In a valiant attempt to over-come the almost medieval paucity of books in the Library, a situation which has been intensified by irresponsible borrowers who keep books out for months, a system of fining for overdue books has been introduced. There have been some moans about the stiffness of fines but, on the whole, the students appreciate the new system. Books are turning over at a sfaster rate. It is essential that this should be so as there is usually only one copy of each book, in contrast to most American universities where there is one copy among eight students!

The question arises, what is being done with money from these fines? This is easily answered. Apart from the actual price of a book it costs £2 to put each new volume on the shelves. Gradually, more copies of essential books will be purchased.