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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis", one of those now in the cases, was created in 1793, when the ominous influence of the French Revolution was beginning to penetrate into England. In the engraving Pitt is steering Britannia in the snugly-built ship "Constitution," between Charybdis, the ministers of the Crown, and Scylla, a towering threatening rock capped by the colors of France. True to her attitude at that time, the fair maiden England is heedless of Charybdis, but is gazing fearfully at the rock and the sea dogs swarming around its base, representing, in ugly caricatures, the famous trio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLECTIONS -- and -- CRITIQUES | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...choose between TIME and the several other magazines that I take, I would retain TIME for it has made itself absolutely indispensable to me. And this in spite of the fact that it irritates me intensely at times. Mr. Hadden, aided of course by his able coadjutors, has built up a great publication. He will be missed, but TIME is now on such a firm foundation that it will go on just the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 25, 1929 | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

Against this, Boston College built up a splendid defense and clearly overwhelmed Harvard on several vital issues, more than enough to convince the judges and audience of their superiority...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B. C. WINS DEBATE BY UNANIMOUS VOTE | 3/22/1929 | See Source »

These buildings, with others abutting on Plympton Street below Mt. Auburn Street, have been owned by the University for a number of years. Before Soldier's Field was used to such an extent as today and before the Freshman dormitories were built, this region was one of the most unattractive in Cambridge. The destruction of these houses, both of cheap construction, marks one more step in the University's attempt in recent years to clean up the district, since the expansion of the College in that direction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENEMENTS FALL TO MAKE ROOM FOR HOUSE UNITS | 3/21/1929 | See Source »

Harvard owns all the land abutting on Colonial Way, which, moreover, is but rarely used and not at all necessary. The principal complaints in regard to its closure were based on a possible depreciation in property value which might take place if a House were built shutting off neighboring residences from their outlook over the Charles. One real estate expert foresaw a possible loss of as high as 60 percent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLONIAL WAY PROPERTY HOLDERS OPPOSE PETITION | 3/20/1929 | See Source »

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