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According to Cecil A. Roberts, Director of Buildings and Grounds and of the Planning Office, repairs will begin at once. Roberts, who worked with several university officials to get rehabilitation started, said that the Vappi Constructon Company would submit an estimate of repair costs to him this morning. "Just as...
Repair crews were called immediately, and were on the job in full force by 3 a.m., Cecil A. Roberts, Director of Buildings and Grounds, said yesterday. When repairs are completed later this week, the damages will be between $500 and $1000, he said.
"To my knowledge, vandalism of this kind has never been so widespread" Roberts said yesterday. But because the University acted so quickly, much of the paint was easy to remove, he said. As a result, it will not be the costliest such prank in recent years.
Two years ago a group of Yale students painted "Beat Harvard" in eight foot letters on the columns of Widener. They required extensive blasting with water jets to remove, and the damages exceeded $1000, Roberts said.
ROY A. ROBERTS