Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...merely a new garb for an old framework," Bogner said. "The public is hard to convince that modern architecture is not a stylistic venture, like a new model of an automobile or a fashion show, but is the outgrowth of new demands set on buildings as a result of social changes and the technological developments...
...exhibition it is brought out how many phases there are to architecture, and good many of which were completely overlooked during the epoch of 'art for art's sake.' The lay person has good opportunity to see how the social influences on building reflect themselves in architectural design, and how architectural forms are in part governed by the underlying structure...
Much on the lines of the scholastic aptitude test most students take before entering college in their Freshman year, the quiz covers in addition non-technical subjects such as literature and fine arts, physics and chemistry, biological sciences, social studies, verbal aptitude and mathematics...
There is no denying that Mr. Hicks stuck out his head in representing the New Masses last week. Although many students, particularly those in the social sciences, favor the policy of encouraging instructors to participate in outside affairs, because it gives nourishment of a practical kind to their teaching, it is apparent that for the sake of Harvard such men must recognize a limit to their actions. They are in the same position as the President of the United States, who is always regarded as President whether he is speaking in behalf of the Democratic Party or the Warm Springs...
More than a routine teapot tempest, this controversy stirred art professionals in the U. S. to weighty social thoughts, produced such ringing cries as that of Editor Alfred Frankfurter in Art News: "There is involved here a principle which far transcends the museum purchase. ... It is the principle of the right of a cultural institution ... to exist on behalf of the public without political interference or dictation." Meanwhile, political interference and dictation throve mightily over half the continent of Europe. Critics these days are inclined to credit Adolf Hitler with intense political intelligence, but to a big majority...