Word: stone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Professor A. C. Coolidge '87, of the History Department, director of the library, delivered a short commemorative address, after which the stone was raised, and a sealed copper chest was placed beneath...
...Widener spread the cement with a silver trowel, and the stone was lowered into place, while the choir sang Martin Luther's impressive hymn, "Nun danket alle Gott." President Lowell then introduced Justice Swayze, president of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Massachusetts, speaking especially of the fittingness of the cornerstone of the Memorial, being laid in the presence of the first scholars of the University...
...This is a notable day in the annals of Harvard. We are assembled to witness the laying of the corner stone of a building that will not only surpass in its splendid proportions any other that has been erected for us in the two hundred and seventy-seven years of the life of Harvard University, but it will also fill a long felt and grievous want, for it will furnish a place where our students can make the best use of every volume helpful to their education; a home for the treasures of learning and literature that have accumulated here...
Marshall H. Stone '22, Professor of Mathematics, and Simeon B. Wolbach, Shattuck Professor of Pathological Anatomy, were among 15 noted scientists elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, meeting Wednesday in Washington...
...about that quarter, he mutters, but necessary. He has a better use for it than as a tip. He slips it into his pocket; there is no jingle from any companion coins. Squaring his shoulders and relaxing his features into peaceful friendliness, he attacks the gradual elevation of worn stone steps. Afterward he will walk home. It will be all right, proper. Today the best people will walk, and he will walk among them and be part of them. The arched entryway swallows...