Word: mural
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...follow with a resume of the present program for Freshmen and the opportunity that is open for all men in the University for exercise. Mr. Fradd will present the special exercise program for men who suffer from various physical handicaps. Mr. Kelly will describe the general plan of intra-mural athletics, including the inter-dormitory competitions organized for Freshmen, in a brief speech. He will also answer questions that have a bearing on the conduct of intercollegiate athletics in the University...
...inter-mural sport, however, boxing offers splendid possibilities for development. Its restriction to University men climinates most of the objectionable features; the organization of a Freshman Interdormitory contest is a first step toward the popularization of a sport that probably pays larger dividends to the individual participant than any other. At the same time, the direction of boxing into this channel conforms to the growing tendency to eliminate as far as possible an undue emphasis on intercollegiate contests. Major Moore's statement that the Athletic Committee will probably not reconsider its decision on the status of boxing in the University...
Coincident with the opening of the Sargent exhibition in Manhattan, his mural in the Boston Public Library, entitled The Synagogue, was found to be splashed with ink. The painting, representing a woman on the steps of a ruined temple, her crown falling from her head, and clutching in her arms the tablets of Moses and a broken scepter, has been the subject of violent controversy between the civil authorities and prominent Jews who regard it as an insult to their faith. The identity of the ink-thrower is as yet unrevealed, but His aim was not equal to his ardor...
...latter exhibition is invariably noteworthy because of its astounding juxtaposition of various forms of Art. Mural decorations, statuary, iron work, factory stacks are united in democratic display. But all this hodgepodge falls into the category of applied art, lending the work a unity and significance particularly interesting to the casual observer. Here one finds that art is ready and eager to invade every field of human activity, social and industrial, awaiting only the growth of an understanding populace...
Social surroundings have not been ignored. There are fine examples of residential architecture, many mural paintings, garden statues...