Word: younger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Henry W. Antheil Jr., 27, attaché of the U. S. Legation at Helsinki, younger brother of noted Composer George Antheil; when the Finnish airliner in which he was flying from Tallinn, Estonia to Helsinki mysteriously exploded in mid-air and plunged into the Gulf of Finland...
...first time since 1871, the New York Stock Exchange was without a Morgan as a member. Reason: In accordance with J. P. Morgan & Co.'s changeover last February from a private bank to a public bank and trust company (TiME, Feb. 26), Junius Spencer Morgan, J. P. the younger's elder son, sold the family's last Exchange seat (purchased about 1906) to Bond Broker Saul Schwamm...
...month Archibald MacLeish, poet and Librarian of Congress, blamed himself and other post-World War I writers for the cynical pacifism of U. S. undergraduates (TIME, June 3). Such fine and honest writers as Hemingway and Dos Passos, said he, had done their job too well, had left the younger generation immunized not only against phony patriotism but against all moral judgments. LIFE asked a number of writers for comments, this week prints the answers. Samples...
Spring practice went along pretty well here at Cambridge, and Dick Harlow was able to get a good line on some of his younger men. He was able to boil the squad down to about 40 men so he will probably get off to a quick start next fall...
...unifying loyalty cannot be founded on words alone. In the past decade the younger generation has seen the old stereotypes which constitute much of the "American tradition" used as tools of reaction. The blatant optimism of the twenties did not ring true in the thirties. In the disillusionment and ideological disintegration of the past ten years, young people have sought new standards, new and more active social philosophies. Many thought they had found them in the New Deal...