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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile at the Museum Director Barr gulped coffee and puffed cigarets, as he tried to explain why two wooden balls dangling on wires from a bit of bent pipe should be considered art. Three days before the exhibition opened printers were waiting anxiously for the catalog of which Director Barr had composed only six pages. Excerpt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Solid Abstractions | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

...year and a half, yet Dr. Rothney asserts confidently that their records up to the present time vindicate his theory. Just why success in life should depend on a boy's employment or non-employment within two years of graduating from high school, Dr. Rothney did not bother to explain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GUINEA-PIG SURVEY | 3/7/1936 | See Source »

...general feel satisfied with the plan as it affects you? If not please explain your objections. Can you suggest any improvements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: QUESTIONNAIRES MAILED TO STUDENT EMPLOYEES | 3/4/1936 | See Source »

Fine Arts 1d, running the gamut of art from, medieval to modern in the record breaking time of four months, has little chance to wander from the job cataloguing masterpieces. No attempt is made to explain the technique of criticism. In grasping the meaning of a kaleidoscopic mas of material the student is left entirely to his own devices. A totally didactic survey, the course can hardly hope to supply an ideal basis for enjoying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARS GRATIA ARTIS | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

...nearly every gathering they have attended in the past year U. S. bankers have been admonished to enliven their publicity, redouble their educational efforts, explain their services & operations to the public. In the last fortnight two banks have made newsworthy publicity. Union & New Haven (Conn.) Trust Co. began publishing a monthly called A Pepys Diary of Banking, a day-by-day account of the institution's routine. Sample entry: "Regular meeting of the trust committee. The Trust Company's own bond account reviewed; market value on Dec. 31, 1935 substantially exceeded book value. . . . Purchases and sales of more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Pepys & Baker | 3/2/1936 | See Source »

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