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Arrangements for the reproduction on the east pediment of Holden Chapel of the sculptured group, which now appears on the west side, have been completed. This announcement was made yesterday, simultaneous with the appearance of scaffolding for preliminary work on the west side. The contract for the sculpture has been given by the University Planning Board to John Evans and Company, of Boston Carvers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCULPTORS BEGIN DECORATIVE WORK ON HOLDEN CHAPEL | 4/3/1926 | See Source »

...Evans, when questioned as to the probable outline of the work, said, "The first step has already been taken, in the erection of a scaffolding on the west side, so that we can get the measurements of the figures on that pediment. The cutting on the new group has to be done, of course, in our shop. We have the model almost finished, from which the final woodcarving must be done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCULPTORS BEGIN DECORATIVE WORK ON HOLDEN CHAPEL | 4/3/1926 | See Source »

...these gentry, Edward L. Doheny registered protest. His lawyer addressed a letter to the editors of The Lampoon, who forthwith stated: "In a recent issue of The Lampoon, the name of Doheny was printed in connection with certain other names upon the entablature of the pediment of a temple upon the first page of the issue. We take this opportunity of withdrawing any possible unpleasant inference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Withdrawal | 3/9/1925 | See Source »

...esteem as well. The young student is hardly to be blamed if he yields to the human weakness of preferring the bays and the plaudits of the hippodrome to the fruits of pale, cloistered erudition. Perhaps his name on the side of a silver bowl or graved on the pediment of a Winged Victory will prove a sufficient incentive to the aspirant for the uppermost batting average in scholarship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CUP FOR SCHOLARS. | 2/3/1915 | See Source »

...Aropus on Northeastern Africa. The structure cuts off the curved end of the Stadium where the spectators will be seated, and represents the palace of Agamemnon at Argos. To break the monotony of the front of the palace, a portico resembling the front of a Doric temple, a simple pediment upon four columns, is being constructed in the centre. Through this portico the exits and entrances to the palace will be made. Mr. J. L. Smith of Boston supervised yesterday afternoon the painting and decorating of the palace. The main walls of the central por- tico will be colored...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST DRESS REHEARSAL | 6/12/1906 | See Source »

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