And it answers a question I've long pondered. As current librarian, I have occasion to look at old yearbooks. I've noticed that Uni had African-American students at a time when it wouldn't have been expected, given it was a selective admissions school. Yet when other schools of its type were all white, Uni's profile was different. I wish very much that I could hop on a time machine and have a chance to speak with Dr. Allen about this.
Perhaps you can answer another question for me. Since I've been at Uni (fall of 1987, gasp!), the library has consisted of four contiguous rooms. Yet the back two rooms were clearly once classrooms (with the hidden-chalkboard-behind-the-bookstacks as evidence). Do you happen to remember if the library of the early 1950s included those two rooms? I DO understand if you don't remember the precise configuration of the library, but I thought it a question worth asking. I just wonder if there's a precedent I can point to as the library slowly and secretly moves in its bid to take over the entire north side of the second floor...
This is just lovely!
And it answers a question I've long pondered. As current librarian, I have occasion to look at old yearbooks. I've noticed that Uni had African-American students at a time when it wouldn't have been expected, given it was a selective admissions school. Yet when other schools of its type were all white, Uni's profile was different. I wish very much that I could hop on a time machine and have a chance to speak with Dr. Allen about this.
Perhaps you can answer another question for me. Since I've been at Uni (fall of 1987, gasp!), the library has consisted of four contiguous rooms. Yet the back two rooms were clearly once classrooms (with the hidden-chalkboard-behind-the-bookstacks as evidence). Do you happen to remember if the library of the early 1950s included those two rooms? I DO understand if you don't remember the precise configuration of the library, but I thought it a question worth asking. I just wonder if there's a precedent I can point to as the library slowly and secretly moves in its bid to take over the entire north side of the second floor...