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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although this is the first time that our publications have been used in a single, formal, large-scale project like California's, they have been used for many years in various aspects of U.S. education. TIME Inc.'s Educational Bureau, for instance, has provided, in addition to our publications, teaching aids (e.g., the TIME Current Affairs Test, monthly quizzes on the news, maps, charts) to schools and colleges all over the U.S.This material has been used extensively, especially in journalism, science, social studies and English classes...
DeMille is a movie pioneer in various other respects, too. He did as much as any other man to develop "spectacle" movies. He doubtless did more than any other man, with his extravagant bathing scenes, to turn the U.S. bathroom into a national pride. He was the first Hollywoodian to risk a movie on an all-out religious theme (The Ten Commandments, 1923). He was among the first to use "effect lighting." He pioneered with the camera boom and the "blimp" (silencing insulation which permits the sound camera to move freely). He was among the first to use color...
...almost two hundred million dollars in market value, a figure that does not include a penny's worth of the physical plant. It is the source, not only of that vague concept known as Harvard's greatness, but also of many more specific questions, such as the various rates of tuition throughout the University. Yet the nature of Harvard's money, both in terms of its powers and its limitations, probably is more of a mystery in the minds of most students than any other major influence on their academic careers...
...effort to further understanding among the various local religious groups, an organization known as the Harvard Square Inter-Church Student Council will sponsor talks this fall on the major faiths. First on the list will be a discussion of Judaism by Rabbi Maurice L. Zigmund tonight in the Noble Room of Phillips Brooks House at 7:15 o'clock...
Other talks in the series will analyze Protestantism on November 10 and Catholicism on December 1 at the same time and place, while later in the year additional speakers will discuss the various Protestant sects and other religions in greater detail...