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Although the establishment of a Poetry Room, similar to the Farnsworth Room is no guarantee that Harvard undergraduates will come into closer contact with English and other literatures, yet if offers a splendid opportunity for those who chose to avail themselves of it. However, at the same time that the University through the generosity of Mr. Flagler, is creating a physical environment for the enjoyment of reading would it not be possible for greater stress to be laid on a knowledge of literature as a fundamental of education? The tutorial system although already burdened is an ideal channel...
Divorce seekers under the new law included Evelyn Loew Burrill, whose grandfather, Banker George Fisher Baker died last week (see p. 61); Louise Straus Celestin, daughter of New York's Nathan Straus; Catharine Stone Hoyt, wife of Hayden, Stone's Richard Farnsworth Hoyt...
...Poetry Room will be constructed from two rooms situated near the Child Memorial Library of English Literature. It is expected to be ready for the use of undergraduates by next autumn. Plans for the furnishings and decorations, which will be in the general character of the Farnsworth Room, are being drawn up by one of the leading firms of interior decorators. A vault is to be provided for the safe keeping of the most precious volumes...
...seen, that the acquisition of culture is becoming less dependent on the stiff pedagogy of the lecture platform and assuming a more informal, palatable shape. It has been realized that a pleasant environment conduces both to easier and more profitable study. This fine arts counterpart of the literary Farnsworth room will be a source of pleasure for the many who find the coldly formal atmosphere of the average library or museum distasteful...
...size of the image, making it practical for theatre use; C. Francis Jenkins, Jenkins Television Corp., who began public demonstrations last spring in Jersey City; Vladimir Zworkyin, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., who developed a new type of cathode ray tube which eliminates the usual scanning disc; Philo T. Farnsworth, San Francisco, who has also invented a tube to dispense with the moving disc...