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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although it is an old subject, the fact remains that Sever Hall would be very dangerous in case of a fire. There are no outside fire escapes, and the stairs are wooden and would burn quickly. On every floor there are wire ladders, but in the confusion incident to a serious conflagration these would be difficult to fasten and uncoil. Furthermore, the congestion that would result about windows would make exit from them extremely difficult...
These winter days, when darkness so often settles over academic Cambridge, recourse must often be had to artificial light for the class-room. The objections to the lighting system of Sever, where perhaps more classes meet than in any other building, and that in use in Harvard 5, are perennial but urgent. The illumination is at best poor, and the gas given off by the burning jets is so oppressive that the tendency is to labor entirely in the gloom rather than endure the odor. Injury to eyes or to lungs,--these are the alternatives. Recently a professor was obliged...
...second trials for the University debating team will be held in Sever 11 this evening at 7 o'clock. This competition is for those men who have not already qualified for the final round on Friday...
...Senior said recently: "I'm ashamed to stand out in front of Sever between classes and see the number of men in my own class with whom I haven't even a bowing acquaintance. I realize it is much more my fault than theirs. In the present Senior class there may be a President of the United States; there surely are men who will make big successes in life. I'd hate to have to confess that I spent four years in College without ever meeting, or indeed hearing of such...
...first of the course of lectures on mathematics to be given during the second half-year by Professor Charles Jean de la Vallee Poussin, of the University of Louvain, will be given in Sever 24 this afternoon at 3 o'clock...