Word: teach
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...agricultural expert and professional Russian observer named Albert Aaron Johnson (Russia at Work, The Soviet Union at Work, Progress in the Soviet Union), he knew a little about drafting when he came to Manhattan from Florida to study with Norman Bel Geddes. He learned all Geddes could teach him in eight months, appeared on Broadway at 18 announcing that he was "God's gift to the Theatre." Twice thrown out of Producer William Harris Jr.'s office in a day, he returned a third time. To squelch him, Harris gave him the script of The Criminal Code, told...
...book is mainly the story of the fortunes of the nine magazines. After Yuben came Kodan Club* a light magazine containing old historical romances recited by professional storytellers, folk tales preserved by word of mouth from generation to generation. A boys' magazine called Shonen Club was intended to teach sound morals and national pride in a familiar chatty style. Omoshiro ("Interesting") Club (now Fuji) was inspired by the Curtis magazines in the U. S. "An organ for all that was interesting and amusing, light and soothing," it was designed to sell at a low price and develop into a popular...
This mixed sextet announced the formation of the American Liberty League, which, following the custom of the day, promptly became known as ALL. The purpose of this "nonpartisan organization" was "to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States, and to gather and disseminate information that 1) will teach the necessity of respect for the rights of persons and property as fundamental to every successful form of government, and 2) will teach the duty of government to encourage and protect individual and group initiative and enterprise, to foster the right to work, earn, save and acquire property...
...Middletowners will recognize the scenery in Dusk at The Grove, may think they can identify some members of the Rogers clan. Prize-winner Rogers graduated from Browrn, took his master's degree at the University of Chicago, drove an ambulance in France. In 1919 he married and went to teach at the University of Wisconsin. "After a year of correcting freshman themes," he says, "I sought refuge in the French department." After two years at the Sorbonne, he returned to Wisconsin, where he is now associate professor...
More gleefully still the newshawks rushed off to help their papers tell taxpayers and Red-Baiters that the U. S. Government was deliberately spending their money to teach workers Communism in the "Little Red Schoolhouse" on Manhattan's East side...