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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.

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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

Blockprint October 26, 1959

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