Word: lectern
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This week the well-worn Providence, R. I. public library offered an unusual exhibition by a gifted man who calls himself a "tramp printer." It will be shown later in New England, Midwest and Far West cities. Containing 768 items, the collection ranges from the classic Oxford Lectern Bible and some 400 other books to waggish menus, from paintings to a "No Trespassing" sign. The "tramp printer" is Bruce Rogers, greatest modern book designer. At 68, a trim, blue-eyed, steady-handed oldster who might pass for a waggish sailing captain, Bruce Rogers is to U. S. book-designing...
Many a small church has to put up with the cacophony of an unskilled choir. From England last week came news of how Rev. V. B. Yearsley, vicar of Benenden in Kent, rigged up a phonograph with a volume control under his lectern, obtained a number of records of pieces which he instructed his unskilled choir to sing. Vicar Yearsley reported: "When my choir sings badly, I drown them by turning up the volume of a gramophone record-perhaps of Westminster Choir...
Outstanding in the collection and one of Rogers' most notable works is the large-sized, two volume edition of the Oxford Lectern Bible, which is beautifully displayed in the center of the hall. Designed with utmost simplicity, the huge clear print is readable from a surprising distance...
...Rogers exhibit attempts to trace the development of his art from his first decoration of a poem, that of Charles Stuart Pratt's "Daniel Gabriel Rossetti," up to the gigantic two-volume edition of the Oxford Lectern Bible which appeared in 1935. The use of different type faces characterize Rogers' fine editions and along with examples of his work, his reason for using the particular design is given. Among the varieties of type is found his own widely known Centaur...
...Capitol lieutenants to hear details of how the lower house of Cuba's 16th Congress was staging a legislative "standup" strike in the corridors outside their chamber. For a full week they had refused to take their seats in number sufficient for a quorum. Unread on the lectern was the latest message which Dictator Batista had authorized his hand-picked President Federico Laredo Bru to read...