Word: ornamentation
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...building will be in line with Holworthy and parallel to Holden Chapel. The architectural design will harmonize with the surrounding buildings and when completed will be an ornament to the College grounds. Thus far $50.000 has been appropriated for its erection and it is the hope of the committee that after its completion an endowment will be left to ensure general improvements when necessary...
...University; and he contributed as much as any single man to the establishment of our Graduate School. He had a rare combination of qualities, both of mind and of temper, to make him a superior teacher of advanced pupils. For him classical learning was no mere accomplishment, a pleasing ornament for a man of letters, but an important branch of Anthropology, giving insight into the mental operations and intellectual and moral growth of ancient peoples. To him literature and monuments were records of life, and were to be interpreted by that and in turn themselves to interpret it. He said...
...architecture, said Professor Warren, consists in building structures not merely useful but also beautiful, by using the materials at hand so as to produce an ornament. To give the impression of beauty anything must have unity, and this unity is possessed by the Parthenon, probably the most perfect and beautiful building ever erected...
...union, the change has already made encouraging progress and it is only a matter of time, for the Sheff. Y. M. C. A. to become a leading factor in university work. Work on the Phelps Gateway is progressing rapidly, and when completed it will be a conspicuous ornament to the Campus...
...final rounds in all branches of the fall to ornament will be finished in a few days. Yesterday Wren and Codman won the finals in the consolation doubles, defeating Loines and Sand. The other matches played yesterday resulted as follows...