"Let it Burn" Ignored by Firemen as Sever Smoulders

There was some smoke, but there wasn't much fire yesterday morning when the whole of the Cambridge fire department showed up in front of Sever Hall.

It was only the Yard's early strollers who could shout "Let it burn," since this second visit of the year by the local fire brigade came well before 9 o'clock. A short circuit in a fuse box had caused only a small blaze, but the smoke, which was heavy enough to fill the basement, prompted a janitor to call out the fire fighters.

The firemen arrived quickly, but they had some difficulty penetrating into the Yard because the main gates were still locked. Although several onlookers expressed the hope that this obstacle might prove to be the end of old Sever, the day was saved when the portals were thrown open and the firemen extinguished what was left of the confiagaration.