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Matthews Hall will lose its most distinctive figure tomorrow when Victor Ehler trades in his janitor's duties to take over the position of Chief Gunner's Mate in the Navy. Vic will leave for the Newport, R. I. training station to rejoin the Navy after almost 17 years at Harvard.
Since 1934 Vic has been janitor and chief watcher over Matthews, and every former inhabitant remembers his strident call to the telephone, and his remarkable knack for knowing all the news there is to know around the Yard.
Eighteen years of duty with the Navy gave Vic experience for his new job. Including his time with the reserve he has been in the service 30 years. After coming to Harvard in 1926, he was the first janitor of newly-built Straus Hall until he moved to Matthews.
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