Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...George Trumbull Ladd, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, lectured on "Philosophy and Life" in Emerson J last evening. Dr. Ladd explained the relation between philosophy and life as being one of mutual need. True philosophy today demands dedication to the cause of the betterment of human welfare, and not to mere theoretical speculation...
...lightest types of philosophy have always been those which had for their aim the interpretation of the universe for the ennobling of mankind. Such a philosophy must be rational and entirely practical yet realizing the truth of human ideals. For after all, actual progress in the betterment of mankind comes through mental longing after what is more nearly perfect. The dream is the parent of the improved work-a-day life...
February 18.--"The Human Face." Dr. C. S. Minot...
February 25.--"The Effect of Posture upon the General Efficiency of the Human Being." Dr. J. E. Goldthwait...
...imbued with the spirit of Christ. This is the spirit which sent Livingston to South Africa, Gilmore to China and Manchuria, and is responsible for the achievements of all such men, whose lives are heritages for all time. The Christian of Christ's life-time was a very human person, not remarkable for idealism or mysticism, but possessing, like Christ's disciples, all of man's natural weaknesses. What Christ made of them we all know, and in the same way can our lives be transformed through faith...