Word: projected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...according to Mr. W. W. Norton, an officer of the People's Institute who is directing the project, an attempt to apply correspondence school methods to the teaching of academic subjects. There have long been correspondence schools which have given courses by mail in technical subjects such as draftsmanship, electricity and the like. But never before have these methods been attempted in the teaching of strictly academic subjects such as history, literature, philosophy, or psychology...
...interesting project is under way in Baltimore-the formation of a civic opera company. The De Feo Opera Company, a traveling organization which will play a stay in Baltimore in May, is to be utilized. This troupe, it is purposed, will give its regular series of operas, save that on one evening and one afternoon each week, while still using its orchestra and chorus, it will give the leading roles to Baltimore singers. Thus, a beginning in the way of Baltimore opera will be made, the project can be continued until a permanent city institution has been formed and visiting...
While the polar trip of the American Shenandoah is being decided upon, the loss of the French Dixmude serves to emphasize the dangers of the project...
...receives and indications are that it will be very favorable. Letters have been sent to all the regional vice-presidents of the Associated Harvard Clubs asking their opinions on the subject, and in every case in which an answer has been received, there has been great enthusiasm for the project. Form letters have also been sent to all the Harvard clubs in the country, explaining the project and its purposes...
Neither the orchestra score nor the libretto had the force of art. It was too ambitious a project for the modest talents of Ziegfeld, the son. The opera as it was savored only of a poor imitation of Richard, the father...