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...repair a dangerously leaking faucet in Somerville. THIS MAN WAS PREVENTED FROM GETTING TO HIS PLACE OF WORK BY A ROWDY BAND OF STUDENTS FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY WHO BLOCKED MT. AUBURN STREET FOR CLOSE TO AN HOUR. Such action by the students is in direct violation of the 1st, 5th, 7th and 13th amendments to THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. The consequences of their actions are grave. The faucet which James Mulhern was to repair became rapidly worse during the period of student pranks and caused the basement of a two-family house to be FLOODED BY THREE FEET OF BELMONT...
Historically, it was curious to find mention of martyrdom retained in the ritual creating a cardinal. The church's list of martyrs contains scores of bishops, but only one cardinal.* When the office evolved (probably in the 5th Century), the cardinals were in charge of important churches in and around Rome. Yet while there was evil in the world, there would be danger, even at the center of Christendom. The cardinals were reminded that they as well as those who went among the infidel were expected to be faithful unto death...
...church in Rome of which Cardinal Mindszenty became titular head was Monte Celio's 5th Century rotunda of St. Stephen the first martyr (about 50 A.D.).* On the walls of St. Stephen's are 34 frescoes showing scenes of Christian martyrdom-St. Margaret, her breast torn with hooks; Bishop Artemius, crushed between stone slabs; Bishop Simeon cut to pieces with knives. But not all martyrdom involves death. One fresco at St. Stephen's tells of a 4th Century persecution of Christians by King Unericus in North Africa. The description reads: "Those who talked and raised their hands...
...number was chosen to correspond to the membership of the Jews' last "Great Assembly," which met (according to Jewish tradition) in the 5th Century B.C. Its legislative work is summarized in its exhortation: "Be cautious in pronouncing judgment, have many pupils, and build a fence around the Torah...
Harvard Club of Kentucky, Anderson C. Deering, Jr. '34, The Kentucky Trust Company, 5th and Court Place, Louisville; Harvard Club of Memphis, Paul L. Miller, 1331 Sterick Building; Harvard Club of Miami, Floyd M. Sathre '26, 1456 Marseille...