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...robot, not thinking for himself, but speaking words put into his mouth. He uses cliches like the "psychology of the business man"--Wolff's contribution to Economics A--until the grader, coming across it for the twentieth time, cannot help but see its origin. And cannot help but grade accordingly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLUE BOOK BLUES | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

General comprehension and original interpretation will be the criteria determining students' final grade in Economics A. The personal contact between instructor and student, and the examination questions will be directed towards this end. Professor Burbank pointed out the futility of tutoring and the "inadequacy" of prepared notes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Principal Survey Courses Adopt Measures to Hit Exam Tutoring | 5/24/1939 | See Source »

Enter Goring. Since General Goring took control of the entire German economy in 1936, the Nazis have made some progress towards their goal of Wartime self-sufficiency in Central and Eastern Europe. Low-grade iron ores are being worked by the State-owned Hermann Goring Iron Works; by 1940 the Nazis expect that perhaps 35% of the iron consumption of Great Germany will be supplied from domestic sources. Aluminum from bauxite imported from Hungary and the Balkans is supplementing heavier metals, such as copper and nickel. Artificial rubber sufficient for 25 to 30% of the peacetime rubber requirements is being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Wehrwirtschaft | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

Today the process of adoption is no secret. In every State numerous orphan asylums, private or State agencies have adoption services. Most famed haven is The Cradle at Evanston, Ill., which has sent children to Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler, George Burns and Grade Allen, Miriam Hopkins, Joe E. Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Chosen Children | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...sculptures in baby-blue plaster to great blocks of stone, from Christmas-cardy woodcuts to elusive black-and-whites, the show represents all trends, tastes, techniques. A few exhibits, with their wavering lines, naïve perspectives, jumbled colors, may invite perplexed comparison with little Hilda's fourth-grade drawings. But there is not enough surrealism to bite beholders. Many things in the exhibition treat in some way of the American scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: 1,214 Items | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

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