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About three-quarters of the weddings take place in the chapel instead of the main church. Allen claims he can run a chapel wedding once an hour, but he allows an hour and a half between "big weddings" in the main church. He still remembers a hectic February day when there were five marriages in succession...
There is no charge for the use of the church or chapel, although it is customary that some gratuity be given to the janitor. The suggested amount depends, naturally, on the size of the wedding. Private arrangements must be made for an organist, for playing at marriage ceremonies is not one of the duties of the University organists...
...little white chapel at Key West, Navy Chaplain Harold F. Menges, a Baptist, stepped forward to deliver his sermon. From I Corinthians 13:9 ("For we know in part, and we prophesy in part"), he led into a discussion of criticism. He condemned malicious and uninformed criticism, but added: "It's the wise man who can take and accept honest criticism and make good use of it." Listening raptly was Harry Truman, who has been subjected to infinite varieties of censure, and has done his share of censuring. After the service, the President grabbed the preacher's hand...
...cooking class working on crêpes Suzette tossed their delicate flapjacks into the air and raced for the hall. Several teachers marched their classes to the assembly hall, conducting hasty rehearsals of the national anthem on the way. A nun assigned to unlock the main chapel door was so rattled that she could do nothing but rattle the key in the lock. The royal party passed her by and filed through another door. "How beautiful," said one of them, "are the angels here...
During the weeks that followed, rumors and suggestions were heard and repeated with a rapidity that outran press reports. The old question of religion's place in a university came up. Other schools were cited. The idea of a chaplain, courses taught by ordained clergymen, even compulsory chapel were bandied about, then dropped. Inevitably, the Committee got around...