EX LIERIS

When William C. Lanc, thirty years librarian of Harvard College, resigned from his post two days ago the University lost one of its most valuable servants. For forty-one years Mr. Lane has continually worked for the good of the library, with but six years intermission, when he served as librarian at the Boston Athenaeum, from the time he entered its service in 1881, until when he resigned last week.

Under Mr. Lane's leadership the library has prospered. From a mere 200,000 volumes it has grown to become one of the world's finest and largest libraries with a collection of some two and a half million books. It has been kept up-to-date, and its accessibility has grown with its size under the capable supervision of Mr. Lane. From the original Gore Hall the library has moved to the magnificence of Widener with its never-ending stacks, and Mr. Lane managed the intricate process of moving it without once letting the change interfere with the routine business.

Thus has the story run all through Mr. Lane's career as Harvard librarian. From the earliest days to the present Reading Period he has successfully met every emergency and carried on the daily work with a smooth sureness. The University can do no less than express its deepest appreciation of a work well done.