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The idea of the institute started one day years ago, while Col. Thompson was philosophizing on the meaning of life. He decided that since the Rockefellers were giving fortunes to improve human life, he might well give his to improve plant life, upon which the human depends. Two years in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Boyce Thompson Institute | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

"It is a formidable assault upon personal liberty, this Soviet program, and a bold assertion of the absolute supremacy of the State. Strange it is that many of the so-called 'liberals' both in Europe and in this country remain blind to the real meaning of the 'Russian Experiment'!"

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Karpovich Attacks Policies of Russian Soviet Political Bosses | 2/27/1930 | See Source »

Last week was Winnipeg's bonspiel. A bonspiel is a curling tournament between clubs. For eight days, wherever you went in Winnipeg, you saw the curlers leaving one rink, on their way to another. Many of them were elderly men, all serious, carrying long brooms and heavy sweaters; they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Curling | 2/24/1930 | See Source »

The Language. Introducer C. K. Ogden (author of The Meaning of Meaning) compares Joyce's language to Eskimo, which Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson called the most difficult but most efficient language invented by man. In Eskimo, IGLUPAKULIA means: "The big house which he built for himself and still possesses and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Kaleidoscopic Recamera | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

During the past generation many a "progressive" secondary school has mushroomed forth in the U. S. educational field. Dedicated to the proposition that the school child should be made happy and useful, progressive institutions focus pedagogical attention on the student's individual "direct experience," attempt to give "meaning and interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bennington Experiment | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

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