Word: publication
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...past, and in spite of recurring "entanglement" with the continent of Europe, American public opinion as a whole has persisted in dreaming the roseate dream of isolation. Justly revolted by the power politics and recurring warfare of the old world, and profoundly desirous of a separate, peaceful life on this continent, they have thought and acted in terms of a fundamental division of the world. But while thus pleasantly immersed in eighteenth and early nineteenth century thinking, their nation grew into a major world power; and, except for a brief flurry of world-consciousness in 1920--denied expression by destructively...
...surprising result was obtained last month by a Fortune poll of public opinion. The question: "Should the Democratic powers, including the United States, now stand firm together at any cost to prevent Hitler or Mussolini from taking any more territory at the expense of other nations?" The answers: 56.3 per cent, Yes; 31 per cent, No; undecided, 12.7 per cent...
America's first textbook on cartography, written by Erwin Raisz, instructor in Cartography at the Institute of Geographical Exploration, went on public sale last week as it came off the presses of the McGraw-Hill Book Company in New York City...
Miss Molly Yard, graduate of Swarthmore College in 1933, was elected national chairman to succeed Robert E. Lane '39, while William N. Chambers '39, stole Harvard honors by his election as public affairs chairman. Both Lane and Avram S. Goldstein '40, however, were elected to the national executive committee of the Union, while Chambers automatically becomes a member through his election to the post of secretary...
Tutees are encouraged to attend public lectures, visit museums, and use college library facilities. Those studying biology, physics, chemistry, and other sciences, have received permission to observe in the laboratories. Thus the students are familiarized with college opportunities and activities...