On the campus of the University of Chicago, Dr. Mortimer J. (the Great Books) Adler is known as "the activity that supplanted football." Last week "the Great Bookie" lived up to his reputation. Squaring off in the "Defense of Man Against Darwin," Adler delivered one of his favorite lectures and promptly started an intellectual battle royal.
Sponsored by the University's Roman Catholic Calvert Club, Adler faced a capacity crowd that jammed into Kent Hall, piled up in the aisles and overflowed into every available space. Then, for the next hour, he ripped into great...
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