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Massachusetts has become the attic of the University,--a place for tattered and unsightly odds and ends. Cluttered together in a maze of clapboard partitions and sagging stairways are the offices of the chief janitor, the headquarters of the college police, the carpenter shop of the 47 Workshop, and, in the left, the shabby offices of a few tutors in the department of Economics. Commendable institutions, unquestionably,--and yet they seem a trifle unworthy of the oldest and most beautiful building in the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A MEMORIAL OF SERVICE | 4/7/1924 | See Source »

George Jackson, janitor of Smith Hall, has received so many complaints from students who object to the noise and smoke, and from officials who object to riddled furnace pipes, that the University rifle team may be forced to give up its present range under Persis Smith Hall next year, according to an announcement by Manager R. P. Cromwell '25. The complaints are an annual occurrence but it looks this year as if they would result in closing the range...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RIFLE MEN MAY BE FORCED TO LEAVE SMITH HALL RANGE | 4/2/1924 | See Source »

...CRIMSON investigator by cross examining the janitor found that the greatest disturbance took place in room 43, where two visitors were spending the night. These men occupied the window seat in the study. Across the hall, a friend was still studying at a late hour consequently, when one of the guests was awaked by a man fumbling in a coat pocket, he believed the burglar to be this friend hunting for a cigarette, and did not trouble himself further. The culprit was described by the visitor as a dark man, 5 feet 9 inches in height, wearing a light...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BURGLAR ENTERS 26 ROOMS IN CLAVERLY | 3/15/1924 | See Source »

...burglar attempted to burgle the Bureau of International Weights and Measures. He was foiled by the janitor. Within the Bureau building is the Standard Metre and a number of delicate instruments and standards, all made of platinum, iridium or other precious metals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: France Notes | 3/10/1924 | See Source »

...janitor. (P.10...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Mar. 10, 1924 | 3/10/1924 | See Source »

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