Word: tudor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Contemporary U.S. art slumped far below normal. Old masters sold best. Close behind them came a bargain-counter rush in medieval halberds and maces, paneled Tudor interiors, stained-glass windows, Louis XIV chairs, a heterogeneous collection of like knickknacks. The flush market was fed by the breaking up of such huge, tax-harried U.S. estates and collections as those of William Randolph Hearst, Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. Christian R. Holmes...
...morning meeting was opened by the High Sheriff of Middlesex County, Joseph M. McElroy, who rapped on the rostrum three times with his scabbard. Then President Conant was seated in the incident Tudor Chair, and the Commencement Parts, including the Latin Oration, were delivered...
...County, Joseph M. McElroy, will call the morning exercises in Sever quadrangle to order, striking the platform thrice with his scabbard. Other ceremonies harking back to Harvard's early Colonial days and its heritage from the English universities will be the seating of the University President in an ancient Tudor chair; the participation of church and commonwealth officials; the adherence to traditional forms of speech in presenting candidates for degrees; and the Latin Oration by a Senior...
Abbott Thayer Fenn, of Concord and Winthrop House, has been awarded the John Tudor Memorial Cup, it was announced at the annual hockey dinner. At the same time, it was revealed that Charles A. Grifith '42, of River Forest, Illinois and Winthrop House has been presented with the Angier Hockey trophy...
...awarded annually to the player who "is of the greatest value to Harvard hockey, not so much because of his ability, but because of his heart." The Angier trophy is presented to the man who has made the most improvement throughout the season. The Tudor award was given by Forrester A. Clark '29, William T. Wetmore '30, and the late William L. Elkins '29, class mates of John Tudor...