Word: elysium
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Santa Cruz, Calif, hills, George Spray called a convention of nudists at his Elysium Foundation. Three hundred and ninety appeared. Rival Nudist James F. Curl, who had called his convention for two weeks later, belittled Nudist Spray's convention, saying that some of the delegates had been seen wearing pants. Sneered he, "A nudist wearing pants is no nudist at all. He should be shaken from orthodox ranks...
...libraries, and by the purchase of what other books are needed. The rooms in the Phillips Brooks House which can be turned to the purpose of common rooms also need refurnishing, that they may be attractive and liveable. For a dining hall there is still Memorial Hall, never an Elysium, but perhaps more enticing than six days of the Waldorf. This solution is one suited to the several necessities of the present, and to the material at hand...
...school to take care of all elementary subjects, there would be involved a high-school treadmill program in comparison with which the present requirements would be Elysium. If would also seem that the transition to original work would be better managed in the case of boys who had had a taste of thorough mastery and research in school. As a concrete instance, the method of preparing at Winchester for Oxford will reveal a concentrated specialization on one or two subjects during the final year of school...