Word: spire
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Yorker Staffer Brooks writes a clear reportorial style, so coolly equable that at times it scarcely reaches the room temperature needed to sustain living characters. He reserves his warmest affection for the lore of "The Street" itself, from Trinity's spire to the pockmarks preserved in the side of the Morgan bank from the 1920 bombing. The Street may be mildly amused to hear that it is a psychosocial arena of U. v. non-U., and that to the combatants, gaining acceptance is more important than capital gains. As far as Wall Street knows, the real hassle going...
From the U.S. he rounded up contributions of steel, from Australia steam pipes, from Canada floor tiles, from Southern Rhodesia copper for the spire, from New Zealand, Australia and Canada timber for the structure. In addition he raised $222,300 in donations which were added to $339,150 from Britain's War Damage Commission...
...students much of the time. Architect's drawings of the sprawling Dunster and the imposing Lowell, were published, and discussion immediately raged regarding the aesthetic quality of the towers atop each of the Houses. The Lowell tower was generally approved, but the Italian Renaisance quality of the Dunster spire was frowned upon by many in the College. Boston architect William Aldrich poo-pooed this unenlightened criticism, asserting that Lowell and Dunster "will be by far the best buildings architecturally in the University...
Every House has a tower, of which Lowell's is the most conspicuous. Now Dudley Hall is similar to the Houses, because yesterday morning it, too, received a spire, which rises 137 feet above sea level. (Actually, it's only 45 feet high...
Most spectacular part of the book is a collection of 248 color photographs (see following pages) showing the world at worship in its almost infinite variety-under spire and cupola, in unadorned home and amid Renaissance splendor, with plain, quiet face and behind garish ceremonial mask. Along with essays on the fundamentals of the six faiths, the book presents samplings of their scriptures. Standout among the articles: the introductory essay on "How Mankind Worships" by the late Dr. Paul Hutchinson. longtime (1947-55) editor of the Christian Century. Though an uncompromising enemy of the syncretistic idea that what mankind needs...