Word: needful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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There is great need at the observatory, if not for new buildings, at least for permanent ones, as was well shown last year when a slight fire starting in the residence threatened to spread over the entire structure. Had it not been for the prompt action of the observatory fire department, which had had practice drills for several years, serious damage might have resulted...
...world, now contains 37,449 books and pamphlets, 1,801 having been added during the past year. Professor Pickering strongly emphasizes the fact that this most valuable collection "is, however, in constant danger of destruction by fire, and is scattered through the rooms of the observatory," making the need of a new structure imperative. The photographic department is especially valuable, as it enables the observatory to trace the history and variations of a star while most other observatories must base their calculations on its present conditions...
...early spring of '98, in fewer numbers perhaps, because the need was less, but with just such a strong spirit as before, the men of Harvard University enlisted in the forming regiments for the front. Some went as commissioned officers, some as privates; some were in the infantry, others in the cavalry, others wore sewed to the sleeve of their shirts the red cross of the hospital corps; everywhere throughout the vast extent of armies, in Cuba, in Porto Rico, or left behind to sweat and toil in weariness, men we had known and men we had heard...
Face to face with the same problem that the University met back in the seventies, the CRIMSON now turns its back upon any possibility of putting the Hemenway Gymnasium into shape suitable to our modern needs, and will confine its efforts to bringing before every Harvard man the crying need of a new gymnasium. To that end we are publishing this morning a few facts about Harvard gymnasiums past and present...
More volunteers are needed for the work of the Entertainment Troupes, as there has been considerable difficulty in filling the bi-weekly calls this spring. The work consists in visiting hospitals and various institutions, and men of any ability to entertain are needed. Violinists are especially necessary. In undertaking this work, volunteers do not incur any definite obligations, but they will be called on from time to time on the average of once a month, and need only give their services when convenient. Those interested should send names and what they can do in the way of entertainment...