Word: chapels
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...committee went on to say that by no means would they oppose a new chapel if the University was in real need of one. But, they claim, the University is in no need of a new chapel, and that a new chapel "would not be a lasting, artistic, inspiring, and suitable war memorial." In this attitude they believe they are supported by a majority of the alumni body...
...late hour last night the CRIMSON was able to get a statement from Allston Burr '89, chairman of the committee in charge of raising the funds for a war memorial chapel. Mr. Burr's statement read as follows: "In regard to the report of the New York committee I have decided not to say anything now. But I have been able to consult other members of the committee on raising funds to build a University church which have now reached a total of $750,000 and it is probable that a definite statement will be made later...
...Reverend Trevor H. Danies, Minister of the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, Ontario, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel at 8.45 o'clock this morning...
...Class Day Committe consists of the following: D. L. Garrison '28, treasurer; H. W. Burns '28 and A. H. O'Neil ;28, in charge of the Senior Spread; C. A. Pratt '28 in charge of the Chapel exercises; W. W. Lord '28 in charge of the Yard exercises; F. B. Cutts '28 and W. B. Jones '28 in charge of the Stadium exercises...
This statement is a little surprising from as liberal a theologian as Dean Sperry, who elsewhere decries compulsory chapel and the "religious hangover" found in some ecclesiastical colleges. It would be folly to deny the absence among college undergraduates of any very real religious certitude, of the variety dealt out by pious Sunday School teachers: it is, however, not to be assumed at once that students flock unthinking after the frequently flickering electric torch of Science. Theories are born, have their being, and die in rapid tempo: the ideas set down as dogmas in a scientific textbook "brought...