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Baptist Harry Truman was all set to receive an honorary LL.D. degree from Baptist Baylor University, of Waco, Tex. But from the Texas Baptist General Convention in Forth Worth last week came 4,500 "nays." Said the chairman of the convention's Civic Righteousness Committee in explanation: "No Baptist school should confer a degree on a man who likes his poker and drinks his bourbon. I know that we all agree that no man-even the President of the United States-could be a good Baptist and drink his liquor...
With a new rule permitting forward passes from anywhere behind the scrimmage line (instead of five yards back), coaches were more offense-minded than ever. A handful of holdouts, like Cornell and Penn State, scurried to the yardage-producing T formation. Oregon, Vanderbilt, Princeton and Baylor decided to rejoin the pigskin parade after sitting out a season or two. Intent on missing none of the fun, the public had already made most of the big games near-sellouts...
...philanthropic mood, Dallas liquor dealers sent out three fat gifts: $25,000 to Baylor University (Baptist), $30,000 to Southern Methodist University, $10,000 to St. Paul's Hospital (Catholic). Last week the first two gifts came back; the Baptist and Methodist educators said dryly that acceptance would be inconsistent with their dry teachings. The Catholic Samaritans said thanks...
From a "little ole red schoolhouse" through Baylor University at Waco to the University of Texas for a law course, Tom did well at his books. Otherwise he failed to distinguish himself much. He acquired a couple of nicknames: "Double-Barrel Shotgun" Connally, a tribute to his skinniness, and "Talking Tom," a tribute to his wagging tongue. His college days were briefly interrupted when he volunteered for the Spanish-American War; but his regiment saw no action. Settling down to law practice in Marlin (pop. then: 3,092) after the war, he found business none too brisk. Soon...
...that they can. Meanwhile papers all over the U.S. took up the cause. Result: hundreds of donors volunteered to give blood. Cartons of plasma arrived from Boston and Washington; 300 WACs at Chanute Field, Ill. arranged to give a pint of blood apiece. At week's end the Baylor Hospital's blood bank was again in the black; the interminable transfusions began again...