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...college elm which for over a hundred years has stood, in the quadrangle between Harvard Hall, Hollis Hall, and Holden Chapel will not be entirely destroyed. For several years the branches have been gradually cut off as the brown tail moths and beetles attacked it until today only the trunk itself remains. This has been scraped and after being well-oiled and painted will have ivy planted about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OLD ELM TO BE PRESERVED | 10/3/1912 | See Source »

...where it feeds and grows as it burrows into the larger limbs. These worms vary in size from three-eighths of an inch to over three inches in length, when they are the most destructive. They then bore across and completely girdle large limbs, and frequently even girdle the trunk, finally cutting a cell close to the bark and there turning into pupas. When these develop they push out through the bark and become moths, which in turn lay their eggs in the bark of the twigs. The elm beetle works in a similar manner, through it does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YARD ELMS | 1/29/1910 | See Source »

...PATHOLOGICAL COLLOQUIUM. "The Specificity of Agglutinins, with Special Reference to B. Typhosus." Dr. M. J. Rosenau. "Lesions of the Trunk Viscera in Cases of Epilepsy." Dr. A. E. Taft. "Recent Work on Dysentery Toxin and the Nervous System." Drs. F. R. Sims and E. E. Southard. Lecture Room, Building D, Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston, 4 P. M. Open to members of the University and to physicians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar | 12/2/1909 | See Source »

...PATHOLOGICAL COLLOQUIUM. "The Specificity of Agglutinins, with Special Reference to B. Typhosus." Dr. Mr. J. Rosenau. "Lesions of the Trunk Viscera in Cases of Epilepsy." Dr. A. E. Taft. "Recent Work on Dysentery Toxin and the Nervous System." Drs. F. R. Sims and E. E. Southard. Lecture Room, Building D, Medical School, Longwood Avenue, Boston, 4 P. M. Open to members of the University and to physicians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar | 11/27/1909 | See Source »

...probably the remains of a temple. To the west of the stairway a chamber 20 by 40 feet in size was found partly cut in the rock. A large pit in the floor was not explored because of lack of time. At the foot of the stairway the trunk of a marble statue, probably of some Roman emperor, was discovered, as well as an altar. Two small columns with Latin inscriptions were unearthed, one lying on the foot of the stairway and one standing in its original position by the altar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Results of Samarian Exploration | 12/10/1908 | See Source »

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