Word: fire-proof
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...actual flights with hydro-aeroplanes. The duration of this course is two months. Classes will be organized for July 1st and 15th, additional courses being provided for as conditions warrant. The fee for the special summer course, including flights, is $100. The institution is housed in a four story fire-proof structure of steel and concrete. The building is fitted with light, airy classrooms, recreation quarters, library, reading and smoking rooms, and the largest school workshop in the country...
...ready for occupancy by November 1. They were to have been finished for the opening of the new buildings and the delay has caused many students who had engaged rooms in them to locate elsewhere temporarily. The dormitories, when finished, will be divided throughout into sections by means of fire-proof doors, each section containing both single rooms and suites. Unlike the Freshman dormitories of the University, there will be no rooms furnished with baths, but large shower rooms will be conveniently located on each floor...
...most up-to-date chemical laboratories in the country. It will replace the building which recently burned. The insurance of $50,000 on the old building, together with a recent gift of $40,000 by Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson, will provide the means for a thoroughly fire-proof structure, the plans of which are being completed...
...professors and very far advanced students, are excellent and adequate, it must be admitted that the facilities for instructing the undergraduate are perhaps the worst in the country, and that, in comparison with some other departments, the chemistry department is at a distinct disadvantage. Boylston Hall is not fire-proof; its store-room is inaccessible; it is dark;--in fact it is hopelessly inadequate...