CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

Satisfactory as is the general plan of the system now in use at the Widener Library, it contains one detail which would instantly attract the eye of any efficiency expert seeking to eliminate unnecessary motion. The trip to the second floor of the Library is the cause of many steps that might easily be saved if it were arranged to have the books returned at either the Lower Reading Room or at the desk on the first floor. Attendants are already present at both places and the books might be relayed to their proper places by means of a small truck. Such a plan would not only facilitate the prompt return of books, which is in itself extremely desirable, but it would be a step in the direction of efficiency which the Library officials can ill afford to neglect.