Activities of The Friends
 

Finances

ilNCE this issue of the columns is the final one for the

kacademic year 1951-1952, we present a summary of how

the Friends of the Columbia Libraries have been financed.

Although the organization was not formally inaugurated until
May, 1951, three generous Friends contributed $1500.00 in De¬
cember, 1950, and the same sum again at the end of 1951. Con¬
tributions from our other 160 members up to April 22, 1952,
amounted to $1450.19, bringing our total contributions for 1950-
1952 to $4450.19.

Our present, limited program of exhibitions, dinners and pub¬
lications is based on this sum. Divide it by 160, the number of our
members, and the result is $27.00—the approximate cost of the
program per Friend during the past year. Two-thirds of this cost
has been borne by three Friends, a beneficence on which we
obviously cannot continue to rely.

The Council hopes that members will do what they can to keep
the program under way. Donations of books and manuscripts to
the Libraries have been made by Friends during the past year, and
these also are most welcome.
 

Meetings

On Thursday, March 27th, under the sponsorship of the Friends,
an exhibition of Columbia's holdings in the typographic, printing,
and graphic arts fields provided the background for a discussion
of the possibility of establishing a Graphic Arts Center at the Uni¬
versity. The speakers were Walter Dorwin Teague, President of
the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Carl M. White, Director

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