Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Joseph J. Ball, a student in the Master of Theological Studies program, a two-year strictly academic course of study, says that contact between established churches and the school exists in the form of a questionnaire given to students in the beginning of the school year...
Students list their religious affiliation on the form, and are put in contact with local branches of their churches, Ball says, adding "There is talk among students that there is a lack of organized spiritual life--there might be a need for the school to do something in a more organized...
...than that found at the River Houses. Ellen Kellman '76, now pursuing a joint degree in public policy and law, says, "When people hang out with large groups in the halls, they do weird things." This self-mocking humor inspired such institutions as the North House Annual Christmas Matzoh Ball and the pre-exam Quad Howl...
...festival is given to New Orleans by a series of "krewes"--private social groups that exist solely to finance and put on Mardi Gras. Some of the newer krewes are commercial in nature. They bring in celebrities to host their parades and balls. Others represent local interests. Tulane University students, for instance, have their own "Krewe of Tuck," and members of New Orleans's black community, who participate in the more traditional parades only as "flambeaux" (torch carriers), put on an elaborate "Zulu" parade and ball...
Later, invited guests attend a white-tie ball where the gold-bedecked Rex King and Queen, atop a splendid throne, receive the curtsies and bows of New Orleans debutantes and their escorts. Then, the shimmering pair, their flowing, ermine-studded trains in the care of ten-year-old pages, begin the "meeting of the courts," at which the silver-adorned members of the Comus Court, including dukes and maids, exchange elaborate greetings with Rex Royalty...