Word: develop
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only through constructive criticism that we may develop. A college student, continually involved in the study of problems, assimilation of thoughts, and the acceptance and rejection of opinions has an unmeasured scope for the enlargement of his ideas. We breach a subject and test it with our preconceived surmise; we guide the image around our minds, contemplating it from all angles; and after much cogitation we conclude that it is a worthy conception, or no. This process, not solely of the classroom, molds our laws in every relationship. There is no doubt but that much mental pabulum has been left...
Opinions are fostered in college. Material is offered, debatable points tendered, and one is urged to develop his ideas. Error is no fault; stagnation is the fatality. College urges criticism, for through criticism alone are weaknesses seen. Not petty criticisms, not revolutionary criticism, but a careful selection of the fittest and best...
...obsidian Mexico. Rivera represents the painter's side. His frescoes all about Mexicans have been chosen to adorn governmental walls in Mexico City. Composer Chavez, director of the National Conservatory of Music and of Mexico City's leading symphony orchestra, heads the group trying now to develop an authentic Mexican music from purely native sources. In his own music Chavez makes the winds of the modern orchestra shrill stridently like primitive chirimias. He has added swishing gourds to the conventional percussives. But most of H. P.'s music was too obtrusively harsh and loud for listeners...
...pictures for food, rent, clothing, or what had you. Haberdashers and dentists were first to strike bargains. On the opening night Artist Baylinson closed with Tailor S. Hindleman-a drawing for a spring suit. Dentist Joseph R. Horn scoured the gallery, tentatively selected 30 pictures, waited for toothaches to develop...
...problem. If it refused to approve the cuts, member companies might give 30 days notice and withdraw. Said North German Lloyd's John Schroeder: "I am an optimist." Said French Lines' Felix Lachesnez-Heude: "We are prepared to make this sacrifice ... in the hope that it will develop much new business...