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An Artisan Is Inspired By His Task
An Artisan Is Inspired By His Task
About the Buildings
In this modem age of speed and dehumanised American industry, it is not usual to find, even in the artistic side of architectural design, a work created and evolved out of an intense love of the task itself, a burning desire which is so strong that it completely overshadows any purely commercial considerations. Quite by accident, a case of this type has been revealed in connection with the design and completion of the stained glass university and college seals which are a vital part of the effective color scheme of the recently completed William W. Cook Legal Research Building.
A Book Of The Lawyers Quadrangle At The University Of Michigan
A Book Of The Lawyers Quadrangle At The University Of Michigan
About the Buildings
William W. Cook of the Class of '82, had a dream, and he lived in this dream from its inception until his death. It was to develop a great law school, housed in the most inspiring of buildings and devoted to the ideal of creating leaders of men. He often said, "Intellectual leadership is the greatest problem which faces America today; without leaders we perish." This he placed above all else. With these ideals in mind he proceeded with his work. Architects and artists were dispatched to centers of learning both here and abroad in order that the law school …
World's Finest Educational Building: William W. Cook Legal Research Library Nears Completion As Unit Of Law Quadrangle, The Michigan Alumnus
World's Finest Educational Building: William W. Cook Legal Research Library Nears Completion As Unit Of Law Quadrangle, The Michigan Alumnus
About the Buildings
As the finishing touches are applied, the nearly completed William W. Cook Legal Research Library looms upward impressively from its position at the southern border of the Law Quadrangle.