Word: roofed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Writers who have been led by the solidity of the earlier Doric forms to deny their derivation from a wooden technic, overlook the fact that these oldest buildings were by no means constructed wholly of wood, their walls and roof being largely made of clay, a material which required great compactness. Professor Doerpfeld then showed how these ancient, close-built temples, when transferred into stone, became even more solid and heavy; whereas later they assumed slenderer forms and more graceful proportions...
...Entering between the columns at the east end or front, one comes to the cella where the shrine was. Beyond is another chamber or adytum, which was used probably as a treasury. The whole idea of the temple was a house for the goddess, surrounded by columns upholding a roof...
Heat, power and light, will be furnished from a small building in the rear of the main building, and under the same roof will be a laundry and kitchen, which will have in addition a serving room from which meals may be sent to sick students in their rooms outside of the Infirmary...
This new arrangement in the library is only temporary, for as soon as a new place for a reading room can be obtained the stacks will be continued to the roof. This will give all together in the library, a capacity for over 700,000 volumes...
...narrow escape from losing its ancient Hope College and Manning Hall by fire on Tuesday afternoon. A janitor discovered a lively blaze in the basement of Hope College in a large waste-paper bin. A general alarm was sent out; but before aid arrived the fire had reached the roof. Eight rooms were burned out, the roof was burned, and all the other rooms in the building were soaked. The loss is about $5000 to the corporation and $1500 to the students. The losses are covered by insurance. Hope College is the oldest of the Brown buildings, and was recently...