Lamont Opens After Xmas

Lamont Library will open in time for reading period.

Keyes DoW. Metcalf, director of the University Libraries, told the Student Council last night that January 3 is the opening date of the new undergraduate library.

Lamont will be a library "to please the students," Metcalf said. "We haven't kept in close enough touch with either students or the Council in the past," he admitted. "We fully realize that Widener is a library primarily for researchers or faculty members."

Unique design features will make Lamont quite different from Widener, Metcalf revealed. For example, the main reading room has alcoves all around the walls, each equipped with a desk and chair. All in all, there are 250 such alcoves in the building.

Asks for Committee

Metcalf asked the Council to appoint a committee that could help him decide several procedural matters. Lamont has a small auditorium seating 150, the Forum Room, which will be available for certain types of meetings. But Metcalf has not decided what rules should apply to the auditorium so that there will be no excess noise to those working in the Reading Room. Such rules will be worked out by the committee.

A sound movie may be produced to teach students how to use Lamont, Metcalf revealed, adding that the English A tours of Widener are "not too effective."

In order to ease pressure on students who have to return reserve books by 9 a.m., Metcalf said that arrangements can be made whereby books are left at the House janitor's office, and for a slight fee returned to the library by 9 a.m. the next morning.