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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...watercolor view over Boston housetops captures all the warmth and richness of Beacon Hill brick against the late afternoon sky. Carl Pickhardt '31 has four lithographs in the show, all very simply and very powerfully executed, especially the "Pieta" and the "Christ at Emmaus," with its Grecolike faces, and minimum of light areas. His work suggests the influence of stained-glass window design, with heavy lines blocking off areas of black and white...

Author: By A. Y., | Title: COLLECTIONS & CRITIQUES | 4/7/1942 | See Source »

Along the Gulf Coast, from Florida into Texas, are nearly 200,000 scattered acres of tung plantations, out of 750,000 acres believed to be suitable for the culture. But the tung tree is hard to raise in U.S. soil and climate. It needs a minimum of five, a maximum of 15 days of freezing weather; virgin, acid soil; good drainage and a hillside location. It should have at least 40 inches of well-distributed rainfall each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Tung Oil Wanted | 4/6/1942 | See Source »

...Freshmen enrolling in V-1 who have only the minimum knowledge of mathematics required for entrance into the College, Mathematics C, the first of half of Mathematics A, and Physics B are suggested this summer in preparation for the Navy exam in September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIFTY STUDENTS AT NAVY V-1 MEETING | 3/25/1942 | See Source »

...department's rules of concentration have been thoroughly revised to meet the current situation. If the existing eight-course minimum proves too difficult, a reduction to, say, six may be effected. Reading requirements in Bible and Shakespeare and in Ancient Authors will be continued but will be more closely interwoven with tutorial work...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, | Title: Combination Fields Easily Upset by War | 3/25/1942 | See Source »

...should be aware of, is that physical requirements for V-1 are not as strict as for V-5 or V-7. Five feet two inches and 100 pounds will admit you as an Apprentice Seaman, but it won't let you be a deck lieutenant or a pilot. Minimum weight for V-7 is 132 pounds, minimum height is five feet five and a half. Even eye standards are reduced for seaman, and accordingly for V-1 registrants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sword or Mop? | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

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