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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1948)
I .o ,■ r 1: ■ \ . ' L) ■ . 1 ' \'V r'w yw ' ' Airv N The Be PUBLISHED liV THE INTEREST Volume QmlM0OBooh^Veriodicals Available in Pre- Miff 0 iii. ' i \*- ii T. . ’ COLLEX3E STATION (Aggielfcd), TEIXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1948 I • r * i i ■ \ ^ • - Library Provides Everything! Except Series on ‘Super Man’! ITA FOSMIRE, READER S ADVISOR jibing M emorial Library located across the street cademic* Building on the main campus houses a collection of appro: ornately 156,000 books, documents and bound periodicals. Approximately 37 people are employed tp complete the processes necessary to prepare these books for your use. First, let me tell you a little df the history of the bdild* mg and then we wi 1 take a tour of the departments, and I ing Mem U-.-j m r 4- r •hl&fc • 1 wmmk'- ■ ■ I. v-< -. /i * ,*n • # r vi- ' • T/ Number 82 Library can tell you The bui ding wi s constructed at a cost of about $215,000 ’ was finis chosen by the in recognition dered to the E. B. Cushing 1 class of 1899 gency, Colone what e eh does to serve you occnpied Kflte - ^ the summer of 1930. Th e name was th ree levels are used for books Board < f Directors and documents of the s;rvices ren- College by Colonel a graduate of the Once i i an emer- Cushim:, who was At the loan desk you meet DWight Shannon, Assistant Li brarian and head of the circula tion department, who will be glad to help you in any way he ' To the left of the loan desk is the [Librarian’s office. Here we ture failed to- appropni te funds on find Paul s Ballance, hard at ” me • 1- ' ■ ' work administering Library busi- president of the Board, underwrote all college checks on 1 is own per sonal account] when the Legisla- ,?EK mi always "striving : to im- c&n t miss the librsry. In t>i*ovp librsirv sprvicp to type on the outside ar> the words, pro ^ e llbrary serv,ce “ “Cushing Mer tN DI3f»K ia Uways busy./MISS IRMA LEE PICKETT, MISS GRACE MIDDLETON, tg care of the students who are asking for information and checking to right, the architect studt ident, and JOE MEARS, agronomy senior. i students arc FRED SEIDEL, senior agronomy student, D. Tli. FAFLK- dht, EDWIN F. McFARLAND. agrortomy student, FRANK R. WILLIAMS TO mCARD CATALOG mm:' i wi < > tM e»<L:r- IS SaJiHU ><«'• ■r f: ' 'ij '• * Iftf M* V# ("> *»s— | orial Li )rary." On the same level with t le name of the building a{re such amous peo ple’s | names as Past ‘ur, Shake- speafe, and Faraday. In order to be consistant With trad Ltions on all buildings which have b >en built for Z* the past 100 years, th i letter “IT in Pasteur is made like a “V”. Another mark of i< entification of the buildirtg is the large front steps. These are one qf the favor ite seats for the, stud arts. Some wait for the library to open; some wait for classes to b igin; others sit there whil : studyin ' for a hard examination which w 11 be given the following period. you. ■V LIBRARY HOURS Cushing Memorial Library Monday-Priday 8:00 a. m.— 10:00 p. m. Saturday 8:00 a. m.—4:00 p.m. Sunday 2:00 pjn.—10:00 p.m. . Annex Monday-Priday 8:00 a. m. ~ 12:00 (noon), 1:00 p. m.—5:00 p. m., 6:00 p. m.—9:00 p. m. Saturday 8:00 a. : m. — 12:00 (noon) Sunday (Closed).i Z Texas Engineers Library li Monday-Priday 8:00 a. ■u4i 9:00 p.m. . ^y .r|i Saturday 8:00 a.m.— 12:00 (noon) BOOKS, right of the KS, books fill the Cataloguing Rooom desk, is an Important part of the IP Bllgill ■ 1 . ;fZ:i xss [ From left to right the workers are MRS. BETTY MRS. NANCY McQUIRE. j V ' ! ■ • i •' ^ -II- modeling, but soon we hope to be able to announce the hours of opening. In here will be a fine record player and more than 200 albums of-classical and semi-dlas- steal music. This will, no doubt, be one of the most enjoyable spots in the library where you can spend room, located just to tlM BEATY LEWIS, and Qh the right of the loan desk is restful hours listening to beauti- the Cataloguehig room where Miss fol music Octavia Regan and her assistants Then wm come to the reserve do all sorts of technical thing* to book room, where you meet Mrs. books. Here the call numbers are Leita Fosmire, ^ur determined for each boekr the tap visor. She is msije to number is assigned