Word: northwester
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...answering the question: "The lasting significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 lies in its provision for a) an Indian policy, b) universal manhood suffrage, c) the exclusion of the British from the Northwest territory, d) the settlement of the Northwest territory, and e) a method for admitting new states into the Union," a student must know more than the bare provisions of the ordinance...
...must take into account that the ordinance's Indian policy never became permanent, that universal manhood suffrage came much later than 1787, that the British question was settled before the ordinance, and that the settlement of the Northwest territory was of much less "lasting significance" than the method of admitting states into the Union...
...fascination been better illustrated than in the 160 paintings, bronzes, jugs, vases and primitive musical instruments on show last week at the Seattle Art Museum, a display ranging from a bird-shaped Chinese ritual vessel done around 1100 B.C. to the hopping-mad, moonstruck sea gulls and cranes of Northwest Moderns Mark Tobey and Morris Graves...
...junket through the Far East. Recalls Fuller: "I bought a small white jade in Hong Kong, and from then on nothing has been quite the same." Settling in Seattle, Fuller earned a Ph.D. in geology, a field in which he has won professional recognition, and revitalized Seattle's Northwest Glass Co. (he is now chairman of the board). But art remained his deepest interest, and trips to South America, Europe, and the Middle East broadened his knowledge in the field...
Despite his deep interest in the ancient and the Oriental, Seattle's Fuller firmly believes that "it is a museum's duty to support local people and to spur local art of quality." As a result, he has played a key role in promoting the Northwest's regional school, which includes such top artists as Tobey, Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson. One Seattle art dealer summed up Patron-Director Fuller's contribution with feeling: "Dr. Fuller has brought art to the Northwest and the art of the Northwest to the world...