Activities of the Friends

Meetings

Fall meeting on October 28. With one exception the program at
the Fall j\'Ieeting proceeded in accordance with the advance plans.
The variant was that Professor Allan Nevins—to whom the Co¬
lumbia Libraries Citation for Distinguished Service for 1969 was
awarded—was ill and unable to be present. Lie was, however, ably
represented by his wife. iMr. Alfred C. Berol, the Citation winner
for 1970, was present to receive his award.

President William J. .McGill made introductory remarks; War¬
ren J. Haas, the Director of Libraries, presented the Awards; and
Professor William E. Leuchtenburg, Chairman of the Library
Committee of the Columbia Senate, was the principal speaker. His
topic "When the Scholar Rejoices" dwelt upon the great impor¬
tance to scholars of the Columbia Libraries' resources for research.
He referred with warm appreciation to the many gifts by means
of which the research holdings have been further enhanced.

Election of officers on December 5. At the December meet¬
ing of the Council on alternate years, a Nominating Committee
presents a slate of officers (Chairman and Vice Chairman) who
would serve a two-year term, starting on January i. This year's
committee (Hugh J. Kelly, Chairman) nominated Dr. Saffron for
another term as Chairman and Gordon N. Ray as Vice Chairman.
The Council at its meeting on December 3 elected the two candi¬
dates unanimously.

Winter meeting on March 5. Since that will be the closest prac¬
ticable date for a meeting to commemorate the anniversary of the
founding (on iMay i, 1951) of the Friends, the Winter meeting
of the association will constitute a celebration of the Friends'
twentieth anniversary. Plans are for the event to be held in Low
Memorial Library, where an exhibit will be arranged to show rare
books and manuscripts given to the Libraries by the Friends as an

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