Classes of brow culture in American society
The piece argues America is not classless but divided into high, middle and low brows based on tastes, media, and lifestyle. It contrasts elites with middle and low groups, noting middle brows shape culture while high and low brows react, with a controversial jab at concentration of culture near Independence Missouri.
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America
Rockefeller
Rosie O'Grady
First Methodist Church
Picasso
Independence
Missouri
Dionsius
Money and inflation press Americans, defense to blame
Audrey Neal explains how inflation and the national debt are tied to defense spending. The piece argues that inflation harms production and living costs, noting defense diverting up to one third of output reduces goods for consumers and worsens the economy.
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Audrey Neal
John Ellis
New Writers Discussed In Lost Generation
A look at John W. Aldridge s After the Lost Generation analyzes how World War I shaped authors like Ernest Hemingway Gore Vidal Paul Bowles and F Scott Fitzgerald. Aldridge divides war heroes into spectators and participants explaining how war altered moral codes and literary styles. Hemingway s hard boiled realism is highlighted as a dramatic example.
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America
John W. Aldridge
Aldridge
Ernest Hemmingway
Gore Vidal
Paul Bowles
Fitzgerald
Speech class shows lively student activities at Mrs O Hagan
Mrs Lynn O Hagan's speech class features movie and book reviews, open forum on a coming election, poetry memory work, humorous monologues and telephone drills. Second semester adds creative work including Commedia dell Arte with improvised dialogue, conversational units, anecdotes, parliamentary law, a May radio program and a banquet.
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Lynn O’hagan
Commedia Delarte
Not Totalitarian Need for Two Party System Outlined
An argument for a two party system over one party rule, citing history in Russia Germany France Weimar Italy and Texas. It asserts single party rule stifles issues and leadership while two parties spur competition accountability and national influence. It notes political apathy in Texas and urges Republican mobilization and Democratic party withdrawal of doubtful loyalties.
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Russia
Germany
Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Japan
Texas
South
France
Weimar Republic
W. Lee O’daniel
New York
Ohio
Illinois
California
Republican Party
GOP
Democratic Party
America has choice in entertainment scene
Americans and Texans spend widely on leisure from radio and movies to symphonies and zoos. The piece notes U S totals in theatres, radio stations, television reach, and numbers of amusement parks, bands, beaches, rental services, and various sports facilities as indicators of broad entertainment access.
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America
Europe
U.S
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