Word: americanize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While not of startling importance it is nevertheless pleasant to realize that the Harvard Architectural School has been singled out from the rest of American schools of its kind as the recipient of the medal awarded by the French Government for the best record of progress and accomplishment during the past year...
Present day America offers an almost unexampled field for architectural development. A true American type of commercial structure has been evolved since the war, and in almost every field of architecture the expansion of the city and of the nation offers new and broader opportunities for American talent. Harvard, combining as it does the new School of City Planning and the Architectural School is particularly well fitted to contribute to the architectural and aesthetic development of the country...
...proverbially moderate-mindeu American citizen must have received quite a shock upon glancing at the headlines of yesterday's papers, in which the returns of the Mexican presidential election were reported. To a nation which has shown such political apathy as has characterized the general run of elections in the United States in recent years, the picture of all Mexico marching to the polls armed with the franchise and the six-shooter presents a decided contrast...
With the growth of the American city as the preponderant intellectual as well as economic center of this country, the drift of outstanding educators to universities adjacent to large communities has become very marked...
...enter, the subjects studied outside of this field present a background upon which his specialized knowledge will have to work. Moreover, work not in a specified field offers a chance for contacts outside the particular professional pale which are daily becoming more difficult for the super-specializing American. In the final analysis, college really represents an a vocational rather than a vocational institution, and any attempt to change this intention would only lead to the harming of the many for the good of the very...