The successful re-start of the reading-room warrants a call for a reading-room founded on some permanent foundation. This periodic life of the reading-room has neither sustained vigor nor lasting growth to recommend it. When the library is remodelled, it is the intention, we understand, to provide a place for a general newspaper reading-room within its walls. This reading-room should be maintained by a special appropriation, and the management taken from the hands of students. In this way it can be supported in manner more in keeping with Harvard's resources than the present meagre funds raised by subscription allow.
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