Word: modernize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Supplied with an entirely new program of music and surrounded by an exceptional ensemble of dancing beauties, Paul Whiteman, lately called "the jovial Premier of Ultra-Modern Music" and his 33 piece band inaugurated their second week as the feature stage attraction at the Metropolitan yesterday. Those who did not see the jazz-makers last week, as well as those who did, for that matter, should not miss this remaining opportunity, as both band and leader are even better than formerly in a lavish revue, with special settings, lighting effects, and costumes. The famous orchestra is the nucleus...
Last night two of the Freshman H-Y-P triangular debates were held at Princeton and at Cambridge. The questioned argued was: "Resolved, That the fetish of efficiency is a deplorable feature of modern life." The University Freshman combination, which upheld the affirmative side at Paine Hall, was composed of A. L. Kowarsky '31, A. S. Gilmartin '31, and W. H. Bowden '31, Their opposition was furnished by the Yale debaters W. E. Russell Jr. J. T. Miller, and J. T. McClintlock. Due to the small size of the audience, no decision was made after the debate...
...trials for the Freshman H-Y-P triangular debate will be held on Monday night at 7 o'clock in the Smith Hall Common Room. The question to be argued is: "Resolved, That the fetish of efficiency is a deplorable feature of modern life...
...another phase with the publication of the latest report of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Department of History, Government and Economics, as one dealing in the actions of men rather than with their thoughts, has yielded to ascendancy in number of students to the Department of Modern Languages, which had held it up to the last six years. To be sure, the difference is small, but a gain of nearly 70 students for the latter department as compared to five for the former is enough to indicate a marked shift in the interests...
...Modern Language Department has been the object of much experimentation in its undergraduate work. The tutorial system was first used to its fullest extent in this field; language requirements have been adjusted along more flexible lines, and some sort of effort has been made to cut down the amount of elementary work necessary. Adapted as the courses in this field are to outside reading assignments and critical reports, the Reading Period found its most general acceptance among them, while the other group has for obvious reasons been more conservative in its adoption...