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...first time taken concrete form. It will, however, be the newspapers of the future and the public officials of the future who will either condemn or affirm the convictions of Mrs. Nieman and Mr. Littauer. Meanwhile the responsibility and initiative rests squarely on the shoulders of the nine and thirteen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINE AND THIRTEEN | 10/1/1938 | See Source »

...which is rightfully theirs. Perhaps this anonymity exists because the number of people involved is small; perhaps it is due to the fact that neither of the groups has yet had time to produce any outstanding contributions to their particular field. For the nine new Nieman Fellows and the thirteen new graduate students of the Littauer School of Public Administration, who compose what are probably this University's smallest departments, have barely considered the work which lies ahead of them. It will be a year, possibly many years, before any accurate estimation of the worth of these latest Harvard educational...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINE AND THIRTEEN | 10/1/1938 | See Source »

...Under new conditions, the American people as a whole nation, the original thirteen States and all the West and South that has grown out of them, is on a mental migration, dissatisfied with old conditions, seeking like the little band that came to Marietta, to create new conditions-of security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Hustings & History | 7/18/1938 | See Source »

When debonair, mustachioed Elisha Huson Waterman last week became kingpen of L. E. Waterman Co., the 2,000 astonished employes of this famed old fountain-pen concern could well imagine his father, Frank Dan Waterman, turning furiously in his grave. Thirteen years ago, crusty, conservative President Frank Dan kicked Elisha out of his $6,500 job in the company and banished him from the family. Last month, when bitter old Frank Dan died, he left Elisha a mere $100. Scarcely was the Waterman ink dry on the will when Elisha quietly played the trump card he had held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Penman's Return | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

...Thirteen other U. S. broadcasting stations telecast periodically. These experimentations are chiefly technical. The material telecast includes static charts, films, occasional live programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Television | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

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