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Before the war in Italy rolled north to Monte Cassino, the chief ornament of the monastery's Chapel of the Assumption was a handsome altarpiece of the Virgin. Then the ancient monastery threatened to become a defensive keystone for the Germans, and U.S. bombers leveled it.*The painting, by 17th-Century Paolo de Matteis, disappeared amid the rubble. Officially it was written off as a lost art treasure...
Last week, still showing battle scars of blasted paint and torn canvas, the Assumption was back in Italy, where it will be restored and given its old place in Monte Cassino's reconstructed chapel...
...German side of the war were omitted. The CRIMSON, in an editorial campaign, led the fight to put their names back on the plaque. A compromise was finally reached; although no German names appeared on the main World War I plaque, a small tablet elsewhere in the chapel commemorated Harvard's German lead...
...plaque, as it stands now, is not a fitting memorial for those it purports to honor, nor will it mean anything to the succeding generations of students who will see it whenever they enter Memorial Chapel. Not only would a practical memorial be more meaningful, but it would have been a more dynamic tribute to the students, faculty members, and alumni who died in World War II than the one which Senator Saltonstall's committee chose...
Cameramen may stand in the vestibule or on the steps of the church and take pictures as the procession emerges. Therefore, even the small weddings in the chapel leave Memorial Church via the main aisle...