Word: mercier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Belgian people through Cardinal Mercier entrusted the design for the restoration of the library of Louvain to Messers Warren and Wetmore, Architects...
...awarded an honorary degree by the University in 1913, volunteered his services and personally undertook the task. He has reproduced in the new plans the type of Flemish art so well, that he has won the grateful commendation of the administrators and friends of the institution. Cardinal Mercier, on first seeing the proposed plans for the building, wrote a strong letter of congratulation to Mr. Warren, and the Faculty delightedly accepted the proposal...
...figure of Our Lady of Victory, supported by St. George and St. Michael crushing the Evil Spirits; destruction of the old Library, while underneath, crowning the doors leading to the three exterior pulpits are busts of the heroes of the war, the King, the Queen, and Cardinal Mercier. The coats of arms of Belgium and the United States are framed in the high balustrade which surrounds and crowns the building; in this balustrade is interwoven an inscription describing the destruction of the old Library and the fact that the restoration is a gift of the American people. "Furore Teutonica Diruta...
...Cardinal Mercier in accepting the plans of the memorial expressed the spirit of the undertaking most effectively when he said: "But even still finer and more touching than the gift of the Library to Louvain is the gesture of the nation which claimed the privilege of rebuilding...
...dates for the annual oratorical contest for the Medaille France Amerce of Paris, have been announced by Professor L. J. A. Mercier...