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...Cathedral of (Earning (University of Pittsburgh) : 14,460,000 cu. ft. of space for $10,000,000, of which the brochure of Pittsburgh's skyscraper-to-be said: "To plant the spirit of achievement, ... by a great high building ... to interpret the spirit of Pittsburgh ... to build a memorial to the achievers of Pittsburgh" (TIME, Nov. 17). Loafer: "The soul in cubic feet. Achievement by tonnage. Unquestioning faith in millionaires and land-values. Gothic doodads for moments of sentiment...
...would be erroneous, however, to place too much emphas's upon economic incentives. The very facts of increased competition and increased wealth have made more preminent than ever before another cause for growing college attendance. It will not be too optimistic to interpret the Transcript's figures as evidence in America of a real increased demand for culture for its own sake...
...REFORGING OF RUSSIAe book is an attempt, the success of which must remain indeterminate, to interpret Russia as she is and not as her enemies and friends would have her. THE SPECKLED DOMES* t is, but somewhat narrow in its prejudices. THE BOLSHEVIK MYTHlshevists that the book contains. As an anarchist, Berkman should be opposed to all forms of government. He tried to reconcile himself with Bolshevism and failed...
...still too early to interpret the recent break in prices with entire accuracy. Yet, in last week's developments, the party of the second part seems to have received partial confirmation of its views in the gradual firming of grain and security prices...
...elsewhere. It was a New Englander's speech that Miss Brown gave, and when Miss Lowell rose to reply, her reply was in terms of New England: two poems, one of a New England garden; one, the famous and beautiful Lilacs. Here are three women who adequately interpret the best of America, the sternest and the kindliest moods of the maligned Puritan tradition...