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| =====Brownell Hall Telegraph Company===== | =====Brownell Hall Telegraph Company===== |
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| This may refer to the first telegraph lines set up in Brownell hall by two members of the senior class in early 1873 "in room 28, Brownell Hall, the first wire extending from the table to the window." The "operation" soon became too large for one room, and "a wire was soon stretched from the room to number 15, same hall, and the circuit completed by an attachment to the gas pipe. The line was next extended from No. 15 the entire length of the Campus to 77 College St., where an aspirant for telegraphic honors then resided. This was all that was done during that Collegiate year with the exception of establishing an additional station at 34, B. H." ((Trinity //Tablet//, January 1874)) | This may refer to the first telegraph lines set up in Brownell hall by two members of the senior class in early 1873 "in room 28, Brownell Hall, the first wire extending from the table to the window." The "operation" soon became too large for one room, and "a wire was soon stretched from the room to number 15, same hall, and the circuit completed by an attachment to the gas pipe. The line was next extended from No. 15 the entire length of the Campus to 77 College St., where an aspirant for telegraphic honors then resided. This was all that was done during that Collegiate year with the exception of establishing an additional station at 34, B. H." ((//Trinity Tablet//, January 1874)) |
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| By December, 1873, "telegraphing became quite a rage" with students playing chess, checkers, and other games via telegraph. ((Trinity //Tablet//, January 1874)) At this time, "opposition lines" were also installed exclusively in [[jarvis_hall_old_campus|Jarvis Hall]]. In November, 1874, the //Tablet// reported that the Brownell Hall Telegraph Co. was prosperous with twelve operators. | By December, 1873, "telegraphing became quite a rage" with students playing chess, checkers, and other games via telegraph. ((//Trinity Tablet//, January 1874)) At this time, "opposition lines" were also installed exclusively in [[jarvis_hall_old_campus|Jarvis Hall]]. In November, 1874, the //Tablet// reported that the Brownell Hall Telegraph Co. was prosperous with twelve operators. |
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| =====College Union Telegraphic Association===== | =====College Union Telegraphic Association===== |
