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...artesian well beside Memorial Hall, which has been under construction since June, is now nearly finished, and will be ready for use as soon as the electric pump now being built is installed. The well is 321 feet deep with an eight inch pipe and will supply water at the rate of 50 gallons a minute. When completed, the whole structure and machinery of the well will be entirely underground...
...magazine contains cuts of Bertram Hall at Radcliffe, of the 1875 gate and of the College pump. The frontispiece of the number is a facsimile of the fly-leaf of a book inscribed with John Harvard's autograph, which was recently found in the library of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The book and the circumstances of its discovery are described in a short article entitled "A New Autograph of John Harvard...
...Class of 1869, instead of building a section of the Yard fence, has arranged to erect a successor to the old pump, for which a site has been granted by the Corporation. The design is being made by Mr. Walter Cook '69, of New York. Although the precise plan has not yet been determined upon, it will probably consist of a central fountain and basin with stone seats on either side; the whole in consistency with the general design of the old buildings nearby...
...hard to find the merit by which the cover sketch deserves its place. The first-page drawing is a little better, showing some individuality of style. There are several minor sketches, on the other hand, especially one in regard to the Pump, which are apt and amusing...
...wish the man who blew up the pump to realize that he has been guilty of an act so small and mean as to arouse the contempt of the body of undergraduates. Signed, J. LAWRENCE, JR., H. B. KIRTLAND, W. T. FOSTER, W. T. REID, Jr., WADDILL CATCHINGS, DAVID C. CAMPBELL, J. W. HALLOWELL...