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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...temperature is controlled automatically and kept constant. A large blower in the basement delivers air to the different rooms at the rate of 24,000 cubic feet a minute, and is the amount this air is heated which determines the temperature. In this way there is a constant current of fresh air passing through the rooms, and yet their temperature remains unchanged. All that has to be done is to set an index at the required temperature, and everything is done automatically. The heating is done by steam from the boilers back of AlumniHall and circulated by two lowpressure engines...
Room mate for current year desired for very desirable room in college yard. Address by letter only No. 35 Weld hall...
Through the efforts of the German department an addition has been made to the German library. It has been decided to subscribe, in addition to the regular books, to a number of current periodicals, Three of them, "Die Gegenwart," "Die Kunst fur Alle," and the "Fliegende Blatter," have just arrived; two others, "Das Echo" and the "Vierteljahresschrift fur Literatur-geschichte," are expected to be here soon. Taken together these magazines will give a view of the prevalent political, literary, and artistic tendencies in modern Germany...
During the year the endowment fund has been increased $1000. The work of the Society has been carried on the past year without incurring debt but it has been necessary to practice the most rigid economy. The executive committee have felt that a more generous investment of money in current expenses would be judicious. This is especialy true in regard to the library, which needs frequent additions to make the various courses as fruitful as they ought...
...important football games in New York it must be perfectly apparent that the accommodations for carriages are utterly inadequate. Not only in the cramped space assigned to them, but in its position on the field the people who come in carriages are to be at a great disadvantage. From current reports from various quarters I judge that the number of coaches engaged for the Spring field game is nearly, if not quite, equal to that at a New York game...