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...marked as a Puritan college. It is of this college, and its companion in the Puritan faith, Sidney Sussex, that Charles I said "They are the nurseries of Puritans." Oliver Cromwell graduated from Sydney Sussex, and the cast of his features taken after his death, of which our own Gore Hall possesses a copy, is kept here...
...After making the tour of the quadrangle, or "yard" as it is called by the students, we naturally turned our steps toward the famous Harvard Library, contained in Gore Hall, a substantial granite structure, built, it is said, in the same style of architecture as the Bodeleian Library at Oxford. On making inquiries we found, to our satisfaction that the building was open to visitors, and accordingly we availed ourselves of the privilege thus offered, and entered. On every hand we were surrounded by books; books old; books new; books of indeterminate age. Turning to our left, we entered...
...Council of the Library has directed that Gore Hall shall be closed hereafter at half an hour before sunset; and at 5 o'clock, when that hour is more than thirty minutes before sunset...
...hour before sunset. There is no doubt that this order is, in itself, for the best. The library is a very dark place, and to study in it towards sunset, is doubtless very injurious to the eyes. But this decrease in the amount of time available for using Gore Hall only brings to mind again the need of lighting the building after dark. Why should the usefulness of this branch of the University cease at half an hour before sunset every day during the long winter when it can be of most service? This is simply a reminder...
...Council of the Library has directed that Gore Hall shall be closed hereafter at half an hour before sunset; and at 5 o'clock, when that hour is more than thirty minutes before sunset...