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...mood of the Greek drama but-somewhere or other he has learned that the needy catchword for the theatre of Sophocles is "simplicity." He tried, yes and diligently, but whoever could attain quiet and simplicity amid the thundering cement-grinders, seemingly banal excavations, and unutterable chaos mixed with modern Georgian architecture which has flooded the Cantabrigtan shores? His advice is to take "The New Criterion," and call...
...Georgian Style...
Only the first two wings, those at the right and center, are being constructed at first; the third will await the raising of sufficient funds for its completion. The architecture is of the modernized Georgian style which is employed in all recent additions in the University. According to plans released last spring by the designing architects, it will be five stories in height, with red brick exterior walls on a reinforced concrete frame, and white steel casement fenestration...
...Faculty Club on Quincy Street will be a three story back building in the Georgian style. It is expected to open in January. The new axis of the building will cause it to face the Union the entrance will be through the Hallo well Gate. The building will have in addition to the main dining room, a ladies dining room, and the usual offices. Nine bedrooms for resident members and guests of the club are to be provided on the third floor; a billiard room is planned for the basement...
...changing. The poet Lowell beneath him facing the fresh quadrangle seemed to him a brother dreamer. Those two, alone, experienced bewilderment in the contemplation of these marks of modern education--the dadoes, the stippled floors of battleship linoleum, the Revolutionary tapestry, the purple paint and high table. Even the Georgian windows appeared unfamiliar in their rows six high and forty long. He took some comfort in the thought that perhaps the change would be only a physical one. If that was so he could learn to like the solid brick of the new courtyards almost as well as had liked...