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Most of the Harvard College buildings are separated into two or three portions by thick brick walls, which would act effectively against the spread of fire. In all the new building, and this includes every hall except Holworthy, Hollis and Stoughton, each room has a shield of plaster entirely around it on walls, ceiling and floor, so that in case of fire in any room the smoke could not penetrate to other rooms. - [Boston Journal...
...Boston Museum of Fine Arts has a plaster cast of Michael Angelo's famous statue of Lorenzo de Medici, called "II Pensieroso," from its attitude and look of melancholy abstraction. It is said to be the second cast ever made, the first having been secured by the South Kensington. Dr. W. S. Bigelow of Boston has given the museum another plaster cast from Michael Angelo - a "Madonna and Child," at Bruges. Casts from the Apollo, Centaurs and women figures discovered at Olympia by the German expedition in 1879 have been added to the fine series already in place. They...
Three cases, containing twelve plaster casts taken from statues in the Louvre arrived yesterday. They were bought by Prof. Jacquinot in Paris for the French department, and will be immediately placed on brackets in Sever 19 and 23. The busts vary in size from 75 centimetres to one metre in height, costing from 10 to 25 francs each. The list is as follows: J. J. Rousseau, Moliere, Pierre Corneille, Bossuet, Diderot, Fenelon, Boileau, Descartes, La Fontaine, Voltaire, Buffon, Racine...
...next minute. Under the workingmen velvet was to be placed, so as to keep the chips from falling on the lawn and ruining it. At midnight they were to be carefully removed and shipped to Russia, where they were to be fastened together by a new sticking-plaster just invented by a Freshman...
...Seniors; if not, another path is open to you. Those of your friends who are in must be greater friends than ever. Add "old boy" where you formerly said "old fellow." If they have a passion for driving, order Pike's drag, and stick to them like a mustard plaster. Of course you may have to pay for the team, but do not mind, it will be money well invested, - and above all things never haggle over expense if you want to be popular...