Word: bells
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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OFFICERS OF THE C. T. Co. - President, C. P. E. Burgwyn, A. B.; Vice-President, R. W. Sawyer, '74; Secretary, F. E. Randall, '74; Treasurer, G. W. White, '74; Directors, J. F. Simmons, A. B.; R. W. Nason, A. B.; C. J. Bell...
...bell that rings their knell...
...November, 1872, a telegraph wire was laid by Messrs. Nason, Bell, and Willson, of '73, and Sawyer, of '74, between Thayer and Weld Halls. Before the day had closed, the telegraphers had an opportunity of proving their success by sending the news of the "Great Fire" in Boston across the line. Thus the birthday of the Telegraph at Harvard was celebrated by an event that will long remain a part of the history of Boston. May we not suppose that, as the burning of the "Temple of Diana," at Ephesus, celebrated the birthday of so invincible a conqueror as Alexander...
...enter the shades beyond. Besides this pecuniary transaction she requests you to inscribe your name in a ponderous volume. Could it be that I was thus leaving a last record for the outer world before opening that mysterious plate-glass door on which I deciphered the words "Ring the Bell and Walk in"? I began to feel slightly nervous, and to repent my rashness in coming alone. The first apartment I entered was long and low, and quite dark. It seemed very much like a jail. Three or four small beds were ranged along the wall, on which reclined...
While still is sounding the passing bell...