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...choice of Dr. Jose Ortega y Gasset as the Godkin Lecturer for this spring is a fortunate one, in keeping with the high standards of recent years. A political thinker of the first rank, Professor Ortega has contributed heavily to the literature in his field. Most notable of his written works is "The Revolt of the Masses", translated in 1932, a book showing a great grasp of modern social problems and able power to present them...
...editor of "The Nation", Edwin Godkin, have proved ever increasingly successful and a happy inspiration. Always well attended, and presenting men of real eminence in discussions of "the essentials of free government", the lectures hold a unique place in Harvard tradition. Professor Ortega has been a consistent liberal thinker, having been instrumental, through his writing, in King Alfonso's abdication. His lectures will provide a stimulating opportunity for students of the social sciences to compare their predigested theories with the vital ideas of an important European political philosopher...
...undoubtedly have been prodigious, for along with his smooth exterior and the careful polish which has removed all trace of his native Queen City, Mo.. Glenn Frank has. with facile tongue and pen, built up for himself a shining reputation as a clear-sighted, forward-looking, modern-minded Thinker...
...ANATOMY OF FRUSTRATION-H. G. Wells-Macmillan ($2). Typical Wells item, describing the philosophical work of a future thinker, an erudite and daring U. S. industrialist whose ideas on the obstacles to human progress are more familiar than Author Wells seems willing to admit...
Another Tercentenary speaker, who will lecture for the first half year, is Etienne Gilson, prominent Catholic thinker and medievalist, professor of Philosophy at the College de France in Paris, and Director of the Institute of Medieval Studies at Toronto. This will be his second term at Harvard, having taught here from 1926 to 1929. This year he will give a series of public lectures on "The Unity of Philosophical Experience." In addition he will hold a student seminar on the 17th Century French Philosophers Descartes and Malebranche...