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...John L. Austin, professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford, will speak on "How to do things with Words," at 4:00 this afternoon, in the first of 12 William James Lectures in Philosophy...
...Austin is an expert on the philosophy of language, which Morton G. White, professor of Philosophy, called "the center of philosophical interest in America today." White described Austin as "one of the leading English philosophers...
...phrase "high-class flophouses," which you attribute to me, has never crossed my lips. It comes from the colorful vocabulary of the charming young reporter on the Austin Statesman who interviewed me before my lecture at the University of Texas...
...Reporter Bob Sherrill of the Austin American-Statesman remembers clearly that he had never heard the colorful phrase until it crossed Dr. Hutchins' lips...
...program of Baroque music, Fugal pieces for Three violins, buy John Austin '56, did not sound as well as they might have in the context of other contemporary works. The composer's most obvious asset is his sense of musical balance and proportion. Scoring for three equal instruments imposes severe demands on such ability, and if Mr. Akustin does not always succeed artistically the pieces are at least short enough to avoid monotony. As in the Modal Canons, his fascination with problems in counterpoint tends to exclude (or avoid) those of expression. But with such technical competence, perhaps he will...