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of this book one w i l l not find the objectivity 
and dispassionate appraisal that have char-
acterized many other writings of this genre. 
O n the contrary, here is a panegyric to the 
honor and success of Halsey W . W i l s o n , the 
company he founded and his associates in 
the undertaking. 

M r . W i l s o n succeeded in subject bibliog-
raphy, the history of which is strewn with 
the wreckage of ill-fated enterprises. A l m o s t 
the only man w h o has made bibliography 
profitable, he created an organization that is 
characterized by "an innate sense of duty, 
respect for the company's founder, delight in 
the challenge of a responsible job, recogni-
tion of its opportunities, pride in accomplish-
ment" ( p . 1 3 9 ) . H i s w a s a staff that suf-
fered from " a strange disease . . . called the 
Bibliographical U r g e " ( p . 1 3 9 ) , a staff that 
enjoyed "conditions of w o r k [that w e r e ! 
f a v o r a b l e " (p.140), a "sense of adventure" 
(p.140), a "policy of welcoming women in a 
period when prejudice barred them from most 
business firms" (p.140), an "encouragement 
of initiative on the part of its w o r k e r s " 
(p.140), in short a congenial " f a m i l y " ( p . 1 4 1 ) . 

T h i s reviewer does not wish to belittle 
the achievements of the W i l s o n Company, 
though the author himself almost does as 
much by the very excesses of his praise. T h e 
W i l s o n bibliographic services are a substantial 
contribution to the development of biblio-
graphic organization in the English-speaking 
world, and as such they merit a really serious 
studv based on a solid understanding of the 
problems of, subject bibliography. B u t the 
pages before us fail to perform this task. 

T h e w o r k itself is divided into three parts: 
P a r t I : The Past, in which the librarian w h o 
is reasonably familiar with the W i l s o n serv-
ices will discover little of importance that is 
new or significant. P a r t I I : The Present, 
which contains, among other matters, two 
quite excellent chapters on the compiling of 
the C.B.I, and the periodical indexes, the 
only part of the entire w o r k that makes any 
substantial contribution to the informed li-
brarian's knowledge of the subject. T h e 
w o r k concludes with a series of appendices 
that supply listings of the W i l s o n publica-
tions, and a " N o t e on Sources," which, in-
cidentally, seem to be f a r more voluminous 
than w a s necessary for the execution of the 
w o r k . — J e s s e H. Shera, Graduate Library 
School, University of Chicago. 

College Fund'Raising 
Fund-Raising for the Small College. By Ed-

w a r d L . H a w t h o r n e . N e w Y o r k , C o l u m -
bia University, T e a c h e r s College, Bureau 
of Publications, 1950, 25ip. $3.00. 
T h i s book should be required reading for 

every college president and his chief officer 
in charge of fund raising. Here, in slightly 
over 200 pages, M r . H a w t h o r n e presents a 
first-rate analysis of the problems that are 
involved in financing the small colleges of 
this country. 

W h i l e the general statistics and informa-
tion on philanthropic giving w i l l certainly 
prove instructive, college officers are urged 
to study carefully the last two sections which 
deal with the various considerations that must 
be taken into account in developing a financial 
program for a small college. 

T h e w r i t e r has correctly stressed the im-
portance of preliminary planning and organi-
zation. T o o many college fund-raising pro-
grams have started on the assumption that 
there is nothing much more to do than to 
ask for money. T h i s book shows how im-
perative it is to make a careful analysis of 
the public from whom the funds are to be 
solicited, the importance of preparing this 
public for a request for funds and the or-
ganization necessary to make such a program 
a manageable one. 

M r . H a w t h o r n e has not confined himself 
to generalizations of fund raising but pre-
sents a bill of particulars on the best w a y to 
go about it. T o those w h o are just starting 
a fund-raising program, a careful reading and 
rereading of this book is strongly recom-
mended. T h o s e w h o have already had some 
years' experience w i l l wish that they had had 
an opportunity to read it before they started 
their endeavors.—James A. Perkins, Carnegie 
Corporation of New York. 

Texas A. and M. Survey 
" R e p o r t of a Survey of the L i b r a r y of the 

T e x a s A . and M . College October, 1949 to 
February, 1950." By Robert W . O r r and 
W i l l i a m H . Carlson. College Station: 
T e x a s A . and M . College, 1950, i67p. 
( M i m e o g r a p h e d ) . 

