Word: summer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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During the summer work has been in progress on an artesian well for Memorial Hall, and at a depth of 350 feet a flow of fifty gallons per minute has been secured. This water will be used for washing, and in the ice plant. It will not be used for drinking unless it is found pure and the consent of the Corporation is received. The use of the well will effect a large saving in the water bills which have hitherto been a considerable item in the expenses of the hall...
...furthest point reached by Professor Davis was Lake Issikkul in North-Eastern Turkestan, whence he returned through Western Siberia and St. Petersburg. Mr. Ellsworth Huntington, for-two years a graduate student, accompanied Professor Davis as Carnegie Research Assistant and remains in Asia to continue the studies begun last summer...
During the past summer the work of installing in the Germanic Museum the gifts from Emperor William has been completed. The formal opening of the Museum will take place on November 10. On the afternoon of that day a meeting will be held in the New Lecture Hall, at which the German ambassador at Washington, Baron von Sternberg, will make the formal presentation of the Emperor's gifts, and President Eliot will accept them in behalf of the University. Professor H. C. G. von Jagemann will preside at the meeting, and Carl Schurz, president of the Germanic Museum Association, Professor...
Randall Hall will open for the year at noon today. During the summer the walls and ceiling have been repainted and a new steward has been engaged. It is expected that the hall will accommodate about 100 more men than heretofore...
During the summer comparatively few changes have been made in the buildings and grounds of the University. The Divinity Chapel has been remodeled, the walls having been paneled with oak, and a new flooring put down. Part of the ceiling has also been made over, and a new pulpit and pews are being constructed. The chapel should be ready for use within a week...