Word: plastered
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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After the reception in the Union the Prince, accompanied by President Eliot and Major Higginson, went on foot to Robinson Hall. Here the Prince was shown the drawings of the students and the large plaster casts which have been recently placed in the building. The Prince was then taken over to the Hemenway Gymnasium where he was met by Dr. Sargent, who took him through the building. The Prince took particular interest in the work being done by the track team and crew candidates...
...plaster cast recently presented to the University by Eugen Sandow has been received at the Gymnasium and temporarily installed there. It will be placed in the Trophy Room tomorrow or Saturday...
...interior of the building is finished in dark stained oak and white painted plaster. To make it impossible for any dust to accumulate there are no corners in the building; the usual angles have been rounded off. The heating and ventilation system is of the newest and most efficient type, and provides for freeing the air from all dust by taking it through cheesecloth. The building is heated by hot-air, except for the corridors which are heated by steam and hot water radiators...
...Sargent announced at the Union entertainment last night that Eugen Sandow would present to the University a plaster statue of himself, cast from life. This cast, which is now on exhibition at the Washington street entrance to Keith's Theatre, was made at the request of the British Government and is especially remarkable as being the only instance of an exact reproduction in plaster of a living man. There are but two other copies of this statue in existence, one of which is in the British Museum and the other in Sandow's house in London...
...opened yesterday morning; and, with the exception of a few rooms, was turned over to the courses which are to be held there. The work on the building is entirely completed and almost all of the rooms have been furnished and put in order. During the next week the plaster casts and other decorations will be arranged, and the electrical appliances will be completed...