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Blockprint was a student magazine published throughout the 1950s-60s. The October 26, 1959 issue features articles on Lewis Mumford's full speech at the dormitory dedication, Edward Weeks' full speech at the dormitory dedication, Professor Otto Kolb, the "Urbanity" dance, a lecture on Japanese architecture, RISD students, the Charles Van Doren quiz show scandal, a faculty exhibition, student club news, and various lectures and events around campus; student editorials and creative writing.
Identifier
Blockprint_1959_10_26.pdf
Publication Date
10-26-1959
Document Type
Newspaper
City
Providence, Rhode Island
Keywords
RISD, art school, art college, student newspapers, student publications, Lewis Mumford, Edward Weeks, Otto Kolb, industrial design department, Urbanity, dances, picnics, Architectural Society, Phil Sturgis, Japanese Architecture, editorials, The Thirteenth Floor, drama club, The Unadjusted Man, Bill Murphy, Charles Van Doren, quiz shows, faculty exhibitions, Erwin Panofsky, Galileo, poetry, cartoons, Brown University convocation, Halloween
Disciplines
Aesthetics | Architecture | Art and Design | Art Education | Creative Writing | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Music | Theatre and Performance Studies
Recommended Citation
Students of RISD and Archives, RISD, "Blockprint October 26, 1959" (1959). All Student Newspapers. 263.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/studentnewspapers/263
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Aesthetics Commons, Architecture Commons, Art and Design Commons, Art Education Commons, Creative Writing Commons, History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, Music Commons, Theatre and Performance Studies Commons