Word: modernism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ambassador Kennedy, who went to London straight from his Washington job of striving to build up a modern U. S. merchant marine (viewed in Britain as unwelcome competition), tartly told the Navy League: "We try to understand your need for a great merchant fleet. We hope you will try to understand our need for a small...
John Dewey is regarded as the father of Progressive Education, but actually he was neither its first philosopher nor its first schoolmaster. First great modern philosopher was Rousseau, who, in Emile (1762), advocated a child-centred school. First Progressive-school system in the U. S. was started in 1875 by the late Colonel Francis Wayland Parker in Quincy, Mass. Last week in Manhattan was celebrated the Goth anniversary of the second, the Ethical Culture School, founded in 1878 by Felix Adler...
MacLeish, who is Curator of the Nicman Collection of Modern Journalism, will be presented November 9; Robert Frost on November 30; and Mark Van Doren on January...
...this is highly commendable, but the rapidly changing demands of modern life are bringing to light new problems to be solved by the educational world--and Harvard is in the vanguard of those attempting to solve these new problems. For several years the perplexing problem of the relative merits of research versus teaching have been debated at great length, notably during the furore of "crises": like last year's Walsh-Sweezy controversy. President Conant has stated, defended, and enlarged his ideas on the subject, but among students and teachers--of both oratorical and research types--the conflict remains undecided. Second...
Ernest Krenek, noted Czechoslovak composer, will give a lecture on "Modern Music," with piano illustrations, tomorrow night at the Harvard Music Building at 8:30 o'clock. He will discuss "The Genesis of Atonality". Next Tuesday night, Nov. 1, Krenek will speak on "Recent Developments of Atonality." His lectures are under the auspices of the Division of Music...