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Title: Memories of Brown; traditions and recollections gathered from many sources
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Brown, Robert Perkins, ed Palmer, Henry Robinson, b. 1867, joint ed Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937, joint ed Brigham, Clarence S. (Clarence Saunders), 1877-1963, joint ed
Subjects: Brown University
Publisher: Providence, R.I., Brown Alumni Magazine Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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summoned to the of-fice, and a thorough investigation began. One of the of-ficers was instructed to proceed to the fourth floor andtake the names of all the students found there. On arriv-ing in the hall there was nothing to be seen out of theway. The usual rap was given at the door of the guiltyone, the lazy cord responded, and the officer entered,but found the student at his desk apparently deeply inter-ested in his work. After the usual morning greeting, theofficer said that he was authorized to call and take thenames of all the students on that floor at the time of thedeluge, and ascertain if possible the one responsible forthe daring act. The student said that he had heard some-thing going on out in the hall, but as commotions werecommon he had thought nothing more about it, beingvery much absorbed in translating several passages inLatin. The investigation resulted in finding out nothing, 320 Memories of Brown and the students were never brought to account for thedeluge of 1879.
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The Old Library in Manning Hall The arrangement of the rooms in University Hall dif-fered considerably from the present day. In general Memories of Brown 321 there were fourteen rooms on each floor, seven on theeast and seven on the west side. Of the seven, six weredormitory rooms, three on either side of the large centralrecitation-room. The renovation of University Hall began in April of1883, when the work of altering the interior was under-taken and completed for the fall term, at a cost of fiftythousand dollars. All of the old woodwork was removedand new put in its place, while the brick exterior remaineduntouched. The old timber was of red oak and each endwas laid in cement of a very hard and superior quality, sohard that it would resist a cold chisel. From the old timbers were made canes, picture-frames,pen-holders and rulers, also round buttons were hollowedout large enough to hold a picture of the building and apoem printed on a brown card, with an acorn suspendedby a brown ri

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