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...commands a fine view of the river. The quarters are painted a deep crimson, - and on the flag-staff, which is raised above the roof, floats a large flag, which has seen service for many years. On the ground floor is a large and airy dining room, and a kitchen, well supplied with its necessary accessories. Up stairs we find the sleeping rooms for the crew. Most of the time when the men are not out rowing, they spend in lounging about on the piazza, reading or talking. Just beside the quarters is a large open field, where the crew...
...provided with beds instead of cots, which would not squeak, and wake the whole crew up every time one of its members turned over, and which were long enough to hold a considerably larger fraction of each man, or if the crew could be provided with a few more kitchen chairs with four legs, instead of three, I imagine that they would think that they were really enjoying a few luxuries...
...students determined to stop the exercises for that year, if possible. For this purpose they obtained six hundred grains of tartar, and early on the morning of April 12th, the day on which the examination was to begin, emptied it into the great cooking boilers in the kitchen. At breakfast, 150 or more students and officers being present, the coffee was brought on, made with the water from the boilers. Its effects were soon visible. One after another left the hall, some in a slow, others in a hurried manner, but all plainly showing that their situation...
First, we went into the engine room, where is generated all the steam used in cooking. The boilers are high, but the engine is small, it being used principally to run the laundry which is connected with the kitchen. Here we can get some idea of the scale upon which our Dining Association is conducted. In this laundry, which is used almost exclusively for washing the soiled table linen, are employed four or five women, who have nothing to do except to attend to these duties. Here, too, are the latest improvements in machinery, which saves a vast amount...
...next turned into the kitchen proper. Here we saw the immense brick ovens where all the meats are roasted. One was forcibly reminded of the old fashioned ovens of our grandfathers, which produced such an impression upon our childish fancies. A bakery of no mean proportions is a necessary adjunct. It requires no less than two barrels of flour every day to satisfy our desires for the "staff of life." The huge range, upon which all steaks are broiled, and all orders cooked; the vegetable kettles of enormous capacity, and many other immense contrivances did escape our attention...