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Married. Mortimer J. Adler, 60, professor, philosopher, author (How To Read A Book, etc.). lecturer, and compiler of the Syntopicon, a mammoth cross-index of works written by 74 of the world's most important authors on 102 of the world's most important ideas; and Caroline Sage Pring, 26, his former assistant; he for the second time; in San Francisco...
Hanging On. After dinner, the whole party moved over to the armory, where 6,000 contributors had turned out to see a splendid show, organized by Broadway-Composer Richard Adler. The huge hall was happily decorated with 4,000 red. white and blue balloons, and there were plenty of Kennedys for the guests to gander at. M.C.s Gene Kelly and Kirk Douglas mixed wisecracks (said Douglas, "I've heard a rumor that a movie is to be made about Brother Edward, to be called 'I Was a Teen-Age Senator' ") with tributes to the President, and introduced...
Modern man's world offers alluring alternatives to the Christian way of life. He is captivated by his own technical and scientific accomplishments, devoted to the enjoyment of his plentiful goods, self-sufficiently distrustful of the supernatural. "The greatest enemy of Christianity," says Philosopher Mortimer Adler, "is man's self-confidence. The more power he has, the less religious he becomes." Much of that power has been given to him by science, which has made its launching pads and atomic reactors the age's equivalent of medieval cathedrals...
...perform a rare service. They strikingly catch a moment in the development of U.S. art-and the moment they catch is now. Only nine of the 102 were painted before 1959; all but one of the artists represented are living. Most of the names in the "dream list"-from Adler to Zerbe-are to be found in the catalogues of the best art museums...
...Samuel Adler...