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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...raiser whose hair is never brushed; like his latest book, he is "aggressive, however sinful and full of pride." Two good poems appear-one an old-style Lindsay chantey, "The Virginians Are Coming Again," and "Twenty Years Ago," a rambling epistle to some anonymous and scornfully rejected patron. As usual, Poet Lindsay wanU these poems to be chanted, hopes that none of them will be set to music. In his recent sojourn in Spokane Poet Lindsay evolved what he calls Poem Games, in which children dance and act out poems simultaneously chanted by a reciter. "I recommend it," says Poet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shout | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...Houses will bring a much larger number of men under one roof than there are in the usual Harvard dormitory, and every effort must be made to avoid the atmosphere of regularity and regimentation which is common under such conditions and reaches its height in the army barracks. This can only be done by spending much time and money in the arrangement of the furnishing. The House Masters have recognized this fact, but the economies and conveniences of management to be derived from having all-the furniture of a set pattern, as is the case in the Freshman dormitories, form...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FURNISHING THE ROOMS | 11/26/1929 | See Source »

...ground for doing so. Since the occupancy of the rooms is to extend over a period of three years, there would be a tendency for certain entries to take on the color of exclusive clubs. Such a tendency would smack dangerously of the fraternity atmosphere so foreign to the usual spirit of Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GROUP APPLICATIONS | 11/26/1929 | See Source »

...regard to the various features of the plan. The editorial column this morning has been constructed with this in mind and is entirely devoted to the setting forth of various features of the discussion. This has been done both with a view to presenting facts not suitable for the usual news column treatment and to presenting the CRIMSON'S opinion on these facts. It is hoped that the student body at large will feel sufficiently interested in the subject to bring forth further comment suitable for running in the usual Mail column. Effort will be made to provide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HOUSE PLAN IS HERE | 11/26/1929 | See Source »

...forms and objects with sufficient distinctness." The Society prefers the British legal description: "too blind to be able to read the ordinary school books used by children," and "unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential." A one-eyed person is not blind technically. Nor is the usual near-sighted person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Prevention of Blindness | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

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