Word: rurals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mentioned. One of these types consisted of isolated buildings, small but comfortable and neatly furnished, at a considerable distance from the college buildings. One of these, which we found in a remarkable state of preservation, had its walls ornamented with gorgeous decorative tropical birds; another had scenes from rural life as ornaments. These places had individual names, such as "Cabaloqui"--(little pony), "Tanjuga", (a kind of pottery); and "Piaquiquu", the name of an eccentric character in Inca fiction. These establishments seem to have been patronized by a mixed clientele. Their food was reputed to be the best, but to judge...
...discussing the Towner-Sterling Bill. Dean H.W. Holmes '03 of the Graduate School of Education will preside, and included in the program will be speeches by prominent educators on the subjects, "Educational Research and Investigation", "Physical Education", "Americanization or Removal of Illiteracy", "Teachers' Salaries", "Training of Teachers", and "Rural Education...
...they ought to permit the Darwinian theory of evolution to be taught in the state-supported schools. "The entire state", we are told, "has been aroused by allegations made on both sides"; William Jennings Bryan has even consented to stump for the "antis". The main opposition comes from the rural districts where the opinions of the distinguished biologist are held to be contrary to the Bible "as it is written". Evidently the people of Kentucky are unwilling to admit that "Bo" McMillin and his team are descended from anything so plebeian as monkeys...
...bill, while Dr. L. B. Murlin, President of Boston University, will be the principal spokesman under the main topic of the effect in Massachusetts. The program will include talks on "Educational Research and Investigation", "Physical Education", Americanization of Removal of Illiteracy", "Teachers' Salaries", "Training of Teachers" and "Rural Education...
...Board of Estimate and Apportionment, New York City, and President of the American City Planning Institute; Mr. C. G. Fall '68, a retired lawyer of Boston; and Mr. Thomas Adams, city planner, and writer and lecturer on city planning. Mr. Adams is to give four lectures on rural and regional planning at the School on February 16, 23, and on March...