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...publication of the will of the Canadian gentleman who bequeathed a legcy to his politically unsympathetic brother on conditions that the later should once a year shout from his front porch the words, "Hurrah for Sir Wilfred Laurier and Reciprocity!", recalls the days of a decade ago when Champ Clark suggested that Reciprocity would be merely the first step in the annexation of Canada to the United States...
...earliest picture of the exhibition is of the Cambridge Common in 1805 with the University in the background. A picture taken in 1815 shows University Hall with a front porch. At that time the first floor was divided into four parts, one for each of the classes held there. The room on the second floor now used as the Faculty Room was the Chapel...
...bundle a linen tag giving name and company. The bundles will be placed on the ground under the supervision of the supply sergeant of each company, and will be shipped to the target range by motor truck. In case of rain the bundles will be placed on the porch of Weld Hall...
...objections raised regarding moisture and lack of sunlight. The drawing, a cut of which appears in another column, shows, moreover, a decided improvement in the appearance of the Union. The old bandstand, the purpose of which even the oldest living graduate cannot divine, would be replaced by a solid porch over the pool; and this might be equipped with awnings for reading and lounging in good weather. As regards the "Union problem," the fact that at Yale about six hundred men pay five dollars each to use the pool, raises a presumption that men not now members would be willing...
...building has a three-story Georgian facade, of Harvard brick, laid in Flemish band, like that of the Harvard gates, with limestone trim. The Colonial porch, the white door with its brass knocker and fanlight, along with the iron railing on the balcony above tipped with brass knobs, all add unusual features to the "street of clubs." Harvard Hall, heart of the club, formerly the dining room, now the lounge, has been pronounced the noblest and one of the most beautiful rooms in America...