Word: may
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...moment to inquire whether this (the recent rapid expansion of large museums) is a wholesome . . . growth; or whether it tends to that form of national elephantiasis . . . designated . . . jumboism? . . . It may be maintained that for the special student it is actually an advantage to make . . . comparisons . . . under one roof. . . . There is really very little in the plea. The specialist is . . . the last man to make comparisons. . . . You are doing him no favor to bring tha art of the world into unnatural . . . juxtaposition . . . you are doing the simple art-lover a great disservice...
...first statement, namely that the first duty of the President under his oath of office is to secure the enforcement of the laws, nor his second, namely that the enforcement of the laws enacted to give effect to the eighteenth amendment is far from satisfactory. Beyond that there may be honest differences of opinion between wets and drys. President Hoover leaves no doubt, however, as to where he stands. He is in favor of a greater and more comprehensive program for enforcement...
Second, every civilized country is engaged in a struggle to curb the drink evil. Some are trying one method and some another. Some, like England, are restricting more and more the hours and reducing the number of places in which liquor may be sold. Others are placing heavy taxes on distilled liquor in order to make it too expensive for most people. Others are prohibiting the selling of liquor except in Government dispensaries. We, in this country, have tried all of these and are now engaged in an attempt to limit the sale of liquor to medicinal and sacramental purposes...
...have never heard a wet who was willing to discuss the question: Would prohibition be a good thing, economically and morally, for the country if it were well enforced? That, after all, is the real question. Why not consider it in an honest and scientific spirit? A good beginning may be made by reading Sir Josiah Stamp's address before the British Society for the Study of Inebriety on October...
...Francis of Assisi renouncing his riches. The panel, which has been lent to the Museum by Messrs. Reynolds, Francis & Rohnstock in connection with the lectures on stained glass which are being given by Professor Marcel Aubert, is on exhibition in Gallery IV, and in order that the students may more conveniently see the construction, it has been placed at the eye level...