The Harvard Crimson7 年
Harkness Gave Houses as Spur for Yale's 'Colleges'
but it was like pulling teeth before Yale would accept the Harkness millions that made the project possible. In fact, were it not for Yale's intransigence Harvard might never have had its House ...
The Harvard Crimson6 年
THE YALE ENDOWMENT
The thorough-going adoption of a quadrangle system by Yale, announced only, fifteen months after the refusal to try the arrangement, which preceded the gift of Mr. Harkness to Harvard, is somewhat ...
Connecticut College Arboretum2 年
Harkness Chapel History
The portrait of Mary Harkness is a copy of a painting at the Harkness mansion in Manhattan. James Gamble Rogers (1867-1947) is best known for the classic "collegiate Gothic" buildings he designed for ...
Connecticut College Arboretum7 年
Harkness Chapel History
The portrait of Mary Harkness is a copy of a painting at the Harkness mansion in Manhattan. James Gamble Rogers (1867-1947) is best known for the classic "collegiate Gothic" buildings he designed for ...