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...November, 1872, a telegraph wire was laid by Messrs. Nason, Bell, and Willson, of '73, and Sawyer, of '74, between Thayer and Weld Halls. Before the day had closed, the telegraphers had an opportunity of proving their success by sending the news of the "Great Fire" in Boston across the line. Thus the birthday of the Telegraph at Harvard was celebrated by an event that will long remain a part of the history of Boston. May we not suppose that, as the burning of the "Temple of Diana," at Ephesus, celebrated the birthday of so invincible a conqueror as Alexander...
When Professor Trowbridge heard of the undertaking, he became very much interested, and endeavored in every possible way to render assistance. Through his kindness the Company were allowed to test the resistance of their line-wire by connecting it with the Physical Laboratory. They found the resistance to be one seventh of that between Boston and New York. The Company then set about connecting the different buildings of the Yard with one another, and shortly afterward Mr. Burgwyn, in Thayer, essayed a match-game of chess versus Messrs. Angell, Young, MacVane, and Otis, in Hollis...
Improvements and inventions kept springing up, until, during the month of May, the gentlemen whom we have to thank for the success of the enterprise at Springfield, conceived the idea of connecting the rooms of the different members of the Company with the College bell, by a wire between it and Thayer. From that time we can be sure that the telegraph operators were the most punctual students both at chapel and recitations...