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Show Louvain Library Soon to Be Open to WmU The new Sl.0u0.000 Louvain Cnlta-; Cnlta-; slty Library building, replacir.? i; old one which was destroyed bj fa In the first month of war, Is Dffi-!j completed. The monumental t& i In;;, most of the funds for which tree i collected lu TOO universities In te United States, is built Id the Fler;: renaissance style, and Is expected tt be ready for occupancy by July. W:i 1 ft facade of 2tX feet and a depdi ri , l.'O feet, the new library has a !T j foot tower. In this will be housed i , four-octnve cnrlllon. a hu?e bell tots , christened "Liberty," and a fonr-ii! ' clock, the war memorial gift of ti New York Engineering foundation. The racks have a capacity for "K'l'tt! volumes nnd are distributed ovet clsht floors. In addition to the csia reading rooni which can aceomraeoss ' 41X1 students, there are 25 smaller rooms set apart for special ftciSi! nnd lectures. Among the ToOaXO volumes vol-umes r.lrendy In the library are Dimerous Di-merous contributions from nearly every university and scientific lasiin-tlon. |