Word: chapels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Reverend Professor Willard Learoyd Sperry, Dean of the Theological School, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel at 8.45 o'clock this morning...
There has been considerable discussion today in those mythical centers of the University where matters are discussed over the "anti-religious" attitude of the CRIMSON. I believe that I am correctly interpreting both the editorial and the large mass of opinion opposed to the erection of a memorial chapel in refuting this. Those maintaining that the building of a suitable chapel will be the precursor to a revival of religion at Harvard, even if they are right in their prediction, which I deny, damn their faith by admitting that it is dependent on brick and mortar. With regard...
...many cases be justified. Possibly it does, like Mother, Know Best. But in this instance it seems to the writer, the voice of the masses should at least make itself felt in protest. This, in other words, is a call to arms. When, fifty years from now, the "Memorial Chapel" stands with the still un-burnt Memorial Hall as a monument to uselessness, it should be known, that the present college generation, at least, was in opposition. I suggest a student committee to organize a vigorous protest as soon as possible and to cooperate with such alumni as also wish...
...memorial to be a valid tribute must embody the united sentiment of those in whose name it is given. To railroad through the University a War Memorial Chapel that does not express the ideals of all Harvard men is to confine its significance to brick and steel...
Architecturally there is even less excuse for erecting a chapel on the proposed site. The plans call for the razing of Appleton Chapel and Robinson Annex, in order that a building in the customary bulldog posture may squat across the Yard opposite Widener, thereby effectively removing one of the few remaining airy-approaches to the Yard. A chapel so huge that its wings extend from the back doors of Thayer to the windows of Sever 11 and surmounted with a typical Harvard-Georgian-Colonial tower is not a pleasant prospect. From the point of view of location the thing would...