Word: abbots
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Yardling and Jayvee pucksters scraped the Arena ice clean yesterday afternoon as the Fiftymen, led by newly elected Captain Dave Abbot, lengthened their winning streak with a 6 to 5 victory over Arlington High School, while the junior sextet thrashed Newton High School...
...Freshman lineup: l.w., Fletcher; c., Abbot; r.w., Almy; l.d., Allen; r.d., Key; g., Draper. The Jayvee lineup: l.w., Lee; c, Hamlen; r.w., Bell; l.d., Weld; r.d., Coste; g., Yetman...
Priest at Work. Though St. Procopius Abbey is in rural country outside the city, the new Abbot will not be wholly removed from the Studs Lonigan district in which he grew up and has lived all his life. Under his supervision will be the priests of several Chicago parishes like his old one of St. Michael's, as well as priests scattered over several states. He will have charge also of Benedictine missions in China and Czechoslovakia...
...Abbot, Father Ambrose will be deeply concerned with the education of youth, always a chief objective of the Benedictines. But he is no blind supporter of traditional or classical training. His own background and experience are against that, and he believes that all Catholic education-for laity and clergy alike-should place more emphasis on social problems. Says he: "The big trouble in parochial schools is that the nuns never get out in the world, are unacquainted with social problems...
Last week, seated at a desk piled high with administrative work, he sighed. It had been simpler on the picket line. Besides, it was hard to take a healthy swig of water without losing the abbot's skullcap...