Word: claiming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...tradition that the bell of 1793 was recast, be true, for over a century, the Old Bell has rung from the belfry of Harvard Hall. Even if considerations of historic value and association go for naught, the mere fact of its long and faithful service should give it some claim upon the sentiment of the University. For the Corporation to sell it for the small sum which the weight of its metal would bring, would be to say the least, a sordid act. But even if the Old Bell means to the Corporation only the opportunity to make a hundred...