Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Today Black Mountain College has some 20 teachers, 50 students,*is still poor and happy. Students pay an over-all fee of $300 to $1,200 a year, according to their means (a few pay nothing), are expected to share in the work, whatever they pay. For its new buildings, Black Mountain bought a site at Lake Eden, few miles from its present quarters. It hopes to get gifts to start its project and have at least one building to move into by the fall...
...Senator Robert Alphonso Taft, Ohio, 85%; voice quality good, delivery fair, mannerisms poor, poise fair. "Notably inept at speech-making," Senator Taft is marked down nevertheless as a "phenomenon of the politico-radio world." Reason: after his series of 13 radio debates with witty Congressman T. V. Smith, a radio veteran, on New Deal policies early this year, a Gallup Poll totted the score thus: Taft 66%, Smith 34%. Explanation: "He speaks a homely common sense with a sincerity that makes people listen to him anyway...
...Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg, Michigan, 83% ; voice quality and delivery good, mannerisms poor, poise good. Since 1936 (when his voice was "that of one haranguing a mob") he has "given more attention to his radio appearance, anc today he speaks with vigor and force, but without that displeasing quality he once...
...Healey showed the effects of a week's layoff, doling out eight safe hits and ten free passes to the visitors. He was constantly in hot water and was actually fortunate to escape with as little damage as he did despite the poor support which his mates gave him afield...
...Committee feels that because an examination is written under pressure is no excuse for poor English. Students who write badly on examinations probably also write badly when they have more time, is the belief of the investigators...