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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Episcopalians call Bishop Freeman "the 20th Century prophet of the church, a leading exponent of prophetic ministry, a new St. Chrysostom* of the pulpit whose magnetic oratory and sound reasoning have great effect on his congregation. " Comparison might also have been made to Prophet Malachi, who wrote: "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts...
...Hampton Normal Institute, large Negro school at Norfolk, Va., faculty & student body took issue. Four hundred students went on strike, refused to atend classes or sing at church service. The faculty countered by suspending classes. Thereupon, 900 of the 1,200 students entrained for home. The striking students may return to Hampton provided they apply in writing, pledging loyalty & obedience. Otherwise they are automatically ousted. The controversy resulted from the students protesting by strike against the illumination of Assembly Hall during cinema performances. The illumination was insisted upon by the faculty because, darkened, the room had been used...
...Oxford has long been noted for its democratic independence. Magdalen College refused to enter King Edward when he was Prince of Wales because Queen Victoria made stipulations that the head of that institution would not accept; and so the young Prince had to go to the "House" (Christ Church). And many a noble lord with erroneous ideas about his own importance has been reduced to equality by a summary ducking in a fountain or a "de-bagging" (trousers taken off in public) humiliation...
...last week few people stayed in Argyle. The 31 singers, a little abashed, lifted their voices in the Perseverance Presbyterian Church, in Milwaukee. When sound died in the shafted gloom, listeners, able critics turned to each other and said sincerely: "A fine choir. . . they sing beautifully...
...appearance in court was the result of his roaring into a meeting of 10,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints (Mormons), waving banners & flags, and shouting: "A message for Israel...