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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kolbe, like Lehmbruck, never uses the hammer and chisel. Like Lehmbruck, too, his art suggests a man conscious of a world governed by illogical forces. He seeks escape in dreams of gentle adolescence. Youths and maidens take dim shape as though seen from a distance, or through a haze...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 3/22/1938 | See Source »

After two years of work. Prince Loewenstein had the machine in shape, called it Appareil Chance, patented it in all countries where gambling is legal. Housed in a rectangular box only seven and one-half inches long, the device works something like a combination typewriter and adding machine. When a number turns up on the roulette wheel, the operator spins a knob on the machine to that number. This rotates into position a drum of type carrying all of the number's group affiliations. Then a lever is pressed and the data are printed on a roll of paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Gadget for Gamblers | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

...tune of grinding newsreel cameras, surprised and flattered oarsmen left the docks at Newell Boat House yesterday afternoon for their regular practice. Hollywood in the shape of a barrage of Pathe and Fox Movietone photographers descended upon the Charles River to stage a Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza a la Bolles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUGE HOLLYWOOD SHOW IS STAGED ON CHARLES | 3/19/1938 | See Source »

After practicing every day last week, the Harvard rugby team has begun to take definite shape for its game with Cambridge University on Saturday, March 26th. In the early part of the week practice was held indoors in the small Carey cage. But though hampered by lack of space, a lot of valuable ground-work was done. With the beginning of outdoor practice on Thursday, the ruggers were able to put on their cleats and get a real work-out. Contact work started at once, and scrimmages were hold both Thursday and Friday. The Crimson showed generally good tackling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/16/1938 | See Source »

...must be sacrificed to the god of experimentation, and as a result, he has little time for those cultural and broadening pursuits which are among the chief privileges of a college education. In many cases, even the bare minimum amount of exercise necessary to keep him in decent physical shape is denied him, while extracurricular activities are a luxury. Certainly some reduction in laboratory hours is indicated if he is expected to become the well-rounded and broadly cultured man which it is Harvard's and President Conant's aim to produce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PITY THE POOR CHEMIST | 3/16/1938 | See Source »

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