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...ancient building, over 125 years old, stands in need of repairs and fireproofing. Built between 1792 and 1799, it was gutted by fire in 1814 by British soldiers under Sir Robert Ross. Only the walls were left standing. The interior was rebuilt, and to cover the smoke stains on the walls of Virginia freestone, it was painted white. Hence its name-the White House. To prevent another fire, Lieutenant Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill, Army engineer in charge of public buildings, has prepared plans for fireproofing the White House, now said to be a fire trap. The cost would...
...destruction of the Grenfell Hospital in Labrador will not affect those men joining the Grenfell Mission this year. In fact, there will probably be a request issued for more members, so that the hospital may be rebuilt...
Factories are beginning to work and are striving to make-up for the gap of years of little or no production. The schools, which are now in small crude huts will move within a few weeks into the newly constructed schoolhouses. The cathedral alone has not been rebuilt and the services of the church are still held in temporary improvised buildings...
...shall keep that hold on them if we are not hindered by our interested allies. The occupation of the Ruhr was undoubtedly successful by showing that passive resistance of Germany was a failure. France wants money and it is hardly fair to make the very people who have rebuilt the country pay for the good they have done through heavy taxes, while the destroyers are paying fewer taxes and are even enlarging their industries...
...which are, expected in boxing, wrestling, and squash, reorganization and rearrangements have been made in each activity. Wrestling, which was held last year in the Freshman Athletic Building has been transferred to the old wrestling room in the Hemenway Gymnasium. The wrestling rooms in the Freshman building have been rebuilt to give eight new Freshman squash courts. This will leave the University squash courts on Linden Street for the use of members of the higher classes in the University...