HARVARD HALL DECREED SAFE FROM FIRE THREAT

Harvard Hall was declared to be perfectly safe from any threat of fire by Massachusetts State Building Inspector William Izele yesterday afternoon.

His inspection of the building Inspector William Izele yesterday afternoon.

His inspection of the building came after numerous complaints had been registered against the small stairway and exit which delay classes entering and leaving the building.

Inspector Izele remarked, "You couldn't keep a bunch of Harvard students, all young and active, in that building if you barred all the doors and windows. The exits from the building don't quite fulfill the requirements of the law, but that's not serious.

"It would be a shame to spell the looks of the building by sticking a lot of fire escapes on the outside, and I wouldn't want the front of the structure to be ripped up making a larger exit.

"There is not much danger of fire in the building. There are sprinklers in all the hallways, no central heating plant. and the floors have no danger, of collapsing because they are supported by large beams which would burn very slowly."

The state law on schoolhouses says: "Schoolhouses shall have at least two independent egresses, as far as may be, aggregrating at least two feet for every 100 persons that the building will accommodate, including the assembly hall and gellery if such are to be used for other than school purposes, whenever the school is in session. No such egress shall be less than 3 feet 6 inches in width--"

Harvard Hall does not fulfill these regulations in every detail, there being only one egress, and the stairway being too narrow.

Despite this however, Inspector Izeleclaimed that he would be willing to appear before the Governor in defense of the building. "You've got to sue common, sense in a case like this; if the University wants to make the building more convenient, that's one thing, but as far as anyone being hurt in fire is concerned, there is no danger.