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...most impressive finds, though, were the fragments of moveable type from the first printing press in North America—the one housed in the Indian College. The small strips of metal that students uncovered actually played an important role in the development of American print culture. The Eliot Bible, the first published work in North America, was produced on the Indian College press in the local Algonquian language. “Digging Veritas” represents not only the physical excavations from multiple digs, but also the effects of years of cooperation between students, teachers, the public...
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...rooms in Eliot and Winthrop, among other Houses, have been redone – not with the brand new paint and rugs we desperately want (Why would the College give us that?), but with new sprinkler heads. If set off, these super powerful devices dump 70 to 90 gallons of water per minute on your bedroom, so all of your belongings are guaranteed to be soaked...
According to an e-mail from Eliot Building Manager Francisco Medeiros, “sprinkler heads are VERY SENSITIVE and are easily set off by even a tiny amount of direct pressure.” The sprinkler also goes off when the temperature reaches 130 degrees...
Jonathan S. Gould ’10 is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House...