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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1914
Page
5
About five hundred Radcliffe students oppose a test fire drill in which rope escapes from dormitories would be practiced. They will perform rope exits inside the gym but refuse to slide from real dormitory exits, citing safety and policy concerns.
Radcliffe student government orders fire safety measures with gongs rope escapes and a fire chief Miss Mary Cooper. Girls practice rope sliding in gym but oppose fake demonstrations and insist on exiting by stairs and doors only, awaiting a real blaze to prove their plan.
Harvard students and professors oppose a proposed 50 000 facade for the Harvard Co operative Society building in Harvard Square. Critics in the architectural school condemn the design as comic looking, unrelated to nearby structures, and unfit for its purpose. A letter from Kenneth J Conant of the Harvard Illustrated Magazine denounces the plan and urges rejection to avoid an eyesore.
A Chamber of Commerce special committee on commercial education held its first public meeting to study vocational training. Chairman E H Fletcher of Harvard aims to collect facts and suggestions, with two questionnaires to employers and employees. Speakers included Frank V Thompson C D Frost and Linderberry Wells from Burdett School.
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