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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1940.
Watson Library Keeps Head Up Despite 14-Hour Daily Rush
By EDITH BORDEN
The University of Kansas has been compared to a colony of bees, because Mount Oread is a small area with some 5,000 persons swarming over it.
sons swarming over it.
If the University is a bee colony, the buildings are comparable to beehives; and the busiest hive in the colony, from the standpoint of numbers at least, is $ \textcircled{2} $
If the University is a bee color to beehives; and the busiest hive point of numbers at least, is Watson library. From 8 o'clock in the morning until 10 at night activity at the library never ceases.
It goes without saying that the main function of the library is to supply books to those who have the privilege of requesting them. Sometimes the books are not taken from the building, sometimes they are out for months, but whether for a minute or a month, each time a book goes over the counter, the library is fulfilling its function of circulation. At four places in the library, the Main, Reserve, Education, and Periodical desks, there is a constant state of flux, as this never-ending, ever-varying stream of people and books flows relentlessly on.
A Staff of Workers
In order to meet this constant barage of circulation, the library maintains, behind the scenes, a staff of trained librarians and student workers. Among these, Miss Helen Titeworth, head cataloguer, holds an important position.
A library book, says Miss Titsworth, leads an off-again, on-onage existence. It has an assigned place among the hundreds of thousands of other books in the stacks, and when it isn't off the shelf in circulation it is on the shelf waiting. It may be called every day and it may be called only once in ten years, but the job of the library staff is to have it always ready. In order to keep every book ready always for the prospective call-slip, a tremendous amount of detail work at the time a book is catalogued is necessary. Miss Titsworth gave the following brief account of how a book is prepared for a career in Watson library:
History of a Book
After the book is received and unpacked it is checked by Mrs. Jean Walker, order librarian, who acknowledges and pays for it. It then goes to Miss Maud Snelcher, accession librarian, who has it paged or collated to be sure it is a purefet copy. It is then entered in the accession book, a chronological record, by author and title, of every book which the library has received. The accession number is placed on the back of the title page and the book is stamped with an embossed seal of the library.
Watson library has been accessing books, Miss Titsworth said, for 56
years. The first book accessedion was "Handbook of Social Economy" by About, in October of 1884; and at the time of this interview the last book accessedion was DeBeer's "Embryos and Ancestors," number 322,151.
After its official admittance to the library, the book is ready for the intricacies of cataloguing. Cards, whenever possible, are ordered from the Library of Congress; when not available they are typed up here. These cards are kept absolutely uniform and eventually are placed in the general catalogue, under subject, author and title.
Dewey System
Under the direction of Miss Laura Neiswanger, the book is classified in accordance with the Dewey decimal system. After the call number is assigned, the book is shelf-listed, and given a book pocket. The call number is marked on the binding of the book by Louis Weinberg, a senior in the design department, either with an electric stylus or by India ink. All this takes a great deal of time even for "rush" books because of the number of details to be cared for and the necessity for absolute accuracy.
Before it is finished the book has passed through the hands of seven full-time librarians and eight parttime student assistants. When finally ready for use, it is given its correct place in the stacks and its cards are placed in the catalogue. After that the book is, so to speak, on its own. The library has done its part. Whether the book participates in the round of circulation or gathers dust on the shelf is another story.
Etchings For Sale By Fine Arts School
Would you like to buy an $18 etching for $3? A collection of etchings, aquatints and woodcuts by well-known artists is being exhibited by the department of design in room 220 of Frank Strong hall.
Miss Marjorie Whitney, acting head of the department of design, said that while the collection was brought here primarily for study by design students. The etchings are now for sale.
There are several dry-point etchings and two color etchings. Many of the works of the Czechoslovakian, J. C. Vondrous, on exhibition.
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DR. HAROLD HUMBERT, pastor of the Central Christian church at Kansas City, Kan., will speak on his "Pilgrimage to Palestine" at the Forum of the First Christian church at 6:30 Sunday evening.
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Doctor Humbert has made four trips abroad and has spent much time in the Holy Land. He will speak of his travels and also display garments and costumes which were purchased in Damascus and other distant cities.
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A social hour will be held from 5.30 to 6.30, and the Forum wishes to invite anyone who is interested to attend this session.
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Vorine Woleslogel will lead the devotions.
The University class meets each Sunday morning at 9:45 and is headed by Mrs. Harold G. Barr. The sermon at the morning church service will be given by Rev. Harold G. Barr.
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Sunday's program for the ROGER
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Baptist church:
THE REV. A. WALTON ROTH, Topeka, will be the guest speaker this evening at the meeting of the Westminster Forum which will be held at 7:30 in Westminster hall.
11 a.m. Worship service "Follow On" will be the subject discussed by The Rev. Howard E. Koelb. The Chorus Choir will sing "Glorious Is Thy Name" (Mozart). The guest soloist will be Dorothy Allen who will sing "He Shall Feed His Flock," from the Messiah (Handel).
9:45 a.m. The University class will discuss "Jesus' Ministry to Life and Health." The discussion will be led by Chas. W. Thomas, minister to the students.
6:30 p.m. Prof. R. I. Brewster will be the guest speaker for the Young Peoples Group which is meeting at the student center, 1124 Miss. St. Mr. Brewster will speak on "Answers New and Old."
There will be a social hour at 7:30. Refreshments will be served and everyone is invited to attend.
Grad Is Superintendent
Four New I. S. A Committees Named
Rollin Devore, who received his master's degree from the University of Kansas in 1937, has been elected superintendent of the city schools in Scranton, Kan.
Four new I.S.A. committees, one for each district, have been formed. Mary Gene Hull, college sophomore and I.S.A. social chairman announced yesterday.
The committee members, chosen to represent the district in which they live, were selected by the I.S.A. central council and will plan the social and athletic affairs for their districts.
Serving on the committee for district No. 1 are Joy Miller, college freshman, Jack Chester, freshman engineer, and Arthur Martens, sophomore engineer. For district No.2 are Lucille Gillie college sophomore, George Johnson, sophomore engineer, and Joe Keast, business junior. For district No.3 are Mary Clough, fine arts freshman; Alice Hoad, college freshman, and Bill Hogle, business senior. Betty Thoman, college sophomore, Gene Maxwell, senior engineer, and John Tweed are representing district No.4.
Mary Gene Hull is serving as temporary coordinating chairman for the entire group. The members will meet sometime next week to make definite plans for district activities.
UNIVERSITY CONCERT COURSE Second Regular Attraction
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The World's Foremost Spanish Dancer and her company of Spanish Dancers. "Argentinita's dancing sets the blood boiling. Bull-ring shouts set the astonished walls vibrating. One of the most intoxicating events of this or any season." —Chicago Tribune.
Don't miss a truly metropolitan attraction. Internationally famous.
Monday evening. November 18, 8:20 o'clock
Single admission tickets now selling at $1.00, $1.50, and $2.00 at the School of Fine Arts Office. Bell Music Co. and Round Corner Drug Store. D.M. SWARTHOUT, manager