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To back his sweeping assertions. Historian Latourette had many a historic fact and argument. Samples:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Challenge to Pessimists | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

Senator Tobey was all set to blaze away, but it looked as if he would have no chance. Just before he took position, it was announced that a county official had burned the Hudson County 1936 and 1937 poll books (which voters must sign as they vote and which were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Open Season | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

Lately Animalizer Andrews has quieted down somewhat as director of Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History. But even there, since he is able to poke into all the museum's affairs, from blue whales to green sapphires, he has added a lot of vicarious information to his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Believe-lt-Or-Nots | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

As every concertgoer knows, a full orchestra can be funny to watch. Published last week was a piccolo-sized book, People of Note (E. P. Dutton & Co.; $1), in which Versifier Laurence McKinney and Artist Gluyas Williams have some fun with musicmakers. The pictures, like "Oboe", are better than the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Malignant Tubas | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

This leads in reasonably logical fashion to the conductor's next duty, the job of educating audiences to new music, which is a direct responsibility to the composer, and an ultimate one to the public. If he takes this obligation seriously, and at the same time has the genius of...

Author: By Jonas Barish, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 10/11/1940 | See Source »

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