COLUMBIA
LIBRARY
COLUMNS
 

Foreword: in Appreciation
of the Friends
 

GRAYSON KIRK
 

Oaus,
bee:
 

the happy developments in publishing under the
auspices of the University during the past decade has
cen the birth and the thriving growth of Columbia
Library Columns. Dr. Dallas Pratt, the Editor from the beginning,
set high standards both as to format and as to variety of content,
and I want to take this opportunity to salute him for the place of
distinction which the journal has attained.

The creation of the journal was one of the first activities of the
Friends of the Columbia Libraries, which, as we know, was
reactivated at a meeting held in Low Memorial Library on May i,
1951. The assistance and support given by the members since that
time have been most meaningful to all of us at Columbia. The
private university has always been dependent upon its alumni and
friends for the moral and material support necessary to maintain
excellence in education and research. At Columbia, the Deans of
the several schools work directly with their graduates and their
a,ssociatcs to these ends. Officers of the Libraries, however, have
been handicapped in this respect by the fact that while students