VOL. III.       FEBRUARY 1954      NUMBER 2.

THE   FRIENDS  OF   THE   COLUMBIA LIBRARIES

publish the Columns three times a year at Butler Library, Columbia
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Books as Living Memorials..........i

Ex Libris Universitatis Columbiae

Alfred H. Lane...........4

Melvil Dewey and the 'Wellesley Half-Dozen'

Ray L. Trautman...........9

More Reminiscences of the'Wellesley Half-Dozen'.           .    14

Our Growing Collections

Roland Baughman..........20

The Editor Learns How Librarians Are Made                .     .28

Activities of the Friends...........31

CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE

Ray L. Trautman has been Professor of Library Service at Columbia
since 1948. During World War II he was Colonel in charge of the Libraries
Branch of the Special Services Division, Army Service Forces, and later
became Vice President and Manager of Omnibook Magazine.

Alfred H. Lane is Supervisor, Gifts and Exchange Division of the Acqui¬
sitions Department, Columbia University Libraries.