Word: hydrant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...existing defects in our means for extinguishing fires. It hardly seems necessary to wait for another blaze before taking the needed steps. The great trouble in case of fires in the college buildings (spectators of the Matthews holocaust must have noticed it) is the absence of a hydrant in the yard and the consequent necessity of extending a line of hose from the engine stationed a block or more away from the scene of the conflagration. As things now are, the firemen have to run the hose around corners of buildings and through the entries to take a short...
...absolutely necessary, not only for the efficiency of the fire department but for the lives of the students that at least one hydrant should be placed in the yard from which an engine can throw a stream into any building in the quadrangle...
...hydrant on Jarvis Field...
...last year was for the reduction of the debt. The receipts from the courts do little more than cover the expenses of keeping the courts in order and sending delegates to the intercollegiate tournament. During the last two years the setting out of back-nets, the placing a of hydrant on Jarvis, and the purchase of material for renewing worn-out courts, all necessitated extra expenditures and made it impossible to reduce the playing rates. It is very probable that such a reduction may be made next fall...