Word: eras
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...yesterday's lecture, Professor Pirenne continued to trace the growth of European cities from the Middle Ages to the present era. "Starting with the 11th century", he said, "we find a new class of men, the merchants, setting in France, and other western countries. These newcomers establish themselves around the fortified towns...
...promotion of international peace since the inception of the League. The League had previously admitted utter failure in dealing with the same problems which America successfully solved. "Disassociated from the cauldron of Europe's political affairs", he concluded, "the United States can lead into a new and brighter era of international relations...
...recent announcement of a four million dollar building planned in New York to serve as a clearing house of American art, bids fair to forecast a new era in the development of painting in this country. The object of the League of American Artists who are sponsoring the proposed building is particularly interesting,--to institute a "business organization for the exclusive purpose of establishing a great public market place where the work of American artists may be sold." Studies and galleries will be provided to be let to individuals or groups to make the building self-supporting...
...does indicate a turn in the tide. The "self-made man" of a generation ago, inevitably turning up in New York with a nickel in his pocket and emerging a "captain of industry," has passed off the stage along with the railroad empires of Harriman and Hill. That era was one of pioneer expansion, rapid transition, and adventurous growth; stimulating to speculation and the building up of great "get-rich-quick" fortunes by shrewd gamblers who rightly played their "hunches". In such a period the college man was out of the running. His four years of education were four years...
Today conditions are completely changed. Railroading, and with it most other industries, have become stabilized. Training rather than an unlettered degree in the "school of hard knocks" is predominant. The era of speculation has given way to one of specialization, and the college man has come into...