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Elliott Perkins used to write notes about snowball throwing in the Lowell House courtyard. In those days snowballs only blackened eyes and broke windows. So far this winter Dr. Perkins hasn't written any notes. We expect this warning to be replaced by a directive from the Atomic Energy Commission, or from the National Security Agency, saying that all snow must be tested with electroscopes or Geiger counters before it can be touched. Nowadays, a snowball might make you sterile. It just isn't worth the chance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A-Ball | 2/5/1951 | See Source »

...death, Benefactor Verdi's guests will pay their special respects to his memory. Wearing the simple costume Verdi prescribed for them-the men, black suits, string ties and soft wide-brimmed hats, the women, plain, dark grey dresses-they will gather in the Casa's open courtyard, lay flowers on the tomb where Verdi and his wife Giuseppina lie buried. At night, those still able to go to La Scala may sit in the royal box for a performance of Verdi's Requiem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lire for the Casa | 1/29/1951 | See Source »

...next by became known as "Oliphant's Folly." Under his direction, a single copper wire conductor was run around the base of the gutter of the main courtyard in Lowell House. Tests showed that Lowell obtained wonderful reception. So did Worcester...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Radio Network Celebrates Tenth Anniversary With Memories of Radiation, Financial Battles | 12/2/1950 | See Source »

Producer David Bowen '51 explained yesterday that the Group hopes to make enough at Wellesley to cover the possibility of losses in Cambridge. The play will open in Fogg Museum courtyard, December...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.T.G. Play Plans Wellesley Debut | 11/17/1950 | See Source »

Walter Gropius explained last night that the pylon being completed in the courtyard of the Graduate Center will be "the beautiful stainless steel construction" that will add a final grandeur to the design of the Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Obelisk, Skating Rink To Adorn Graduate Center | 11/15/1950 | See Source »

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