T h e surveys of land-grant college libraries 
continue to add to our information concern-
ing an important arm of librarianship in the 

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United States. T h e recent surveys of the li-
braries of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute 
and of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
reached conclusions which are similar to those 
arrived at by O r r and Carlson for T e x a s A. 
and M . A recommendation, common to the 
other surveys, reached by the surveyors is as 
follows: 

If the library is to give effective support to 
resident instruction, research and extension edu-
cation, the book collections, especially scientific 
and technical journals in the basic and applied 
sciences, will have to undergo substantial de-
velopment. A greatly augmented staff, some of 
whom would possess training in science and 
foreign languages, will also be necessary. More-
over, a library building that is larger and more 
functional than the Cushing Memorial Library 
building must be provided. Not until these needs 
are satisfied will the library be in a position to 
provide the publications, the services and the 
facilities that are required for the library pro-
gram needed at Texas A. and M. College. 

T h e surveyors have performed a valuable 
job for Texas A. and M . in outlining a pro-
gram of development for the future. T h e 
methods of analysis used in examining the 
book collections, the personnel, public services 
and use, technical services, library building 
and financial support are not too different 
from those employed in other surveys of 
academic libraries with which we are now 
familiar. However, they are specifically di-
rected at Texas A. and M.'s peculiar prob-
lems. 

T h e surveyors recognize the great strides 
that are being made in the educational and 
research programs of land-grant colleges. 
Texas A. and M., like other similar institu-
tions, "has long since advanced beyond the 
original Morrill Act assignment of instruc-
tion in agriculture and the mechanic arts." 
Its increased research program, stimulated 
by the Hatch Act, has resulted in greater de-
mands upon the library. In addition, the 
growth of the Graduate College has made it 
essential for the library to provide resources 
and facilities on a more advanced level. 

In order to correct the deficiencies of its 
library program, Texas A. and M . will need 
a substantial increase in its budget. T h e sur-
veyors suggest an increase from the 1949-50 
budget of $137,864.55 to $249,440. Actually, 
this represents approximately 2.95 per cent of 
the total general and educational expenditures. 

Since funds, wisely spent, are necessary for a 
library enterprise to function effectively, it 
may be worth noting that from 1933-34 to 
1949-50, Texas A. and M . allocated sums 
to the library which ranged from 1.09 to 1.69 
per cent of the total expenditures, with the 
appropriation for 1938-39 reaching a high of 
1.92. A large part of the increase is recom-
mended for books, but 17 new staff members 
are proposed, nine professional and eight cleri-
cal. 

Surveys have proven to be valuable blue-
prints of procedure to some of the institutions 
for which they have been made. T h e extent 
to which the authorities of an institution will 
consider serious recommendations and put 
them into effect is important in the future life 
of the libraries involved. Texas A. and M . 
has a carefully worked out program for direct 
action.—Maurice F. Tauber, Columbia Uni-
versity. 

T h e N e w Gutenbergjahrbuch 
Volume X X V of the Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 

has just been published as the silver jubilee 
volume commemorating the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the founding of the Gutenberg-Gesell-
schaft in Mainz. A particularly handsome 
book as a physical specimen, it is truly in-
ternational in character with its text in five 
languages (German, English, French, Span-
ish and Italian), each contributor writing in 
his native idiom. Among the contributors 
are Dard Hunter, who writes on "Papermak-
ing by Hand in America, 1690-1811," Her-
man Ralph Mead on the 15 supposedly 
unique Spanish incunabula in the Huntington 
Library and Curt F. Biihler on " T h e Edition 
of the 'Ditz moraulx des philosophes' Printed 
at Paris by Michel Le Noir." 

The basic purposes of the Gutenberg-
Gessellschaft have been stated as research in 
the history of writing, printing, paper, book-
binding, illustration and other aspects of the 
graphic arts. In addition to the annual 
Gutenberg-J ahrbuch, the society publishes 
several smaller works every year. Of partic-
ular interest among recent publications are 
Director Aloys Ruppel's "Die Erfindung der 
Buchdruckerkunst und die Entdeckung 
Amerikas" (1948) and Helmut Presser's cata-
log of the Gutenberg-Museum's exhibit com-
memorating the Goethe Bicentennial, 
"Goethe und seine Drucker" (1949). 

JULY, 1951 
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