Microfilm in the Negro College

A perennial topic in conversations of teachers in small Negro colleges is the lament for the lack of research f acilities. In a large measure the difficulties are real: there is little material for laboratory work; there is no well equipped library with many original documents; often there is a too full teaching schedule with committee work. The present financial condition of our schools gives no hope that there will be any sudden influx of large donations which will enable these problems to be written off. The individual teacher may find himself with a genuine desire for research and a willingness to give the extra energy demanded. There still faces him, however, the lack of original sources and of files of research periodicals. If he is in one of the sciences, he may find refuge in the realization that research is most expensive: the electric power for a cyclotron easily costs more than the combined budgets in all the physical sciences in his school. Yet his most promising approach is to delve into his ingenuity for some mitigating technique. There is of course no logical formula or magical instrument which will remedy our deficiencies overnight, but an emphasis on microfilm and microfilm technique may be a partial solution for our research problems.: One

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