Delicately gripping their pencils, Seminary students Emma and Pearl examined their subject across the Art Studio. The morning light was perfect, creating playful shadows on the wings of the plaster model while highlighting parts of her garment. In the centre of the room stood the Winged Victory, about two feet tall. The large art class encircled the statue, enthralled by her authoritative beauty....
S.S. OLYMPIC, Oct. 14, 1916. HERE I am fourteen hours at sea and not sick yet! Very few of us have been sick and everything is all serene. I left home on Tuesday. Wednesday morning we were up at one o’clock, had our breakfast by moonlight and spent our time in being checked for the voyage. Each man wore his check on his top button ; this was our identification as we went on board. At five-thirty...
Housed in the west wing on the second floor of College Hall, the Museum space was adorned with ash and walnut display cabinets of all sizes and shapes. The area had expanded twice since its inception in 1879. When the Carnegie Science Hall was built in 1908, the large geological collection was taken away from College Hall and set up in the new...