Undergraduate Group Files Strong Protest Against Library Plan

News of proposal to merge the social relations and philosophy libraries with Widener provoked a strong protest from the Social Relations Society yesterday.

In a letter to the CRIMSON signed by Robert P. Morris '53 and Anton S. Morton '53, president and secretary of the undergraduate group, the Social Relations Society went on record as opposed to the plan.

Morris and Morton agreed that a combined library would save the University money and give the social relations department more space.

"However, the letter went on, "we feel both money and space are well used" in the present departmental library.

Morris and Morton noted three reasons against the merger:

First they felt it would be an additional hardship on commuters.

Secondly, they stated that Widener is inconvenient to Social Relations majors, who attend most of their classes in Emerson.

And last, they felt a divisional library enables the student to find specialized books quicker than in a general subject library, and enables better reference work.