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...Ignorance!" summarizes in one word the findings of a commission which investigated theological seminaries (Protestant) in the U. S. and Canada. The findings were recorded by Robert L. Kelly, ex-President of Earlham College, and were published by the Institute of Social and Religious Research under the auspices of such men as John R. Mott, Chairman, Raymond B. Fosdick, President Faunce of Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Students Aplenty | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

...said Mr. Scott, "the most fruitful researches during the 20th Century will probably be conducted not in the natural sciences but in the social sciences. . . There is recognized a need for a thorough rewriting of all our texts on history, economics, politics, sociology, psychology, esthetics, pedagogy, ethics, religion. . . . Funds wisely invested in support of research in the social sciences will yield 100% annually for all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Invest | 7/28/1924 | See Source »

Said an official of the Copper Research Association: "I feel uneasy and lonely unless I receive at least once a month another news story about the discovery of the 'Lost Art of Hardening Copper.' I keep these stories tacked above my desk and seldom lack fresh copy. But since copper can already be hardened as hard as anybody wants it-and much harder than was possible through the use of the one alloy known to the Ancients-the reason for this dazzling payment [of $1,500,000] remains as obscure as the name of the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fakery | 7/21/1924 | See Source »

...Minnewaska (Atlantic Transport)?Dr. William H. Welch, President of the Board of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research; Mrs. Gelett Burgess, wife of the famed creator of the Goops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming & Going: Jul. 14, 1924 | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

...William H. Park, head of Research, Vaccine, and Chemical Laboratories, New York City Health Department : "Tuberculosis vaccine has long been used on animals. In America it was used by the Department of Agriculture of Pennsylvania . . . Until we see a protocol on the subject we are not in a position to judge whether it will be a practical solution in immunizing the human race...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Wolf! Wolf!? | 7/7/1924 | See Source »