Word: firing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ninth annual Junior Dance was given in the Union last night by the class of 1915. In every respect the occasion was a great success. The entire ground floor was given up to the guests. The Living Room, bordered by palms and with an open fire in the southern fireplace, was used for dancing. The Hall, Dining Room, Periodical Room Card Room, and Reading Room were arranged with boxes separated by screens of palms, ferns, and spruce. The rooms were hung with festoons of laurel and smilax, to which were attached rows of Japanese lanterns...
...Harvard Hall, to read the quaint letter of President Holyoke's daughter, and realize the changes of so many years. Apparatus estimated at the value of fifteen hundred dollars, five thousand books and pamphlets-the largest library in America-and some furniture were lost in the Harvard Hall fire. As a result, "Our college is now the poorest on the continent." The material statement of these facts thrown in contrast with the University of 1913, which directly or indirectly was engaged in building operations to the extent of four and one-half millions of dollars, gives a starling conception...
...small fire was discovered in Weld about 4.45 o'clock yesterday morning by the janitor who immediately turned in an alarm. The fire was located in the basement of the south entry, and owing to the large amount of smoke which it produced, it was imposible to determine at first the extent of the configuration. The students in the south entry were awakened by firemen and advised to leave the building. The fire was confined to a heap of rubbish...
...Fires its in the Widener Library by a laborer last night to keep the plaster freshly poured out on the concrete floors from freezing attracted the attention of a considerable number of students and resulted in an alarm being rung in. The Fire Department responded promptly only to find the alarm false...
...House was attractively arranged for the occasion. A fire-lit room, fitted with jack-o-lanterns, served as a reciting room, while nearby was a large barrel of apples and other suitable refreshments...