Word: life
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...there has been installed an exhibition of prints representative of the decorative arts. The fifteenth century Italian and German engravings have been chosen because of the manner in which they illustrate the furniture, metal work, textiles, and architectural treatment of exteriors and interiors during this period. Schongauer's "Life of the Virgin" is among the best known of the works in this group...
...sixteenth century Albrecht Durer is represented by his "Life of the Virgin" which clearly shows methods of lighting utilized in his time, the styles of furniture, and sanitary facilities. Other engravings by Durer include a design for lace, and his famous "St. Jerome in his Cell," which illustrates a porcelain slove. A picture by Lucas Granach splendidly portrays a suit of sixteenth century armor...
...whole field of securing advertisements, moreover, presents innumerable opportunities to the energetic candidate, both while he is in college and after he has been graduated. CRIMSON editors find many money-making ventures open to them" and the contacts they form with business leaders are valuable in after-life...
During the last nine years the pair have made four trips into the plains and jungles of Africa. Previous of this they explored every island in the Southern Pacific, as well as Borneo; Mr. Johnson has calculated that of their 20 years of married life they have spent only three in civilization...
...cultural training is not for the rich alone. It would seem a necessary balancing factor in the life of the specialist who makes the wheels of the modern day go 'round. The competition of this age may demand a reorganization of our schools. But the direction of that revision as Professor Rand has recently suggested, might better be back to the old fundamentals brought up to date with a philosophy of modern science. Some such move as this might by raising the standards, take care of the excessive competition, and at the same time insure the intellectual stability of university...