Word: tudors
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Cornell has a new armory, the largest university building of its kind in the country, in which 2,000 men can drill at the same time. The building, modelled something like the old Tudor castles, is 412 feet long, 228 feet wide, and four stories high. It is constructed of stone from the university quarries to conform with the other buildings of the same material on the campus. In the towers are rooms for the officers of the various companies, and for the minor organizations within the cadet corps; in the basement provision has been made for a rifle range...
...pomp and brilliance of Tudor England sweep past us in this sumptuous production. Majestic history lives again as 'full-blown Wolsey' (in Dr. Johnson's phrase), burly King Henry, and the nobly pathetic Queen Katharine tread the stage. It is a play of great figures clashing in great scenes. The death of Buckingham, the meeting of Henry and Anne Bollen at the ball, the trial of Queen Katharine, the fall of Wolsey, the coronation of Anne--these scenes show forth the spirit of that turbulent...
...plays, and who has done most to foster the study of Shakspere in the University. Professor Baker has analyzed Shakspere's dramatic technique, and found in it a source from which to train successful dramatists. Professor Wendell has done a great deal for Shaksperean criticism; Professor Neilson's "Tudor Shakspere" is one of the most popular editions. Some courses treat Shakspere directly; almost all courses in literature have very much to say about him. Hence it is appropriate that this University, a Shaksperean stronghold, should commemorate in this manner...
...WILLIAM TUDOR GARDINER...
...books added, the following are perhaps the most noteworthy: "New Century Dictionary," North's "Plutarch," "Tudor Bible," "Lives of The Lord Chancellors", "Lives of the Chief Justices." Respectfully submitted, HENRY A. YEOMANS...