THERE have been made lately frequent and just complaints as to the ventilation of some recitation-rooms. In one case some thirty men have been compelled to sit for an hour in a small room with closed doors and windows. After a short time every breath of fresh air has been consumed, and the result of sitting in an over-heated room and of breathing a foul atmosphere for so long a time has been productive of many headaches and of much discomfort. There seem to be some who are unable to appreciate the sanitary advantages of fresh air; but it is difficult to understand how any person bred in a civilized country and to cleanly habits can be indifferent to the purity or the foulness of the atmosphere he inhales.
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PROPERTY FOR HARVARD COLLEGE.
