Word: modernizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...world's champion literacy record, boast that, except for 0.9% every last Finn today can read and write, exhibit Modernist Architect Eliel Saarinen as world evidence of Finnish culture. If you were to ask on the streets of a U. S. city who was the outstanding modern Finn, chances are the reply would be: Paavo Nurmi. But if you asked the same question on the streets of Helsingfors the answer would almost certainly be: Jean Julius Christian Sibelius...
...estimated 85% of what modern man learns is taken in by eye, most of it by reading. Despite radio's rise, the function of reading is growing. Since the turn of the Century U. S. publications for the adult have grown 170%, and more and more reading is necessary to make a living. Today a private secretary has to do some 500% more reading than in 1900. Because inefficient reading is responsible for 60% of all failures in school, $612 of every $1,000 spent for primary schooling is spent to teach reading. Yet one-half the adult population...
...last and most important link is the University kitchen. Every modern method that has been devised for cleanly handling of food has been installed. Only the highest quality of food is purchased. All the milk and cream is pasteurized...
...first time in its modern history the University has come face to face with the disturbing problem of organized labor. Although union men have been employed here for many years, Harvard has never inquired, when hiring men, if they belonged to a union. In the case of the cooks in the dining halls and the carpenters, electricians, and plumbers of the Maintenance Department, the union has dealt with the men individually, never with Harvard. Thus, union activities have at no moment before conflicted with, nor come to the official attention of, the University...
...modern structures of colonial architecture will replace the single small building which now houses the entire school. One of the new buildings will contain classrooms, laboratory, and dormitory accomodations. The other will be a museum and library...