Word: viewpoints
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...write. The printing press came and added permanence to the thought of the moment. The typewriter followed--and the phonograph--and the camera. Now to photography, motion has been added. Already in the few short years of their existence they have made possible advantages that from our close viewpoint are almost incalculable. The actual scenes of the signing of the Magna Carta or of the landing of Christopher Columbus, or of the winter at Valley Forge are gone for all time; but every great event taking place now or hereafter will be preserved for succeeding generations exactly as it happened...
...further pointed out that America might well take a lesson from the new republics that are springing up in Europe. They have had a chance to study the American theory of democratic government from a detached viewpoint, and when forming their own constitutions it should be interesting for us to see what they incorporate from our system and what they discard...
...Italy respectively, comes a discussion in the Paris Temps as to whether Columbus really benefited humanity by discovering America, after all. The French reflection omits any arguments from the country most directly affected in the matter, as prejudiced, and proceeds to judge the question from an impartial European viewpoint...
...labor problems class of the Business School tomorrow, Mr. Whiting Williams will begin a series of lectures on "The Employee's Viewpoint" which he will continue until November 11. The lectures will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays in Pierce 111 from 10 to 12 o'clock, and on Saturdays from 11-12 o'clock in Union...
...color of Theodore Roosevelt. Those who insist upon buying their clothes and house furnishings by mail will be edified by a print of the Yosemite Valley or of Niagara Falls on the outside of the package. The insidious part of this business, looking at it from the college viewpoint is that the victim will be receiving education when he least expects it--with his latest book catalogue for instance...