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...only full professors left on the faculty in addition to Williams, who teaches Church History, are Robert H. Pfeiffer, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages; Harry A. Wolfson, professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy; and Arthur Darby Nock. Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion...
...prying with this head and nock, Ken Culbert at 177 rolled over Tufts' co-Captain Larry Byren and pinned him in a minute and a half of the first period. Heavyweight Pete Morrison rounded out, the Crimson victory with a fall after the start of the second period...
...this interest in the mystery. It is still, a little surprising, however, to hear him conclude in his thick British accent: "And the spinster said, 'Oh, no, sir, my dog wasn't nearly as shaggy as that.'" A few words of the punch line may be lost when Nock laughs--a hearty blast followed by a creaky chuckle...
...Nock's extensive travels are remembered as fragments of beautiful moments. "I remember dawns: a sunrise in Syria over the snows of Lebanon for example. Or the rainy, wretched, perfectly filthy day in Greece when we turned a corner and suddenly came upon the Acropolis for the first time. And--why, you wouldn't believe how good the Business School looks on particular mornings...
With travels East and West, books in his kitchen, and reams of brilliance in a shopping bag, Nock leads an active, many-sided life, ordered amid the helter-skelter. Choosing the scholar's monastic life, he has in his erratic, diverse way filled an essentially lonely pattern with lifelong friendships and warmth. For his active sense of humor extends beyond Little Audrey and limericks; it takes in his sealskin hat, his omnipresent umbrella, indeed, Arthur Darby Nock himself...