Word: monumental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...students of Harvard whom he did not know he left a more tangible monument in the Arnold Arboretum. By his devotion and skill Dr. Wilson has done more than any other man to make it the "finest garden in the world." It is a peculiarly effective symbol of a life dedicated to the things of nature, and its value is enhanced because it acts as a perpetual memorial to his name...
...general was received by President Lowell in a brief ceremony. Lack of time prohibited the visitor, who came to Boston on the occasion of the Legion convention, from an intended payment of respects to Memorial Hall, Harvard's monument for war dead. The visit came somewhat as a surprise to many officials of the University as information of the intended call reached the Yard police only shortly before the event took place...
...most titanic explosions ever loosed by man in war. Last week British Brewer John J. Calder, who bought Hill No. 60 in 1920 for patriotic reasons, announced that he had finally perfected arrangements whereby the Imperial War Graves Commission will guard and protect it forever as a national monument. Sadly Donor Calder admitted that in the intervening years tourists have snitched from Hill No. 60 nearly everything snitchable. Meanwhile what was David Lloyd George doing last week? Age cannot sap his energy nor custom stem the torrent of his words and plans. In London he went to his barber, emerged...
...inevitable spaniel, he has made his daily rounds of the building under construction, or, heedless of the whizzing traffic, surveyed the rising towers from the middle of the Riverway, can doubt that of all aims and endeavors the quadrangle system lies nearest to his heart. If any monument to President Lowell may be required by future generations, the spires on the Cambridge skyline will serve the purpose. Herald Tribune...
...fitting that a man who labored throughout his long and fruitful life to instill in Americans a true understanding and affection for his native land should leave behind him a monument which will continue the good works of his lifetime...