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...energy all right; he is writing a thesis, plays catch with his wife and sons, and runs a troop of Boy Scouts. But Author Barth matches him with a crushing tragedy in the face of which his pragmatism is meaningless and his nihilism a cheerless thing. The agent of his undoing is the narrator of the book, Jacob Horner, one of the most fascinatingly dreadful characters to appear in a long time. He is self-described as "owl. peacock, chameleon, donkey and popinjay, fugitive from a medieval bestiary." In more modern terms, he is also a manic-depressive...
Said Minister Joseph Barth in announcing the new plan from the pulpit: "The church no longer dominates our Sunday activity or lack of it. Sunday is becoming the church's chief contribution to the long weekend. Why not, then, this spring, as not too radical a solution, extend Sunday morning worship opportunity into the week? Free the conscience of individuals for enjoyment of the long weekend by repeating the Sunday service and sermon the following Thursday night. In the spirit of Jesus, we might say: the sabbath was made for man-especially in New England in the springtime...
Another experiment group will go to Poland for the first time this summer. Among the ten members of the group are Miss Joan Barth 2G, Robert D. Gamble '60, and Miss Judith A. Gilmartin '59. The group will stay in Polish homes, either in Warsaw or in Krakow...
...Barth claimed that the University's only alternative to this is to "welcome to its territory in Harvard Yard all such religious institutions representing the student body as are effectively excluded from the use of the memorial chapel...
...Barth's sermon was reportedly seconded by a number of present and past Overseers in the congregation. Members of the church disclosed that the plan to publish and distribute it within the month...