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William D. Phelan jr.
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Lessons From an Adorable Genius
Faithe and utopias are the noblest exercise of human reason, and no one with a spark of reason in him
William James and Religious Experience
The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison inmates. And whenever we feel this,
Cosmopolite Cosmologist: The Life of William James
The entire man, who feels all needs by turns, will take nothing as an equivalent for life but the fullness
Distinguished Dissenter
In 1940 a lawyer suing to rescind Bertrand Russell's teaching appointment in New York described Russell's writings as lecherous, salacious,
The Farm Problem
Orville Freeman's farm program is a monstrosity. Admittedly, few areas in modern economics present greater complexities than agriculture. And with
Shirer Claims German Nazis Rose Threat
The Bonn foreign office is shot through and through with Nazis," William L. Shirer declared last night the Ford Hall
PBH African Project Meets Budget Goals
PBH's Project Tanganyika has successfully raised the $33,000 necessary to finance its African teaching project. As arrangements now stand, the
1370 Chosen For College's Class of 1965
The College has accepted 1370 students from the more than 5200 who applied for admission to the Class of 1965.
Goldwater Calls New Frontier Policy Throwback to New Deal Interference
"You can teach an old dog new tricks, but it takes too long," Barry Goldwater told the Harvard Young Republicans
Blanshard Suggests Ethical System To Heal Reason-Feeling Dichotomy
To the reflective thinker the inarticulateness of the practical man often makes him seem a strange combination of the wizard
Packard Attacks Current Waste: America Consuming, Not Creating
Americans are finding their satisfaction from life as consumers rather than Vance Packard observed at the Ford Hall Forum. he
Tillich Suggests Solution For Educational Conflict
Paul J. Tillich, University Professor, analyzed the problem of conflicting educational aims in modern civilization last night in a lecture
Koyre Stresses Role of Philosophy in Development of Modern Science
"Philosophy, if not the root of science, is at least the soil in which it grows," Alexandre Koyre, eminent historian
A.M. Pappenheimer, Jr.
On a spring morning in 1926 a Harvard freshman picked up the CRIMSON and read that a new field of
Tutorials In Biochemistry Attract Many
A substantial increase in concentrators in Biochemical Sciences has raised questions regarding the popularity of tutorial instruction in natural science.
