A top-notch college library, coupled with a pleasant campus, creates an ideal environment for a writer. However, this setting also faces challenges in educating students. An anecdote illustrates this issue; a student once brought a transistor radio into a reading room during a quiet period. He argued that he was playing classical music softly and that the fewest readers were present in the summer.

The irony in this situation is highlighted by the fact that the narrator, despite being the only person in the room, felt like a "one-man multitude." This emphasizes the clash between personal freedom and the collective, often unacknowledged impact of one's actions in shared public spaces.