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...coat, as follows: 2d Lieutenant, one disk on each shoulder strap; 1st Lieutenant, two disks on each shoulder strap. (b) When the shirt is worn without the coat, the insignia of rank etc., will be worn on the shirt collar as follows: I nsignia of rank on right. Collar ornament, R. O. T. C., on left. The device to be placed one inch from end of collar. (c) Noncommissioned officers, and others authorized, will wear the service chevrons prescribed for like grades in the Army...
...people eat, and those who build the houses and the clothes and the tools which make civilization a vital thing, then hooray for Harvard. State Press is so strongly a believer in schools he believes in schooling those who support the country as well as those who ornament it. --Galveston Daily News...
...interior is divided are conceived in the same large, comprehensive spirit. Each of them is of distinct individuality and brings out the fundamental features of the particular style of architecture which it represents, but only, so to speak, in sublimated, idealized form; while gradual and soft transitions of ornament and structure lead from one of these halls to another and make them all part of one noble unified whole. We shall therefore be able in this building to give all our objects a suitable historical setting. . . . . . I sincerely hope that the time is not distant when the Museum will also...
...where he died, in 1841. Professor Baldensperger has diligently collected the meagre records of Kancrede's activities, including various publications; and has thus made a notable and interesting contribution to the history of that department of the University of which he is himself for the moment so distinguished an ornament...
President Quincy in 1837 spoke of Gore Hall as the principal ornament of the College square, and expected that but a small portion of what we now call Gore Hall would be of "sufficient capacity to contain the probable accumulation of books during the present century." As we watch the derricks pulling down the walls of this intellectual Bastile we wonder in a somewhat patronizing air at President Quincy's quaint taste and short-sighted expectations. Let us forget his taste, and think about his short-sightedness. He made his mistake in judgment because he could not see our modern...