Word: wreathed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thousands streamed by his bier covered with flowers; a distinguished minister conducted the funeral services, and a notable cortege followed his casket to the cemetery. One wreath, proclaimed as costing $250, bore a written tribute to the desperado's alleged bravery displayed while engaged in banditry, and railed at the betrayal of his friendship by his executioner...
Yesterday morning took place the funeral of Augustine MacDonnell, a faithful servitor of the College who had been janitor of the buildings in the Yard for over thirty years. By common subscription among the occupants of Hollis, Holworthy, and Stoughton Hollis a fund was raised for a wreath which was laid upon the bier by a representative from each of the three buildings...
...morning at 8.45 o'clock, which will be open to the public. The Reverend Augustus Mendon Lord '83, D.D., of Providence, Rhode Island, the regular preacher for the week, will conduct the service. Before chapel, Dean C. N. Greenough '98, President of the Harvard Memorial Society, will place a wreath on the statue of John Harvard in the Delta. Contrary to former custom in commemorating the birth of the founder of the University there will be no exercises this year in front of the statue...
...apparently about to be crowned by a small winged genius. The figure on the right, standing three-quarters towards the front, wears a blue gown with red cuffs, red shoes, and a red hood. On his head, over the hood, is a laurel wreath. The portrait has a reddish gold background...
...visiting various points of historical interest, the party will go to Florence, and then to various other industrial and intellectual centers of Northern Italy. Three days will be spent in Florence, going through the various art galleries, and visiting the Cathedral and other famous buildings. In Ravenna a bronze wreath, sent by the American Dante Committee, as a tribute from the institutions of learning in the United States on the six hundredth anniversary of the death of Dante, will be laid on the poet's tomb. After this the group will go to Venice, and then to Milan and Turin...