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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON :- The complaint made in Wednesday's CRIMSON about the library is one about which every man feels only too strongly. Now that the days are so short, the time which the library can be used is extremely limited. The light in the reading-room is too meagre to admit of reading after half-past four o'clock, and often even earlier on cloudy afternoons. This cuts off an hour and a half from the scanty time allowed under the most favorable circumstances. It is not sufficient, however, to have the whole afternoon; a man is more inclined...
...correspondent of to-day truly remarks, the afternoon is the only time we have for exercise. He might have added that the morning is generally taken up by recitations- or ought to be. This leaves only the evening for uninterrupted, steady work in the library. Particularly is complaint just on the part of those who wish to consult special reserved books. Under existing circumstances they have but little time for such consulation, since the books are necessarily limited to one or, perhaps, two copies, and "first come, first served" is the motto of the library. Consequently those who are really...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON :- There are but four or five libraries in this country which contain a larger number of books or have better facilities for getting at them than the one connected with this college. Nevertheless I have heard the same complaint repeated again and again that, though the above be true, the general usefulness of the library is seriously hampered by the fact that all the reading done in the library must be during the day time. It is a lamentable fact that from some petty fear of a fire breaking out and destroying the magnificent collection of books...
There is some complaint that the hounds in the hare and hounds runs do not observe the rules of the association, and break for home before the proper time. This is something the mere mention of which ought to be sufficient for a remedy...
...this plans are, that things often occur Wednesday that prevent those who wish, from going on the runs; these interruptions are of course only occasional. there are, however, many fellows who have recitations on Wednesday and are thus prevented from enjoying the runs coming on that day. Some complaint has been heard on this account and it is to be hoped the management can so arrange the runs that all can ejoy them...