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...least a quarter of every college curriculum should consist of small seminars in which the "Great Books" are discussed, Mortimer J. Adler, chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica and an authority on innovative teaching techniques, said yesterday at the opening of a Britannica publications display at the Coop...
...Adler, who is also a noted Philosopher, lecturer and author, came to the Coop to cut the ribbon on the first-floor display which includes his new book, "Six Great Ideas," and the 54-volume "Great Books of the Western World" that he helped compile and edit...
Confirmed extraterrestrials are a diverse group. John Flynn, a hospital security guard who lives in Brooklyn, has a homemade job he built out of a handbook and $7,500 worth of parts. Record and Movie Producer Lou Adler has a rather more elaborate installation out in Malibu. Heavyweight Champ Larry Holmes has one at his digs in Easton...
Annotating Adler...
...great instructors are not those who can teach motivated students with high IQs like Mortimer Adler's group as described in American Scene [June 22]. The great teacher is one who can reach the child from a broken home, or from a family with alcoholism, or with a criminal record. Let's see Adler attempt the same discussion with a girl who has been sexually abused by her stepfather, or a boy so stoned he is barely able to pronounce his name. If he can succeed with these youths, then I will be impressed...