Word: notes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Balfour Note was discussed (again) in TIME, April...
...Genius Hunt'' at the Edison laboratories in West Orange, N. J. Mr. Edison, who is in Fort Myer, Fla., and has often been called a genius, did not deny that genius was what he was hunting. But from Johns Hopkins went a protest to the press: "Please note that we have not used the word 'genius' once in our plan. We would appreciate it if you would avoid the use of this word, since it is likely to be misunderstood. "An accurate description of the new Johns Hopkins plan might liken it to the Rhodes foundation...
...adequate quarters will be welcome news to all interested in Harvard undergraduate literary activity. The younger contemporaries of the University's oldest student publication can only look on with pleasure as the remaining unit of undergraduate journalism becomes completely housed in a modern building. It is deserving of note that this new home of Pegasus is to be built in the Georgian style and harmonious with the building plans of the University...
...Editor's Note: The "unmixed blessing of a single native tradition in architecture" is just as surprising information as is the proposed Gothic invasion. A cursory glance at the Grays quadrangle corrects the first statement; the second must give way to the indisputable Georgian triumphs that are soon to border the Charles...
Through the generosity of the Rockefeller Foundation and financial aid from friends of the University it would appear that the present unfortunate state of affairs is to be brought to an end. While one is glad to note that efforts to raise the necessary funds for the new laboratory are progressing favorably, there is also an element of wonder that plans which are not new should be made public only at this time...