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Nothing seems more cruel than the death of a wise and able man at a time when his powers are most flourishing and his advice most needed. The death from pneumonia of Professor Allyn Abbott Young in London on Wednesday is a loss which will be felt by the colleagues with whom he worked, both here and abroad, the pupils whom he had taught, and the University and the nation which he had served...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALLYN ABBOTT YOUNG | 3/8/1929 | See Source »

Died. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, 71, famed Congregational clergyman, and onetime pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church of Brooklyn, where he upheld the traditions of preachers Henry Ward Beecher and Lyman Abbott, after a month's illness; at Bronxville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 4, 1929 | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...seating the Harvard football crowds, which has been pressing since the condemnation of the old wooden structure used at Soldiers Field for a score of years, has reached a solution for the present at least. The approval of the Harvard Corporation has been secured, and Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, architects, are now engaged on the plans...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TEMPORARY STANDS TO CLOSE STADIUM | 2/27/1929 | See Source »

Plans for the new structure are not yet far advanced as to details, except that there will be a tunnel through which the track straightaway will run. Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, the University architects, will draw the plans for the new stands which will accommodate about the same number as the old wooden structure. Though no exact figures are available as to the cost of this improvement on Soldiers Field, it is understood that the sum will be in the vicinity of $175,000. When completed, the stands will be left in position permanently, or until such a time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Permanent Steel Stands to be Erected at the End of Stadium | 2/6/1929 | See Source »

...officer in charge detailed the case to Special Officer Robert Dwyer of the Milk Street Station, who now has the custody of the gymnasium building blue-prints, which he is examining for finger-prints. Officer Dwyer traced the blue prints from the office of Coolidge, Shepley, Abbott, and Bullfinch to a Wellesley contractor who was making estimates for the water-proofing of the proposed building. The contractor admitted losing the plans, which he believed to have mislaid on the train, as they had been rolled up on the seat beside him during the trip. A warrant has been sworn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mystery Shrouds Discovery of Gymnasium Blue Prints Left With Victim of Assault--Plans Stolen From Contractor | 2/5/1929 | See Source »

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