ID: 8892  -  Giovanna Covi  -  Trento Type: Text Format: Medium: Article Extent: Identifier: Source: Title: Editorial: The Third Year Subtitle: Alternative: Agents: Creator: Marson, Una Role: Name: Created: Date: Issued in/on: 1930-05 Language: English Rights: Relation: IsPartOf Qualifier: The Cosmopolitan Coverage: Place: Kingston, Jamaica Time: 1930 Description: Marson's editorial for the third year of her magazine calls for social reforms--such as development of local industries, technical education, housing conditions, better lighting of the water front, irrigation to prevent drought damages--and cultural reforms--request for betetr and cheaper books, the development of the ruly beautiful and simple things of life instead of the sordid, artificial, luxurious, sophisticated and material. It points out: we have urged that women be given right to participate in the life of the nation. Subjects: Nationalism/Regionalism Subjects: Wo/Men Subjects: Definitions of Culture Subjects: Nationalism/Regionalism Keywords: cultural movements Keywords: equal opportunities policy Keywords: developing countries Keywords: developing countries Keywords: independence movement Query Subject+Keyword: (Nationalism/Regionalism, cultural movements) Query Subject+Keyword: (Wo/Men, equal opportunities policy) Query Subject+Keyword: (Nationalism/Regionalism, independence movement) Comment: Interesting definition of the title of the magazine: cosmopolitan stands for a wider spirit and vision, a more charitable and tolerant attitude; it is promoted to counter snobbishness and develop cooperation with the consciousness that Jamaica needs material progress as well as cultural heritage. The coclusion practically addressed the traffic problem in King Street by underlining that no foreign expert is needed to solve the parking problem, which any simple layman with an average amount of common-sense ought to be able to handle satisfactorily.