Word: wreath
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...whole, the play was presented strictly for its own value, and was in no way distorted to emphasize the relative importance of the various parts. At the close of the performance Miss Adams was presented with a wreath of laurel, and, after several curtain-calls, a regular Harvard cheer was given...
...close of the performance the committee in charge of the play, consisting of Professors H. W. Smyth '78, C. B. Gulick '90, and W. F. Harris '91, were presented with a large wreath of laurel and roses. The individuals of the cast, the members of the committee, Mr. George Riddle '74, who coached the actors, and Mr. J. E. Lodge, the composer of the music, were called out by the long-continued applause of the audience...
...with sandstone caps, and by 112 feet of fencing. In a semicircle just about the gate itself a suitable inscription will be wrought, and above that, a rectangle will contain the words "Given by the Class of 1881." Surmounting the whole, there will be a cross encircled by a wreath. The iron gates, three feet wide and ten feet high, will be supported by square posts of wrought iron eleven inches square...
These carved panels, these mantel-pieces and coats of arms at either end of the hall as well as the brass wreath in the floor yonder are gifts of various graduates, students, and friends. The bust of John Harvard is the work and the gift of the distinguished sculptor, Mr. Daniel C. French, and the bust of Washington together with the eagle and the staghorns we have from the hands of our great architect...