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...Humanism is a fresh breeze that blows away the stage props of religion," Harold R. Rafton '10 told Harvard Humanists last night...
Among the "stage props" Rafton listed were "gods--single and triple, mother goddesses, ghost gods, son gods, pregnant virgins, demons, and that auxiliary cleaning establishment, purgatory...
...fields of the several arts and sciences. Membership in the A.H.A. is open to all in sympathy with its viewpoint and objectives, and its strong representation in academic and professional circles constitutes impressive evidence of the important position which Naturalistic Humanism has attained in contemporary American thought. Harold R. Rafton...
...However, Rafton "has no idea" how the money needed to establish such a chair could be raised. He suggested that "when you broadcast such an idea, someone might take it up." If funds are not forth-coming, Rafton called for "guest lecturers" in Humanism...
Among possible recipients for the chair, he mentioned Corliss Lamont '24, who is now teaching at Columbia. "There are many other men who are suitable for such a position," Rafton asserted...