| Show By LOIS The University of Utah chapter of Mortar Board has started work on a special project which worth mentioning in this 50 YEARS the George Thomas Library was built on our At this time the library was projected to house the library holds some items which are stacked in every nook and cranny leaving very little room for study and even less for the regular addition of books per In addition to there are only fifty graduate stalls in the These are supposed to the graduate students attending this University students who need this space perhaps more than any IN THE PAST few we have been hearing much about the gigantic new building program upon which the University is On the list of projected buildings are such things as Merrill Park Phase and Maintenance These all appear before the new library which is number 20 on the list and is classified in the list which means it could be moved down before it is moved The four classi- are and in speak Lag to the Mortar Board the other estimated that the present library could be used for five more years by stacking books on top of therefore creating conditions in which it would be impossible to find In the it will probably be necessary to establish branch libraries all over campus in the long would cost more than building a new library and would make it extremely difficult for students working on term papers to run from building to building finding MORTAR BOARD sees a new library as one of the most urgently needed buildings on campus and has embarked upon a campaign to try and move it up on the priority list or to find other means for building I think it behooves us as students to put all our support behind this |
