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Word: chapels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...great-granddaddy went to Harvard and you want to know if he attended chapel as he was required to do, if he attended all his classes, if he was fined for using profane language, if he failed to raise his hat when passing his professor, or any other question that no one else can answer, the answer will be found in the records of the University archives which are down in the depths of Widener...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Widener Archives Reveal Strange Facts About Days When Freshmen "Could Not be Saucy" | 10/8/1934 | See Source »

Reviving memories of the conflicts of principle over the dedication of the Memorial Chapel the Corporation again takes a stand on an international issue with its refusal to grant acceptance to the offer of a scholarship for foreign study by Dr. Ernst Hanfstaengl. Despite the unquestionable truth that the political party of which Hanfstaengl is a member "has inflicted damage on the universities of Germany" in striking at the principles which are "fundamental to universities throughout the world," the obiter dictum in President Conant's letter of refusal seems indeed unnecessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OBITER DICTUM | 10/4/1934 | See Source »

From the time that University Hall was built, in 1815, until 1858, what is now used for Faculty gatherings was the University Chapel. Sometime after usefulness as a chapel came to an end this central portion of University's second and third floors was divided horizontally, and transformed into lecture rooms, but in 1896 it was restored to almost its original form and put to use as Faculty assembly room. The only difference of the room today from what it was about 120 years ago is that the old chapel's galleries, which were reserved for the sole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Summer Work Makes University Hall Clean and Safe for Many More Years of Intellectual Activity | 10/4/1934 | See Source »

...song she likes to sing on the old chapel step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Five Sisters | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

...snobbery or cliquishness raise its head. Wellesley charges the same for all dormitory rooms, assigns them by lot. Priding itself on a well-rounded life, Wellesley is inclined to think Bryn Mawr and Mount Holyoke rather grindish. Smith and Vassar a bit too social. A song often heard on chapel steps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Five Sisters | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

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