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Last week in the hands of the No. 1 U. S. paintmaker's 6,300 dealers were the results-25,000 copies of a big (over 2 sq. ft.) heavy (7 Ib. 6 oz.), costly ($10) style guide. Designed to replace the old color chart, its 236 color plates showed houses, living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, etc. in coats of many colors. Each oversize plate was an extraordinarily clear and detailed color photograph of an actual paint job. With housewives able to see how colors look on wall and woodwork, Sherwin-Williams hoped to touch off a housepainting renaissance...
...designed with the cooperation of the faculties of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia and will test the student's general grasp of the principle subjects taught in a liberal arts college. These tests have recently been made open to Freshmen as well as Seniors. The student will receive a chart containing the results...
Each student taking the tests will receive a chart showing his attainment in each of the fields of knowledge tested in relation to that of all other students taking the examination. He will also be able to see where he stands in relation to all other students in his particular field of concentration who have taken the tests...
Last week earnest Ernest Howe sat down before TNEC with a 322-page book on his knees, an array of charts alongside him. The book was his survey of the 26 largest of the U. S.'s 306 life insurance companies (selected for study because all had assets above $125,000,000;, and its long tables were filled with figures furnished by the companies themselves at SEC's request. From book and chart Witness Howe began to testify. Excerpts...
Last week there was thunder on the right. Mr. Glenn Frank released his long-germinating Republican battle-chart for the scrutiny and approval of good anti-New Dealers everywhere. Like all well-written platforms, it makes pleasant reading, paints an inspiring Utopia, but makes little sense without an analysis of the economic and social skeleton that supports it. Under such a probe, Mr. Frank's essay shows up as something far different from the trumpet call to "the good life" that it purports...