Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-27
GRADUATES
TO BUILD UNIQUE
LIBRARY
Than $4,000 Pledged
By It's 5000 Women Grad
yates for important Work,

Northamrton. sept. 26.-From its
three thousand women graduates
smith eolleee has today been pledged
more than S50.000 toward a modern
working library for the fifteen hun
dred students who are just returning
90 this CITY. In less than q year this
fund has been raised 10y individuals
and group " the college alumnae.
Twelve thousand dollars yet remain
to be mad M by the loyal graduates
Of Smith, when a gift of S62,500.
which has been conditionally offered
toward the new library building, viii
be assured
So surely are the heads Of this
movement for a practical women's col
lege library relying on the generous
spirit OF their graduate sisters that al
ready plans are being matured for the
UNIQUE Institution. Josephine a. Clark.
a librarian trained and experienced
by many year of government work.
has today come here from Washington
To take w the preliminary work of
planning and conducting the under
taking. Drawings are already being
made for the building. which will cor
respond in It's details with the original
and progressive ideas of its projectors.
What the carpenter finds Va his tool
chest, il Is aimed 10 offer each n ot
the AflillNftA tl anu It nan FAlAitilAF WI
Smith In the new working library Inn
mediate access % any one Of the list
Of 5000 works, which scientific libra
assert includes every necessary
desirable book for any undergrad
uate, must DE provided at all times for
as many AS come to its doors. To the
girl who looks for absolute quite and
c%ongenial surroundings for study, the
new library viii be designed to afford
GtaNa e.. So.
girl who may care To dabhle in the
pages Of rare works or finger musty
manuscripts Will the working library
Of smith prove deficient. The deS
lights OF the bibliomaniac and specula-
tive curiosity are things strictly sub
%ordinated 60 workaday reading and
ready reference in this newest type of
a woman's literary workshop.
Since the New England college for
women was founded in this city. thir-
ty-two years ago. the student OF Smith
has been almost entirely dependent
upon two public libraries for her re-
work and upon her dOrmitOrN
quarters for study reading. In Seely's
Hall, the MODERN recitation building
which marks a more recent period IN
the steady growth Of the college, lim-
tied accommodations nave Of late
years been maintained for the books
W illtlN iFifAA Nlif lHnAtftAN III AiAf AAftNA r
Here a score Of girls may find in some
nook or other Of the cramped quarters
a temporary haven for quiet reading.
with the opening of the new library in
the midst Of the attractive campus,
which was originally laid out by Don
aid G. Mitchell. "A center OF reading
and retirement will be established
which il is believed few colleges in
this country enjoy today.
A. only Il comparatively small sum
of money stands between Smith COLI
lege % the realization of this ideal.
10 is earnestly hoped by the graduates
who are pushing the work that funds
will warrant lis undertaking before
another college term begins. When
the new student workshop is opened.
the Development of the idea which IL
represents will be eagerly observed hy
librarians and university workers the
country Yer.