Word: churches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Citing Cushing, President Pusey called him "A prince of his church, ever mindful of the needs of the least of his flock." Of Dillon, the President asserted: "Great-hearted, staunch-minded servant of order and justice in our country and the world...
...common agreement the University is "secular" and its teaching function toward the undergraduate demands that religious preconceptions be discounted as much as possible. Gilmore gives an example of the different ways in which a church and a university handle momentous intellectual questions: "Augustine would never say to Pelagius, 'Let us examine your position on grace, Pelagius ...' as Socrates would say to Thrasmymachus, 'Let us examine your position on virtue.' The atmosphere of the University," Gilmore holds, "must be the Platonic rather than the Augustinian...
Commencement speaker will be Lewis Webster Jones, President of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The Rev. Richard E. Hanson, pastor of the Union Church, Tarrytown, N.Y., will offer the invocation and benediction. The daughters of both Jones and the Rev. Hanson are members of the graduating class...
...latter part of the year, Lowell's plan of the Society of Fellows was brought into being through his gift. Three of the first five Junior Fellows appointed that Spring are now distinguished members of the Harvard Faculty: Professors Birkhoff, Quine, and Skinner. President Church received its more recently position the next year, calling for more fellowships for distinguished scholars. The College-wide concern for scholarship could be seen in the long discussion of "snap" courses, the demand for longer library hours, and more attention to the tutorial system...
...spring of 1933 saw the completion of Memorial Church, and the near-demise of the Lampoon. In a ceremony led by Dean Sperry and Bishop William Lawrence, the Church received its more recently controversial consecration, while the plaque for the three Harvard sons who had fought on the other side was moved about from relative obscurity to prominence and back again throughout the year...