BAKER

VISITORS to the Dartmouth campus seldom fail to be impressed by the magnificent educational asset that the College has in Baker Memorial Library. Recognized as the finest undergraduate college library in the country, its 600,000 volumes, complete collections, and spacious and comfortable facilities for study and scholarship give it high rank even among the large university libraries. Much of Baker's value is in the informal spirit that prevails there, and in these pictures of daily student use the MAGAZINE presents something of that spirit as well as some of the ways in which the Library serves as the heart of Dartmouth's educational program.

HEADQUARTERS FOR BROWSING: In the Tower Room, above the main hall, a comfortable club-like atmosphere prevails amidst the best of new and old books provided for recreational reading.

DAILY PAPERS: Leading journals of the nation are pro- vided in this corner of the Periodical Room, especially popular with undergraduates seeking home-town news.

BOOKS FOR CLASS ASSIGNMENTS are obtained at this basement Re- serve Desk. A hurrying student, left, returns a book, while Quetzalcoatl, in the famed Orozco murals, seems to urge him to go the other way.

THE MAIN HALL: Baker provides beauty for the eye too, and nowhere better than in this fine sweep on the main floor. The main circulation desk is in the center, card catalogues at the far end, and book stalls and browsing chairs at this end. Exhibition cases line the whole left wall.

NOT FAR AWAY, on the same basement level, students in the Graphic Arts Workshop turn their hands to typography, woodcuts and other forms of the printing arts, in which they are expertly directed by Ray Nash of the faculty.

IN THE TREASURE ROOM, where prized collections are kept, a student or faculty "visitor" is present every afternoon to display and discuss rare vol- umes. Harold G. Rugg 'O6, assistant librarian, talks with two students above.

KENERSON ALCOVE, at the center of the Tower Room, houses a fine collection of books in many fields. It is frequently used for displays of books on timely topics.

FRESHMAN TOUR: All incoming students are re- quired to "learn the ropes" in the Library. Here some February arrivals are being instructed in the use of the attractive Class of 1913 Reference Room.

OPEN STACK POLICY: Unlike most college libraries, Baker throws its stacks wide open to all undergraduates and faculty members.

THE 1902 ROOM: This attractive study room, in the west wing of Baker, was furnished with funds given by the Class of 1902 to commemorate its 25th Reunion. At night it is much more crowded than in the above view.

GREATER EDUCATIONAL USE of Baker is directed by George C. Wood (center), Professor of Belles Lettres, shown at a student conference in the Paul Room with Professor West of the Library Committee.

VARIED EXHIBITS are offered in Baker's main-floor cases. Books and posters from Argentina and Uruguay are shown below.