Word: questioners
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only upon looking at German watercolors that the question of the value of these artists arises. The German contemporary painter seems to delight in broad washes of bright color. It seems that only here does their technique begin to break down. Take Karl Zerbe's "Still Life" for instance. In this picture there are wide paths of color applied with a large brush, and all the interest of the artist is primarily in contrasting and mixing shades. The lemons on the table are lacking in form, and the glass is nothing but an outline of white. The whole has little...
...list of present problems is that of subsidizing brilliant scholars. With the extension of the National Scholarships Plan every year, the growing Harvard trend is a definite approval of such proselyting. The average man's loss is the brilliant man's gain, it seems. Then there is the allied question of the merits of a "concentrated" education versus a "broad B. A.," degree, both sides of which have their exponents. But brilliant National Scholarship men are seldom likely to excel in a variety of fields; they tend to have one specific objective. Hence they prefer specialized training, which throws their...
Very soon upon his arrival he was chosen pastor of the church in Cambridge constituted after Thomas Hooker had moved to Connecticut. In 1636 a plan for an institution of learning was brought before the General Court, and there was some question as to its location...
...that knowledge. The result has been such a cloud of ill will between Cambridge and Harvard that the real objective--Plan E--has been completely obscured. The sole recrimination against the alleged Harvard participation in Plan E activities which is now causing the University any concern is the tax question. The other proposals can probably be labeled as political folderol...
...fore again one of the most persistent problems in the administration of College finances. In this case the Temporary Student Employment Plan, which for seven years has been the chief beneficiary of the Dining Hall profits, is directly hit by the probable insolvency of the kitchen department. Again the question is raised whether or not salaries which meet union standards materially detract from the University's ability to give needy students a chance to work for their board. Obviously the College can neither forget its duty as a conscientious employer nor ignore the possibility of seeking other sources from which...