VOL. rV NOVEMBER 1954 NUMBER i.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Pursuit of Freedom............3
Madame Pandit speaks about Columbia's
International Role............5
French Universities and the Pursuit of Freedom
Pierre Donzclot.............9
The Universitv of Paris and the Stationarii in tiic Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Centuries
Pearl Kibre..............13
The Art of the French Bookbinder
Elsie Griesbach.............19
The Notebooks of Champfleury
Jean P. Hytier.............29
The Engel Gifts
Richard H. Logsdon............34
Our Growing Coliections
Roland Baughman............35
Activities of the Friends............42
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
Mad-'\me Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was President of the eighth session of
the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Pierre Donzeloi" is Permanent Representative of French Uni\er.sities in
the United States.
Pearl Kihre is an associate professor of histor\- at Hunter College.
Elsie Griesbach is a member of the Friends who studied the craft of book¬
binding at Columbia's School of General Studies.
Jean P. Hytier is a professor of French at Columbia Universitv. Richard
T. Arndt is an instructor in French at Columbia.
Roland Baughman is Head of the Special Collections Department in the
Columbia Universit)- Libraries.
Richard H. Logsdon is tlie Director of Libraries at Columbia Universitv.