Part 2 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

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3udget Comnittee. The Director waslrequired to do what he had carlier
asked permission t o do -- to consult with thc schools to lcarn their
needs. Re prepared the budget on the basis of thcse statements, and then
conferred with the Chairman. They had powr to amnd and revise the docu-
ment, after which it went to the Comittet on the Sudgct, to consist of
three mmbcss, and the Treasurer, the Chairman and the Director, ex officio.
The Comittec also had power to amend; its recomcndations went to the
i3oard. The Committee, announced in January, consisted of EIcssrs. Weed,
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Chairman, Aydelotte and Stewart,
In the discussion period, Messrs, Aydclotte and 17cblcn wcre .re-
corded as approving warmly of the proposcd expansion, and the Board as
expressing its gratification for the new building. Plans for the building
received imediate attention. The School of Mathematics was first with
its statement of nceds, presented with considerable thoughtful detail
clevcn days after the Board meeting. The statement made two basic assump-
tions: (1) Fine Ilall was to continue to be the center of mathematical
activities for the Institute; (2) some of its personnel would be in Fuld
Hall. Thus it was said:
The mathematicians of the Institute are all anxious to contin-
ue and, if possible, to intensify their cooperation with the
mathematicians of Princeton Univcrsity. They consider there-
Eorc that such additional quarters as are provided in Fuld
Hall are to be thought of as extensions of the facilities
available to the matheratics group as a whole. There are
several ways in which such extensions would be valuable.
A number of studies could be offered to professors of the
University, thereby making our relations more reciprocal in
nature. It is obvious that the teaching obligations of mem-
bcrs of tke University staff will lead most of them to prefer
Fine Hall, but it is not inpossible that when Fuld Hall is
actually in existence other considerations may outweigh chis
one. In particular, visiting lecturers, and professors of