Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...claims the biggest & best part-time vocational school in the world, the nation's largest municipally-owned educational museum, the largest per-capita adult night-school enrollment in the U. S. It has a magnificent system of 67 city parks, 68 city playgrounds, 21 city social centres, produces outdoor opera, maintains free bathing beaches, operates dance halls in the parks, uses 47 of its school buildings every night for drama clubs, bridge games, chess tournaments...
Before starting on Things to Come, the salient production weakness of London Films had been technical. For this picture, which was made before the Denham studios were ready to function, Producer Korda installed a "Special Effects Department" under Ned Mann. More astounding than the gigantic outdoor sets constructed under Art Director Vincent Korda were Mr. Mann's miniatures: a space gun 20 feet high (see cut) with tiny puppets running around it on moving belts; bat-shaped airplanes apparently capable of carrying armies; a sky-darkening air-force swooping over the Dover Cliffs...
...decision of the Harvard Student Union to hold an indoor, rather than an outdoor meeting was a wise one. If the Union had arrived at the opposite conclusion, it would not have secured official countenance, which lends inestimable momentum to the peace movement. Official approval lends dignity and force to what might otherwise be considered jejeune idealism...
Aside from securing University Hall support, the membership has demonstrated its intelligence. Past outdoor strikes have proven to be jamborees of one sort or another where unconcerned spectators are present merely "to see the fun". At other times meetings have degenerated into riots. Affirmatively regarded, an indoor meeting is more suitable, for peace, unfortunately, is not an essentially emotional subject, and its "message" cannot be most effectively delivered by a hoarse stump-speaker. Its appeal, devoid of such window-dressing as bands and flags, must be primarily made to reason...
...action of the University marks a definite break with its past policy, and signifies a desire on the part of college officials to avoid the unfortunate outdoor strikes of the past two years. For its promise of open cooperation with the Union the University was voted thanks at last night's meeting...