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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Charles D. Wetmore'89, builder of Claverly, soon had rivals who tried to put it into the shade. A freshman History instructor completed plans to build a new hall--Randolph--across the street, thus shutting the sunlight from Claverly's lower floors. In vain, Wetmore tried to persuade city authorities to increase the 20-feet wide Linden Street...

Author: By David C. D. rogers, | Title: Claverly, Erected With Eye to Fire Protection, Ushered In University's Plush Gold Coast Era | 3/10/1951 | See Source »

...masters as Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Rubens, El Greco and Goya, plus masses of coins, medallions, jewels, miniatures, tapestries, antiques, ivories, armor, enamels and sculptures. It was always open to visitors-with two notable exceptions. The first was the brother who had smashed his terra cotta. The second was William Randolph Hearst -"That I will never allow," snorted Lazaro. "He started the Spanish-American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Successful Brother | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

During the era of President Eliot there were three distinct social strata: the poorer students who lived in Cambridge's numerous "boarding houses", the middle class students who lived in the more expensive Yard dormitories, and the "Gold Coasters" who lived in the privately owned Westmorely Court, Randolph Hall, Apley Court, Claverly, and Dudley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Maids Are A College Institution, But Time May Bring Big Changes | 11/22/1950 | See Source »

...fact, Randolph Hall (now Adams D--I entries) allegedly has chambers in the basement known as the "slave quarters"; here the personal valets of the Indian princes and maharajas supposedly kept inventory of "Master's" persian rugs and stock of incense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Maids Are A College Institution, But Time May Bring Big Changes | 11/22/1950 | See Source »

...candidate who made the best previous showing without the backing of either major party: William Randolph Hearst, who ran a close second to George B. McClellan in 1905, on a Municipal Ownership ticket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Lone Wolf | 11/13/1950 | See Source »

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