Word: alford
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...controversy began with an attack by William E. Hocking '01, Alford Professor of Philosophy, emeritus, in the October 12 edition of the Alumni Bulletin. Hocking claimed that the "frontal pattern of the new house suggests a calico print." He added that it is "devoid of taste, devoid of interest, devoid of imagination, and devoid of dignity," and concluded that "unfortunately it will last a long time...
Raphael Demos, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy and Civil Polity, added that he favored "putting some limit" on time spent getting degrees and encouraging "ability, not just research...
Named to the Committee on Degrees in History in Literature were J. N. Douglas Bush, professor of English; Raphael Demos, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy and Civil Polity; Franklin L. Ford, associate professor of History; and Wilbur M. Frohock, professor of Romance Languages...
...memorial portrait of David M. Little '18, former Master of Adams House, was unveiled last night in the Adams House library. Master Reuben A. Brower and Raphael Demos, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, spoke briefly about Little. "The portrait has been given by the generosity of Master Little's friends," Brower said. Demos, in his eulogy, said, "he made the spirit and morale of the House. He was a stranger who very quickly became friends with everybody...
Raphael Demos, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, tried to remind reunioners that for all Harvard's diversity, the College's academic side has not been forgotten. "Our job," he observed, "is to teach, not to preach." And the purpose of liberal education, he continued, is to free us from the sociological prisons in which we find ourselves...