WIDENER LIBRARY NEARING COMPLETION

The work on the new Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is now completed with the exception of a few final details which will delay the actual moving for a few weeks. By the first of June this operation will be well under way so that when College re-opens next fall everything will be in readiness for every day use.

The main doors, on the north side of the building lead into a massive entrance hall which is finished in Siena and Boticini marble. On the right of the hall is the standard book room and director's office, and on the left is found the librarian's office, the cataloging room, and the order department.

From the rear of the entrance hall, a monumental staircase leads to the second floor which contains the main reading room. This room, accommodating 336 readers, is 192 feet by 40 feet and extends 43 feet to the roof. The flooring is of cork, and not only enables quiet walking, but is also very comfortable to the feet. The government, history, and economics reading rooms, which will contain most of the collections now in the history room in Harvard Hall, is on the ground floor.

The rear and sides of the building contain the stack, which is in eight tiers ary. The crews are well matched and the race is therefore expected to be very close.

The orders of the class crews are as follows:

Senior crew.--Stroke, Fisher; 7, Parkman; 6, Hilliard; 5, Schroeder; 4, Bassett; 3, Baylies; 2, Graham; bow, Hoyt; cox., Peoples.

Junior crew.--Stroke, Wilson; 7, Jeffries; 6, Curtis; 5, Foster; 4, Buffum; 3, French; 2 Graham; bow, Baldwin; cox., Packard.

Sophomore crew.--Stroke, White; 7, Potter; 6, Lovell; 5, Richardson; 4, Collidge; 3, Webber,; 2, Darling; bow, Ingalls; cox., Henderson.

The Beacon Trophy, which will be awarded the winning crew this afternoon, is especially valuable because of its age and the prominent men who have rowed on the winning crews. The trophy was first won June 19, 1858, when the Harvard boat against a field of six did the there miles in 19 minutes, 22 seconds. President Eliot rowed number 4 and weighed 138 pounds. The other members of the crew were: stroke, B. W. Crowninshield: 5, C. Crowninshield; 3, J. H. Ellison; 2, R. B. Stetson, bow, A. Agassiz.

Of the 47 times the trophy has been awarded, the Seniors have won it twelve, Sophomores twelve, Freshmen eleven, Juniors five, Holworthy Club three, Scientific School twice, and Matthews Club once. The large plaque and intricately designed cup were won last year by the Sophomore crew