according tp feck-book* for all typi the. subject of the hookMtebot- so do not haritst* t< types of to caD on ! As you enjter the building yon find a large lobby wi tch is used for exhibition purposes. It is here that thi> library shows new book jackets advei Using the books. Also we see tafo oil paint ings of two past presidents of A&\L Dr. TO. Wal on and Dr. To your 'right you rill find the *0® one is in accordant with th$ Behind her desk yo newspaper robm. Her; are racks author’s name. When the bookr stacks of books-rthese are the re- of 17 out-of-siate pap rs including are placed on the shelves by call serve books. Thejr a?e placed there such tecoeniwfd ones as THE NEW number'this causes all books on r 'a by the different professors for the YORK TIMES. THE NEW OR- subject to be filed together, and, use of their students. They are for LEANS TIMES PICj YUNE, and within a number, the books fall use in the room and may be taken THE ST. LOUIS .POST piS- alphabetically by author. [Here too from th<j library overnight only. I PATCH. Also here^ you fin<T 26 the cards are prepared for "the In this way the books are made | Texas newspapers frejm every sec- card catalog and are filed. There available to more of you who need tion of the state. Perhaps you can are only a few of the technical to study them. Also in the,reserve '' me-tov n paper, as processes that are done in this book room you see two collections g4t-'<'■&?& 1 > V?v. • a iPffi'Hi'MW read [your ^ many of th^ smalle r cities and dioom. towns are represent d. In this/' The room in front of the logn room are the more popular and desk is one in which you will find general magazines of which LIFE, many things to help you through- TIME. NEWSWEEK) ESOUIRE, out your college career. This is and UNITED STATIJS NEWS are the Reference Room where Mrs. onlv a few. j \ Billie Jo Pierce, Miss Sara Neal Directly across the lobby from and Mrs. Ruth Krueger are al- the newspaper room is the Tech- - ways ready to help you. nical periodical roqm in which we keep the, curreht issues of the loan the IOW TO for students, color i>f the a book out of the library? A sign has been posted on the wall beside faculty, and others to use in filling out their cards. The poster even gives card for a particular book or magazine^ 11 [ wn. .. ,. . r „ It is here that you find the us ual general reference tools—the Encyclopedias Brittanica and the Attgricana, dictionaries of all sorts, of books for required reading. There is a study room back of the reserve book room on this floor. These books are also re quired reading collections; so now when the English professor assigns you a book report you will know where to come to get a book to read. m The reserve book room opens in to the Asbury Browsing Roqmi Many books for recreational read- technical journals fo r every field. • There are about l- 50 technical w periodicals to be fopnd on these the atlases, almanacs, and census i n g are to be found here, including ■helves- I rai.u. -...... -m r Back of th^ newspaper room is the Acquisitions depi rtment where gj Mrs. Gladys Sugaref ’ and five as sistants work constantly to order and. receive all of thej books, maga zines and n^wspap^rs presented for your use. You can request books through the a :quisitions de partment which you think should be included ijn the 1 brary. Opposite the acauipitions depart ment is the bindeitv preparation room. In this! room the magazines are prepared and seht to the bind ery. The Library h is bound each year aoproximately 2000 volumes of periodical^ which form a per manent file [of valuable material for your use Let us gin on tp the second floor of the Library and the main loan desk. It is herb that you get most of the [books, all documents bound periodicals, jack issues »of unbound periodicals, and news papers. Also of injtei;egt here is the college catalogue collection 1. , r ‘ ^ an( ] the? map collection. Also nare Ere the indexes such The Library has !a file of some as i * Rsader’s Guide to Periodi- dred Pryor, the libraria 650 catalogues froih the recogniz- Literature, The Agricultural piad to assist .you when ed colleges, junior colleges and un- Index, and The Industrial Arts In- that Librarv. iversities throughout tfoa n of inn dex. Then there are the technical The map collection tiye