Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have been to "Chauve-Souris" in the past, let your pocket book be your guide. But if you are ignorant of this once novel form of entertainment, by all means go. "The March of the Wooden Soldiers" should prove reward enough for anyone...
President Coolidge vacated his official home for seven months in 1927 while a new $400,000 roof was being put on. The ancient wooden beams were replaced with steel girders, the entire structure fire-proofed...
...large wooden figure purchased in Pekin, and now on exhibition, represents the seventeenth-century type of religious sculpture which has been largely ignored in favor of earlier and more archaic sculpture...
...decision, the open end of the Harvard Stadium will be filled this fall by temporary steel stands, it was announced last night by W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Harvard Athletics. The problem of seating the Harvard football crowds, which has been pressing since the condemnation of the old wooden structure used at Soldiers Field for a score of years, has reached a solution for the present at least. The approval of the Harvard Corporation has been secured, and Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, architects, are now engaged on the plans...
...which would be permanent, would cost $300,000, which Mr. Bingham considered too great an expenditure for seats at the end of the field. A reconsideration has brought the agreement to construct removable stands which will meet fully the requirements of the Boston Building Commission, which condemned the old wooden seats, and will not change the capacity of the Stadium to a great extent...