Word: construction
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...comprehensive question-naires, and objective research into the values of certain activities from the standpoint of life-interest, as manifested by percentage of participation and measure of growth of participants in them. Let this committee make an exhaustive study of every field, and upon the basis of such study construct an activities schedule that will sell itself to the students so that their enthusiasm is genuinely aroused. Many will say this is a radical step, unprecedented in the annals of American collages. This, however, is no argument for--inaction. . . . The Detroit Collegian...
...Only a few of the most accomplished warriors are allowed to go on a head-hunt. As soon as a lucky group is chosen, the rest of the tribe dances, prays to hundreds of gods to send them many heads. When the warriors arrive in enemy country they construct a small hut for ambush. The first victim to appear has a spear thrown at him. Ifugao etiquet demands that the one who throws the fatal spear gets the head. Other warriors are supposed to stand by and watch while the killer dances over the fallen body, slashes the neck with...
...inhabited by the strongest race in the world-the only one which has succeeded in organizing itself since the War; the only one which is not living on a past reputation; the only one, along with Italy, which does not demolish, but knows, on the contrary, how to construct." So says M. Morand, who has visited Manhattan four times, once for two months, and has seen enough to write a book about...
...been impatient because the country's 26 experimental stations have not reached a large public, because amateurs have had difficulty in buying proper receiving sets. He consulted William S. Hedges, president of the Chicago Daily News radio station WMAQ. He said that if the Daily News would construct a television broadcasting station, Libby McNeill & Libby would pay for the broadcasting. Last week the station, W 9 XAP, was practically finished (cost $30,000). It is an experimental station, because the Government will not yet issue commercial television permits. Shrewdly did Mr. Hedges circumvent the rules. He has hooked...
Aerocrete, a light concrete building material which rises like leavened bread, has passed the fire, load and water tests required of flooring materials in New York, it was announced last week. A Swedish discovery, aerocrete has been used in Europe for a decade to construct building parts which are not subjected to much weight (floor filling, roof blocks). Two years ago, Aerocrete Corp. of America introduced it into U. S., worked with Columbia University's Civil Engineers to improve the material, make it strong enough to be used as a structural flooring...