old Testament Studies Conference May 18-19
Speiser, Albright Lectures Spark
WSU Bible Confab Mon., Tues.
be held in the McGregor Cen- and Dr. Virgil Lougheed, direc- John Shufelt, director of Canter-
ter.
for of religious activities, Rabbi bury Association.
Other participants in the Con- Max Kapustin, director. of Hillel
Honorary co-chairmen a r e
ference are Professors Marvin Foundation, Father Edward Rabbi Adler, the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
The Wayne State University Walter and Lea Field Semi- H. Pope, George E. Mendenhall, Peters, director of Newman Carroll F. Deady and the Rt.
Conference on Old Testament
tic Lecture Series, admission the Rev. John L. McKenzie, Foundation, and the Rev. Canon Rev. Bishop Emrich.
Studies will get underway at
is free and open to the pub- David N. Freedman, Harold L.
10 a.m., Monday, and continue
lic. Dr. Albright will he in- Ginsberg and Frank M. Cross.
. . . Did over 100 dry
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troduced by Rabbi Morris
Among the topics slated for
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Adler.
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Highlights of the Conference, sion format, according to
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Prof. Ephraim A. Speiser, at
the WSU Sem-
with Leather-Nu.
8:30 p.m., Monday, and Prof.
itic Languages
William F. Albright, at 8:30
and Literature
p.m., Tuesday.
Department,
Prof. Speiser, a leading au-
which is spon-
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The lecture will be in the Mc-
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Gregor Conference Center, Fer-
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ry at Second, on the WSU cam-
pus.
:ed scholar in
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Because of the great demand
late Old Testa-
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ment litera-
other rooms in the McGregor
ture and his-
Center will have the lecture
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ticipants will be permitted to Talmudic literature, will be one
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out problems in biblical study. in the History of Israel" and
All of the panel discussions will "The Old Testament and the
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hear this lecture over the public
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Dr. Speiser will be introduced
by University vice-president Dr.
Winfred Harbison.
On Tuesday evening, Prof.
Albright, of Johns Hopkins
University, will speak on "The
Dead Sea Scrolls and the New
Testament," in the 1,200 seat
large auditorium of the De-
troit Institute of Arts. No
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special service of morning wor-
ship at the Detroit Area Dis-
trict No. 11 campout of the Boy
Scouts of America this Sun-
day, 'at Bishop Lake, Mich.
* * *
BAGLEY SCHOOL PTA will
hold its annual mother and
daughter night at 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, in the school, when
Kathleen N. Lardie, director of
radio education for the Detroit
Public Schools, who is known
as WWJ's "Story-Telling Lady,"
will be featured on the pro-
gram. A style show by Small
Fry Fashions also is planned,
with Bagley students modeling
the latest summer styles. Mrs.
LeRoy Atler is program chair-
man.
* * *
SHERMAN COUSINS CLUB
will hold its annual outing this
Sunday, beginning with dinner
at Darby's and followed by at-
tending a games party given by
Knights of Pythias, at Chil-
dren's Orthogenic School.
* * *
Beginning Monday, GARE-
LICK'S GALLERY, 20208• Liv-
ernois, will have on exhibition
25 new paintings by artist Harry
Gottlieb. The new works display
the artist's deepening interest
in people as subject matter for
his paintings and gouaches. The
exhibit will continue through
May 29.
* * *
CHARLES H. JORDAN, direc-
tor-general of the Joint distri-
bution Committee for overseas
operations, has been named co-
chairman of the International
Committee for World Refugee
Year, initiated by 21 agencies
engaged in serving refugees
on an international level.
* * *
Dr. IRVIN ROCK, associate
professor of psychology at the
New School for Social Re-
search, was named to fill the
newly-established Floersheimer
Chair in Psychology at Yeshiva
University's Graduate School of
Education.
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The Conference series is
already over-subscribed, but
if enough additional registra-
tions are received prior to the
opening session on Monday, a
larger room in the McGregor
building will be made avail-
able for the discussions and
luncheons. For registration in-
formation, call Dr. Spiro, TE
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Dr. J. Russell Bright, associ-
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liberal arts, is chairman of the
Conference organizing commit-
tee. Other WSU personnel
serving on the committee are
Dr. G. Flint Purdy, director of
the university's libraries, Pro-
fessors George Bohman, Milton
Covensky, Donald Perkins, Gold-
win Smith and John Sullivan
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