Word: losses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...departure of Professor Palmer from the university. The efficiency and popularity of the department of philosophy at Harvard is a matter of pride to all. It should be the aim of the college to secure more men possessed of the ambition and energy of Prof. Palmer, while such a loss as this should not be permitted under any considerations. If an efficiency could be secured in every department of college instruction at Harvard equal to that of the department of philosophy or of Greek, our position as a college would be enviable indeed; and it would be all the more...
...living in singular disregard of any provisions for safety in case of fire. Only one or two of our dormitories possess fire-escapes, while the greater number of them are mere fire-traps, where any sudden violent conflagration late at night would be attended by a lamentable loss of life. The different entries are shut off from each other, and the stairways are mostly built in a spiral style that would furnish a tremendous draft for the flames and cut off escape. The danger is immediate and continual, and the action of the authorities at Princeton in providing fire-escapes...
...large fire occurred in Richmond, Va., yesterday, involving a loss of over $500,000. Several large tobacco factories were burned...
...fire on Eighth street, New York, last night caused a loss...
...Proctor House at Andover, N. H., was burned yesterday, with a loss...