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George Washington, a good but not essentially religious man, considered the Church a desirable adjunct to the State. He planned for Washington "a church for national purposes." Not in his lifetime, nor in the succeeding century, was anything done about founding one. There existed in Washington no official church for state weddings or funerals or solemn thanksgiving or prayer in time of stress. The religion of the U. S. President was, and is, of no concern to the State: he could worship, get married, be buried with his own kind. But for the nation itself there ought...
...breaks the Gandhite movement, restores India to submission and thus saves the most valuable adjunct of Empire stern Lord Willingdon may even be rewarded with a dukedom.* perhaps "Duke of Gandhiland...
...answers to a questionnaire sent by the Research Organization on Military Training to students provide the evidence. Ninety-five percent of the answers support the statement that military instruction is of importance to a liberal education. These figures were cited to prove the merits of military science as an adjunct to education...
...accordance with the opinion of Coach Casey and the athletic committee that spring football practice is an unnecessary adjunct to the football season, it has been announced by the Athletic Association that there will be no formal spring practice this year. Any undergraduates wishing to play spring football will have to do so informally, without the services of a coach...
...Wigglesworth Hall in the Yard; but they are far from the only buildings finished in the past year. Most of these were mentioned as under construction in the last report. The Faculty Club was opened near the end of the first term, and has proved a valuable adjunct to the amenities of academic life. The indoor athletic building and swimming pool were also opened and fully used, but the identity of the Alumnus Aquaticus who gave the latter is still a mystery. We know he has been there, and hence, while we cannot tell him of our gratitude...