Part 2 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

Teblen' s yearnip for sow thin^ scmbling the High Table a t Oxford.
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:he Faculty took full managerial and financial responsibility far meals,
tiring a concessionaire, As war cam, with its servant problems and
*ationing, Faculty merbers did mch of their entertaining at Fuld Hall;
it helped their wives, and wsweetened" the concession.
The Faculty bought a radio for the c omn room which was oper-
lted only, on Saturday nights, when occasionally there were dances for
:he younger nenbers. The Faculty had a bowling green in the meadow before
:uld Hall; it put a bench or two for the confort of bowlers and onlookers
lnder the old cherry tree. The Standing Cormittee decided to forbid the
mtry of dogs to Fuld Hall, and took steps to separate canines from masters.
'rofessor Veblen, a wood-chopping philosopher, led a corps of the more
ictive members in clearing the Institute woods of dense underbrush. Var-
ious civic organizations, lacking a meeting place, sometimes asked for the
ise of the Cornon Ram. The Standing Committee took jurisdiction, and
ruled out organizations devoted to propaganda, granting applications of
~thers on occasion. At the end of Aydelottets secand year, the Faculty
zsked him to call regular meetings at. the beginning and end of each semes-
Ier, and to schedule three Faculty lunches each term. It suggested also
:hat the Director ask the Trustees to make available housing for temporary
ncrnbers, a serious need which was not to be sattled until 1946 because of
:he war. All requests were granted.
The School of ?lathematics was first to ask Dr. Aydelotte to aid
in bringing members to it during the war, Professor Veblen alluded to
:he research in "the uranium affairt' wntioned 5n the New York Times of
recent date; he had heard in Gashington, though it was "secret,*Qhat the