Left , LEAVING the library , Linda McKinne y and Phil Baker try o ut the ne w security system. It never fails to strike fear into your hea rt - the sudden , shrill shriek of the alarm, the impersonal steel arm blocking your path , and the ' dreaded voice from behind , saying, "Where do you think you're going?" Security at a major airport? The entrance to CIA headquarters? No, it 's the Harding College Library, and you 've just been caught carrying an unchecked book out of the library . Students at the beginning of the year were greeted with a new addition to the library decor - two steel gates guarding the entrance. Thi s is the 3M Spa rta n S ecur it y S yste m, recommended by the library faculty last year and voted on and accepted by the Library Committee. It was installed to stop the loss of books that , until this year, has been a constant pr o blem in t he li brar y . Although some of these may have been delibe rately stolen, the majority were carried off inadvertantly. The security system prevents Illy, Deni.e • lubbock . TX lay, Mart· Tulsa. OK leele, Melinda • Memphis. TN leller, Debra • Hoxie, KS lennamer, Deana. Grant . Al ler.ey, Michelle. Memphis. TN lidd, Libby • Clinton. AR this. All books and selected peri odicals have in them a strip of charged tape. If the tape is not neutra lized at the desk when the book or magazine is checked out , the secu ri ty system detects it , the alarm goes off and the gate wi ll not open. Alth o ugh student s jo ke about the system, it benefit s them as we ll as the library, because one of the causes of rising tuition is the loss of books. "Someone has to pay for lost books ," says librarian J oe McReynolds. "The system also removes an inconvenliillnl, Ranely • Searcy . AR lir.. , Michael • Miami . OK ling, Re... Miami . OK King, Tim • Warren . OH linney, Chris • Indianapolis, IN Kirtland, Roy. Word, AR Kirtsey, Tim • Houston , TX li...II, aetty • Ripley, TN litching, Sam • Snyder . TX K..... t,O'ri•• Ir .... ing . TX I~umba, John • Waynes.... ille , MO Kumpf, Aliee • Son Antonio, TX Lampe, Fay • Sf . Johns, MO Lance, Steve • St. Johns, MO Landry, Ruth. Dallas, TX Lane, Algie • Pleasanton, TX Lane, Allen • Moss Point, MS Lawyer, Tami • Oklahoma City , OK Ledlow, Roger. Mt . Dora, Fl Lemon, Mary • Searcy . AR l.enh, Terry • Jackson . MS ience ," he adds. "Now if a book isn 't on the shelf we know it's because it's either on reserve or checked out." Is the system unbeatable? "No, " says Mr. McReynolds , "There are a number of ways to beat it, but it has to be premeditated now . ., The security system works , for the number of lost books has been greatly reduced. So, despite its om inous ap - pearance , the security system seems to be here to stay - and is well on its way to becoming another landmark of Hard ing. - Eddie Willett Leonard, Kim • England , AR Utlanel. Paula • Desoto . TX Littrell. Paul • Atlanto . GA Lloyd. Vicki • Judsonia, AR Lockwood. Philip • Oklahoma City, OK LotIen, Woody • Bates.... ille, MS Lon, Cheryl • Tr inidad, TX Lowe, Robin • little Rock, AR Lower, Lisa • McAlester, OK Lowry, Nancy. Bart lesville , OK hllapcik, Ronald • New Philadelphia, OH WICOM"', Beth • Searcy , AR lynch, Mike • Bi .... ins , TX Lynn. Anely • Memphis. TN Lynn, Monty • Memphis, TN Mahaffy. Cassandra. Jackson, TN Mann, Johnny. Miami, OK Mansfield, Dan • Fort Worth, TX Martin, Dianne • Rosston, AR Martin, Tammy • Brawning , Il Martin, To.... Royal Oak , MI Harless-Martin ~ 277
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