Word: wood
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wheels once more revolve, and I turn to go in, - no door! I rub my eyes, and discover, but too late, that I am between the tender and the baggage-car, with no refuge on either side; get into the car I cannot; to climb over the piled-up wood of the tender is impossible. I give up my hat to a sudden blast of wind. Now comes a demoniac shower of fire, - the grate is open ! A swarthy Vulcan rakes the ashes, and another throws in the wood, - Arcades ambo ! I cannot see ; innumerable particles of fiery ashes...
...room, Memorial Hall. The present case in Massachusetts is too small to contain the fifty-four balls we have won the past two years, and those already in it, - about forty in all. This fact, and the requirement that the case shall be made of chestnut to match the wood-trimmings in the hall, make it necessary to order a new one. A case nine feet long, six feet high, background of black cotton velvet, wire rests for the balls, sliding doors of plate glass, and the inscription carved in the top, will cost $175, - with common glass...
TACKS should not be driven into the wood-work of Memorial Hall. There are bulletin boards provided on each side of the swinging doors...
...following officers of the Reading-Room have been elected : President, J. A. Tufts, '78; Secretary and Treasurer, H. P. Amen, '78; Directors, G. H. Preston, H. F. Vickery, H. A. Wood, A. Worcester, '78; H. P. Amen, G. H. Burrill, W. DeW. Hyde, C. S. Mack, '79; W. F. Gillette, A. B. Hart, H. M. Perry, F. J. Ranlett, '80; A. J. Abbe, C. H. Jackson, J. K. Mitchell, J. C. Munroe...
...protection, is an insoluble conundrum. Holyoke is a particularly dangerous building in case of fire, because of the number of "wells" which it contains. But Weld and Matthews both have elevator "wells," up which fire would spring like lightning; moreover, the "wells" in the latter buildings are sheathed in wood, while those in Holyoke are plastered. Grant, however, that the new iron staircase is desirable, which we do not attempt to deny, if the College can afford to make a useful improvement in one building, then, a fortiori, it can afford to make indispensable improvements in others. We know...