Word: gothic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...main building of the university, which was totally destroyed by the fire started by the German troops the night of August 26 and the morning of August 27, had been built--the lower part in 1317,--after the early Gothic style. It had served for more than two centuries as a cloth warehouse. The upper part had been constructed in the nineteenth century, in the classical style. The halls contained the promotion room, all the bureaus of administration, the archives and all the souvenirs of the university, and finally the library. There, also, until less than two years ago, were...
Specimens of Gothic Workmanship...
...series of rubbings from English monumental brasses, presented by Mrs. George Fiske in memory of her husband, who was a member of the class of 1872. These make a fine and interesting display of handsome lines in black and white, and show the rare decorative ability of those Gothic workmen...
...Century"--he calls it the 'majestic' "Century"--points out the futility of trying to arrive at general conclusions about Harvard, unless one knows Harvard life thoroughly. In "The Treasure of Carvaernon" (the name in the story itself is spelled Carvaeron), Mr. Walcott gives us a good old-fashioned "Gothic" tale, with secret door, mysterious staircase, damp, dark passage, etc., etc., even to the coincidence which brings the final disaster just at the right moment to catch the characters in the story. Mr. Jackson's "Point of View" is a short, vivid, and fairly amusing sketch of Western life. "Paraffine Percy...
...Greek archaeologist, who had made valuable discoveries of classic temples and statues. The speaker described the work of Helmholz, the famous theorist in vibration of sound and light, and came in personal contact with the two greatest lecturers of that day, Mommsen and Grimm. Zupitza, the Anglo-Saxon and Gothic scholar, was one of his earliest teachers. In Strassburg and Heidelberg he came under the direct influence of such men as Ten Brink and Kuno Fischer...