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Word: chapels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Drawn Bayonets. For 24 hours before the game last week, the bell on the university chapel clanged without let. At dusk on Big Wednesday, the Clemson Tiger was burned in effigy on the State House steps while alert policemen stood by to prevent free-for-alls. There were precedents for their fears. In 1902, the Clemson cadet corps showed up for the game with drawn bayonets. In 1946 the Great Day splashed over into a riot. This time, except for a few Carolina enthusiasts who lobbed rotten tomatoes and grapefruit rinds at Clemson cars, the partisans were on their good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Thursday | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Nehru's day began early and confusedly. At 10 a.m. his black Chrysler sped up to a Wellesley gate and was firmly deported by a guard with orders to "keep the cars out, because Nehru was coming." Despite this inauspicious beginning, the official party managed to reach Wellesley Chapel, where it met with a warmer reception. Over 1700 girls swarmed out of the classrooms and sat on the lawns and hung from the trees to see the Pandit. Sensing the importance of the occasion, they gave oral vent to their emotions...

Author: By John J. Sack, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 10/26/1949 | See Source »

...order to encourage interest in the annual Christmas story contest, $25 will be awarded the prize winning manuscript. Another change in the Christmas program will be the revival of the candle-light service in Christ Chapel prior to the refreshments and entertainment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Council Makes Xmas Plans, Charters Federalists | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

...completed section of stained glass, Matisse's working model of the chapel did actually seem filled with fiery light. Had he known it would come out so well? "No," said Matisse, "I didn't-I'm not a bluffer. Emotions within us lead us to create. The artist works and arrives at a moment when there is an explosion ... I can't say why in this case the colors happened to be so subtle and harmonious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: What I Want to Say | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...window, smashed by a German bomb in 1941, was placed in the chapel where John Harvard was baptized...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Window Honoring J. Harvard Restored for London Church | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

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