Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...historical background of the rising University indoor athletic plant is interesting to say the least. It was back in 1914 that the Harvard undergraduates first brought to light the necessity of a gymnasium more modern than Hemenway. At that time they launched a drive for funds for a new building. Some $8,000 were collected, but the University authorities soon put a stop to such activities with the declaration that Harvard had a greater need for academic building development. The question was virtually dropped for more than a decade, but then Harvard's crying need once again broke into...
...about fifteen months. Among the unique architectural features of the Institute, which is to be a center for research in biology and sociology at Yale, are a residential unit for the study of child development, a residential and treatment unit for the study of mental efficiency and mental diseases, modern laboratories for psychological investigations, and facilities for research in sociology, including social psychology, economics, and government...
...Sterling Library, now nearing completion, is done in a style as near to modern Gothic as possible without departing from sound tradition, a style combining grace and strength. To break the monotony of large stretches of wall, the stone used in decoration is varied from place to place...
Although his exact topic has not yet been announced, Mr. Benet will probably discuss modern literature in general...
...evening the Vagabond will try a sleight of hand trick to produce a Union card and then proceed to the Union Living Room where the author of "John Brown's Body", Stephen Vincent Benet, will talk on some aspects of modern writing...