Word: scrolled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...existing complete sets (5,020 volumes) of the 1728 Chinese Encyclopedia. He also sent home a priceless rubbing from the stone text of a Confucian doctrine dated 745 A.D., with a commentary by the Emperor Hsiüan-Tsung; a Tibetan book written in pure gold; a 600 A.D. scroll found in the caves of northwest China with the original hemp wrapper signed by the woman who wove it. Gest impoverished himself supplying funds for Gillis, who had resigned his commission to devote full time to the collection. Gillis collected a library of Bibles written in 25 dialects...
Unrolling the scroll, the man pointed to his signature on it, Mr. Winthrop Wetherbee '87, and began to read in a dramatic tone of voice. "The first occupant of this room was Harcourt Amory '76, who bored the hole in which this document is to be placed... Any person discovering this transmittendum in after-years will confer a very great favor by communicating with the writer. May all luck be with each occupant of this old room...
Winthrop Wetherbee smiled, left the room, and a few minutes later returned with Mr. Amory. Everyone present wrote of the meeting, and after signing it, replaced the scroll and plug. Now and then, an old man enters Matthews to inspect the door; the document remains there to this...
...Seoul, Mayor Kim Tai Sun presented Eighth Army Commander General James A. Van Fleet with a scroll, an eight-inch silver key, a bouquet of roses and pronounced him honorary mayor of the city on its 558th anniversary as capital of Korea. A few days later, Mayor Sun was out of office. The R.O.K. government inspection committee dismissed him for embezzling several hundred million won of government funds...
Gettens estimated that at least six months would be required to unroll the scroll, perhaps twelve. The Fogg technician made preparations for the delicate process, and in the meantime, the scroll was placed back in the Archbishop's hands...