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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hidden deep in the basement depths of Widener Library off the corridor which leads to the stacks, is a small display of English, French, Italian, German, and United States World War posters. Coming at a time when this generation has heard more war talk than ever before, the exhibit is both interesting and timely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/11/1938 | See Source »

...small sink with one spigot, a "hopper" (toilet) and six bolts in the wall for cots. Walls & floor are rough concrete, doors sheet steel, with small ventilating holes at the bottom. Three windows and several small roof outlets comprise the ventilation of the building. Across a two-foot corridor from the cells the wall is lined with steal radiators, which can provide several times the amount of radiation necessary to warm such a small building in winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Parboiled Prisoners | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

...letters is Mrs. Roosevelt's ability to make the nation's most exalted household seem like anybody else's: "The White House is crowded with guests these days, and we never go in or out without finding groups of people examining the portraits in the corridor or walking through, looking into the rooms. It is astounding what an amount of cleaning the house needs when so many people visit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Nation's Neighbor | 9/5/1938 | See Source »

Seniors will receive their diplomas in the main corridor of Sever Hall this year immediately after the Commencement exercises. This is a change from the custom of many years to distribute the diplomas at Memorial Hall, and is caused by the fact that the Class of 1913 will hold its Commenceday day spread in Memorial Hall rather than in the Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senior Diplomas | 6/22/1938 | See Source »

Castellon added to the territory, the Rightist corridor from Teruel to the Mediterranean will be almost doubled in width from 35 to 60 miles (see map). Even more important than a gain of square miles was actual possession of Castellon's harbor, into which munitions and food could be brought by Rightist ships to Rightist troops, at present forced to bring supplies hundreds of miles overland. Next Rightist goal will be Valencia, 40 miles to the south, for more than a year the capital of Leftist Spain, third largest city of the country. Advance down this rugged coast line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Brazen Attack | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

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