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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Folk art is generally considered to be art which arises spontaneously from the people and is the result of a communal effort. America has long been wanting in this respect and has thereby lost a certain richness in its culture which comes only when the people have sufficient inherent artistic talent to produce it. To be sure there have been the cowboy songs of the West, and the ballads of the Kentucky mountains, but there has been nothing which the public could seize as its own, as a part of its everyday life. The obvious answer for the dearth...

Author: By H. C., | Title: Collections & Critiques | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...move came as a result of a petition submitted to the Council last week asking for a "report on the non-reappointment of assistant professor Robin D. Feild in particular, and the educational policy of the Fine Arts Department in general." The request was signed by 64 out of 80 concentrators in the Department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Chooses Committee to Survey Policies of Department of Fine Arts | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...Result of Petition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Chooses Committee to Survey Policies of Department of Fine Arts | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...mean anything, don't convey any emotion, and could have been played twice as fast by Paderewski anyway. The true swing man tries to express sincerely, cleanly, and simply at all times the emotions and ideas which he feels. If you play fast, or loud, you stiffen up. The result is no swing...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...only a logical outgrowth of this attitude that the press retaliated by arousing prejudice against the University. However, this was not prompted by mercenary motives but was rather the result of misunderstanding. Harvard shunned publicity like a temperamental movie queen, and found, in so doing, that it was inviting animosity. But with the appointment of Mr. Ryan, conditions steadily began to improve. He saw to it that the press was received well and given the necessary information. For the past few years, his work has been taken for granted; but then it involved a radical change in, policy, and later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD AND THE FOURTH ESTATE | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

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