Word: classical
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...building is of buff Bedford limestone and classic in design. The facade, facing towards the east, consists of a row of large Ionic columns, between which is a light wall fitted with large windows to light the reading room. The central portion will contain the library with the reading room on the second floor and the lecture rooms on the ground floor. As in Austin Hall, the lecture rooms are arranged in the form of amphitheaters, with curved rows of seats rising in tiers from the lecturer's desk. The interior will be fire proof throughout and will be finished...
...previously announced, the building is being constructed of buff Bedford limestone and is classic in design. In the central part will be the library, lighted by numerous windows placed between the columns, with the reading and lecture rooms adjacent on either side. The interior will be fireproof throughout and will be finished in quartered oak. As in the old building, the lecture rooms will be in the form of amphitheatres, with curved rows of seats rising in tiers from the lecturer's desk...
Since so many men have shown a desire to take part in the plays this year, it has been decided to reproduce the custom, common among the classic French theatres, of tendering an ovation to Moliere after the performance of his play. M. Ernest Perrin, the coach, has composed some verses in honor of Moliere for this occasion. J. P. S. Harrison '09 will sing the opening couplets and all the members of the society will assemble on the stage to join in the chorus...
...building will be of buff Bedford limestone, and will be classic in design. The facade, which will face east, will exhibit a row of large Ionic columns, between which there will be a light screen wall filled with windows. The central part will contain the library of the school, with the reading and lecture rooms adjacent on either side. The interior will be fireproof throughout and will be finished in quartered oak. As in the old building, the lecture rooms will be in the form of amphitheatres, with curved rows of seats rising in tiers from the lecturer's desk...
...general turning of the age toward idealistic views of life. His first book to attract general attention dealt with Schiller's Kantian studies and their influence upon the composition of "Wallenstein." Then followed his "Life of Herder," the best constructed and most illuminating biography of this forerunner of the classic epoch of German literature. This was followed by two philosophical treatises, "The Foundations of Philosophy," and "The Fundamental Conceptions of the Spinozian System"; and, finally by the "Life of Schiller," a book which may be said to belong to the highest kind of literary biography, in that it presents...