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Tea and cookies are served at 4pm every afternoon in Sanborn Library.
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Sanborn tea and cookies: the story behind the tradition

By Emma Guo | October 6, 2016

Every afternoon at 4 p.m. in Sanborn Library, the chime of bells momentarily awakens students from their studies, pulling them away from their schoolwork and into the world of tea and cookies. Located next to Baker-Berry Library, Sanborn boasts a vast collection of Oxford editions of English and American authors, as well as couches in small niches and large tables where students can study.

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