Word: topicalities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...discussion of the composition of an orchestra was not carried out on such a satisfactory basis. The analysis of the modern orchestra is rather inadequate in itself, but the real weakness lies in the complete omission of any reference to the history of the present-day orchestra, a topic which is certainly most fitting for a volume such as this in which the great conductors of the past and present are so well described...
During the bottom of Depression, forums sprouted spontaneously throughout the nation. The current issue of School Life, organ of Commissioner Studebaker's Office of Education, reports that more than 1,000 forums are still functioning, concentrated chiefly in the East and Midwest. Favorite discussion topic, said School Life, is International Affairs, with Economic Recovery a close second...
...Princetonian" has had as its objective the presentation of an opportunity for selected undergraduates and faculty members of the three universities to meet prominent leaders in government and business, and to discuss with them in a straightforward and informal manner the important problems arising out of the vital topic "Government and Economic Security...
High altitude flying and its physiological effects on aviators will be discussed by Lieutenant B. B. Talley, of the United States Corps of Engineers, at 8 o'clock tonight in the Institute of Geographical Exploration. His topic will be "When We Fly High...
...mushrooming under his nose since last summer, it was Protestant Episcopal Bishop William T. Manning of Manhattan. One Sunday last month prim little Bishop Manning left his cathedral on Morningside Heights, drove downtown to deliver a sermon from the pulpit of socialite St. Bartholomew's on Park Avenue. Topic of his preachment was lotteries and he was against them...