Word: elements
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...department. It is to Professor Parr that Illinois chemists turn for solace and inspiration in chemical experimentation. More important than his own work in the chemistry of coal, is the part Professor Parr played in encouraging the sort of research which ultimately led Professor B. Smith Hopkins to discover Element No. 61. This, the only element so far revealed by a U. S. chemist, was named Illinium...
...possibilities of the talking movie are being overrated, in my opinion", he continued, "for I have found in my teaching experience that the most important element in teaching is the personal touch of the instructor...
...Predictions have been made that pictures would do away with the lesser known educators and leave only those on top to do the teaching but these predictions have failed to take into account the personal element. After all, it is better for a student to get personal attention from a second-rate instructor than impersonal lectures from the highest man in the field. As historical milestones talking films have an assured future but as a medium of education their future is limited to a large degree...
...Added to legal censorship is what might be called a form of self-censorship. A movie cannot antagonize any element of the population. Even in the more romantic movies this self-censorship is found necessary. The problem of whom to cast for the villain is one of the most difficult. He cannot be either Chinese, Mexican, coloured, Jewish, or Irish if his character is objectionable...
Since the first of January, the Journal has carried not less than a half-page a day crammed with news characteristically bold-stroked, free-swinging and Hearstian. As a result of its findings, the sober element of Atlantic citizenry have banded together, led by the Chamber of Commerce, to run Mayor Anthony M. Ruffu Jr. and his henchmen out of town...