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...Paris, in the city to which people have come for centuries when they wished to create beauty or to have it admired, where even a roly-poly pastry cook may wear a long tie and the title of the proudest profession, Ralph Adams Cram, famed U. S. architect, last week addressed the American Club: "The arts of the world are suffering an eclipse," said Architect Cram. "Creative music has almost ceased. Painting has fallen back and sculpture is in almost the same condition." Soon Architect Cram qualified this lugubrious assertion: "All the arts except American architecture have fallen back...
...Today, however, it is on a higher level than that of any other country in the world." Those who supposed that Architect Cram, when he spoke of "the higher level," was referring to the silver splinters of sky scrapers in Manhattan and elsewhere, were soon disabused. Architect Cram, apostle of the gothic, has only an academic interest in these astonishing and often beautiful towers. He disapproved of them on principle but said that he "would like to try to build one." Himself a great builder of churches, he referred to U. S. religious monuments...
...Arts 2d Fogg Mus. Geology 7 Emerson F German 1a I Old Fogg Lect. Rm. German 2 I Sever S Government 19 Allen-Henry Sever 23 Hickok-Seagrave Sever 24 Sher-Wendt Sever 30 History B Sever 17 History I Mr. Clarke, sects, 1, 29 New Lect. Hall Mr. Cram, 2, 36 and conf. group I New Lect. Hall Mr. Dow 3, 13 and conf, group, II Memorial Hall Mr. Durand, conf. group III Harvard 5 Mr. Evans, 5, 37 and conf group IV Memorial Hall Mr. Gideonse, sect. A and conf. group V New Lect. Hall Mr. Gratwick...
...Arts 2d Fogg Mus. Geology 7 Emerson F German 1a I Old Fogg Lect. Rm. German 2 I Sever 8 Government 19 Allen-Henry Sever 23 Hickok-Seagrave Sever 24 Sher-Wendt Sever 30 History B Sever 17 History 1 Mr. Clarke, sects. 1, 29 New Lect. Hall Mr. Cram, 2, 36 and conf. group I New Lect. Hall Mr. Dow 3, 13 and conf. group II Memorial Hall Mr. Durand, conf. group III Harvard 5 Mr. Evaus, 5, 37 and conf group IV Memorial Hall Mr. Gideonsc, sect. A and conf. group New Lect. Hall Mr. Gratwick...
...amount of reading and its definite relation to the courses which the student is following. The peril to the student is that he may regard this free time till the examination comes as a period of relief from work or may dawdle the greater part of it and then "cram". But most of the students are at an age when they should be ready to take responsibility with its attendant risks...