Word: colored
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Unusual arrangements for scenery, details of which have just been made public, have been made this year. The introduction of gorgeous displays of color has been attempted especially in the ship scene, where the bridge will be designed, in black and gold; a huge peacock, in splendid colors, is perched on the balustrade of the bridge. All the scenery will be constructed under the personal supervision of Eugene Frost and Edward S. Ely, two of the country's most famous designers, and recently put in charge of the work on the scenery of the new Hippodrome in the Boston Arena...
...dating from about 700, written in good on vellum dyed purple; a thirteenth century Life of Christ; and twelfth century Bestiary. The so-called Bestiaries, or Handbooks of Natural History, formed a large and interesting class of manuscripts, "often illustrated profusely, especially during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, with colored drawings of beasts, birds and fishes, actual or fabulous; more rarely with fully illuminated miniatures in gold and colors". In Mr. Morgan's manuscript the animals are colored blue, brown or red, shading into white. The miniatures are framed in bands of color with a plain background, usually of gold...
...other two paintings are of the Spanish School and date probably from the 15th century. One represents a religious procession-The Dedication of a Church. The prevailing colors of the robes of the figures are red, rose color, green and orange yellow. The picture, although crude in execution, is an interesting crude in execution, is an interesting example of Spanish work of the period. The other Spanish picture is a figure of Saint christopher crossing the stream bearing the Christ Child on his shoulders, the figure of the Saint showing the spare form and harsh contours characteristic of the Spanish...
...garbled despatches, of flaring headlines and imaginative write-up men, we cannot be too careful in sampling the multifarious and savory morsels dealt out to us by the public press. Under the skilful hand of inventive genius-by dint of adding a detail here and a touch of color there-assault becomes murder, a riot rebellion, until all sense of perspective is lost. When interest in European or World politics leads us to discuss the problems of the day, let us be sure we know whereof we speak, Our daily newspapers publish much propaganda that is American-made: either side...
...former athletes in addition to the undergraduate "H" men were present at the Varsity Club luncheon yesterday. President Eliot introduced by Mr. George B. Morison '83, president of the Club, as "one of Harvard's foremost athletes", told the story of how crimson was chosen as the University color. At the time when President Eliot rowed, two graduates were in the boat, as there were not men enough in the college who were interested in rowing to fill a six-oared shell. There were no finances to pay for outside help, and so all the care of the boat...