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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...entire student body. In half a century it became wholly outmoded. It was closed in 1935 and was soon torn down, though its name was given to the present Hemenway Gymnasium, with the approval of the donor's family. The present Hunt Hall of the Graduate School of Design was built as a memorial of William Hayes Fogg in 1895 as an Art Museum. It is now a memorial of the architect who designed it while a much worthier memorial of Mr. Fogg is provided by the new museum on Quincy street...
...attitude toward Memorial Hall not to criticize the manners of the present, for I think the change was inevitable with the passing of the Civil War generation; but the fact remains that the memorial aspect of the Hall has been impaired, due partly, perhaps, to the obsolescence of its design and physical structure...
...design of the memorial by the committee, with its architectural setting, is not accurately described as a "plaque." It is a dignified and impressive monument--a record for all to see who will, and one that has a good prospect of permanence. Jerome D. Green...
Economy was a big factor in planning the new center because a rigid budget of $3,000,000 was laid down by the Corporation, but low building costs were not the main reason for choosing functional design; the architects considered such factors as the scale of other buildings in the area, the "spirit" of the older architecture at Harvard, and the atmosphere that College buildings should represent...
Hence the ground plan of Jarvis Court will have plenty of open, landscaped courtyards to offset the massed effect of the buildings, while the dormitories themselves have enough variation in design to be "uniform but not regimented...