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...Boston Architectural Club, the University won seven. In all, 73 drawings were submitted, the number being about equally divided between the students of the three institutions. The subject in competition was a gateway such as would be appropriate for the entrance to a botanical garden from a lagoon much used by the public for boating purposes...
...each offered by the Boston Society of Architects to students of the University will close today. These prizes will be awarded, one to the regular student and one to the special student in the School of Architecture who submits the best design for a entrance over a lagoon to a botanical garden. In connection with the competition an exhibit of water-color paintings by members of the University, together with four examples of the work of Rankin, a famous Scotch artist, is being held in Robinson Hall. Similar prizes are offered to members of the Boston Architectural Club...
Plans for beautifying the surroundings of the new Medical School property in Brookline have been accepted by the Medical School and the Street Department of the city of Boston. Starting from a terminal point in the Fenway near a small lagoon a new avenue in honor of the scientist Louis Pasteur will lead up to the middle of the Medical School quadrangle. This avenue will run through the centre of a parkway 120 feet wide, and will be shaded by a row of trees on each side. At the junction of the parkway with the quadrangle of the Medical School...
...last night by a large audience, composed mostly of freshmen. Prof. Cooke was, as usual, most enthusiastically received. After a few words about the idealism which is connected with Venice and the dreamy sentiments which the city inspires, he began by explaining its situation. Venice is situated in a lagoon, like Pamlico sound on the Atlantic coast, which is separated from the sea by a series of sand spits, broken only by occasional ship channels. One of these spits, called the Lido, is the great watering place and pleasure resort of the city...
Leaving this noisy tumult, I wedge my way through the boats, which block up the Canal. Gradually the hum of voices subsides. I pass the depot, where a band is playing the national air, and float out upon the lagoon...