Word: monumentalized
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...Quincy, addressed the Club in "Certain Limitations of Art in Relation to its Subjects." A work of art, Dr. Everett said, was commonly judged according to its morale, or its technique. In relation to Art, the subject of Propriety was first discussed, mainly in illustration of the Washington Monument. Dr. Everett drew attention to the fact that when the event was small, in order that it may be remembered, the monument commemorative of the event must be of great account. But that when the monument was a perfect work of art, the appreciation of the grandeur, and simplicity...
That such an error as assigning a well known story to the wrong man and the wrong battle should have been made at the dedication of the grand Washington Monument is a great pity, for it records prominently for posterity, a glaring example of careless scholarship...
...Robert C. Winthrop, Harvard '28, delivered the oration at the dedication of the Washington Monument last Saturday. Mr. Winthrop was also the orator at the laying of the cornerstone...
Hines has made several attempts to catch a ball thrown from the Washington monument. In one instance he did not judge within thirty feet of where the ball would land; at another he caught the ball unexpectedly, but only held it for a second...
...more celebrated for its gardens than its buildings. While the partisans of the red and the white roses, or rather of Lancaster and York, were busily engaged in the conflict that eventually put Lancaster upon the throne, they did not forget to found Queen's College as a monument for future generations. E Asmus was a fellow of this college. A peculiar bridge, the mathematical bridge, leads the writer at Queens College to the other side...