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...ingenius architect might devise some simple expedient whereby a current of air might be induced to enter at the base of the shait and escape through a suitable vent at the top, thus securing an adequate circulation of fresh air without admitting rain and snow. Such feats of engineering nave been accomplished in the past, and might conceivably be duplicated...
...tonight at 7 o'clock between the Seniors and the Sophomores. The question, "Resolved, that in the light of recent events, the Monroe Doctrine has been rendered obsolete and should be abolished," will be debated with 1920 team supporting the affirmative. The winning team will meet the Juniors who nave already defeated the Freshmen in the final debate of the series next Monday...
...from his tour of research and investigation in Europe. The main object of his visit was to study more thoroughly the early mediaeval monuments which show the beginnings of the so-called Gothic art of England. He has given careful attention to such important early monuments as the Norman nave of Malmesbury Abbey, St. Albans Abbey and other similar Norman works, but has occupied himself chiefly with Canterbury Cathedral as the first monument which really embodies anything of Gothic principles. Professor Moore made a direct comparison of Canterbury with the Cathedral of Sens, in France, from which it was directly...
...nave of Westminster Abbey, said Professor Baker, was used during the reign of Elizabeth as a great social promenade, even while church services were being held in another part. Here was another place where Shakespeare's keen observation found room for free play. Close by the side of the church was the Convocation House, in the yard of which St. Paul's choirboys acted their plays. Another theatrical centre was St. John's Gate, where the properties for the court plays were kept, and where the playwrights gathered. Lastly, the Great Exchange, the business centre for all merchants, gave ample...
After speaking of the buttresses which supported the triporium gallery of the especially large nave, the lecturer pointed out the architectural beauty of the west portal figures, their "sechereese" and lightness. The sculpturing, he said, is the best of its kind and was possible only at this time. He showed how much better the work on Chartres was than that of Aries, where the figures are heavy and uninteresting. He then displayed pictures of figures at the top of the columns of the portals showing their Gothic difference, and their individuality...