Word: modernizations
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...Robert S. Peabody, of Boston, lectured last evening in the Fogg Museum on "The Country House." The lecture consisted for the most part of a tracing of the gradual developent of the modern country house from the ancient Roman villa...
...asks himself of what character his house shall consist. He may strictly follow the plan of ancient houses, but such an interpretation is too strict to be generally adopted. There are new ideas which must of necessity influence an architect of today. The monkish cloisters cannot be conformed to modern needs. While the ancient Roman villa would answer the requirements of Lenox or Newport, other forms of architecture would be illsuited to our time...
...Modern Hamlet, A. E. Hancock...
...conclusion the lecturer spoke of the organization on ship board. This consists of three classes. The marines, a survival of the fighting crew of the old navy; the sailors, the modern fighting crew; and the firemen and mechanics who will probably be the fighters of the future...
...Yale faculty has decided to drop the popular course in "modern novels" which has been given during the last few years by Dr. W. L. Phelps. It is the largest course in college and the reason given for its withdrawal is that it takes too much time from the classic and history courses...