Lanterna Rally

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Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781330486382

Excerpt from Order of Exercises and Addresses at the Dedication of the Carnegie Library of Beloit College: Beloit, Wisconsin, January 5, 1905 The report of the Library Construction Committee can be made very brief as several causes have conspired to lighten the task usually falling to such a Committee. First and greatest of these, - no long and depressing solicitation of funds. The generous and ample gift of the donor lifted that portion of the burden before its weight could be felt. Again, the fact that this library, being the sixtieth library building planned by your architects, Messrs. Patton & Miller of Chicago, and representing in its completeness of detail and equipment the accumulated experience of the fifty-nine other libraries which have preceded it in their brains, has demanded on our part but little of suggestion and labor since construction began. Previously, however, in evolving the plans for a building adapted to our particular use, I think the architects will give a large measure of credit to President Eaton and Professor Blaisdell who assisted them by suggestions gained from their experience in our library work at home, and by travel far and near, inspecting other library buildings and noting their points of excellence and defects. Another factor in lightening our task was that the work of construction fell to our old and tried contractors, Messrs. Schneiberg Bros, & Stevens, whose numerous lesser achievements have for the decade past adorned our campus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.