Word: chaplain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prison chaplain makes the best suggestion: that Caley take a job as his gardener until the excitement about him dies down. Instead, the Senator carries him off to the city, shows him off to his friends for a while, then-puzzled by the big fellow's innocent evangelism-gets him a sort of personal-appearance job at a night club. Caley reigns there for a time, falls in love, gets his life story printed in the newspapers. Then people again turn apathetic. With only shady prospects before him now, Caley realizes at last how little belief there...
...Chaplain: Mohammed...
...distinct asset for any chaplain to be of such athletic build and temperament that he can execute any task assigned to him in the briefest time possible. . . . Military bearing and neatness are extremely significant. Nothing can more quickly destroy an officer's influence and efficiency than untidy habits of dress or deportment. The chaplain's bearing should be smart and alert, his address prompt and to the point... .Some officers, and unfortunately some of them were chaplains, have spoiled otherwise spotless records by saying or doing tactless things. ... It goes without saying that a chaplain should be possessed...
...like a Texas ranger. He was born in Wooster, Ohio, studied at a seminary run by Fathers of the Precious Blood, was ordained in 1908 and given a parish in Fort Wayne, Ind., still his home diocese. For a time Father Arnold had the odd task of acting as chaplain for Catholics in the Wallace Circus, in winter quarters at Peru. Ind. In 1913, he applied to the chaplain bishop of his church for an appointment as army chaplain. He was going to try it only for a year, but liked the life so well that he remained, made...
...Father Will was made director of a U. S. chaplains' school at Fort Leavenworth, where chaplains are familiarized with their religious and secular duties. Every regiment has at least one chaplain, detailed for an indefinite period. Aside from holding services for men of his faith, he must know how to join in with all the soldiers in athletic, theatrical and educational ventures, lecture to them on subjects like "Wearing the Uniform," "Personal Purity," "Don't be a Borrower," "Great Soldiers of America," and must be aware of opportunities like one mentioned in the manual...