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However, as Buttrick points out, the system instituted in 1886 had certain disadvantages. Chief among these was the "coming and going" of ministers: they remained in Cambridge for only six weeks, and the students felt the lack of "someone with whom they could consult on a permanent basis." Thus in recent years the emphasis has shifted to permanency and a greater importance for the Chairman of the Board of Preachers, while the other members continue to serve on an advisory basis, and are appointed for one year terms only...
First Marshal John A. Simourian, whose white shoes and trousers gleamed from beneath his somber gown, began the ceremonies with the introduction of George A. Buttrick, Preacher to the University, who delivered the invocation. Class Orator Robert W. Scrivner followed, who based his oration on "Veritas" and its meaning to the Class...
...prayer by Rev. George A. Buttrick, Preacher to the University, will open the program. Robert W. Scrivner will deliver the Class Oration, and John Ratte will follow with the Class Poem. The Ivy Oration, traditionally a humorous piece, will be given by Stephen A. Aaron...
Perhaps this was what "life" at Harvard was this year. But we have an inkling of something different. We remember the excitement when Hugh Gaitskell came, and the talk that went on afterwards. We know that Buttrick and Tillich actually said things, as well as attending to their functions. We know that i.e. lived, and passed quietly away, for a reason, not merely because it was a "minor publication" and therefore unfunctional. We know that the visiting professors were doing more than visiting, that professors in general were involved with something more than numbered courses. Something was alive somewhere...
...Theodore P. Ferris '29, rector of the Trinity Church of Boston, will speak at the baccalaureate service June 9 in Memorial Church. He will be assisted by Dr. George A. Buttrick, preacher to the University, and chairman of the Board of Preachers at Harvard University...