Word: construction
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...class of 1879 has, for some time past, been considering various projects suggested for a suitable gift to the University in 1904--its twenty-fifth anniversary--and has finally voted to construct a stadium on the North Harvard Street side of Soldiers Field, on the present site of the baseball diamond, to take the place of the present football and baseball stands. The plans, as designed by Professor Hollis and Mr. Charles McKim, of McKim, Mead and White, the well-known New York architects, provide for a horse-shoe shaped structure of steel, somewhat like the stadium at Athens, with...
...city government decides to construct the boulevard, Quincy Hall and the two adjoining buildings will have to be torn down. The property on the easterly side of the street will be most seriously affected, the St. Paul's Catholic School Association being one of the heaviest losers Westmorley Court will not be disturbed, as there is a slight outward curve in the street at this point...
...criticize an old system is easier than to construct a new one, and the reconstruction must be done by those familiar with the whole situation. Perhaps, however, of the following suggestions, gathered from various sources, one or two may prove of value...
...book by Dr. Francis G. Peabody, entitled "Jesus Christ and the Social Question." Dr. Peabody presents a study of the teachings of Jesus in their relation to men as members of society and to the great social and civic problems of the world. Jesus Christ came not to construct society, but to inspire men to fashion it; his spirit is meant first to quicken men in realization of their mutual responsibility and to work through them the upbuilding of the social structure...
Last year the project of having a skating rink for Harvard students was not proposed until last in the year, and the construction took so long that when the rink finally was completed, the majority of the students got little use out of it. The practical failure of last year's rink was due to several causes. In the first place, its small size restricted its use almost wholly to the members of the hockey team. In the second place, it was built on reclaimed land, which caused the water to run out and the ice to crack in consequence...