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...Rector of Louvain University, Monsignor Ladeuze, proposed to Mr. Whitney Warren, the U. S. architect, whose inscription has been rejected, that a bust of Architect Warren shall be placed in the new Library and shall be sportingly inscribed : "Praenobilis Americae filius Warren ingenio cordeque perfecit. (Warren, the most noble son of America, completed [this library] by his genius and heart...
Architect Warren replied by continuing his suit for 2,000,000 francs damages against Rector Ladeuze...
...inscription was finally omitted by order of Monsignor Ladeuze, Rector of Louvain University (TIME, July 9), who caused to be erected first a stone balustrade without inscription which was smashed by his own students, and second an equally inscriptionless plaster of Paris balustrade...
Grim, resolute, Monsignor Ladeuze ordered a new balustrade of which about half was rushed into place last week. The expense was understood to have been borne by Rector Ladeuze personally, though his moral support is from U. S. groups headed by President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University and having the blessing of Candidate Hoover...
Royal Displeasure. Livid with rage, Monsignor Ladeuze hired more huskies, called out the whole police force of Louvain, and got a plaster of paris replica of his smashed stones into place, while Architect Warren left disgustedly for Paris. Short-lived, however, was the Rector's triumph. Next day he received a message from His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Leopold of the Belgians, Duke of Brabant, who regretted that, under the circumstances, no member of the Royal Family would be present for the dedication of the new Library scheduled for July...