Word: develop
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Warren's point cannot be too strongly emphasized. Of course, Houses develop within themselves certain groups, each more or less homogeneous, with very little in common between the groups. But certainly more than the old dormitory system does the House Plan provide the opportunity for that exchange of views and the realization that there may be something in the other fellow's point of view, which is the essence of liberal democracy...
...several fields of study to find her chief interest. To be advanced to the Senior Division, she must demonstrate a good grasp of some field. After that there are no set requirements and each student works on special projects which appeal to her. Art is one recognized field, "human development'' another. Girls are encouraged to take vocational courses or develop side interests as they go along...
...problem is approached by representatives of all concerned who are not extremists . . . a solution can be found. . . ." The bulky, florid gentleman who called on the President last week would never classify himself an extremist. He founded his $700,000,000 holding company 31 years ago with the motto: "To develop the State of New Jersey and to make it a better place in which to live." And today Founder-President McCarter often finds it difficult to understand why the State so often resents his efforts to improve it. Once this year he thundered...
...lead and zinc district outside Joplin to do newspaper cartoons. A bad art student in .Chicago, he went on to Paris where he speedily absorbed and copied all the latest French fads. Six Wartime months in the U. S. Navy knocked French Impressionism out of him, prompted him to develop a style of his own which he first exhibited in a series of realistic watercolors of War activities around Norfolk...
Wood's theory of regional art rests upon the idea that different sections of the U. S. should compete with one another just as Old World cities competed in the building of Gothic cathedrals. Only thus he believes, can the U. S. develop a truly national art. Whether PWAP has sown the seeds of a national art no man can yet tell, but, beyond dispute, PWAP's investment has not only enormously stimulated the public's interest but has also revealed definite regional traits in art. Some of these districts and their characteristics...