Word: successer
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...November, 1872, a telegraph wire was laid by Messrs. Nason, Bell, and Willson, of '73, and Sawyer, of '74, between Thayer and Weld Halls. Before the day had closed, the telegraphers had an opportunity of proving their success by sending the news of the "Great Fire" in Boston across the line. Thus the birthday of the Telegraph at Harvard was celebrated by an event that will long remain a part of the history of Boston. May we not suppose that, as the burning of the "Temple of Diana," at Ephesus, celebrated the birthday of so invincible a conqueror as Alexander...
When the pronounced success of the ingenious enterprise was secured, Messrs. Burgwyn, '73, Randall, '74, and Bell, '76, were invited to join the original four, in order to aid in forming the present Harvard Telegraph Co. The latter was gradually increased in numbers, until, during the month of February, it was deemed advisable to organize the association, when the following officers were elected...
Improvements and inventions kept springing up, until, during the month of May, the gentlemen whom we have to thank for the success of the enterprise at Springfield, conceived the idea of connecting the rooms of the different members of the Company with the College bell, by a wire between it and Thayer. From that time we can be sure that the telegraph operators were the most punctual students both at chapel and recitations...
...late meeting of the Company a committee was appointed to negotiate with the Western Union Company concerning a line between Old Cambridge and Boston. The success of this negotiation must be obvious to all who have recently been within the post-office in Harvard Square...
Before ending these memoranda, we feel impelled to express our sincere sorrow for the recent severe accident to Mr. Robert Sawyer, of '74, to whose untiring zeal the society owes so great a portion of its success...