TEXT BOOK LOAN LIBRARY SAVES BACH STUDENT $4.75

Among the many aids which the Phillips Brooks House offers is a comparatively little known one, the Text Book Loan Library. This library annually lends books to students for a very slight sum, where otherwise it would mean a considerable financial strain on them.

Thus far this year the library has loaned 450 text-books for undergraduate courses and 76 law books; 132 men have availed themselves of this privilege by taking out these books. E. L. Pierson '21, in charge of the library, has computed that these loans represent an average saving of $4.75 for those who have made use of the opportunity.

Collection Totals 3500 Volumes.

The Text Book Loan Library was started in 1906, primarily to reduce the expenses of students working their way through college. There are at present 3500 books on the shelves, of which 2000 are French and German readers and grammars. The average number of books withdrawn yearly reaches 700. The number of volumes is being increased every year by regular collections and by the gifts of numerous friends. The depository fee is ten or fifteen cents, depending on the book to be loaned; all but five cents is given back when the book is returned by the borrower.

The library has shelves on the top floor of Phillips Brooks House. Men desiring to withdraw any books should fill out the paper card and leave it with the man in charge. Office hours are kept on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 2 to 3 o'clock.

Need of More Books.

The library has need of many more books on all courses given at the University, but especially for courses in History, Government, Economics and Philosophy. Men who have text-books which are of no further use to them are requested to contribute them to the library; if postal is sent to Phillips Brooks House the books will be called for.