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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This is only one aspect of a much larger problem,--the whole question of coalescing, enlarging, and correlating various fields of study. This question is now under the deliberation of both the Student Council and University Hall. Regarding the more limited field of elementary survey courses, it is quite possible that some time in the near future Harvard may set up a system of introductory courses similar to those at Chicago and Columbia Universities. There, several fields are included under a few very broad topics such as the Humanities and the Physical Sciences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATTLES AND SYMPHONIES | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...Chief of Staff Malin Craig is an isolationist of the first water, genuinely believes the U. S. Army should be fitted to the minimum necessities of simple defense. Charles Edison's good friend, Assistant Secretary of War Louis Arthur Johnson, has the job of expanding it to a larger Roosevelt pattern, hence is in conflict with General Craig and Secretary of War Woodring, whom Mr. Johnson still hopes to replace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL DEFENSE: Strong Arm | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

France soon made it clear that her border had been opened to a population larger than Lille's (201,000) only in the name of humanity, that the Loyalist Government would be treated as a friendly one but would not be permitted to function inside French territory. The rumors flew thick & fast that France and Britain were about to do something to prevent further bloodshed in the war. From London came a report that the British had been asked by the Loyalists to act as intermediaries. From Perpignan came a dispatch saying that President Azaña opposed further...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: Police Job | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

Though the 376 towns of Manager Judson's chain usually take Community's cabbage along with its caviar, they actually get a larger quantity of big-time music than would otherwise come their way. The kicks against Columbia's system have come not from its customers but from its commodity: the artists themselves. Biggest bugaboo Columbia has today is Lawrence Tibbett's dress-collar union, American Guild of Musical Artists. A. G. M. A. has never liked Columbia's practices of giving its artists oral contracts, exploiting a few big names, never letting its artists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chain-Store Music | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

...fourth floor is devoted principally to a special large and a small seminar room, with a luxurious lounge between them. This lounge is to be specifically stocked with reading material and will be the scene of any larger seminars and meetings besides being a common room. The remainder of the space is taken up with offices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Floor Plan of Littauer Public Administration Center Reveals Large Auditorium, Reading Rooms, And Offices | 2/1/1939 | See Source »

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