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Myrer, Anton Olmstead...
...Gaetz, RadcliffeVernon Head Joan Sullivan, New BedfordJay Hurley Mary Reed, Katherine GibbsJoseph Kameese Virginia Foley, NewtonJohn Keeler Betty Gibson, Montclair, N. J.N. Frederick Lang Charlotte Armstrong, RadcliffeEdmond LeMoal Elizabeth Jarret, Caldwell, N. J.Samuel Mantel Helen Raphael, BrightonJohn E. P. Morgan, Jr. Edith Winsor, WinsorCharles Morris Fran Gallagher, RegisMichael S. Olmstead Barbara Lotz, WellesleyBayard Osborn Mary-Edgar Reilly, Chapin School, N. Y.Frederic D. Powell Margaret Bacon, WellesleyWilliam Rich Mary-Ruth Gillispie, WellesleyHarold W. Smith Jean Drake, SmithJoseph Smith Jeanne Hoffman, Harrisburg, Penn.Thomas Stanton Virginia Vail, GarlandDonald Talmage Priscilla Parker, NewtonRichard Thayer Doris Scott, Katherine GibbsRobert Wilcox Betty McArthur, RadcliffeMOWER HALLPaul...
Most controversial paper at the meeting was read by Dr. Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead, professor of Oriental history at the University of Chicago. A decade ago he began writing a history of the Near East, found such disagreement among scholars over the origins of Christianity that he "was compelled to devote precious years to the investigation of the New Testament for myself." Historian Olmstead's findings made most of his Bib Lit colleagues sputter. They think the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) give the truest picture of Christ's life, assign a much later date to St. John...
Biblical criticism is indeed in for overhauling if Dr. Olmstead's thesis is accepted. He has worked out a schedule of exact dates for all Christ's ministry, based on the recent discovery of astronomical tablets for the Babylonian calendar (which the Jews used after their return from their Babylonian captivity). Most authorities say Jesus was 33 when He died; Dr. Olmstead thinks He was nearly 50. He cuts down the accepted period between Baptism and Crucifixion from nearly four years to less than two, fixing the former date late in 28 A.D. and the latter on April...
...shrewd mixture of interesting fact, mental games and useful information. But The Popular Educator is more than a game or pastime. On its faculty are Harvard, Yale, University of Chicago professors, such famed educators as Historian Harry Elmer Barnes, Astronomer George Clyde Fisher, Archeologist Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead, Historian Allan Nevins, Dramatist Walter Prichard Eaton, Philosopher Harry Allen Overstreet. Their students include college graduates as well as men and women who never went to high school. In its first six months, National Educational Alliance has made a small profit, but President Crawley does not expect it to be a gold...