Word: procession
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...original aims. There are three separate and distinct aspects to the American Civilization Plan. First is its extra-curricular nature. This looks toward the inculcation of a habit of self-education in students, toward the provision of a "key to future education" which would make learning a life-long process. Second is its subject matter. This is American history in the broadest sense--cultural, scientific, and economic as well as political history, all brought into a unified and correlated whole. Third is its position in the field of education. The Plan seeks to bridge a number of academic departments...
...pulverizes ore by feeding it into a whirling drum containing a lot of little steel balls. Many a fortune has been made with it. It became generally known last week that Mrs. Hardinge's smart grandson had added a smart refinement to his father's famed "ball process" of ore reduction...
...Shining Hour," now at the University, and even better, these interesting characters rise above the limitations of a trite triangle plot and become real, credible characters. They are Joan Crawford, nightclub dancer, who marries Melvyn Douglas, a member of the rich, aristocratic family of Lindens. Robert Young, in the process of trying to prevent the marriage, falls in love with Miss Crawford himself, much to the distress of his wife, Margaret Sullavan, and his sister, Fay Bainter. Outstanding is the script, which brightens what might have been a dull problem drama; and the acting, especially of Miss Sullavan and Miss...
Microfilm recording, latest process for copying rare manuscripts, is being used by Widener Library in the reproducing of 37 foreign newspapers. The project has been made possible by a revolving Rockefeller Foundation fund...
London's famous "Times" has its own microfilm recording process. The films, which reproduce 800 pages of newsprint each, will be invaluable for safe-keeping of newspapers...