Word: siting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Jeremiah Chaplin rested on his oars and gazed with tired satisfaction over the Kennebec River valley. He had rowed 20 miles upriver. There, he decided that June day in 1818, was an ideal site for his Maine Literary and Theological Institution...
...hundred years later, the site no longer seemed ideal. A smelly paper mill and a railroad yard hemmed in the school (now renamed Colby College...
During the war the bones and buildings of Ancient Man slept soundly. With almost every promising digging site out of bounds for one reason or another, the world's archeologists-many of whom were engaged in military intelligence work -had a long breather. Now, having evaluated such new, war-perfected tools as mine detectors, stereoscopic air photography and explosive microcharges, they are on the prowl again...
...home now occupying the site, which is located behind the University Press building, will be torn down to make room for the new structure. Three large rooms in side and a fenced in yard out doors will be provided for the children...
...last-named donation is the gift of Thomas W. Lamont '92, New York financier, for the establishment of a new undergraduate library to be erected on the present site of the Dana-Palmer House inside the Yard. The Palmer House, long a landmark in Harvard architecture, will be moved across Quincy Street into the area formerly occupied by Hocking House. Funds for the relocation project came in the form of an anonymous gift...