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When asked his opinion as to the validity of the two charges, dullness and uselessness, which have been preferred against the classics, George Herbert Palmer '64. Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, Emeritus, replied that he, himself, had always found the classics interesting, and that he believed the study of them in the original languages had a definite value which could not be supplied by translations...
...Tutorial System marks a definite educational approach toward the ideals of a changing civilization," stated George Herbert Palmer, '64, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, Emeritus, in a recent interview. "It tends to put the student on a firm moral basis as an individual, and so far as it does this, it reflects a growing tendency which has colored every phase of modern life in the world of today. This tendency is characterized by a growing mistrust by people in the theory of competition...
...Place of Science in Modern Civilization, 1910; The Engineers & the Price System, 1921. Frederick Soddy: Wealth, Virtual Wealth & Debt, 1926. Fred Henderson: Economic Consequences of Power Production, 1931. Alvin Harvey Hansen: Economic Stabilisation in an Unbalanced World, 1932. Paul H. Douglas & Aaron Director: Problem of Unemployment, 1931. Leon P. Alford: In Recent Economic Chanties, 1926, Chapter 2; Leo Wolman in Recent Economic Chanties, Chapter 6; also George E. Barnett, a publication of the Harvard University Press on Machine and Labor. Important magazine articles are also numerous. The general subject is discussed abroad under the heading of "Rationalization," and a report...
...Hocking '01, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, will address the conference on "The University and Spiritual Values." E. F. Gay, professor of Economic History, will speak on "The University and Economic Changes." A. N. Holcombe '06, professor of Government, is scheduled to preside over one of the several discussion sessions...
...Hocking '01, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, will conduct the services this morning at 8.45 o'clock in the Appeton Chapel of the Memorial Church...