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...Broadway, otherwise asprawl with garages, night clubs, hotdog stands, pawn-jewelers. Inside it was golden-brown, well ventilated, pagan-like in its florid adornment. Three organists played in grand concert on a Kimball organ, which is said to have the properties of a symphony orchestra. Then came an invocation: "Ye Portals bright . . . unite us all to worship at beauty's throne." Then a dedication. All was solemn. The audience was awed. The "cathedral" looked every cent of its $10,000,000 advertised cost. The Roxy Symphony Orchestra burst into the "Star-Spangled Banner." The Mayor sprang to his feet...
...College authorities also evidently kept an eye on charge accounts, as evidenced by the decree that "no Undergraduate shall go or send to any Inn holder or Retailor within three miles of ye College for any strong Beer, Brandy, Rum. Wine or other spirituous Liquors, without paying immediately for ye same...
Further statement of the physical powers of the authorities appears in the statement that "notwithstanding ye pecuniary Mulcts, it shall be lawful for ye President, Tutors or Professors to punish Undergraduates by Boxing, when they shall judge ye nature or circumstances of ye offence call...
Imagine the surprise and horror of the old Puritan who designed that law should he return today to find the sinful elegance of the University Theatre, settled securely within a stone's throw of the Yard. Ah, what evil times have befallen Ye Town of Cambridge...
Then blow, ye critics, blow; A-sailing we will go; The merest hint of a nice blue-print Will drive the foe away...