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Dates: during 1920-1929
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To Christians, "Zion" means a holy city not of this world. To Jews, Zion connotes a temporal though still only potential refuge. Political Zionism, begun by Theodor Herzl in 1896, not only roused the Jewish national consciousness but made the world increasingly aware that Jews, citizens of every country, had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Zionfor All? | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

Clifford Wittingham Beers and his associates in the great Mental Hygiene movement (TIME, Nov. 25) tacked to a new educational course last week. The past 20 years they have been spreading a general lesson?protect mental health and treat the mentally ill humanely, intelligently. In the future they will teach...

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

The Poet. The Testament of Beauty is dedicated by the Poet Laureate to his King. Hitherto the Bridges Laureateship has been characterized by inactivity. Of all the line of laureates (which has included Dryden, Southey, Wordsworth, Tennyson) he has written the least official poetry. For his annual stipend of ?...

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

"from the premises of Pach Brothers, Photographers ... a section of what is known as the real Yale fence, valued highly for its associations and use in the photographic business. ... It may have been taken as a souvenir and placed in some college fraternity and club houses."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Fence and Offense | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

THE QUEST FOR CERTAINTY?John Dewey?Minton, Balch ($4.00). John Dewey, philosopher's philosopher, educator's educator, has played a role in U. S. life not small but not popular.* In his latest book Dr. Dewey returns to one of his favorite attacks on a stubborn position: the problem of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Philosopher's Philosopher | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

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