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Word: fittingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Unique among college organizations is the Harvard Memorial Society, and no more fitting school could foster it than Harvard, whose history is longer and grander than that of any other American college. The searching out and the preservation of the tradition which have too often been forgotten must certainly be...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RENNAISANCE | 5/3/1938 | See Source »

By changing its counseling system to fit the transition to college, Yale is recognizing the importance of efficient advisers. The Carnegie Foundation has already emphasized the scarcity of intellectual guidance in modern education. With President Conant himself saying that "we need to have a corps of advisers who can give...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDUCATION IN THE YARD III. ADVISERS | 4/28/1938 | See Source »

Nearly a decade ago a New Yorker cartoon by Carl Rose showed a mother urging broccoli on an emancipated child whose response became immortal: "I say it's spinach-and I say to hell with it." To designers, spinach is not only a humble green but a trade word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Dressing Down | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

A Vassar girl who found out about chic during apprenticeship with Paris copyists, "Babe" Hawes made no study to write her book, told only about what she had run up against or figured out in business. This was considerable. First U. S. designer to challenge Paris successfully, first to show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Dressing Down | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

Germans particularly criticized the seedy air and ill-fitting clothes of Professor Dodd. They highly approved the arrival of Ambassador Wilson in faultless full dress, white tie and the black waistcoat correct in Europe on such occasions. Der Führer, although he addresses the Reichstag and makes nearly all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Vivid Satisfaction! | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

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