The staff of the Gray Herbarium has been temporarily increased by the employment of Mr. F. S. Matthews as artist. The Herbarium has recently received from the Botanical Museum at Copenhagen, by exchange, a valuable collection of 300 specimens, chiefly species of northern Europe and Iceland. Another collection, comprising about...
In recognition of his services for archeological study during the past 50 years, Professor F. W. Putnam '62, Curator of the Peabody Museum, has recently received, besides memorials from the Harvard Anthropological Club and the Century Association of New York, a noteworthy testimonial from the American Museum at New York...
At Professor Putnam's request Mr. C. C. Willoughby, assistant curator of the Museum, left last Wednesday for New York in order to make the selection. The collection will be entirely at Professor Putnam's private disposal.