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...when the surface he was covering was ignited from a very low fire in the grate. From this blaze the pot, containing about a pint of varnish, was ignited. The painter put the pot into a coal scuttle and attempted to carry it out of the building through the corridor. The heat from the pot became so intense that the scuttle was dropped near the corridor door. The fire was drawn up the stair well and soon the whole entry was in flames. An alarm was at once given by shouting "fire," and an attempt made to ring...
...Farlow '66, of the Botanical Department, ex-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, will lead a museum walk this morning to examine the cryptogamic botanical collections in the University Museum. Professor Farlow will begin the walk at the exhibitions in the first floor corridor, and after a brief review of the plant families belonging to the department of cryptogamic botany exhibited there, he will proceed to the private collections on the top floor and will describe the methods of arranging collections for the use of specialists. Continuing through the botanical laboratories, under the direction of Professor...
...annual election of officers and members of committees of the Harvard Union will take place today. The election will be conducted under the Australian ballot system, and no voting by proxy will be permitted. The polls will be placed in the corridor of the Union and the buildings of the several graduate departments, and will be open from 10 A. M. until 6 P. M. The following men have been appointed to take charge of polls: 10-11--E. B. Krumbhaar '04 and R. A. Derby '05; 11-12--A. A. Ballantine '04 and R. J. Leonard...
Single stairways will connect the middle promenade and the upper part of each aisle. Eight large stairways will be built between the ground floor and middle corridor. The concrete, where the strain is too severe, will be strengthened by twisted steel rods, as in the rest of the structure...
...outside of each arm of the Stadium, will be built first. These towers, which are of simple Tuscan architecture, will contain a series of short flights of stairs rising from the ground and connecting both the middle and upper promenades of the main structure. The ground and middle corridors will have arched windows, while the top corridor will have rectangular openings leading out upon a Tuscan balcony. The roof of the upper promenade will be continued to form the roofs of the towers. It will be of concrete and will be supported by columns, 14 feet high, resting on pedestals...