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...surface, in as short a time. In order to prevent a repetition of the fire which destroyed the old Arena several years ago, concrete construction has been used practically throughout the building, even for the seats, which are arranged in the same manner as those in the Stadium. Five thousand people can be accommodated at athletic games or other events which require the use of the rink or track, and eighty-five hundred can attend political meetings or boxing matches. The running track of standard width measures ten laps to the mile; the rink is 220 feet long...
...next greatest need," he added, "is a great modern chemical laboratory for the thousand Professors and students now obliged to work in Boylston Hall. We have two admirable small laboratories--the Gibbs and Coolidge Memorial buildings--but they together accommodate only about 100, and according to deed of gift the Gibbs Laboratory is to be devoted wholly to research...
...Irish were whole-hearted in their cause, working earnestly for liberty, they would not give way to abortive outbursts which can have no real effect on their ultimate desire, but would aim steadily at their main objective, refusing to be turned aside by the floutings of a thousand flags. This outbreak in New York has the aspect of surface fanaticism, rather than deep-seated determination...
...that undergraduate subscriptions have been sought. However, in the early days of the drive, a member of the class of 1920 asked to be allowed to add his contribution to those of the alumni. The exception was granted and $25,000 was turned over to the treasurer. Several more thousand dollars have been donated recently, and in a number of cases, where parental authority has been received, students have signed pledges for the future...
Only eight thousand graduates of the University still remain unenrolled in the Harvard Endowment Fund drive as a result of the campaigning last week which resulted in the addition of 353 graduates. John W. Prentiss '98, Eliot Wadsworth '98 and Thomas W. Slocum '90 doubled their original $25,000 subscriptions. The Endowment Fund committee hopes that a number of other men will follow their example, thereby raising the grand total considerably...