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Harvard's World War II War Memorial is expected to be ready for dedication by the opening of college next September, architect Henry R. Shepley '10 said yesterday. Work on the plaque, to be installed in the Memorial Chapel, will not begin until May 1, because of delays in cutting the rough marble and laying out the lettering...
...total cost of the project will be as much as ten percent beneath the $75,000 budget, Shepley also announced. The original estimate was named on the basis of using separately cast bronze raised letters. But use of carved-in tinted letters instead brings down the cost...
...cuts in the letters will be rounded for greater visibility, and the inside will be glazed and gold-leafed. Gilding will give the effect of flickering movement across the plaque. The color of the marble is a "warm beige," Shepley said...
Chief among the undergraduate performers is juggler Hugh S. Shepley '51. Thomas Foran will act as master of ceremonies during the various performances...
...presenting his plans Shepley furnished a full sized sample of the lettering carved and tinted in a one ft. piece of stone. In order to stay within the $75,000 budget, the letters will not be bronze gilded as on the World War I plaque, and they will be slightly smaller. But Shepley believes his carved-in, tinted lettering will be easier to read...