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...full force of laborers has been working for some time on the Widener. Library, and substantial progress has been made. The top story is now almost completed. The rooms are plastered and painted and the wood-work in them is finished. In the main entry hall the marble columns are in place, as is much of the marble work on the walls. The plaster ceilings of the main reading room and the card-catalogue room are also nearing completion, while the installation of the imported wood-work in the room which will hold the Widener collection will begin shortly...
...present. Brickley was able to leave the hospital Sunday afternoon and is convalescing rapidly at his home; D. P. Morgan will be out of the game for another week on account of his broken hand; Soncy has been ordered to keep his injured knee in a plaster cast, and that will necessitate his withdrawal for a good two weeks; and Sweetser's bad ankle will keep him out for some time. Pennock put in another afternoon logging around the field and it is the belief of the physicians that he will be in condition to play...
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...
...parts of the skeleton construction of the interior are even higher. All of the twenty-eight Corinthian columns and capitals have been set, four in each of the four pavilions and twelve across the front of the building. The capitals are being carved in place with the use of plaster models and it is hoped to expedite this work, which is now being done by hand, by the installation of an air compressor, which is expected shortly. The stone-work on the gable-end of the northeast pavilion is now complete, while that on the northwest gable is about half...
...contractor is expected to begin the work. This will include the demolition of the present Gore Hall, the excavation, concrete foundations, stone and brick work, cut stone, fire and damp-proofing, cement, mortar and concrete and structural metal and miscellaneous iron-work, lumber and carpenter work, plaster, painting and glazing, rough hardware, marble and tile work, cement floors and pavements, plumbing, heating and ventilating...