Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...soul of a college is football....The soul of Cornell has overcome the soul of Harvard, the soul of Princeton the soul of Dartmouth...Saturday, on Princeton sands, President Lowell's undecimal system will set its iron heel. Is the Nassovian or the Cantabrigian soul the mightier? The greatness of colleges is to be tested. The college soul is to be made visible."--New York Times...
...building has a three-story Georgian facade, of Harvard brick, laid in Flemish band, like that of the Harvard gates, with limestone trim. The Colonial porch, the white door with its brass knocker and fanlight, along with the iron railing on the balcony above tipped with brass knobs, all add unusual features to the "street of clubs." Harvard Hall, heart of the club, formerly the dining room, now the lounge, has been pronounced the noblest and one of the most beautiful rooms in America...
...main Institute buildings are arranged in a great quadrangle, open toward the river, the portico of the Library, surmounted by the dome, occupying the central position. They are made of reinforced concrete, and are absolutely fireproof, the floors being stone, and the stairs iron. The total cost of their construction has been estimated at $10,000,000, and the lot on which they are built contains fifty acres. This includes the new athletic fields, which are already in use, and boast one of the best tracks in the country...
...Leffingwell's "Iron Band" is a tune of the good old triangle; it is passionate, almost hysterical. But for a story of the kind, it is well done...
...gate will stand on the line of Quincy street between the president's house and the old Peabody house. The iron and brick fence of the structure will continue from the south end of the structure to the corner of the Yard. The other end will extend to the edge of the president's driveway. The structure is recessed back from Quincy street with an arched passageway for pedestrians on each side of the great centre gate. On the inner or yard side the gate will be flanked by semi-circular brick walls about four feet high, the quadrant...