Word: stack
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...engineermen in the U. S., their wives, sweethearts, cousins and cousins-by-marriage, promptly called my attention to the error in a stack of letters as high as the cost of living...
...this year both offensively and defensively. On the attack Yale has the edge merely because of Booth, who is spark, guiding hand, and the executor of the Eli offensive--in fact, he is the offense. Without him it is hard to determine just how the Blue would stack up, since most of the other backs, with the possible exception of Crowley, would rank no higher individually than any that Harvard can offer. But with Booth playing the whole game, as he did Saturday, the Yale attack is swift and powerful, moving behind a better than average line. Booth has inherent...
...which is already open for use by members of the House during the day, will consist of about 5000 volumes at first, with provision for growth to an ultimate size of over 20,000 volumes. Besides the main room, which has shelves for about 5000 books, there is a stack room large enough to hold 4000 more. Each department of study is provided with a library of works which cover practically all of the reading which will be required during the year in College courses...
...Stack privileges will be more carefully regulated although an attempt will be made not to limit them unduly. Methods for examining departing members of the library have been in effect during the Summer School session and are still being experimented with before settling on a final solution...
Inside, offices for Justices and Court officials are grouped around garden courtyards. The Supreme Courtroom at the extremity is 64 ft. square, 30 ft. high, 60% bigger than the Court's present quarters. In the library stack rooms and two open shelf rooms, space is provided for 526,760 volumes. But the building will be plain. Said Mr. Gilbert: "There has been no intention of finishing the interior . . . with elaborate and expensive marble-work and excessive decoration, the design rather relying upon fine proportions and simplicity for the monumental effect desired...