The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-09-16

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pAft u this haviAt 6i1n due Is tonsi-
litis and = Gfi1pe. No epidemic Of any
kind, AowSvef. gained hAadWay. 0pon.
the r4c4rAnA eAdati1n OF tho College au-
thofitiAs several tbnsils and adehoids
were renewed.
There wArs comparatively few inju-
ri4D from athletes such - thAre we're
consibtink Of fractures. sprains and
bruises, and receiving Immediate and
careful Attention. The personal re-
speasibility Of each student for the
health Of the college community has
been smphAsi1ed.
= Faculty Legislation.
A con1idtfablA amount Of faculty leg
islation l06kinS toward the Strengthen
int Of the work Of the College has been
pAe1ed during the yeAr. The eligibility
rules for 'ottSide work On the part
81 students have BEEN strengthened
- have the rules .soyeruink absence
and hardness. A committee Of the
faculty made . careful study Of the
courses offered In the different depart.
mentS and made rec0nnne for
defining and strengthening certain ma
j0fs and minors. for eliminating credit
on on9-hour courses and discountink
BY half lecture courses involving no
preparation. all OF which were adopted.
The faculty increased the language re-
quireInent for graduation and adopted
q more conservative policy In granting
extra work. They also arrived At q
student
The Library.
The Librarian submits the following
informAtion:.
During the year s1s books were add
change ANA yift. OF these, las were
added by stft. The College has receiv.
ed regularly 100 periodicals., Is, OF
which were subscribed for by the Col
lego and 2b were donated.
The following loans were made dur.
Ing the year: 3
During the summer vacation the Ii.
bFary was open two afternoons Of each
week and during this time 376 loant
were made in addition to the use made
Of the library for reference purposes.
During the fret semester 1919 two
weeks loant and 237l reeervA.book.
loans we're made. During the second
semester 320S two-weeks loans. and
1860 Teserve-book loans we're made,
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March's "Thssaurus Of the English
Language" one volume, and M6lmott's
The, Worlds History" eight volumes
were added from the Nathan and Eve
lima Worth Dennis Memorial Library
Endowment fund.
Keep Open Nights.
During the year the college adopted
the policy OF opening the library four
nights Of each week for general read
ing and study. The plan has proven
very satisfactory. Late in the year
Joshua L. Baily Of Philadelphia, pre-
scented the College with . collection of
fifteen portraits Of prominent Friends
OF the 18th and 18th centuries. These
have been arranged in q special room
in the library and 1t is expected to
place tn this room the Friends library
OF the college which 10 one Of the larg-
est In America.
Acknowledgement is made also Of
the gift Of over 50 columns Of books
BY Mrs. Narcissa Jenkinson ID men,
Org Of her husband, the late Hon. Isaac
Jenkinson. ..
A beginning has also been made
during. the year for IN Art collection
Ia the Library. Each year the demand
upon the resources Of the Library IN.
creases It will soon be necessary to
increase the capacity Of the shelves by
adding, second deck Of shelves in
the stock room. The constantly IN.
cfeAsins demand made by all depart
mehts Of the college for library mater
ial also raised the very important
question OF 4 larger endowment fund
for the library. r.-.-..
49,. The LAbesaterIss.
Important steps have been taken in
the Advancement Of the Scientific in
terests of the College. The chemical
laboratory has been completely over
hauled and new SOCIOLOGICAL lAbora-
tory installed. The college now has
separate and we'll equipped laborato-
ries not only in these sciences but in
Botany, Physics and Geology. Some
laboratory work 10 done also Id Psy.
chology During the year three large
we'll lighted rooms in the basement OF
Bundy Hall were fitted up for the use
Of the recently organized Department
Of Manual Training and modern indi.
vidual rnotor-driven machines were
Installed. The Department Of Domestic
Science has a we'll equipped laboratory
In the basement Of Parry Hail. At an
expense OF more than $1,000 an entire
ly new mounting including a driving
clock, was installed for the 6x inch
glass in the observatory.
The oormitorles.
The problem Of dormitory manage.
ment, particularly in Bundy Hall, wae
more difficult than usual, prominent
among the causes having been the
really overwhelming influx of boys
more than half of whom were fresh.
men And therefore without college ex.
periencS and the sickness early in the
year Of the Head OF the dormitory
The management Of this situation
however, was characterized by the
most cordial and intimate cooperation
between the faculty and student OF.
ficers OF discipline, backed by splendid