Coming Events

i he next general meeting of the Friends will be held Thursday,
March 27th at 8:30 in the Rotunda of Low Memorial Library
on the Columbia campus. It will mark the occasion of the first
public exhibition of Columbia's holdings in the fields of typogra¬
phy, printing and the Graphic Arts, which are said to be the most
extensive coUections of their land in the world, numbering more
than 30,000 volumes. Selected items in the exhibition will ex¬
emplify the history of fine typography.

The guest speaker for the evening will be Walter Dorwin
Teague, President of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and
internationally known industrial designer, who will talk on "Print¬
ing in the iModem World." Carl M. White, Director of the
Columbia Libraries, will also speak. His subject is, "A Graphic
Arts Center in the Making." August Heckscher, editorial writer
for the New York Herald Tribune and member of the Council
of the Friends, will preside.
 

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