Word: calvinism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Fosdick believes that he is in a growing church. Since everything else is growing, evolving, why doesn't the church have a right to grow and evolve too? John Calvin regarded the theory of virgin birth as necessary part of his hypothesis, in order to get at the proper interpretation of truth, but it may not be necessary to the interpretation of truth today...
...cynic who said "Every man has his price." It was Calvin Coolidge who declared that freedom has its price. Last week a volume of his speeches and essays was published under the title The Price of Freedom. It is an expression of his views on national affairs expressed in the generalized, aphoristic style which the public by this time knows well. Excerpts...
Despatches from Chicago last week claimed that Calvin S. Page, of that city, had been nominated for the Nobel Physics prize of 1924. His book, Rex, the Life Atom* has been selected, it is said, by the Swedish Royal Academy of Science as "the best book of the year in the scientific world"-a rather extravagant tribute. A letter from the nominating committee praised the logical development of the theories, which, if generally accepted, will revolutionize scientific thought. Nomination for the Nobel prize is not always equivalent to the award, and it is unusual for any announcements to be made...
...LIFE ATOM-Calvin S. Page- Science Publishing Co., Chicago...
More prominent among the exhibitions are: Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, a rose, by F. R. Pierson of Tarrytown, N. Y.; Sensation, by C. H. Totty; The Mary Pickford, an orchid by Joseph Manda, of West Orange, N. J. Mrs. Mortimer J. Fox was awarded a special gold medal for her lilies...