Word: oak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Smith and his Copley-Plaza orchestra will provide music at the dance. The room will be illumirated by a system of indirect lighting, while panels, bearing the three rabbits and the oak sprig of Leverett and Adams Houses, will be placed over the windows...
Through the generosity of Lee Hart, of Rochester, New York, a copious oak exhibition case has been placed in the Lowell House Library, where it will remain in the possession of the House, and will be used from time to time for exhibits of books and other relics. The first exhibit is now being held, and consists of a recent edition of Shakspere's 'Venus and Adonis', with illustrations by Rockwell Kent...
...dining room, with a National Bank Building facade illustrative of the architects' preoccupation with Lehman Hall at the time it was built, is a handsome hall finished in dark oak. Hedged in by Westmorly and the new dormitory, it is lighted by two oval skylights which recall the dining room of the modern liner. But the kitchen which adjoins it is Adams' own; there is no food from the central refectory...
...songs which the choristers will sing include: "Heart of Oak", music by William Boyce, 1759; and words by David Garrick, 1759: "The World Turned Upside Down", anonymous; "Liberty Tree", by Thomas Paine, 1775; "Battle of the Kegs", by Francis Hopkinson, 1778; "Chester" William Brilings, 1777; "The Yankee's Return From Camp", by Edward Bangs, 1775; "American Hearts of Oak", by J. W. Hewlings, 1775; and "War and Washington", by Jonathan M. Sewall...
...most striking picture of the show is "Le Chapeau a la Rose" by Jules Pascin. With its pale green background, its delicate brown and rose colors, set against the oak panels of the common room, one cannot help but wish it could be permanently placed there...