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...Hall. With the pious hope that it was adding to undergraduate sobriety by housing all the students within the College gates, the Corporation opened Hollis in 1763, thus making it the fourth oldest building in the Yard. Three days later, Hollis' neighbor, Harvard Hall, burnt down in a spectacular blaze, and the Hall's restraining career was off to an auspiciously bad start. Since then, Hollis has provided a colorful mixture of deviltry and distinction in College history...
Quick action on the part of two Winthrop House residents and a tutor prevented a blaze in J-35 from possibly gutting a whole floor last Saturday night...
...morning last week, a U.S. Marine captain stared down the frozen clay road to Panmunjom. He could make out a distant blaze of standards, the glint of their points in the winter sun. "Here they come," the captain's squad muttered, as the tramp of marching feet grew loud. "All right," the captain said. "Everybody get back and keep this road clear. These guys have been waiting a long time for this...
Firemen arrived quickly, smashed the outside of the windows, and then extinguished the blaze by extending hoses through the newsroom into the photo office...
...touched off by an afternoon water fight between the third and fourth floor occupants of Hollis North, flared again Sunday night as a sheet of flame rose high into the air in front of University Hall. Unknown persons poured gasoline on the ground and ignited it to kindle the blaze...