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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...endeavoring to introduce the principle of the sitting room in which the men can read, write and listen to the radio," declared the War Secretary in glowing description of new British Army barracks now being built. He implied that in winter these will be heated up to between 55° and 60°-this in a kingdom where many a peer would think it extravagant to keep his castle as warm as that. In addition Mr. Duff Cooper promised to spend $200,000 yearly on the unprecedented innovation of hiring British civilians to do the "K. P." (kitchen police) duties...
Conspicuous both for its lofty blue tower and for its central location, as well as notorious for its cacophonous collection of bells, (they are played but once a month) Lowell House was one of the three new units built in 1930 to complete the present House Plan. Physically it is a beautiful example of Georgian architecture; and the quiet beauty of its two courts is made all the greater by contrast with the noise and confusion which holds forth without its walls...
...where he might have the opportunity to enjoy a fuller college life than merely eating, sleeping, and studying. All of the Houses have solved this problem to a certain degree. Here at Lowell everyone will find as ambitious an extra-curricular life as he desires. The Bellboys have not built up the reputation of being a house of athletes, but their teams have always been among the best in the College; and they have maintained posession of the Straus all-sports trophy ever since it was given, two years ago. This apparent athletic prowess...
Recommendation number two is for a Hockey rink to be built on Soldiers Field. Figuring that gate receipts would pay for upkeep once the original costs were footed, the committee calls the advantages of such a rink obvious. It would allow longer and easier practices for the college teams. It would allow a full program of intra-mural hockey; it would provide for indoor track meets and would be used to house the increasing crowds that are coming to Cambridge to watch basketball...
...from the "Neibelungenlied" and the old "Icelandic Edda". And stirring scenes they are. "Wars are waged, blood is shed, and evil grows greater . . . The giants have gathered to attack Asgard." Frey, the traitorous Loki, and Thor, with his mighty workman's hammer, battle on the bridge Bilfrost, which "is built of air and water, and is protected by red fire flaming on its edge...