Word: subjection
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Those who are fond of discussing the subject of 'Harvard and the Liberal Education' can gain some pointers at the Stadium almost any Saturday afternoon. An education which fails to teach its recipient to cheer when his team wins and not to complain when the wind blows easterly, though it may be a liberal education, it is not the education...
...minor to be called a trend but distinctly a phenomenon is the reappearance this year of Biblical subjects in U.S. painting. In Manhattan's Whitney Museum last week an exhibition of paintings by artists west of the Mississippi proved noteworthy chiefly for Missourian Thomas Benton's Susanna and the Elders, a Western version of a sultry incident from the Old Testament.* Composed in forthright Artist Benton's usual robustious arabesques, it gave a timeless answer to critics who have chided "U.S. Scene" painters with an inability to work nudes into their hayseed subject matter...
...easy, flowing lines he brings his sketches to life, for it is life and movement that he is most interested in. That is why he drew so constantly the dancers of the Paris Opera. The one painting of a "Ballet Dancer" on display illustrates his characteristic treatment of this subject. The figure, which is light and graceful, wears a light blue dress with spots here and there of sheer color. It is ironic indeed that he envelopes the whole in a romantic, pure atmosphere, for the truth was the dancers as a whole lived a very immoral life and were...
Publicity gags of press agents are always good for another picture when Hollywood production schedules are lagging. Latest edition of this stock subject is "Garden of the Moon." Even the angle adopted here, the creation of a fake Indian maharaja to help plug an unknown orchestra, is anything but the result of a brilliant inspiration. Fortunately, the action frequently moves at a fast and funny pace; but equally unfortunately, the humor is invariably of the delayed reaction type, where the butt of a wisecrack absorbs it five minutes later. Pat O'Brien, who makes a startling reversal of type...
...athletic survey is the second major investigation announced by the Student Council so far this year. The other and major inquiry will be made on the subject of Harvard education as a whole. The committee report will be released at the next council meeting...