Word: doors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fires without rising to do it. A correspondent who sends us the following extracts vouches for the accuracy of the statements therein made: "Van. constructed during the winter an apparatus which connected an alarm clock with a system of weights and pulleys, and these again with his stove door, so that when the machine was wound up and properly adjusted it could, at the precise moment agreed upon, ring a bell, wind up a spool, drop a weight, rattle a chair, slam shut the stove door and open the draft, all in a jiffy and without extra charge...
...university nine is making the most of its gymnasium opportunities before beginning out-door practice, which will probably be in about a month. The candidates at present are Lowell, Smyth, Fuller and Edmands from '83, Fletcher, Keep, Lovering, Hamlin and White from '84, Crocker (captain), Winslow, Hoyt, Follansbee and Beaman from '85, Allen, Phillips and Kimball from '86. Besides these are Coolidge, Nichols, Lemoyne and Baker, members of last year's nine, some of whom will undoubtedly play in the spring. Three squads have been formed which alternate in using the cage, chest weights and running track between...
...take this matter into consideration and to begin practicing for the spring season. But whether the candidate succeeds in securing a position on the team, or not, he may rest assured that he is adopting the best possible means for improving himself for almost any branch of out-door athletics...
...Short ladders. - Basement of University Hall. Door sometimes locked...
Basement window, marked "Fire Apparatus," in the west side of University Hall. Door locked...