Word: canonization
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...first time, by a German. Count Harry Kreisler, Germany's first Minister to Poland and leader of the "Nie-Wieder-Krieg" demonstrations in Berlin, is the German representative. Viscount Birkenhead and Sir Edward Grigg, formerly political secretary to Lloyd George, will attend from Great Britain, and Canon Ernest Dimnet, professor in the College Stanislas at Paris, from France. Sir Paul Vinogradov, the eminent professor of jurisprudence at Oxford, formerly a resident of Moscow, will deliver a course of public lectures, and Dr. Estinislav Zebellos, Minister of Foreign Relations in three Argentina Cabinets, will take part in the discussion...
...claims to be a direct descendant. He has already gone so far as to disinter more than a hundred skeletons, and to measure their skulls in the hope of being able to recognize his Indian ancestress. Of these skulls he has selected three or four for future reference, while Canon E. Lionel Gedge has reburied the remaining bones with due solemnities, and the wardens of the Church have called down evil upon Mr. Gaston's head and prophesied for him a death similar to that of the late Lord Carnarvon...
...student with originality and a gift for composition, there are the courses in harmony, counterpoint, canon, fugue, instrumentation, and composition; for those who wish to supply themselves with a knowledge of music such as will enable them to become appreciative listeners, there are courses in history and appreciation, and halfcourses devoted to special fields and composers; for those who intend to become teachers of music, there are the courses in the teaching of appreciation, in public school music, and in chorus organization and training. It is to be hoped that men will look forward more and more to the work...
...student with originality and a gift for composition, there are the courses in harmony, counterpoint, canon, fugue, instrumentation, and composition; for those who wish to supply themselves with a knowledge of music such as will enable them to become appreciative listeners, there are courses in history and appreciation, and halfcourses devoted to special fields and composers; for those who intend to become teachers of music, there are the courses in the teaching of appreciation, in public school music, and in chorus organization and training. It is to be hoped that men will look forward more and more to the work...
...been "ragged" for poor playing in a football game. The headmaster of Christ's Hospital was reported to have said that "If a boy acts badly as a linesman a mild kick is not an excessive punishment." The result was a storm of indignant protests. Then Canon Lyttleton of Eton published his opinions including the sentences quoted above. Followed more indignation. Interviews with headmasters, teachers and laymen representing every shade of opinion began to appear in the press. And apparently the controversy is still raging, with the late Lord Salisbury, whose public school experiences were much discussed...