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...Marine, ex-Prime Minister of France (1921), did his little bit for peace. He could not reduce France's navy, but at least he could make it look peaceable, he could beautify it. So France's new battleships and cruisers are to be decorated with sculpture and figured bas-reliefs. Charged with beautifying the battleships was an elderly sculptor, named Moreau-Vauthier...
...spirit of the state infuse Sculptor Lee Lawrie's decorations. There are bison in bas-relief with inscriptions translated from Indian ritual. The maize plant replaces the classical acanthus. There are friezes of pioneers and covered wagons and on the pinnacle of the tower will shortly stride the colossal image of a sower. In addition to this local legend are figures and inscriptions symbolizing great government. From various corners, growing architecturally out of the walls, the austere faces of great lawgivers survey the prairies-Hammurabi, Moses, Pharaoh, Solon, Solomon, the Caesars, Charlemagne, Napoleon. No carven motto is more obvious...
...gold medal for architecture fell to William Pope Barney (Davis, Dunlap & Barney of Philadelphia) for his American Bank & Trust Co. building in Philadelphia. This is a small structure of classic sobriety, whose regular, massy walls are relieved by exquisite bas-reliefs and a rich composite order in columns and pilasters. Because Architect Barney previously designed many another, the bank is splendidly utilitarian...
...telegram from Mr. Green yesterday declared that the tablet is to be in the form of a bas-relief and is to be done by J. A. Coletti '24. The design has not yet been finished, but it is hoped to have the plaque ready for unveiling by Commencement...
...horses ran that year at Aintree it was Moifaa, the castaway, that won. And then there was Master Robert, winner in 1924, who used to pull a plow. This year a U. S. horse has been installed as favorite. Billy Barton, by Huon and out of Mary le Bas, owned by Howard Bruce of Baltimore, will carry many thousands of pounds sterling on his dark brown nose. Last year, as this year's cheering crowds will well remember, Billy Barton all but won. Leading, he reached the last fence. As his feet left the ground Maguelonne, a riderless French...