Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...their waning popularity. The present generation of Harvard men are such a comfort loving class that the classic atmosphere of the Yard is but a small consideration compared to the conveniences which seemed superfluous to their forbears. If the double attraction of comforts and classic atmosphere is offered, the old buildings will regain their wonted place in undergraduate estimation...
...axes, so that breadth and long vistas may be obtained in the future when the buildings will inevitably be closer together than now. The axis through the Quincy street property might bear some relation to Memorial Hall, and to the entrance from the river as well as to the old yard. The axis through the Jarvis Field property might bear some relation towards the vast mass of the neighboring Museum of Natural History and the Divinity School beyond. Further, if the city streets in this neighborhood were placed in the hands of the City Park Commissioners, it would...
...build at all at Cambridge. Hence the desire to have the main lines upon which blocks of buildings may be set fixed once and for all. No stronger argument for the position of the Overseers is needed than a look at the irregularities of the present grounds. The old Yard gives the impression of a tolerably regular quadrangle-but Sever Hall is not symmetrically disposed towards other buildings; the Art Museum and the Chapel jog each other and are just not on an axis; the Jefferson Laboratory faces the rear of the Scientific School and Austin Hall regards the rear...
...old stand at Foster's is the best place in Cambridge to get a good lunch. All kinds of temperance drinks...
...old stand at Foster's is the best place in Cambridge to get a good lunch. All kinds of temperance drinks...