UO Students Library Contest
Largest in United States
By TIIOKA WILLIAMS
Emerald Feature Editor
"Reading is the key!” This is
the national library week theme
this year. And apparently the
idea is accepted by 183 students
who have entered their libraries
in the University's annual Libra
ry Day contest today.
The student libraries, each
with up to 50 books, will be dis
played for public viewing at the
Main Library from 0 a m to 5
p.m today and 24 p m. Sunday.
Prizes totaling $095 will be
awarded in the Newspaper Read
ing Room at 3:30 p in, today by
Carl W. liintz, University libra
rian
“This is the most entries we’ve
ever had,” - aid Miss Bernice Rise,
who originated the Library Day
Deparlment Buys
Spectro Machine
A $14,000 grant from the Na
tional Science Foundation has
made possible the purchase of an
ultraviolet - visible spectrophoto
meter by the University depart
ment of chemistry.
The machine is used in compli
cated chemical analyses and
makes possible the recording and
analyzing of the spectra of a
large number of substances with
great rapidity.
This is the third such machine
to be acquired by the chemistry
department Need for the equip
ment was dictated by the in
crease in research and graduate
training activities in the depart
ment which has made it neces
sary to schedule experiments on
the two previously acquired ma
chines on almost a round-the
clock basis.
This is the second piece of
equipment to be acquired by the
University under an NSF pro
gram to provide important pieces
of equipment to research cen
ters where there is special need.
Earlier, the chemistry depart
ment received nuclear magnetic
resonance equipment, also used
in chemical analyses.
contest in 1938 to celebrate the
first anniversary of the opening
of the Main Library. She ha*
been in charge of the yearly con
test ever since and has seen it
take its place a* the largest stu
dent library contest in the United
States.
Moving Day
Miss Rise, readers' consultant
and Browsing Room librarian, j
was head of circulation when the
Main Library opened for the
first time. "I'll never forget that
day May 3, 1937,” she said. “It
was a terrific job, moving all of
those books from Fenton Hall.
Wc had plans and diagrams all
worked out and first moved the
on''s that were the least used.”
The new library was built un
dor the sponsoship of Mathew
Hale Douglas, head librarian
from 1908 to 1942, Miss Rise
said “He was so proud of the
now library, and he asked me to
think of some activity to cole
brato the day it opened We start
ed the contest, and we've had it
every year since.”
The day is sponsored by the
Association of Patrons and
Friends of the University Libra
ry Most important in judging is
“the selection of titles as they re
flect the broadening interests of
the person ” The monetary value
of the books or their total num
ber is not considered important
Tea After Awards
Graduate and undergraduate'
students have entered libraries
in specialized and general cate
gories and in a special paperback
section Prices in each category
range from S10 to $25, but one
library might win more than one
prize Twenty-five businesses,
community organizations and in
dividuals are sponsoring the priz
es.
After the awards are made Sat
urday afternoon, there will be a
tea honoring the contestants in
the library circulation lobby.
Winners of the Peter Pauper
Press essay contest, held earlier
this year, will also be announced
with the student library prize
awards.
Those attending Library Day
events this afternoon will be able
to view a special exhibit of audio
visual materials arranged by Don
Hunter, head of the library audio
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ture, the Josephine Evans Harp
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Information Ashed
"The Library Day contest kin
dles a great deal of student int'T
ost in books and reading,” Ilintz
■aid.
Miss Itise said she has had re
quests for information about the
University contest from libraries
throughout the United States. An
English librarian, touring Ameri
can college libraries under the
British Library Association, was
so impressed by the Library Day
contest that he wrote about it in
articles after returning to Eng
land, she recalled.
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