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...foundations of the building have already been laid by the contractors, Woodbury and Leighton, between Esplanade, Wadsworth, and Amherst streets. The building will be 500 feet long, 200 feet wide, and will have a dome 114 feet high. The architect, Mr. Edward T. Graham '00, has designed the building in the Doric style. The first floor will have an arena under the dome 120 feet in diameter. Surrounding this will be a circular gallery, starting on the second floor and extending up into the dome. The second floor will also be open for a wide space running parallel with...
...Memorial Hall are worth the price charged, the membership should increase so as to reduce the price to a minimum. We should remember that Memorial Hall is primarily a University institution and that it deserves to receive general support; otherwise it will degenerate into a purely financial proposition. A wide interest is the only remedy for the criticisms with which the officers of the association are assailed, and this interest should be expressed not only by a larger membership, but by an increased attention to the management of the Hall. At present most of the criticisms are without foundation...
...Parker tablet, a gift of the late Rev. John Haynes through J. H. Holmes '02, is on the east wall of the chapel. It is of plain white marble, and bears the following inscription: "Theodore Parker, 1810-1860. Graduate of this school in 1836. Preacher, reformer, scholar; master of wide learning applied to human uses by frank and unsparing speech; fearless follower of Jesus, bearing witness to the truth; lover of righteousness, hater of iniquity; a hero in fight, a saint in prayer; he proclaimed as human invitations the perfection of God, the authority of conscience, the assurance of immortality...
...degree. He received the Divinity School degree in 1836, and in 1840 was given an honorary A.M. During the year 1835-6 he was instructor in Greek in the University. In the years prior to the Civil War he was a leader in the Abolition movement and gained a wide reputation as a lecturer and writer...
...temporary bridge will be made of wood, at an estimated cost of about $30,000. It will be sixty feet wide, and will have a wooden leaf draw similar to the one in the present bridge. It is expected that the new bridge will be completed before the beginning of the fall College term...