Word: direct
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...application of technical knowledge. Not infrequently there has been expressed a hope that the men of American universities would do more than recognize the value to the nation's development of their technical work, but would attempt to apply it at times to certain problems through more direct means than books or the training of capable men. In modern times many problems are too complex to be solved judiciously by anyone who is not a specialist in the field involved. And yet the feeling has been that the professors, who were in many cases the best fitted by their special...
...observed that French specialities have a strong attraction for Americans. These so-called luxuries have apparently become necessities following the advance in the artistic taste of our people. The demand for the products of French skill and ingenuity has always been, and doubtless will always be, in direct ratio to the extent of American prosperity...
...Architecture is a collaborative profession; a coordination of efforts to create a work of art to fulfill a definite need within a definite cost. The mind of the architect must interpret the need from another mind, apply it to his imagination, translate the concept to other minds and direct still other hands to give it form and substance and make it fulfill the need for which, and satisfy him for whom, it was created...
Sculptor Barnard said he had roamed through museums for more than 15 years before he realized the meaning of the "Great Eye." He now recommends that students cultivate it by the direct study of originals. Reproductions and photographs lose the delicate, important values. Furthermore, stone should be the only material of Great Eyed sculpture. Bronze and clay, the more plastic media, do not lend themselves to final innuendos of light and shade...
...Streets, would be taken over by the University to serve as a dining hall of the "Gold Coast House" in the development of the House plan. This most recent and wholly unexpected move by the college authorities was made, according to statements issued by officials last night, as a direct result of the House plan number of the Lampoon, which went on sale yesterday evening...