A LIVING MEMORIAL

It is entirely appropriate that the library of Professor Muenstenberg should be placed in the Treasure Room of the Widener Library beside the private collections of other famous men who have been connected in some way with the University. Not only did Professor Muensterberg attain high intellectual distinction as a psychologist and author, but he gave twenty-five years of faithful, efficient service to the University. From the time of the outbreak of the European war he was placed in a peculiarly trying position, yet he failed to allow his natural feelings to interfere with the work he was doing as head of the Department of Psychology in the University.

Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Charles Eliot Norton were among the other who at the time of their death willed their own volumes to the College Library. The addition of Professor Muensterberg's books will help to increase the size of that collection which increases in historical importance as years pass. President Lowell's acceptance of the gift represents the feeling of gratitude felt by both students and Faculty. Far better than bronze or stone, it will be a living memorial to Professor Muensterberg's quarter of a century of faithful effort and accomplishment.