The Pageant of America and John Trumbull’s Vision
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Yale University Press’s The Pageant of America a nine year quest through private and public collections to assemble over ten thousand authenticated pictures. The project linked painting and text to illuminate American history from distant European influences to Columbus to the Revolution.
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What Makes Americans Great Says Howe Column
Howe writes on carelessness during the depression and natural disasters, favoring thrift and prudence. He lists a few historically noted Americans and questions contemporary greatness. He reflects on manners, gender roles, and social expectations observed in Miami and elsewhere. He ends with a note about the Bell Syndicate column 1522.
White Man God to Indian Tribes Remains of Patterson as Medicine Men Staffs
The Smithsonian records reveal carved canes used by Indian medicine men depicting a white man in a top hat and green coat. These Stands honor Doctor William Patterson, a 17th century Scottish doctor who led a short lived Gulf of San Bias colony established in 1698. The figures, appearing across Tule and Chaco regions, show Patterson as a revered healer and godlike figure through sympathetic magic.
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Vision of a transformed world through science and travel
C. F. Kettering in the Saturday Evening Post envisions a future where air travel links continents, new housing with indoor climates revolutionizes health, and cancer and rheumatic heart disease are targeted by American and European science, while some doubt civilization’s progress.
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