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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...peace, as well as "the arms of the Democracies, was stronger than the Dictators' will-to-war. It tended to absolve Franklin Roosevelt from previous charges of "war-mongering." Whether or not his invitation was accepted-and his ten-year clause made acceptance look impossible-it kept open the way to some other outcome of Europe's deadlock than a fight to the death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Will to Peace | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...Ohio, where the State school fund was $17,000,000 in the hole, several cities knew not how long they could keep schools open. School funds were low in Colorado, Michigan, Illinois, the Dakotas. The most desperate S. 0. S. came from schools in Georgia and Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: S. O. S. | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

...prohibiting debt carry-overs to the next fiscal year. Unofficial calculations were that 200 Georgia schools, with 20,000 pupils, were closed. In many a Georgia village and town, worried citizens met to talk of ways & means of educating their children. Some decided to keep the public schools open by charging tuition. In Lamar County, white children's school term was shortened to eight months, Negro children's schools were closed. At Villa Rica, a mass meeting raised $2,000 to keep schools open four weeks. Among the contributions: from the Villa Rica high-school senior class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: S. O. S. | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

Moses chose as the subject of his first lecture "Notes on Political Theory and Practice in Politics." Open to the public, the speech attracted a large crowd. Like the first his other lecture, to be delivered on Friday, May 12, will deal with contemporary problems of government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROBERT MOSES LECTURES FOR GODKIN FOUNDATION | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

...Peters also suspects tutoring schools of rifling class room drawers or breaking open absence report boxes in the college halls. To prevent these practices, it was suggested that Faculty men discontinue the habit of leaving lists in the classroom and that janitors be instructed to watch the report boxes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tutoring School Agent Offered $25 to Official of University for Class Listings | 4/22/1939 | See Source »

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