Word: polishing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...casts have been taken from works of art such as the tympanum of the Cathedral of Strassburg, the entrance to the Cathedral of Freiburg, and the Berlin statue of the Great Elector. American artists have so deftly painted the casts that the very rust of the iron hinges, the polish of the bronze, the color of the stone, or the finish of the wood appear in the copy. There are also excellent electrotype reproductions of German work in gold and copies of paintings by Van Eyck, Durer, and Holbein. The whole collection, containing as it does examples of German...
...fourth concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Sanders Theatre will be given this evening at 8 o'clock. The soloist will be Mr. Paul Kochanski, the noted Polish violinist. Mr. Kochanski was extremely well received in Europe and this is his second appearance in America with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Pierre Monteux announces the following programme...
...that the few have been favored to the disadvantage of the many, and that all students should be taught English and learn to know the literature of the country; above all education should be broadened to bring into close contact with actual life, whereas the New World desires to polish off her instruction, the Old World must revamp hers...
...social well-being far in advance of anything we have yet attained"--such statements should cheer considerably those who bewail our method in general. We have much to learn, but perhaps our foundations are firmer than many believe. It is pleasant, indeed, to think that while we can polish off our education by borrowing from England, we can give her much in return...
...courses are practically planetary in their scope. They are extension courses in a double sense, embracing as they do the following spoken languages: Armenian, Chinese, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Rumanian, Spanish and Turkish. There are also suggestions of courses in Russian, Polish, Czechoslovak and Serbo-Croatian. These are offered not only for the practical value of their use in oral intercommunication, but also for their helpfulness to those who aim to master a language for the sake of the literature or as a key to sources of knowledge in any domain...