Ten thousand men of Harvard will have to dial ELI when the new telephone system goes into effect next November, it was ascertained last night. When the plan was first rumored several weeks ago, there was such a distressed reaction from the student and faculty bodies, that the telephone company was expected to relent. They have been guided, however, by the sterling character of a Harvard president rather than by the tender sensibilities of the inmates of his University. In addition to Eliot, the other exchanges will be Trowbridge and Kirkland.
Dial telephones are now being installed throughout the college and the city. The complications of installing the new system however seem to ensure a reprieve from the dreaded ELI until next November when the accounts can be squared on the gridiron.
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