Word: centralization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Whatever it is, it is built of wood, with a central brass frame, and lots of cells, plates, switches, etc. The patient is supposed to sit in a small wooden seat and hanging over him is an imposing helmet replete with four coil-enclosed plates...
...have been to undergraduate criticism in the past, Widener now has an ear to the ground, anxious to catch the murmer of a disgruntled patron. Several avenues which might provide a solution to the problem have been suggested. First is the old recommendation for personalization. Like Grand Central Station, Widener is big, moving, and impersonal, and it is difficult to add a "homey" note to a building constructed for dignity rather than coziness. A suggestion of much more practical import, however, is that the Student Council, which has shed light on previous University problems, be called in. Since Widener...
...with other smaller and shadier faces behind. The flight of the author's imagination has showed a shady pen in the background, indicating that the "pillar" of respectability may have made his riches through smuggling rum. The whole piece gives the impression of a sinful past to the strong central figure...
They are James P. Kranz Jr., of Nashville, Tennessee, chairman; Charles B. Arendall Jr., Mobile, Alabama; Benjamin C. Chester, Central Falls, Rhode Island; John Corcoran, Pittsburgh; Robert C. Creel, Cambridge; John H. Ferguson, Oklahoma City; Paul Fitting, Nutley, New Jersey; Samuel Gordon, Brooklyn, New York; William P. Gray, Glendale, California; Willard P. Henkelman, Seranton, Pennsylvania; Samuel L. Jashnoff, Far Rockaway, Long Island; Hugh R. Jones, New Hartford, New York; Thomas W. Keesee Jr. Helena, Arkansas; William W. Kirkpatrick, Chappaqua, New York, William H. Pock Jr., Glen Ridge, New Jersey, John O. Rhome, West Allenhurst, New Jersey; and Harold A. Unterberg...
Captain James Job Trolley, the central character of "Salute to Yesterday" is a lusty figure of great individuality. His many successful exploits which he carries off with great bravado, and his many unsuccessful ones in which he shows himself great oven in defeat make him a character to be long revered in the minds of his readers who share with him all his hair-raising and many highly entertaining experiences. All Trolley's "companions-in-crime" stand out for the individuality and we laugh with them at their hilarious escapades...