Show EMERSON HALL DEDICATED cambridge mass dec 27 emerson hall the new home of the philosophical department at harvard hersity and named in honor of ralph waldo emerson was dedicated today in the presence of the members mcm bers of abo american philosophical and psychological association and the various governing boards of the university prof hugo Muns head of the department part ment at philosophy presided and the speakers were president charles W ellofs and dr edward waldo emerson a son of the great american in his address president eliot said we believe that emersons Emer song name will bo a lasting one an immortal net that emerson WAS a philosopher or psychologist he was not only a sympathetic thinker but more a poet and a prophet many of chose prophecies have already been fulfilled he was a new englander facunco an american in the broadest sense he was a poetical seer we find in his writings ideal of government as well as of learning his name is appropriate to this institution and to the department 0 this institution |