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The report of Professor Coolidge, director of the University Library and chairman of the Council of the College Library, shows that the Library has reached a total of nearly two million volumes and pamphlets. As Professor Coolidge's report reads: "It now ranks both in size and in quality among the greatest collections of books in the world, though its constituent parts are of uneven strength and all present unlimited possibilities of improvement." The principle need seems to be satisfactory endowment, which will not make the departments dependent on the varying gifts of each year. For the most part the housing of the collections is unsuitable. The price of books, binding, labor and everything else is rising so rapidly that the inelastic budget is unable to keep pace.
During the year $12,189.26 was received for the purchase of books, besides numerous valuable gifts of collections and sets. The accessions for the year and the present extent of each department are shown in the following table:
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