Word: gothicisms
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...auction in New York since Depression, high water mark in the three day sale of the heterogeneous art collection of shrewd old Thomas Fortune Ryan. Relatives, collectors, and many of the original dealers from whom he bought them bid up the rest of the etchings, picture books, Persian rugs, Gothic and Renaissance bronzes & marbles, Etruscan urns and other pomps & gauds assembled in the financier's long acquisitive life for a total...
...keeping with the prevailing style of architecture at Yale, all the Colleges are Gothic with the exception of Pierson and Davenport, which are American Georgian like the Harvard House. The rich and heavy Gothic makes the Colleges seem more cloistered, while the narrow windows make most of the rooms rather dark. The Colleges are uniformly smaller than the Houses, accommodating from 175 to 200 residents apiece...
...protagonist draws near his goal: graduation from college. Here--and no chauvinism can prompt such a feeling-- is a sport forever hallowed. Or rather, here are spots cherished for their associations, the West Court of Lowell House, the dimly illuminated arch of Sever's doorway, the strange Gothic allure of Memorial Hall, the quadrangle at Commencement with the fine clear voice of President Lowell declaring, "By virtue of authority delegated to me, I confer on you the first degree in arts or in science, and admit you to the company of educated men." Accents unforgettable...
...Gothic Revival Architecture, " Professor Conant, Fogg Large Room...
...World's Fair in Chicago there was some talk of duplicating the original Parliament. Nothing came of it. Piety at the Fair is represented by Christian Scientist and Roman Catholic exhibits, and a long, L-shaped Hall of Religions with a Gothic tower, containing such churchly wares as Protestants have cared to show (notably the silver Chalice of Antioch which may have been the Holy Grail, and Col. Henry Stanley Todd's virile portrait of Christ-TIME, April 17). Nearest thing to a Parliament is a corollary to the Fair which opened last week at the Hotel Morrison...