Word: arts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...number of experiments to this end have been carried on both in Europe and the United States with the idea of making the airplane independent of landing fields. If the attempt to produce the machine is successful, it would revolutionize the art of flying, and make possible the "back yard" machine which every man could own as he now owns his automobile...
...play is a welcome contradictor to the too patent idea that all modern stage productions must end happily it that were its only recommendation, it would command the attention of people who desire art at the theatre...
...Princeton, Technology, and Harvard are concerned, he greatly relieved a precarious situation. His will is truly remarkable. Of the entire estate five-sixths, or approximately one hundred and seventeen million dollars, is to be devoted solely to the interests of the general public--to charity, art, and education...
...which are given annually at Princeton and Yale, as well as Harvard, were first held in 1907. Their purpose is three-fold: to arouse and appeal to the artistic sense of American college men, to develop an appreciation of aesthetics, and to begin a layman's education in the art of music. Classical compositions form the main part of the concerts, but modern and experimental works are frequently presented...
According to the terms of the will of the late Henry Clary Frick of Pittsburg, ironmaster and art collector, the University will receive $5,000,000. This bequest is one of 19 left to public institutions, the largest of these being $15,000,000 to Princeton University. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology also receives...