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...master, Tintoretto, has just been placed on exhibition, as a loan, in the gallery of the Fogg Art Museum. The picture, the subject of which is "Diana," comes close to the series of smaller mythological subjects, each with a few figures arranged in a single plane against a landscape background, the best known of which form the decoration of one of the rooms in the Ducal Palace in Venice. Like them, the picture at the Fogg Museum, although extremely simple in its expression, is masterly in design, and it exhibits the extraordinary skill in direct handling, which makes Tintoretto perhaps...
When the "Marseillaise" is sung at the game this afternoon, it is planned to have certain men wave white handkerchiefs during the singing so that the effect will be that of a white "H" on a crimson background. The right-hand upright of the "H" will be formed by those men sitting in section 32, rows O to R inclusive, W to DD inclusive, II and JJ, seats 9, 10, 11, 12; and rows S to V inclusive, EE to HH inclusive, seats 6, 7, 8, 9. The left-hand upright will be formed by men sitting in section...
...Even a camp under the supervision of the University, but conducted by army officers, might be arranged. Whether this part of the program worked out successfully or not is of small consequence. The important fact is that a four years study of military history and modern warfare as a background, with concentration in some particular field such as transportation, explosives, or finance, would turn out a group of military specialists. These men would prove invaluable to the country in time of war. The proof of this is England's condition today. One of her chief difficulties is a lack...
...vital to the success of the white "H", of waving handkerchiefs on the background of red that every man provide himself with a handkerchief of the correct color for tomorrow's game at Princeton. The tickets have been stamped stating the color of the handkerchief to go with each seat and for further assurance that every man has the properly colored handkerchief, the accompanying diagram is printed...
...large hall, to be given to the display of the Romanesque arts. Beyond this is a small chapel, where the distinctly Gothic work will be placed; and in the wing at the left is the Rennaissance Hall, where work of the German Rennaissance can be displayed against an appropriate background. The intersection of the two unequal wings is marked by a massive tower, that dominates the entire group and is the most striking decorative feature of its external design. The rectangle between the two wings is to be developed as an ornamental courtyard enclosed by a garden wall, with cloister...