umes.

"The three society libraries continued under separate management until
1874, although the societies, as far as literary work is concerned,
had for some time given way to the secret societies, and the interest
in them was so slight that only with great difficulty could a quorum
be obtained for ordinary business. During that year an arrangement was
made by which the three society libraries were placed under the same
management as the library of the college, the latter receiving the
society taxes which were slightly reduced, assuming all expenses
including the support of the reading-room, and providing for the
increase of the library by books to be annually selected by the Senior
class. Under this arrangement the different libraries have been
brought together and considered as departments of one, the hours for
drawing and consulting books have been increased from three hours per
week in the society libraries and six in the college, to twenty-one
hours per week, and in many respects the facilities for use have been
greatly increased. Since 1870, the yearly additions for all the
libraries have averaged 700 volumes, and they at present contain
exclusive of pamphlets about 45,000 volumes, besides nearly 5,000
books which are either duplicates or worthless. These figures are
independent of the Astronomical library located at the Observatory,
the library of the 'Society of Inquiry,' and of the libraries of the
Medical and Agricultural departments, which will probably be connected
with the main library. The library as it is now constituted is well
adapted to the work of the college, and is especially so in some of
the departments of instruction, in connection with which a large
amount of reading is done. There are in use at present three printed
catalogues: one of the college library, printed in 1868; one of the
'Social Friends' library, dated 1859; and one of the 'United
Fraternity' library, issued in 1861. These are supplemented by a card
catalogue arranged under title, author, and subject."

The "Centennial" celebration of the founding of the college, at the
Commencement of 1869, was a season of rare interest and profit to the
very large number of alumni and friends of the college assembled from
nearly every quarter of the globe.

The following is the substance of the address of Chief Justice Chase,
who presided on the occasion, as given by Mr. William H. Duncan:

"He began by alluding to the fact that the college r