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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...this paper urged "if Hicks proves a success as a councilor, that Harvard grant him a regular position on the Faculty." For some unexplained, but perhaps not inexplicable, reason neither Mr. Hicks nor any of his fellow councilors were reappointed to the jobs in which they were beginning to attain the skill that comes from experience. But what is a loss to the American Civilization plan can in this case be turning to the advantage of one of the regular departments of the University...
...left hand, the most frequently used consonants by the right. Thus no word or syllable can be written by the right hand alone, very few by the left alone. Moreover, 70% of a typist's strokes are on the home row. Dr. Dvorak claims that university students can attain 50 words a minute in one semester on his keyboard (months sooner than on the standard keyboard), that misspellings decrease. Last week the Chicago results gave him new hope...
Your recent account of a shooting here (TIME, Feb. 6) was written with characteristic colorfulness, but it seems that you sacrificed accuracy to attain this end. The student in question did not shoot his professor until fully a half hour after he was seen cribbing. This move was made after he had confirmed his expulsion from the institution, which is automatic in such cases. What is more important, he returned to his quarters before doing...
...very interesting quote, since the best swing music is played slow and easy. Somehow, and with the aid of Benny Goodman, the general misconception has arisen that music only swings when played loud and fast. That is not true. The things that the good swing musician tries to attain are relaxation and sincerity of expression. The idea of technique is secondary in jazz; that's why a good swing piano man doesn't like Art Tatum's work--a lot of octaves which when finished don't mean anything, don't convey any emotion, and could have been played twice...
Unfortunately, as David Popper has pointed out, Mann has based his essay entirely on a theory whose truth is yet to be proved. The events he ascribes to Machiavellian tactics may be in truth the product of weakness and indecision. "Human drift and stupidity may attain heights beyond imagination, which observers are constantly tempted to ascribe to some planned motives." Nevertheless, the book is worth while for those who are interested in a variety of different interpretations of the historical role of the Munich settlement...