LIBRARY BEGINS WORK ENLARGING BASEMENT

Work has been begun in the basement of the College Library to provide for additional working space, which includes a new room 30 feet square where books will be received and indexed by the administrative staff before being placed permanently on the shelves.

All the old windows will be enlarged, three new windows are to be put in to insure adequate lighting facilities, and a partition is being removed to make use of all the available space in the basement. Future plans also call for the construction of an additional room for storage purposes. The library is so crowded at the present time that an historically valuable collection of New England newspapers, dating as far back as 1780, is relegated to a cubby-hole in the attic.

The library recently received a five-volume set of the English Bible, printed in 1903 at the Doves Press in London, which exhibits the best printing of modern times. The complete Bible is hand set in type made only for the one edition, and each page is an example of artistry in composition and make-up. The set received at Dartmouth is said to be one of the twelve of its kind owned in this country.

The library, begun in 1884, is adding to its number of volumes every day, and has a total of over 180,000 books in its collection to date.