The above quote is from Carol Abbott Paymer (Class of 1977). Read the full memory below:

I worked at the Rock as an undergrad. One week, my job was alphabetizing cards from the card catalog. The method was to sort the cards into 26 boxes by 1st letter, then each of those boxes into 26 more boxes by 2nd letter, and so on. When I started, we were 4 letters down in the C’s. Perhaps there were only C’s, or only Ca’s, or only Cam’s. I have no idea. I also have no idea how the cards got out of order in the first place. Maybe someone dropped a drawer.

I think of this every time I hear someone bemoaning the loss of the card catalog system.