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We almost lost Old Main in 1938 If not for the quick thinking and actions of a group of five freshmen in 1938, Old Main may have been lost. On September 18, 1938, while walking about campus at about 10:25 p.m., the five freshmen heard a window break in the Little Country Theater seminar room and saw flames in the interior. Three of the freshmen rushed over to Ceres Hall, where they notified the director, who turned in the alarm. The other two climbed a fire escape, broke another window and held the fire in check until the firemen arrived. Paint soaked rags, left in the seminar room, may have started the fire, either by spontaneous combustion or through contact with a hot radiator, firemen believe. Damage was estimated at $300. (The Spectrum, September 23, 1938, p. 1)
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