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Gifts of unusual interest have been added to the collection of coins and medals in the College Library. President Roosevelt '80 has sent a copy of the superb medal, by St. Gaudens, struck by the Government to commemorate his inauguration as President of the United States. Mrs. Barrett Wendell has...
As far as is known, all but ten of the medals which have been struck in honor of Harvard men are represented in the collection. Of the sixty-four men who have received medals, thirty-four were graduates of the University, the remaining thirty being recipients of honorary degrees.
C. P. Greenough '64 has presented to the collection 393 modern coins, R. G. Fuller '04, 1798 coins, and Rev. G. P. Knapp '87, missionary at Harpoot, Turkey, 117 ancient and medieval coins through B. A. G. Fuller '00.
The museums will be open at the usual hours with the exception of the collection of Greek and roman antiquities in Sever, which will be closed throughout the recess.
The library on social ethics in Dane Hall, supplemented by a collection of reports on conditions of living in Paris, will be added to the social ethics library in Emerson Hall.