Excerpt from Wellesley College Bulletin, Vol. 2: Annual Reports President and Treasurer 1915-16 To the Board oj Trustees of Wellesley College: - I have the honor to submit my fifth report as President of Wellesley College, covering the year ending June 30, 1916. Much interesting material supplementing this report will be found in the reports of the Dean, the Chairman of the Graduate Committee, the Librarian, and the Director of Halls of Residence, published herewith. On March 16, 1916, the Librarian of the College, Henrietta St. Barbe Brooks, died at her home after a long illness. Because of physical disability Miss Brooks at her own suggestion gave only half time to the College during the academic year 1914-15. In April, 1915, increasing weakness made it necessary for her to give up her work altogether, and while she gave valuable counsel to the library staff until the time of her death, she was not able to return to the Library after the spring of 1915. Miss Brooks was appointed assistant librarian in 1903, acting librarian in 1909, and upon the death of the librarian, Caroline F. Pierce, she was appointed librarian in 1911. The minute adopted by the Academic Council admirably characterizes Miss Brooks' administration of the Library and is given in full: - In putting on record our sense of the great loss which Wellesley has sustained in the death of her librarian, Henrietta St. Barbe Brooks, a loyal alumna of the College, we of the Academic Council speak not for ourselves alone, but for all, teachers and students, who have shared in the benefits of an exceptionally able, liberal, and gracious library administration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.