Word: baptisme
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...Park Avenue Baptist Church, Manhattan, should not be seated at the convention. The reason offered for this was that, recently, that church invited Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Modernist, to its pulpit, opened its membership to persons of other denominations and announced that it would not make complete immersion in baptism compulsory (TIME...
What with the vexations of coal mining and being mistakes for Virginians, the inhabitants of West Virginia have only vestiges of booster spirit left. A new baptism under the old Indian name of Kanawha will give the people an opportunity to tell all about the virtues of the State while the new name is being learned. Then they can drift along on that tide of fame, and when it subsides Senator Chilton's argument will still hold and they can have another christening, if it should be necessary...
...game for football men devised by Major Fred W. Moore '93 received its baptism of fire at Soldiers Field yesterday when the backs and ends of the University squad reported for the first time, it was reported as entirely successful except for the fact that after a strenuous afternoon of play the contest was ended without a goal having been scored...
...years passed, the independence of the Sikhs aroused the jealousy of Akbar the Great and his Imperial Muhammadan successors,* until finally a Sikh ruler, in self-protection, was forced to add militarism to the Sikh code. His name was Govind Singh. He instituted the ceremonial of baptism. When a mature Sikh youth became baptized, he added Singh (Lion) to his name-"John Jones" became "John Jones, Lion." From baptism, the youth must wear the five "K"s: 1) kes-uncut hair of the whole body; 2) kachh-short drawers, for convenience in fighting; 3) kara-iron bangle; 4) khanda-steel...
...Story Without a Name. Reeking of radio, rum and romance, this production defied baptism. Tony Moreno offers a flowing tie and horn-rimmed spectacles as evidence that he is the inventor of a death ray projector. Immediately he is put upon by the devious treachery of foreign agents...