Word: whitney
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Immediately after the library was destroyed, Mr. Whitney Warren joined with several other leaders of the world's culture in Europe in asserting that the building should eventually be restored to the Belgian people and should serve as a memorial to the Belgian and American war dead...
...Whitney Warren, who was awarded an honorary degree by the University in 1913, volunteered his services and personally undertook the task. He has reproduced in the new plans the type of Flemish art so well, that he has won the grateful commendation of the administrators and friends of the institution. Cardinal Mercier, on first seeing the proposed plans for the building, wrote a strong letter of congratulation to Mr. Warren, and the Faculty delightedly accepted the proposal...
...been learned that Chapin, H. R. Davis, and Whitney, will in all probability recover sufficiently from their injuries to be able to take part in the meet against Yale. Chapin, a veteran of last year, should make it interesting for the Blue sprinters, while Davis, the best of the University pole-vaulters, should add materially to the Crimson score. Whitney is one of the mainstays of the team in both hurdle races. With Hauers and Thayer to back him up, he should do much toward a Crimson victory on Saturday. The final choice of the men who will represent...
Professor J. L. Lowes will preside at tonight's meeting and Dean G. H. Edgell and Mr. Whitney Warren will be the speakers. They will explain the reconstruction project in full and will describe the work which has already been done...
...building, which will cost approximately one million dollars, will serve as a memorial to the Belgian and American dead of the World War. It was designed by Mr. Whitney Warren who also selected the site. Mr. Warren has spent a great deal of time in Europe, studying the architecture of various localities, and is an especial devotee of the art of the north Latin countries. The structure will be of Flemish Renaissance architecture and will embrace six members with a covered arcade. The main reading room of the library will have space for 2000 volumes and will accommodate approximately...