Word: symbolism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tower have conspired to make him blue. The youngsters round about him seem happy, but the sound of insular accents and the sight of foreign customs are too much for an old traditionalist. And so, as the bells come in, the Vagabond goes out, back to Memorial Hall, that symbol of an old-and-not-to-be-despised Harvard...
Perhaps all of these similarities will make Kirkland individualistic. At least, it may be hoped that they are a symbol of the fact that the Houses are not a complete breakaway from what was useful and worth keeping in the Harvard of the Past...
...trial and imprisonment of one Martin Kruger, director of Munich's National Galleries. Krüger is persona non grata with the Bavarian government; on a trumped-up charge of perjury he is arrested and convicted. As his friends work for his release he becomes for them the symbol of justice; to the government his unjust imprisonment is an instance of good administration. But for each side Krüger is only a pawn in a very big game...
...students of Harvard whom he did not know he left a more tangible monument in the Arnold Arboretum. By his devotion and skill Dr. Wilson has done more than any other man to make it the "finest garden in the world." It is a peculiarly effective symbol of a life dedicated to the things of nature, and its value is enhanced because it acts as a perpetual memorial to his name...
...welter of Bulgarian names which the announcement sent rumbling across cafe tables, the one soonest forgotten was unfortunate Journalist Pundeff whose murder was being officially investigated. Every Bulgar realized that Pundeff was a mere symbol. The real battle was between Professor Alexander Tsankoff, Minister of Instruction, onetime Prime Minister (1923-26), and Ivan Mihailoff, leader of the dreaded Imro...