Word: architect
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present, among whom may be mentioned Henry W. Sage, a man to whose liberality Cornell owes Sage College and much besides, Ezra Cornell, Chancellor Winchell of Syracuse University, Moses Coit Tyler, Goldwin Smith, Colonel Homer B. Sprague, President Angell of Ann Arbor, Dr. W. D. Wilson, Prof. Babcock, architect, and President White. Since the opening of Sage College the number of young women who have availed themselves of the privileges of Cornell University has steadily increased. At the last commencement two Baccalaureate degrees were awarded to ladies, while two received master's degrees. There are now fifty-two young ladies...
...Hartford architect says "the best fire escape is a cool head." Yes; but the desire to keep one's head cool is what causes the general demand for fire escapes...
...Physical Laboratory will probably not be occupied for a year and a half. Work will be begun on the foundations in the spring. The architect, Mr. Shaw, is now at work on the plans...
...progress of work upon the new Law School building is watched with some interest by those students who look forward to studying within its walls. The walls are finished as far as the second floor, and well fulfil the promise of elegance made by the architect's description of the building published last spring. The combination of light and dark stone in the east and west facades is unique. A large tablet has been built into the east end for an inscription. The lecture rooms have already assumed a form from which their size and convenience may be judged...
...architect is certainly to be congratulated upon the external appearance of the building. Indeed he has most happily succeeded in uniting the appearance of a memorial building with the grandeur of a school designed for the student of the law. But in his desire to make the outside imposing he has not neglected the convenience and comfort of those who are to use it, so that after the 1st of September, 1883, the Harvard law student will no longer be obliged to point out to the visitor the diminutive Dane Hall as the law school of America's largest university...