. Catalogue of the West Chester State Normal School of the First District : consisting of the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery . g and reference rooms. In its secondstory are the schools museum, an art gallery and the collec-tion of the Chester County Historical Society. The librarynow contains more than 15,000 well selected volumes, includ-ing the libraries of the late Dr. WilHam Darlington and of theChester County Cabinet of Natural Sciences, the Evans Rog-ers collection of historical books, for which $1,000 was givenby the late Evans Rogers, the Horace Howard Furness col-

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. Catalogue of the West Chester State Normal School of the First District : consisting of the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery . g and reference rooms. In its secondstory are the schools museum, an art gallery and the collec-tion of the Chester County Historical Society. The librarynow contains more than 15,000 well selected volumes, includ-ing the libraries of the late Dr. WilHam Darlington and of theChester County Cabinet of Natural Sciences, the Evans Rog-ers collection of historical books, for which $1,000 was givenby the late Evans Rogers, the Horace Howard Furness col-lection of books on Shakespeare, the gift of Dr. Furness, andthe collection of Chester County bibHography made by Kervey. A modern card catalogue and a trained librar-ian add much to the value of the library. About a hundredleading magazines and papers come regularly to the libraryfor the use of the school. New Grounds.—The erection of so many buildings has sotaken up the main campus that the Trustees have purchasedadjacent grounds at various times, including the fine groundsof the Chester County Agricultural Society, until they now. FriQCipals Residtnoe

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