stage, but it ^ i a a valuable addition/to the Library. *' on 8 Texas Statutes and The Die Directly in'front yf you as you tionary of American Biography. PAUL BALLANCE oueges ana un- Y —*, it the nation. de f Then there are the technical is in a forma- r", e ™. nce \ or . , each ® u , J . ec * promises to be fading Chemical Abstracts, Ver- MRS. EDWARD > from feering; _ intellectH in the ASBURY BROWSING it, gives information on the selection of a book, to right are BUI McNally, jui agronomy senior; Walter Dingier, freshman L. Rabb, graduate in biology; and AWn Tyfer, senior In business. Tom- come up the stain you will see the card catalog Which lists all books in thle Library. Entries are made under author title and sub ject and are arrar ged alphabeti cal! v; therefore, you may find a book if you know oplv the title, or all the books the library has by one atithor, or all the books the library has on one iubject. Pill out ii the call slip as shown in the big poster above the cj rd catalog and present it at the dfsk. One of the people there will g*t what you re quest apd] check it t>ut to you eith er for use I in the building or to take home. Perhaps you wohder Where the books are keht Oii either side of the loan desk of steel stacks On the ends of the two tables holding periodical indexes notice two upright guides. These list thabetically the titles and call numbers of each periodical to which the library subscribes. There a file of pamphlet ma- a small but growing collection of mysteries which is sure to attract some of you; a! collection, of the | most readable biography to be found in the Library; and all of the fiction books. The display case at the end of the room is filled# with the latest additions to the ; collection; so look there for the current best sellers. The classics and others perhaps not so classic are arranged on the shelves by the author’s name. Approximately 500 books are in cluded in the library collectjion at the A&M Annex. The Library is located in’ the Administration building. This is a general collec tion with emphasis placed on the required reading collections for English 103 and 104. You also find recreational [and popular read ing in the ; form of new fiction and biography together with a few general books on many different subjects. There |s a small group of general reference books for your use as weljl as some of the more popular magazines. Mrs. Mil- librarian, will be you visit that Library. The Texas Engineers Library/ Is a joint project between the college and the State Board of Registration for . Professional Engineers. Thu library is locat ed on the ground floor of th* /Mechanical Engineering Shops building. . j Nl- f wm MRS. shoulder of MRS majoring In Ag taking Economic s advisor, looks oyer/.tiu -' husband fe a senlor!r. Mps. Mills’ husband Is a junior ^ ' ; ; | student, is consulting Mrs.' the building back there are five levels on which the bool The basement and s filled with bound Students and faculty have access to this library and may borrow books And use other library ma- file composed of ma- terials.*However the library is be- al oh many authors not found ing developed to primarily serve the biographical books. Some- the registered engineers of the here that will perhaps be of State, and this is done on a “mail ' use to you is a file of the order” basis. The collection of this directories from many of library numbers around 15,000 vol- i# cities throughout the state and umes of books and periodicals. Miss ition. If you have forgotten that Lila M. Foss is the acting librar- rtant phone numberv or add- ian in charge at the present time, one of these may be tlie ans- and has an additional staff of are shelved, id level are _ to your problem. | Now we investigate the to see what is offered to our left at the top stairs we have the music riodteals; the At present I T9 it is closed for re- three persons to assist her. / The Library and it* departments welcome you to| the campus. We feel that we have much to offer we can be of at your college tiope that ' throughoui m book deep in the left of Osmeot ore 1893 to 1900. Thesfe ■ rj., are f mi • infer tudent taking business, looks for * )f Mm Ubruiy. The large hooka on the 1 rpertment Station Bulletins dated ■i oh floors filled with book* la the