The temporary wooden stands, heretofore erected at the open end of the Harvard stadium for the major games, are to be replaced with permanent steel stands.
Architects can perhaps perform the miracle of making steel stands a thing of beauty, harmonizing with the present concrete stadium. But at this moment it looks as if all that could be accomplished would be the perpetuation of an ugliness which may have been excusable in temporary wooden stands because they were known to be a makeshift.
The question of filling the open end of the stadium with a structure of beauty or one which may be a blot upon the landscape is invested with a public interest. The Harvard decision in favor of steel stands is distinctly disappointing, being quite out of line with the rest of Harvard's building program. Boston Traveler.
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