A guide book to Cornell university and . printedbiography of Columbus. Other rare Americana are inCase XI, and Case IX contains books from the great DanteCollection. As the west end of the lobby hangs an Egyp-tian papyrus manuscript of the Book of the to the left of this is an interesting relief map of theregion to the south-west of Ithaca, which is well worthstudying by excursionists. Opening from this lobby to the left is the PeriodicalRoom. Here are kept the current numbers of many of theperiodicals (in all over 2,000) received at the Library. Themain Reading Room, where
A guide book to Cornell university and . printedbiography of Columbus. Other rare Americana are inCase XI, and Case IX contains books from the great DanteCollection. As the west end of the lobby hangs an Egyp-tian papyrus manuscript of the Book of the to the left of this is an interesting relief map of theregion to the south-west of Ithaca, which is well worthstudying by excursionists. Opening from this lobby to the left is the PeriodicalRoom. Here are kept the current numbers of many of theperiodicals (in all over 2,000) received at the Library. Themain Reading Room, where the library work of most of theundergraduates is done, contains places for 220 the wall hang portraits of the founder and of otherbenefactors and officers of the University. The roomcontains a selected reference library of 8,000 volumesgrouped by subject. These may be used in any part of thereading room by any reader. If additional books arewished they must be sought in the card catalogue and will ^ GUIDE BOOK TO CORNELL UNH^ERSITT 23. The Main Reading Room of the Library-be furnished immediately from the stacks. The privilegeof removing books for home use is enjoyed by officers ofthe University and to a limited extent by the more ad-vanced students. Visitors desiring to make special anddetailed study of some subject may be admitted to the stackroom or to the seminary rooms by special permission. The White Library is reached by a short flight of stepsfrom the lobbv, and is open during certain hours of everyweek day. It contains the historical collections made byPresident White and presented to the University. Near 24 A GUIDE BOOK TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY the fire-place stands the presidents chair, with fine woodcarving, and busts of Mr. and Mrs. White. The windowson either side affx)rd beautiful views to the north and south. Proceeding north from the Library we come to the rowof blue stone buildings which are the oldest on the groundsand which are named for benefactors
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