Show SUNDAY OPENING j tion bill biti a as uS asIt The legislative appropriation contained con con- It It passed the Senate by byboth byboth a agreed upon tamed provision of th the ho houses both oth ses for the opening f 2 until 10 library of Congress orn o'clock on Sundays Thus there Is at last an assurance that the books willbe will willbe willbe be available for readers reader who cannot get to the library on i-eek i days or nights and to whom t IS period of eight hours horns a week a-week week wll will wiit afford their theil only opportunity for reading there The movement for the Sunday opening of the library though vigorously pushed for several years has been seen delayed delayed delayed de de- de- de by much opposition 5 so its SUCcess success success suc suc- cess at last Is gratifying First came am the opening of the library at night w whereby the usefulness of th the the collection collection collection tion was undoubtedly Increased e by I perhaps 75 per cent as regards the I availability of the books to the ma majority n of those within the immediate range desirous of consulting the shelves Sunday opening was a logical sequence The fhe value of a library lies not in its housing or It its completeness or efficiency of administration but in inthe inthe the degree that it is placed within the publics public's reach It was vas not until the library of Congress ha had haa expanded ded into Its u n mini tors 4 I. I 44 It l- l became Of IF great ea benefit to the he people Th The opening openIng opening open open- I ing Ing- of the room reading-room on on Sunday of oJ broadening broaden n- n now s. completes the process ing ng and liberalizing the great reference library of Congress and h hereafter it will be accessible by nu every person within the District of Columbia Colum olum- bla bia including the thousands of tourIsts tourists tourists tour tour- who pass through the capital Washington Star |