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...exchange. Nefertiti was the wife of the pharaoh Ikhnaton, whom she espoused in the 14th Century B. C. She bore him no sons: the name of their son-in-law, Tutankhamun, an effete dilettante famed for the extravagant manner of his burial, is known to every bright U. S. schoolchild. More vital is the significance of Ikhnaton for he was the first recorded monotheist. In a regal frenzy he repudiated Ammon. deity of wealth and power, consecrated himself solely to Aton. the blinding disc of the sun. His was a short-lived but intense faith. Among its effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Nefertiti | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

...presence to many who remembered his radio talk of a week be fore, wherein he flayed intolerance. His unequivocal pronouncements led many to think of him as an ox-boned fullback with a brain. Instead they saw a bristling little man, no taller than many a grammar schoolchild. Similar surprises, some dis appointments will occur every Sunday night during the season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Red Mass | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

Persons under 18 years of age may not receive religious instruction, but efforts are consistently made to convert every schoolchild to atheism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Synthesis | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

...illiteracy; C. T. Wing, President of the National Union Of Teachers of England and Wales; Dr. P. Kuo, onetime President of South Eastern University (Nanking, China) ; Mrs. Laura Puffer Morgan of Washington, D. C., who arose and announced a World Hero Prize Competition (12 prizes, $100) open to the schoolchild essayists of the world. Any school might submit essays on twelve heroes. The competition would end on "World Goodwill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: At Edinburgh | 8/3/1925 | See Source »

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