Word: basic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Friday, Dr. A. V. Kidder '08, curator of Southwestern Archaeology, will take as his subject "Basic Civilizations in the Southwest", describing the coming of agriculture into the Southwest and tracing the life, art, and design of the basket-makers and cliff-dwellers. On May 5, Dr. Charles Peabody '90, curator of European archaeology, will speak on "Art Prehistoric and Primitive", telling of the remarkable art of upper Paleolithic times in southern France and comparing these early efforts with the drawings of children. On May 12, Dr. H. J. Spinden '06, curator of Mexican Archaeology, will lecture on "Maya...
...branches of athletics that produce better physical results than sculling. It is done in the open and strengthens the abdominal and back muscles, develops the limbs, broadens the chest, helps the heart and lungs to function and, above everything else, makes for good sportsmanship which is the basic principle of all sports...
...mines are no less of a public utility than the railroads; some new plan of operation is necessary, albeit care should be taken in adopting one. Increased efficiency would make possible higher wages. Such measures would help to eliminate mining strikes and there by improve conditions in all the basic industries...
...Eddy completed his speech by telling how these grave crises can be cured. "The underlying cause of economic trouble in the world is the unequal distribution of wealth. In England, one-tenth of the population owns nine-tenths of the wealth. In this country, 103 families control the 14 basic industries. I found students of Europe thinking, and leading in reform. I wish I could say the same thing of American students...
...ruin, even as materialistic progress spelled ruin for the other great civilizations of history. This argument deserves weight, but clearly falls to envisage all the facts. The picture painted of a peaceful country sufficient unto itself falls to show in the background the squalor and poverty of the basic population, the bare existence in normal times and the plagues and famines of the years. China, it is true, has lived for centuries clearly independent of the outer world. But she has been unable to meet the demands of an intensive population, the check has had to come through disease. Whatever...