Deacon Beards Sprout In Day-Long Drought

Inmates of the Kirkland House Annex went unshaven yesterday, and Shannon Hall, the home of the Army R.O.T.C., also went dry as the City of Cambridge Water Department turned off the water supply. Early in the morning a leak had developed in a main under the corner of South Street, and Boylston Street.

The cellars of both the Annex and Shannon were flooded as well as the section of Boylston Street in front of Kirkland B-entry.

The Cambridge Water Department crew worked until 5 p.m. before stopping the leak, but the unwashed got their water back by 3:15 p.m. The Water Department is not sure what caused the leak.