Word: 150th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pilgrimage to Concord and local displays today will mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson...
Outside the Orbits. The Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. has long been aware of Dr. Evans' talents. Last year, on the 150th anniversary of Presbyterian home missions in the U.S., his fellow Presbyterians discussed using them in a new and nationwide ministry. Their object: to reach the millions of Americans who need some religious help but who exist outside the neatly traced orbits of local church congregations...
Sight & Sound. First there was a private talk with Commander in Chief Harry Truman at the White House, then a nostalgic trip aboard the President's private train to West Point's 150th anniversary ceremony (where Ridgway got his second oak leaf cluster to his Distinguished Service Medal). At midweek he disappeared behind the closed doors of the Senate Armed Services Committee, later went on to Fort McNair for a special military review and reception. Next day, trim in his suntans, he addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Twenty-four hours later he spoke...
...Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church last week, delegates to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) met to hear reports on the state of the church, plot its course for another year, and elect a new Moderator to guide it. It was the 150th anniversary year of Presbyterian national missions, and as Moderator, the delegates, without a dissenting vote, chose the churchman who knows most about the church's mission work: the Rev. Hermann N. Morse, 64, of New York...
...caught the elegant manners and shady morals of his contemporaries. Although he lacked Daumier's satiric bite and Rowlandson's ribald bounce, Guys's quick eye and facile technique made him one of Europe's ablest 19th century reporters. Last week, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth, some of the best of Guys's reporting was on display in a Paris gallery...