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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...artesian well beside Memorial Hall, which has been under construction since June, is now nearly finished, and will be ready for use as soon as the electric pump now being built is installed. The well is 321 feet deep with an eight inch pipe and will supply water at the rate of 50 gallons a minute. When completed, the whole structure and machinery of the well will be entirely underground...
...secure a round-trip rate of one and one-third the regular single-trip fare from points over seventy-five miles from Boston. The secretaries will also discuss propositions relating to a proposed agreement with the Corporation which will give them an allotment of Yard rooms for the use of their classes on Commencement Day. Any class secretary who is not a member of the Association may join at the dinner. The object of the Association is to bring class secretaries together to afford them an opportunity to help each other and to discuss points of common interest...
...swimming, diving, and water-polo teams have secured permission to use the Dunster tank for practice on Tuesday and Friday evenings, from 8 to 9 o'clock. The candidates for these teams will report for the first regular practice at 8 o'clock next Friday evening. The men will receive constant individual coaching in the events for which they wish to try, and special attention will be given to teaching the various strokes and the principles of water-polo...
...Department of Chemistry has recently received from Mr. Edward Mallinckrodt, of St. Louis, the sum of $1,000, which has been used in refitting the library of Boylston Hall and in buying several hundred new books on chemical subjects. By means of this gift, the library has been almost completely remodeled and the capacity of the shelves more than doubled. E. Mallinckrodt, Jr., '00, has added to the gift of his father a sum, to be paid annually for the next five years, for use in paying the running expenses of the library. Many valuable chemical books have been added...
...Christmas vacation, when regular practice will again begin, and another cut will be made in the squad of candidates. A fair amount of team play has been developed for so early in the season, but the men still tend toward individual work. The forwards fail to make sufficient use of the sides of the rink, and do not follow back with the puck fast enough, relying too much on the strength of the defense. There is considerable carelessness in passing, but the shooting is very good...