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THE HECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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THE HECK MEMORIAL LIBRARY.

The Department of Education maintains its own library in Peabody
Hall, named in honor of the first professor of Education in the University,
the late Professor William Harry Heck. The library consists of numerous
select books covering every field of Education, a complete file of the
publications of the United States Bureau of Education, various national,
state and foreign documents, State School Laws, State Superintendents'
Reports, City Superintendents' Reports, etc. Files of the leading educational
magazines are available for free use of the students. Extensive
exhibits of school textbooks are at hand for comparative studies.