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...state of America . . . my dear country." Had his wish been fulfilled, Old Printer Franklin would have found America churning out printed matter beyond his wildest dreams (or fears). At present, he would have found a good deal of that printed matter devoted to himself, for this month marks the 250th anniversary of his birth. Among the month's Franklin literature...
President Pusey's other degree will be conferred by Pennsylvania on Jan. 14, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, that institution's founder. At the Founder's Day ceremony four other educators will be so honored: A. Whitney Griswold of Yale, Alvin D. Chandler of William and Mary, Thomas M. Knox of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and A. H. Smith, vice chancellor of Oxford University...
...next sheet in the scroll is a letter dated October 29, 1886 from Frederick Almy '80 to Wetherbee, then chairman of the undergraduate literary committee of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the College, asking for tickets to the literary exercises in Sanders Theatre. Attached to the letter is a scrap of paper which Wetherbee says was "tucked beneath the flap of the envelope as though it had been an afterthought," the message read--"Have you ever discovered a Transmittindum in your room, a parchment scroll with the names of all the occupants of the room, in an augur...
...Philadelphia's steaming Convention Hall and nearby Franklin Field, 5.000 Methodist delegates from all over the world celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth of their founder, John Wesley...
...again, with merger-if all goes well-in the spring of 1956. By the same time, the union plan accepted last month by the Northern Presbyterians (TIME, June 8) will be ready for action. The year 1956 will be a good one for a merger; it will be the 250th anniversary of the founding in Philadelphia of the first presbytery...