Word: burrs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...construction of the new building became a controversial topic last May when the Alumni Bulletin criticized the plan in an editorial and when 82 percent of the undergraduates polled opposed this use of unrestricted money from the estate of Allston Burr...
Proponents of the new clubhouse said that, although the money was left unrestricted, the University had a moral obligation to Burr. Bright said that Burr's "continuing interest in the Varsity club and frequently expressed desire to help build a new one "left the Corporation no alternative...
...dedication of the Graduate Center last October, Conant said "I will not discuss the aesthetic judgment of the Corporation." In December, however, he put the Harkness Commons on his Christmas cards. Speculation has begun over whether the Burr Lecture Hall will be on his next year's cards...
...four Natural Science professors are particularly in favor of the new building and stand to profit the most from it. The Burr Lecture Hall is designed particularly for "dramatic demonstration of laboratory experiments before classroom groups...
Also coming in for some criticism is the new Gordon McKay Applied Science Laboratory which is in modern design but is not as radically modern as Burr Hall...