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About 3 a. m. Saturday the inmates of Divinity Hall were awakened by the cry of "fire." The fire proved to be in the house in the rear of the hall, which is mostly occupied by students. The fire was confined to the lower story and soon extinguished...
...freshman classes in regard to the matter. It is his desire to prevent any disturbance at all, and meetings of the classes interested will be called to consider the question. In the academic department yesterday Professor Wright and Professor Phillips interviewed a committee of twelve from the two lower classes and requested them to prevent if possible any action on the part of the class...
...support from the college. It affords to men a chance to learn something of parliamentary law, to speak in public without embarrassment, and to learn to for emulate ideas with rapidity and precision. Its usefulness is manifest. We regret to learn, consequently, that the number of men from the lower classes who are accustomed to speak at the Union debates is not large, and that the interest taken by those who have spoken is not enthusiastic or persistent. This really is a great mistake. Men ought to make use of these advantages, and for those who intend to be lawyers...
...central portion is a small park, and above this and the open grounds of the hospital is the plot of ground, containing about three acres, which the Greek Government, with a liberality which has characterized all its relations to them, has given to the British and American schools. The lower part of this space is occupied by a sparse grove of olive trees, and the buildings of the two schools stand near one another at the highest part of the field, about 400 feet above the Aegean, the British School next to the Normal School, the American towards the east...
...very important that the bridge will not interfere with the mode of transportation. The piers are 500 feet apart in order to allow these great tows to pass through easily. As the Hudson at Poughkeepsie is 70 feet deep and has a large mud deposit, it is necessary to lower a large cassion with double sides. This box is 100 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 60 feet high, and weighted with gravel. Through holes in the top the mud is dredged out by a large machine, which lifts ten tons every five minutes. After the mud is dredged...