Word: generalized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...building. It is too reminiscent of the Gothic to have such a close relationship with a building of Georgian type. Those tower in Oxford which is placed on a building of pure Gothic, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, cannot fail to realize the close relationship between the two. The general impression conveyed by the tower is that of some exotic ornament, grafted onto a simple New England colonial base. The success which the same architects achieved in the plan for the tower of Lowell House only serves to bring this discrepancy into greater relief...
...questioned on the subject disapproved of the plan for the new tower, but authorities in the subject of architecture, while not emphatic in their disagreement with the architects, believe that some simpler and smaller tower would be more in keeping with the rest of the new building. When the general sentiment about the new tower is so well defined, it would be a pity to have it built along its present lines without some consideration of a possible change. Certainly with the house hardly more than four feet above the ground there is ample time left for revision...
...editorial candidate reports every night in the week except Saturday with one editorial on a Harvard topic or concerning some interesting aspect of the day's general news. He develops his own initiative in digging up subjects to write upon. His powers of judgment and analysis are given opportunity to show themselves in working up an intelligent, fresh comment. Little else can polish up his technical skill and his ability to write what he thinks as can the daily practice of writing a three hundred word editorial. Last but not least, the candidate has the benefit of a careful...
Dunster House will have its own kitchen, completely separate from the general University service now supplying the Freshman Halls, and which will serve students in Lowell House. The dining room will ordinarily seat 150 students, but can, on occasion, accomodate the entire House...
After having served as Major in the United States Army, he was attached as liaison officer to the French general staff and was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor...