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Among the works of art which M. Duquesne has designed are the grand pal- ais du Champs Elysees and the monument to the soldiers who fell in the war of 1870; he was the architect in charge of the restoration of the Tuileries and the Trianon...
...been proposed to erect a memorial flag-staff, in honor of the soldiers of Cambridge who fell in the Wars of the Revolution and of 1812, at the junction of Garden street and Massachusetts avenue. The only monument which Cambridge has to her soldiers is the one dedicated to the men killed in the Civil War; no recognition is made of the heroes of either of the other wars. Between eight and nine thousand dollars will be needed for the erection of this flagstaff, which will be set on an ornamental bronze pedestal, resting on a sub-structure of granite...
...contributions to Harvard were countless and unstinted. "The immense University Museum, costly in the monetary sense, and absolutely unreplaceable for its carefully gathered specimens, is almost totally owing to him. The money he put out to build and enlarge it he would scorn to have mentioned. But no monument would suit him better than its curious and precious contents which were his life work and his life-long...
...Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association gymnasium will, we feel sure, meet with the hearty commendation and support of the students and officers of the University. This affords one of those chances to give, where a great number of individuals, each by contributing a little, may leave a worthy monument of their goodwill...
...name of Dean Ames must henceforth be associated with that of his great predecessor Dean Langdell, as that of one who was primarily responsible for the expansion of our Law School. In this flourishing department he has his fitting monument. To its service he gave all the working years of his life. The methods devised by Dean Langdell for the teaching of law were transmitted to thousands of students by this, his faithful disciple. The legal profession has lost a most distinguished scholar; Harvard University has lost a most devoted servant...