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...group of 140 Eskimos in bright-colored shirts, the women with children slung on their backs, sat attentively in a little wooden schoolhouse at Rankin Inlet on the icebound coast of Hudson Bay. Before them. Anglican Bishop Donald Marsh solemnly intoned: "It apper-taineth to the office of a deacon, in the church where he shall be appointed to serve, to assist the priest in divine service ..." Armand Tagoona, 35, was being ordained the first Anglican deacon in the eastern Arctic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Eskimo Deacon | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...extraordinary that the Canoe Club should try to hold a regatta twice and twice fail, because those who had entered did not apper. The first postponement may be excused by the fact that some who expected to paddle on that day had to row in the class crews against the 'varsity, But Monday was a good enough day for anybody who had the least interest in the sport, and the failure of the contestants to appear shows a lack of spirit. If a man has no interest in canoeing he cannot be blamed, but if he has interest enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/28/1890 | See Source »

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