Word: willful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Rev. George A. Buttrick will retire in June as Preacher to the University and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals. He will devote his time to freelance preaching and writing, and has also been designated as the first American to serve as Harry Emerson Fosdick Visiting Professor at Union Theological...
Buttrick, now 67, will serve as Fosdick Professor during the Fall of 1960-61, and will lecture at universities and seminaries in the spring. He is general editor of a four-volume Bible dictionary and of the 12-volume Interpreters' Bible.
Harvard is a liberal school. Anyone will tell you that. For instance, one Harvard committee is so liberal that it recommends that the College refuse to accept tainted NDEA funds from the United States government. In fact, the students don't have to go to class, or even come in...
But there is one thing that even the most responsible students can not be trusted to do--control themselves in the presence of women during the evening. The Administration feels that when boys and girls get together, unchaperoned, in a dark, moonlit room, then wild passions and jungle instincts will...
The Administration's logic is clear. In the daytime, propriety will prevail, but at night, things get out of hand. Besides, Friday night is a night for study, not play, and even responsible students must be protected from distraction.