Word: adler
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Died. Dr. Cyrus Adler, 76, president of Philadelphia's Dropsie College and of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America; in Philadelphia. To him, to Pope Pius XII and to the Rev. Dr. George Arthur Buttrick, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, went President Roosevelt's Christmas appeal to join in peace efforts...
Died. Harry Clay Adler, 74, longtime general manager of the Chattanooga Times, brother-in-law of the late, great Publisher Adolpa S. Ochs and father of Colonel Julius Ochs Adler, vice president and general manager of the New York Times; after a long illness; in Chattanooga...
...Answers Adler...
...answer to Professor Mortimer J. Adler's characterization of the Chicago survey courses as purveyors of "superficial indoctrination," the statement said, "This remark probably referred more to the Humanities and Social Sciences, rather than to the Natural Sciences course, which is a generally admitted success...
Concerning Professor Adler's "100 great books" educational scheme, now followed at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, the statement said that the Council "favors concentration, which he condemned, but shares his apprehension at the penetration into the liberal arts college of university functions...