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...years the ablest associate of the late Evangelist William Ashley ("Billy") Sunday was Homer Alvan Rodeheaver, who played an old slide trombone which he bought for $4.50 while at Ohio Wesleyan University, led audiences in such rousing hymns as Brighten the Corner Where You Are! The decline of old-style evangelism and the death of Billy Sunday left Homer Rodeheaver less newsworthy but no less busy. Unctuous, large of frame, full of vigor at 55, he is much in demand as a speaker at gatherings of such evangelical bodies as Christian Endeavor. He runs a publishing house with offices...
...Shakspere's, The Winter's Tale, basks in the the golden glow of the master's genius; the sweet country air runs all through it, and few, if any, of his plays leave a pleasanter picture in one's memory. "As long as men can think, Perdita shall brighten and sweeten, Hermione ennoble, mens' minds and lives...
...painting is mediocre, the color flat, the style eclectic and the subject trite. I am not concerned, however, with artistry or the lack of it. ... There is no reason why places for the consumption of liquor should not be made comfortable and decorative. . . . Pictures, as well as flowers, may brighten a corner. "Obscene' should not be an execration lightly to be hurled at a painting because it does not conform to one's own viewpoint. . . . The picture is not obscene, therefore I shall not order its removal...
Probably the first people in Heaven who recognized the stocky man in the morning coat and pin-striped trousers were some onetime residents of Kansas City who were singing Brighten the Corner Where You Are. They had expected that sooner or later Billy Sunday would walk briskly in. Nor were they surprised when Billy Sunday strode up to Jesus Christ, shook Him by the hand and said: "Jesus, thank you. I'm glad you honored me with salvation. I'm glad you honored me with the privilege of preaching your gospel. . . . Now, Jesus, I'd like...
Cameramen will be shown the CRIMSON's well equipped darkroom, cut files, and other equipment necessary to brighten the paper. The aspiring Bruce Bartons of '38 will meet the inspiring Business Manager and learn of the multiple duties of the candidate interested in keeping the CRIMSON on a sound financial basis...