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...north end of the bridge, a tablet on the right hand column bears the following dedication, which explains the use of the scholar and soldier symbols: "This bridge was built in memory of Nicholas Longworth Anderson, graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1858; Adjutant-Colonel, Brevet-Brigadier and Major-General of volunteers in the Civil War. To a father by a son." Above this tablet, on the north side is the eagle, the soldier's habit, shield, helmet and banner all welded in bronze forms. On the opposite side of the column is a similar symbol composed...
...column on the east side of the bridge nearest the Weld boathouse bears the same symbols only in reversed positions, the symbol of the scholar facing the north and that of the soldier toward the Stadium. On the tablet below is the following inscription: "May this bridge, built in memory of a scholar and soldier, connecting the College Yard and playing fields of Harvard, be an every present reminder to students passing over it of loyalty to country and alma mater, and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood, developed by study and play on the banks...
...street and houses. The relief will be cut in American Travertine stone of the same color as the limestone used for the trimmings and ornaments of the Gate. The tower will be thrity-six feet high and eight feet square at the base. The inscription will be on a tablet set in the Quincy street face of the tower...
...right-hand tablet at the north approach reads...
...tablet bears the following inscription...