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...clear that such a collection demanded a separate building, and in 1940 President Conant dug the first spadeful of earth from a hole that was to become the new rare-book library. When it was opened three months after the start of World War II, Houghton was described as "Fire-proof, earthquake-proof, and reasonably protected against the incendiary bomb." The age of nuclear weapons may have increased Houghton's vulnerability, but it has not diminished the value of a collection that has withstood three hundred years in the Yard...
...narrow escape forced the Corporation to take stops to prevent future fires in Harvard's wooden buildings. A fire-proof floor was installed in Mem Hall and Boylston Hall got new brick walls. Fire escapes went in, ropes were provided for dormitory rooms, and ladders and waterproof covers for furniture were placed in the Yard...
...line with their views. Toward the end of 1952 the Bell Committee issued a policy statement that favored dropping the Bailey Plan regarding the Arboretum, but also in favor, if the Corporation should consider it in the Arboretum's interest, of moving the herbarium and library to the new fire-proof building in Cambridge. This the Overseers approved and sent on. Another scientific inquiry was launched the result was affirmative and the President and Fellows proceded to the vote of January...
Yard Dormitories Not Fire-proof...
...most famous editorial campaign was directed at the condition of the Yard dormitories, not one of which "can make the least pretense of being fire-proof . . . What then are the facilities offered for escape? . . . The flimsy wooden staircases can certainly not be relied on for egress, and the single rope in each suite of rooms is of such character that more than one person would find great difficulty in reaching the ground without a broken neck...