Word: display
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...once private secretary to the late King Constantine of Greece. George Melas created a furor among smart, horsey people by proposing that a special riding track with fences (hurdles) be laid out adjoining the Row. Added he: "It would not only promote real horsemanship, but would also afford a display of skill to pedestrians who go to the Row to watch the riders going aimlessly up and down the same straight, monotonous line, showing only that they can hold a saddle, without much enjoying their ride. . . . Spectators would be delighted to see the fences cleared by the riders-and also...
...extremely probable that sadistically inclined perverts may be aroused to undesirable activities by such a display in a public place. . . ." When newsgatherers approached him, John Sumner enlarged upon his diatribe: "Sadism is a form of sexualism. This painting is very apt to arouse sadistic impulses. Also it is placed where children can see it. . . . If it were prosecutable, I think there should be prosecution and I feel that the law should be interpreted to cover such things...
Current exhibitions at the Fogg Art Museum include a display of Maya art objects loaned by the Peabody Museum, a group of paintings and drawings by Louise W. Jackson, a collection of French silver wine-taster's cups, loaned by Mrs. Arthur T. Cabot, and an exhibit of Chonest and Japanese portraits by Denman Rose...
...exhibition of the work of Miss Louise W. Jackson, of Cambridge, is on display in the Water Color Room on the second floor of the New Fogg Art Museum, and will continue until next Wednesday. Pastel and oil paintings, with a few charcoal drawings, constitute the exhibition...
...rest of the book discusses recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court on cases affecting civil liberties. Prof. Chafee, a confessed supporter of capital and our present form of government, displays an extraordinary breadth of mind. In almost all the cases discussed, even in those arising from the famous Sacco-Vanzetti and Bimba trials, he finds that civil liberties were invaded by the powers that be. But Prof. Chafee, because he does not display the obvious prejudice of such journals as "The Nation," is very convincing. Prof. Chafee is a conservative, but he does not approve of the methods...