Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-14
"AGGIE" LIBRARY
GETS RECOGNITION
Will Get All Publications
of the Carnegie
Institute.


SALTWATER, okla, March Ia
The library of the oklahoma .Agri-
cultural and Mechanical college has
been recognized as zone OF limited
list of the greater libraries OF the
world"
Recently II has been gratu'iously
granted complete set of the publ
cations OF the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington, and, being placed on tho
omnia list Of this great foundation,
will secure all publications 20 be
printed i'm the future. The index 70
the Carnegie publications itself make
the statement quoted concerning the
limited list Of greater nbaTles' and
adds. mo copies are donated except
10 the list mentioned" Besides thd
intrinsic value Of these books dis
tinct honor has been conferred upoI
the college by the mere fact OF thu
recognition.
These works have strictly TO do
with scientific subjects, chiefly from
the standpoint of research. The. list
ranges alphabetically from archoo'ogy
and astronomy 10 theimodyHamIcs ana
zoology and includes careful and
laborious reports and discoveries mad"
from ana in many countries.
The Carnegie institution was found
ed IN 1902 by Andrew Carnegie by a
gifts OF $1O,0OO,000. To this fund
Mr. Carnegie added 100000
in 1897 and then $lQ,OO0.O0O more
in 1914 so that the present endoW-
meut of the institution has par
value Of $22OOO,OO0 and yields an
annual interest of . per cent on this
amount Its object shall be to en-
courage in The broadest and most
fft,r. 'itrfa tnI "a
search and discovery and the appI-
cation of knowledge to the improve
ment Of mankind
w. W. Foote, librarian at A. y NJ
and who has been here only this year,
was originator of the move that
eventually won for the state college
this signal distinction. AT Oberiin
college and elsewhere where he has
been connected with library work, he
became familiar with the Carnegie
publications by Cataloging and analyZ-
ing them. He decided 10 effect
concerted effort 10 place A. X M. on
the omnia list lie enlisted J. +.
Darby, member of the board Of re-
gents. Or. l.. l.. Lewis, acting prcsi-
dent and dean of the science and
literature, veterinary and bacteriologi-
cal divisions, w. l.. Carlyle, director
of the experiment station and dean of
agriculture, DR.. Hardee Chambliss,
head of the chemistry department,
DR. Charles X. Francis, station cheme
list, Prof. \. o. Booth, head of the
horticulture and botany department,
Dr. Carl Gunderson, head of the
mathematics department, Prof. II, W.
NOorhouse, dean of the political
economy and marketing division, DIR.
NJ. 4. Beeson. head of the agrOnomy
department, Prof. E. }. kunze, head
of the mechanical engineering depart
ment and others, all of whom en-
Enthusiastically undertook 70 convince
he Carnegie institution that the
'aggle" college was deserving.
This Is the letter that brought the
news of victory:
Washington, ID. G., March !, l9l D.
Dr. l.. l.. Lewis. Acting President, Ok
Iahoma A. q NJ. College, saltwater,
Okla.-Dcar Sir: Referring to our
recent correspondence, concerning the
publications OF the Institution, | have
the pleasure to notify you that at the
recent meeting of our executive COM
mittee it was decided to place the
library of your college on our omnia
list.
at our early convenience, there
fore, we shall send you a full set Of
our publications. Very truly yours,
"ROBERT s. WOODFORD, Pres"
In speaking of the securing Of the
publications. DR.. Lewis said: 1--WE
are naturally and eXcusably elated.
There is nothing better for biological
and mathematical study. In fact, all
of the sciences in which the college
is interested are represented in these
books. The best part is that we not
only get all the back publications. but
also everything that they continue to
publish. AS a matter of information
to students and faculty, as well,
things are taken up that can not be
obtained elsewhere. A man advanced
in his particular line of science can
get higher work that is not to be pro-
duCed by other means.
"These works represent an expense
that we could not afford otherwise.
It means much to be able to get this
donation, as it will be a start for
others and make them come more
easily"
Already the acting president has
promulgated n movement by which
1t is likely that the A. & M. college
will receive somewhat similar gift
from the Rockefeller Institute Of
Medical Research Of New York