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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that tradition has been a dominant factor in college life in the past, though there is good reason to think that it is less potent today. It must be remembered however that the roots of that convention lie deep in American life. It is merely one reflection of the constant and characteristic demand for immediate practical return from money invested. Students are not greatly to be blamed for succumbing to a demand which has left its mark on the academic spirit itself. The congeries of technical and vocational courses in nearly all American colleges testifies to a sort of pragmatic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLARSHIP AND THE STUDENT | 1/5/1932 | See Source »

...unless they can be protected by constant painting, will not last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Triumph of Worms | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

...President's hope was materially strengthened when Daniel Willard, president of Baltimore & Ohio, visited the White House, laid before him all the plans and expectations of the carrier executives. For weeks Mr. Willard has been in constant negotiation with brotherhood leaders and no U. S. railman today knows the temper of U. S. rail labor better than he. To the President he said: "I'm confident an agreement will be reached at the wage conference and I'm hopeful for a solution of the railroads difficulties." He explained that $200,000,000 would come from a wage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Dec. 28, 1931 | 12/28/1931 | See Source »

Meanwhile, as Cunard shares from $2 to $1.25, experts ponder would happen to No. 534 if left ur on the ways. Already she is in constant shoring up to prevent sa the fabric. It was suggested that at least the stern might be hurried to coi so that the vessel might be floated. Tied up at dock, she has better chance standing the unkind elements and the unkinder financial weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Gloom on Clydebank | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

...consists of much more than that. The counting out of his personality by contact with the wide variety of his contemporaries for example, is also an object of any really worthy secondary school. It has always been the boast of Exeter that her students have accomplished exactly this by constant mingling in the classroom, on the campus, and on the athletic fields. Will the segregation of small numbers of students be detrimental to the rounding out of personalities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Another Element | 12/16/1931 | See Source »

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