Word: rebuild
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reading a story on the architectural achievements of Sir Christopher Wren in LIFE two years ago, Westminster's President Robert Davidson had an idea: Why not rebuild one of Wren's old churches on the campus? Every one of the 47 remaining London churches designed by Wren was damaged or destroyed during World War II. Over the years, 37 of them have been restored; one of the few considered for eventual demolition was St. Mary Aldermanbury, probably named after the ancient alderman's court that once stood near by, and rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire...
...France, the bloody S.A.O. terror and a fratricidal power struggle that soured the first months of independence, Algeria needs every centime it can get. Only one Algerian in ten has a steady job. The illiteracy rate is 90%. Officials figure that the country needs at least $2 billion to rebuild, but the treasury is bare. Said Ben Bella: "We are a country emptied...
Brooks feels that the varsity is a balanced squad, but not equal to the strength of last year's undefeated team. The coach pointed out, however, that he has considerable talent to rebuild the squad, which lost its nucleus in June...
...first priority, Sterling set out to rebuild Stanford's faculty with a small cadre of ambitious professors who spread the gospel of Bay area living all over the East and Midwest. Instead of high pay, Stanford offered such lures as 100% loans for building handsome ranch houses on university land. To snag former Harvard Sociologist Sanford M. Dornbusch, Stanford doubled its sociology department with men of his choice. In similar deals Stanford captured American Historian David Potter after 19 years at Yale, German Historian Gordon Craig after 20 years at Princeton, Novelist-Critic Albert J. Guerard after 23 years...
There is a lot of good material to rebuild with. Engelburg, and Elliot Miller are good free style sprinters, while Harry Turner, Dave Brandling-Bennett, and last year's freshman Captain and University 440 yd record holder, Dave Abramson should be tough to beat in the longer free-style events. Joseph Stetz is an experienced butterfly man, and the team has one of the East's top breaststroke swimmers in Bill Chadsey who holds the Harvard 220-yard record in that stroke...