Word: fired
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Fire broke out last night in Trinity Hall at a quarter past ten. The fire was confined at first to the partitions and floorings, which made it very difficult to extinguish. The blaze started in room 10, occupied by D. C. Barnes '02 and H. B. Stevens '03, both of whom were away at the time. The probable cause was the short circuiting of an electric light wire. The whole interior of the two upper floors was burned out and much of the contents of the rooms destroyed. In the lower rooms the little property which was removed was injured...
...twenty-four plates may be developed simultaneously without requiring any constant attention. Previously this same work required the attention of several men, during a long period of time. After the plates are developed they are labelled, dated, catalogued, and after a second inspection, they are finally stored in the fire-proof photographic library. During the last year 12,000 pictures were taken in this way, and the library now contains nearly 100,000 phot graphs, many of which contain impressions of nearly 500,000 different stars. These pictures furnish a complete map of the sky for the past ten years...
...April. The committee is now canvassing the dormitories for cash subscriptions, and circulars will soon be sent to non-resident students. It is hoped that the amount raised will be sufficient for the portrait and also for a large Harvard shield to be set into the panelling above the fire-place at the Harvard end of the living-room...
Various arrangements are being made for the safety and convenience of those who attend the play. It has been decided to have special fire escapes built for the first gallery. To keep out the draughts which have been very annoying near the entrances large curtains will be placed on the doors at either side of the theatre, on the first floor. A coat room will be provided in Memorial Hall. The College has bought all the second balcony and the public at large has applied for almost all the remaining seats. The programmes will be printed this week and will...
...Arequipa station in Peru amounts only to $134,000, as compared with a corresponding value of $500,000 on the equipment at the Lick and Yerkes observatories more recently established in California. In addition to this handicap in financial matters, the department is much in need of a fire-proof Library building for the safe keeping of the valuable astronomical library. There are also buildings at the Cambridge and Blue Hill stations in need of immediate repair...