Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although the membership of the Orchestra consists of between 40 and 50 men, including most of the instruments needed for symphonic work, yet there is an urgent need for more brass and wood-wind, and it is hoped that all men in the University who play these instruments will join the Orchestra next year. The organization has in the past supplied such instruments as the bassoon, oboe, tympani, and double-bass when they are needed, and although in many cases starting with poor material on these instruments for which good players are seldom found in college, it has developed...
Some exceedingly rare and interesting rubbings from brass monuments in mediaeval English churches have been put on exhibition at the Fogg Art Museum. They represent Knights in armor bishops, monks, and ladies. This collection was given the University by Mrs. George Fiske in memory of her husband, a member of the class...
...building has a three-story Georgian facade, of Harvard brick, laid in Flemish band, like that of the Harvard gates, with limestone trim. The Colonial porch, the white door with its brass knocker and fanlight, along with the iron railing on the balcony above tipped with brass knobs, all add unusual features to the "street of clubs." Harvard Hall, heart of the club, formerly the dining room, now the lounge, has been pronounced the noblest and one of the most beautiful rooms in America...
...only ones with weighty problems to solve. The Freshmen, fresh from their luxurious halls, must seek out new lodgings and even furnish them. To be sure, a second-hand dealer or a janitor can often be found who will agree to provide the desired mahogany desks and brass bedsteads. But the transaction is accompanied by the training of a well-filled purse...
...college education to practical purposes and solve at one and the same time the Seniors' problem, the Freshmen's problem, and the problem of the middleman. The Student Council should each year appoint a day on which Seniors and Freshmen should assemble in the Yard, whereupon mahogany desks and brass bedsteads might start upon another cycle to the mutual benefit of erstwhile and henceforth owners...