Word: diffusionism
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And if, in the present instance, the Republican Club waxes as vehement and conspicuous as its predecessor which flourished in the day of Harrison and Cleveland, the Democrats will have to look to their standards. In the 1980's a mock election was held in the College. Harrison polled 1114...
The acquisition of academic knowledge has not this pecuniary asset--at least, there is no direct connection between a cultural background and better bookkeeping, for example, so far as the popular eye can see. The stimulus, therefore, will probably be absent, and the diffusion of cultural education "to all members...
The American Institute of Architects, a professional organization of lofty standards, recognizes a public obligation for the diffusion of culture. Through its Committee on Education it has issued a splendid volume, The Significance of the Fine Arts†, to which various leading exponents contribute studies of their own fields, designed...
Prof. G. Elliot Smith, distinguished anatomist and anthropologist of the University of London, traced in the relics found in TutankhAmen's tomb resemblances to cultural elements from remote races, affording proof of the widespread diffusion of early culture. Many of the same arts and crafts were found in the Egyptian...
Professor Ernst Cohen of the University of Utrecht will speak at the Chemical Colloquium in Boylston 9 this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The subject of his address will be "The Diffusion Problem". All members of the University are invited.