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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In any list of Franklin Roosevelt's noteworthy qualifications for his difficult job, one that should not be overlooked is his amazing capacity for sustaining the antics which Washington's otherwise highly judicious newspapermen consider to be comic. Rated according to ordinary standards, many a quarter-hour of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: High Jinks | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

What Convict Mooney's appearance last week amounted to was merely one more milestone in the weird marathon of his effort not to get out of jail-since he undoubtedly could get a parole-but to prove his innocence. The Assembly had subpoenaed Mooney because its strong labor bloc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADICALS: Mooney Marathon | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

But why did you see fit to omit any mention of the Harvard Russian Circle? Surely there is some news-value in the fact that he spoke under the auspices of the Harvard Russian Circle, a non-political organization for the study and appreciation of Russian history and culture. I...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL | 3/19/1938 | See Source »

Pointing out that in many cases, the members of the faculty are "unable to take the time to consider the point of view of the student in making up their minds on advancement or possible dismissal," the report suggests the creation of a student Committee on Curriculum, keeping in mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Council Report on Teaching Advancement Declares Stress on Publishing May Turn Harvard into Mail School | 3/18/1938 | See Source »

The Committee says that "men seeking permanent positions on the Faculty consider their own work more important than their teaching. In practice this means that the teachers under 45 and below the rank of associate professor strongly feel that there is pressure on them to turn out their own work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Council Report on Teaching Advancement Declares Stress on Publishing May Turn Harvard into Mail School | 3/18/1938 | See Source »

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