Word: thayer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strange explosion shattered a window in a ground floor room of Thayer Hall last night. No one was seriously injured...
Robert W. Dobbie '53 of Thayer 46 had just retired, and was still awake when the blast broke his window, covering him with glass. Dobbie was protected by the bodclothing, and sustained only a minor scratch on his arm, although some glass did hit his face...
Besides completely wrecking the first floor window, the explosion also broke a pane in the window of Thayer 52, directly above...
Pieces of glass and wood from the sill of the window of Thayer 46 littered the ground. The force of the explosion was enough to splinter the entire sill, also knocking out a piece of wood panelling inside the room...
...Thayer, who turned out to be living about a mile north of me on my own street, couldn't help me, but when I got Mrs. Cook on the line and explained my predicament she said: 'Sure, I remember the poem. I've got the original manuscript right here...