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and feel that that fact makes this year a memorable one in the history of the Library.
In looking over the accessions for the year, we find that stress has been laid upon securing or completing sets of periodicals. Among the most noteworthy of these are: Liebig's Annalen der Chemie, The Philosophical Transactions the of Royal Society, The Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Journal of the American Geographical Society. Mittheilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archaeologischen Institutesin Athen, The Astronomical Register,and Education. The periodical subscription list has been extended so that we now receive about 359 magazines.
Some of the most valuable books that have been added are: Rashdall's Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages, Furtwängler's Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture, Memoirs of Barras, Traill's Social England, Luther's Work in the Weimar Edition, Marmontel's Oeuvres Complètes, Winsor's Memorial History of Boston, Merguet's Lexion zu den Schriften Cicero's and Viollet-le-Duc's Dictionnaire Raisonné de l'Architecture Française.
There has been a marked increase in the number of readers in the general reading-room.
And the plan of having the books upon special subjects in the Seminary rooms where the students in these Departments have free access to them, has proved satisfactory.
The card catalogue has reached such a state of completion as to be a very great assistance to the students.
The addition of two assistants to the library corps is another evidence of progress. Miss Edith Clarke, of '95 has just finished her first year in the Library. She has had charge of four Seminary rooms—English, American History, Latin and German, and Philosophy. Mr. John Collins, '99, has been appointed a student assistant at the delivery desk for next year.
These two assistsants with Miss Rogers in the Sociology room, Miss Gillham and Mr. Thomas at the Delivery-desk, Miss Sutliff in the Catalogue room,Mr. Engle at the accession book, two attendants in the Law Library, and Miss Watson, the Librarian, will constitute the library force for next year.
Physical Training and General Athletics.
It is unfortunate that the University does not possess a gymnasium, and an athletic field for girls. With the present equipment, there is a lack of opportunity for training boys in general athletics because of the limited indoor space