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...philosophical cast of mind. The present M. Quesnay might be called a "career man" of the Bank of France. He functioned as chief French technical advisor last year when Rumania's Leu was being stabilized. At the first and second Hague Conference he prepared the whole documental background of the French position, is acknowledged to possess one of the most brilliant fiscal minds in Europe. Taking after his surgeon ancestor, he makes a hobby of studying philosophy at the Sorbonne...
Free and Easy (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Producers used to be opposed to stories using the moving-picture business as a background, believing, probably quite correctly, that such stories in attempting to exploit the accidental glamour which is one of the most important assets of the business, satisfied public curiosity instead of stimulating it. This time the idea of having the camera follow Buster Keaton around the Culver City lot, where famed directors and entertainers are at work, is more successful than usual. It is a Merton-of-the-Movies story, with the comedian talking in a mellow voice that takes...
...Last week President Hoover addressed the American Society of Newspaper Editors, answered questions. As in his press conferences, he refused to let his speech or answers be quoted, gave them as "background...
...background stands the Mashatma, an almost pathetic figure as he watches his own sincere efforts to elevate the Indian people transformed to an excuse for lawless excesses. Nevertheless, his influence is great. It is possible that he will, as he did in 1876, sacrifice his life-long struggle for a free India to the ideals of his benign Buddha and check the simmering of Indian nationalism before it comes to a boil. Eyes are turned to the East where a lion raises a questioning eyebrow at a Saint...
...desirable that elementary subjects should be taught in colleges by preparatory school methods. The advance from secondary school to college should be marked by a differentiation in teaching methods. First year students should be prepared to supplement the background rather than mark time in distinctly unpleasant and demoralizing courses such as the present elementary language courses that colleges offer. The preparatory school is designed to provide the fundamentals of education while the college should be free to build its thought-stimulating instruction upon this foundation...