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Well, they found the old well in front of Hollis Hall the day before yesterday, and the yard pump, blown up by the Med Fac in 1901, will be restored...
...eight-minute dynamite fuse led into the guncotton, which was contained in a wadding of a New Yorkers, glue, canvas, etc. That Memorial Hall stands today unbowed by their efforts has not discouraged the bombers, who are now planning a second attempt, to be executed in the best Med. Fac. style...
...common propensity of early students seems to have found expression in the form of destruction to property. The breaking of windows headed the list, while damage to pumps was indulged in long before "Med Fac" days. In 1660 numerous exploits resulted in the following statement of the Overseers: ". . . where any damage is done to ye Edifice of the Colledge (excepting by the inevitable providence of God) to any vacant Chamber of Study, the Colledge fences about the Yard, pump, or clocks, etc: the same shall be made good again by all Students resident in the Colledge at the Time when...
...President Kirkland in the first artistic landscaping undertaken in the Yard eliminated the beer barrels and the untidy wood yard, but the pump remained as a gathering place for students and an object of hilarious pranks, until 1901, when it was destroyed, an easy target for a "Med Fac" exploit...
...Harvard Hall other than Holden Chapel, made necessary a pump in this vicinity. This was the famous Yard Pump which remained in service until 1901, long after city water was introduced in the College buildings. After several times being damaged and repaired it was demolished by a "Med Fac" bomb, which nearly carried with it the front of Hollis Hall...