Word: dykes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dyke Flouts the Unanimous Opinion of the World The reputation of Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669), long ranked as the greatest painter of the Dutch school and among the half-dozen greatest of the world, received a severe jolt when, in a large, expensive book, Rembrandt and His School.* Dr. John Charles Van Dyke, Professor of the History of Art at Rutgers College, attacked the alleged Rembrandt myth, assiduously fostered by critics, collectors and the public, which has ascribed over 800 paintings of varying merit to the master. He finished by conceding authenticity to a scant 35. The rest...
...Dyke Back From Europe...
Professor Paul Van Dyke, of the history department, has returned from Paris, where he has served for two years as head of the American University Union. The University office has announced the appointment of four new professors: Professor Edward Raymond Bossange, late of the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh who will replace the late Professor Howard Crosby Butler as head of the School of Architecture; Professor Frank Eidman, to be associate professor of machine design and industrial practice; Professor F. A. Heacock, to be professor of graphics and engineering drawing; and Professor Richard Montgomery Field, to be assistant professor of geology...
Anathemata are to him: "Pish Posh!" he labels in a Rage The writings of that Worthy Sage, That Man of Superhuman Brain, The Syndicated Doctor Crane, And loudly voices his Dislike For the Reverend Doctor H. van Dyke...
...Mencken's theories of the " American language " met the ridicule of speakers before the Conference of British and American Professors of English at Columbia. Dr. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton referred to the suggestion of an American language as being either " a specimen of American humor " or " a serious enormity." Dr. F. N. Scott, of Michigan, speaking of Mr. Mencken's translation of the Declaration of Independence said: " That Mr. Mencken has failed to perceive the gulf between the sterile vulgarity of his performance and the massive dignity of the original, is for Americans not a matter...