East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-07-02

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ness and light The partitions be-
tween stack room and reading rooms
are formed by the arrangement Of
book cases.
The delivery desk commands a view
Of every point in these three rooms !
which is an essential feature in cor
rect library construction as II reduces
the cost Of supervision to the mini
mum.
Reading Rooms.
The two reading rooms are each
26 by As feet Each will be furnished
with four round and four oblong ta-
bles accommodating 40 readers. I'M
the children's room, the tables and
chairs will be Of three graduated
heights for the convenience Of little
readers. Window seats at either side
of the fire place will furnish them
added space and attraction. In one
place a wall panel will disclose al
small laboratory with liquid soap and
paper towel accessories, for children
will be expected and aided in keeping
hands clean while using library books.
The windows Of the adult reading
room will give beautiful Eew over
the river towards Main street. From
this room also, one can pass through
a French door onto the reading porch,
which is one Of the novel and unusual
featues Of the building 1t is IA byl
32 feet and, on the east side where
ii will be cool in the summer after
moons. win offer a most attractive
view up the Rver and toward the
mountains
Offices,
The librarians office and catalog-
ing room are in the northeast cornerI
of the building at the rear of the
reading room and stack room and are
furnished with lockers, supply cup-
boards and shelving needed for new
books while being prepared for cir
culation.
In corner of the stack room is
space for a special study for readers
AT the left Of the main entrance are
two small coat rooms and at the
right is a committee room for the
use of library committees or others
who need to confer together on sub
jects OF study,
I Future Capacity
4 Libraries must be planned for fut-
ure growth either within the walls
/ or by later addition to the building.
This matter has been considered.
and on account of the shape of the
lot. future book storage has been
provided within the present walls
There are at the present time near
ly 5000 volumes in the county libr-
AIRY. over 5000 were added within
the past year and at this rate Of
growth the next ten years will add
10000 volumes more. When all shell
wing has been added as needed,
which is shown in the plans, $4,000
volumes can be Accommodated. After
that an upper stack can be added
over the present stack room with
glazed glass floor and this will in
crease the capacity to $1,000 volu-
mes Part of the books will always
be in the branch libraries. And so
the new building will provide for
growth for many years to come.
Indian Museum.
Nothing more appropriate could
be found for museum purposes in
Eastern oregon than a selected col
lection of Indian relics and the Una
tilla County Library will be provided
with a special room for this purpose.
| Major Moorhouse has consented to
lend for a time part of his Indian
/ collection for exhibit in the library
museum. later the Library will pro-
baby acquire a permanent collection
| of its own.
Architect Johnson has planned
space for this purpose on a mezzan-
inc floor above the librarians office
and cataloging room where there
will be good light and a convenient
stairway entrance from reading room
and stack room.
Basement
In the basement floor, an attract
i've six sided vestibule opens on the
left into the auditorium which will
seat two hundred and eighty people.
Two exits are provided, one opening
directly on to Main street. so that
in emergency the room can be clear
ed in a moments time. Both entran-
ces are so arranged that the passing
of people below cannot disturb read
ers on the main floor.
Story Hour and Club Room
Opening from the vestibule on the
right is the story hour and club room
Every Saturday morning will be used
for the chldren's story hour, At
other times such organizations as the
women's clubs debating societies,
historical society and others of like
nature can arrange to hold their meet
/ ings. The windows from the club
room give a view over the river and
a fire place at the East end Of the
rooms helps to make it most at
tractiye meeting place.
A tiny kitchen has been arranged
! inst off the story hour and rlub room