Word: life
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Washington, he addressed a joint session of the American Association of Museums and the American Federation of Arts. "We need to put more effort into translating art into the daily lives of the people," said President Coolidge. "If we surround ourselves with forms of beauty, the evil things of life would tend to disappear and our moral standards would be raised...
Briefly these reasons may be described as, first a desire to bring all students in the College social life, and second: the necessity of maintaining a certain amount of College supervision over all the dwellings inhabited by students of the College. Whether or not it is desirable for undergraduates to live in definite proximity to other undergraduates is possibly a debatable question. It would be dangerous for a University which boasts the promotion of individuality as its salient care to assert that its members should form associations other wise than as they please. It can hardly, however, be denied that...
...extent its Vice-President, to be chosen by the essentially haphazard methods actually employed. The restraints placed on American political leaders which in turn lead to comparative political inaction have caused a general apathy toward political matters in the American public which combined with the great prosperity of American life is sufficient to secure passive acceptance of existing governmental institutions...
Portraits and still life are the subjects of this colorful collection of canvases. The titles of many paintings shown indicate the color contrasts in the subjects. Among the portraits are "Girl With Red Hat", and "The Green Turban". Two studies in still life contrast a decorated coffee cup with a blue bowl and a yellow...
...most colorful canvas exhibited is a still life in oil entitled simply "Plates". A study of flowers is given in "Peonies", an oil canvas...