Word: teachings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ernst H. Gombrich, historian and philosopher of art, will teach here in the spring, Leonard Opdycke '17, chairman of the Fine Arts Department, announced yesterday...
...Geary, assistant professor of Romance Languages, attributed the new emphasis to "an increased interest in international affairs," and contact with other cultures with which Americans cannot communicate adequately. He added that interest has grown within the profession, beginning during World War II when new methods were devised to teach languages to service personnel...
Hodges scouted for plants that would buy and process North Carolina agri-ultural products. The deal that he made with Gerber Products was typical: if jerber would come in, the state's agricultural extension service would send out agents to teach farmers how to grow7 the foods that Gerber wanted. Result: a Gerber plant is abuilding near Asheville, will buy $10 million worth of North Caro-ina fruits and vegetables yearly. Furthermore, Swift & Co., following the opening of an Armour & Co. plant at Charlotte, in a few months will complete a $17 million plant at Wilson, will spur...
...Democratic National Committee, worked quite closely with Stevenson during the past two presidential campaigns, and stands an ardent critic of Administration policies. "A professor's activity in public affairs is generally a matter of taste. I feel that politics brings some reality and balance into my world. I teach agricultural economics, and political interests form my bridge with the Middle West. I enjoy my occasional lectures there. Sometimes I have to see an angry farmer, an angry man without a job, or even an irate Democrat, to realize the full impact of an economic situation...
...fact, says Arp, Dada was dedicated art: "My gouaches, reliefs, plastics were an attempt to teach man what he had forgotten-to dream with his eyes open." Using a jig saw, he made inexpensive wood reliefs around such motifs as forks and mustaches (a favorite theme he has found laughable ever since he watched German soldiers primping for the Kaiser's birthday). Discovering that the laws of chance underlie much in nature, Arp turned out a series of paste-ups produced by letting bits of paper float down upon a glue-coated board. Later he meticulously executed paper cutouts...