Word: monuments
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...erection of a monument in a park to be laid out on the vacant ground on the south bank of the Charles River has been proposed-as a memorial to the men of Harvard who have fallen in the great war. At present the land on the further bank of the river and across Harvard Street from Soldiers Field, recently acquired by the University, is not being utilized in any way. Without much difficulty the plot could be converted into a small park which would be peculiarly appropriate as a memorial to the University men who have died in this...
...monument would be very simple,--probably a single shaft of the obelisk type. It would be built of Vermont marble or Quincy granite, rising to a height of about one hundred feet...
...series of articles to be published in the CRIMSON describing four of the plans which have been suggested as memorials for the men of the University who have died in the war. The four proposals for a memorial which are to receive consideration are: a gymnasium; an auditorium; a monument, to stand on the farther bank of the Charles River; and the inscription of the names of the University men who have lost their lives in the war in the rooms which they occupied while at College. The first of these plans is the subject of this article...
...auditorium, on the other hand, could be made a permanent monument. It could be constructed in brick, and designed, like the Freshman dormitories, to harmonize with the traditional Harvard buildings. I believe there would be little danger, at the present day, of creating an architectural monstrosity like Memorial Hall and Sanders Theatre and a very good chance of obtaining something of the simple dignity and delightfulness of detail of the Freshman buildings
...them as no formal war memorial could. As soon as we know definitely that the last drop of American blood has been shed for this war, and that all the men who so desire are well situated in civilian life, there will be ample opportunity to discuss some architectural monument...