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Religion itself is experiencing a revival of interest at Dartmouth. Several plans, similar to those at Harvard, call for election of a college preacher-professor and renovation of the antiquated Rollins chapel. All these plans, naturally, are supported whole-heartedly by Dickey: "There is the opportunity now as there always has been in the independent liberal arts college for men of sincerity to consider freely all subjects of human concern, and there must be room in this consideration for those who seek growth and strength through honest reexamination either of their beliefs or of their doubts...
...Presbyterian George Buttrick, 62, pastor of Manhattan's Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, which he will leave the first of next year, and eloquent preacher. He will teach homiletics and pastoral theology, will, hold the Plummer Professor ship of Christian Morals, whose occupant must be, according to its founder, "a Professor of the Philosophy of the heart, and of the moral, physical and Christian life in Harvard University...
...School Tie is a mode for all aspirants to the best seller ranks. It reads easily, it shows a fine, light wit. And to escape the label of giddy, it spoon feeds serious overtones to its readers with the subtlety and originality of an Evangelist preacher...
...separating the position of Dean of the Divinity School from Chairman of the Board of Preachers," Pusey explained, "we wanted a first-class man for the second post too. It was assumed that when we got such a man he would take on a large share of the speaking schedule. In Mr. Buttrick we have that first class preacher...
...minds would be fired by the ministry (which supports almost all of Egypt's mosques). Said Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser: "The revolution will not permit vindictiveness to triumph under the guise of religion." But not even Hitler or Stalin had ever attempted to dictate every word a preacher said...