To the Editor of the CRIMSON:

The Officers of the College Library highly appreciate the attitude which the CRIMSON takes in regard to the use (or misuse) of books in the Reading Room, and they value the vigorous editorials in which this has been expressed.

It is unfortunately true that there have been lately more cases than usual of men abusing the privileges of the Room in total disregard of the the rights of their fellow students. In some cases maps or pages have been torn out from a book, making it valueless to the next reader; in other cases the user of a reserved book in demand has tried to conceal himself by sitting at a table remote from that at which he has stated he was sitting, or has carried the book away from the Room in spite of his signed promise not to do so; in a few cases books have been deliberately stolen by signing a fictitious name on the charging slip. These and other similar tricks are easily invented by men without a sense of fair play, and they cannot be altogether prevented except by such elaborate precautions as would quite change the character of the Reading Room administration. They cannot be permitted, however, among men of honour, and I am giad to be assured that general student opinion unhesitatingly condemns them.

I wish to give notice that such cases are now reported to the Dean to be dealt with as matters of regular discipline, and to announce that at the request of the Student Council, the name of any man found guilty of a serious breach of trust will be publicly posted. WILLIAM COOLIDGE LANE'81 January 10, 1922.