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...School of Christ. On this theology Calvin turned Geneva into a stern city where civic and church rule were one. Everybody had to go to church on Sunday, and heresy was punished by death, as-in some cases-was adultery. Fornication was punished by exile or drowning. In the four years between 1542 and 1546, there were 58 executions and 76 banishments in a city of about 20,000. Yet to those with a taste for it, Geneva under Calvin seemed almost like an earthly outpost of the Kingdom of God. The famed Scottish reformer, John Knox, lived there...
Because the university is constantly working to build up a reservoir of good will in the city, both the commercial and social sides of Providence respect Brown. Administration and Faculty never hesitate to move in when they can be of use in a civic problem, and Brown often co-operates with local citizens' groups to bring cultural and political events to Providence...
Charles P. Whitlock, Harvard's Assistant to the President for Civic Affairs, has made a promising start in the field of public relations; indeed many City Councilmen have been impressed with the University's attitude towards the community since Whitlock assumed his post three years ago. This is a start, but one man cannot do the job alone...
...University and Cambridge residents can produce results far better than expected in the Houghton Area Renewal project if they work together, Charles P. Whitlock, Assistant to President Pusey for Civic Affairs, told Houghton area residents packed in the Cambridge Community Center last night...
Sponsored by Reps. John J. Campbell and John R. Sennott, a bill which would create a committee to study the best possible use of the Bennett St. yards is now pending in the House. To offset civic opposition to the use of so much land by an institution exempt from property taxes, the University has offered in the past to devote part of the site to commercial structures--perhaps a bank, an apartment house, or a parking garage--which would be liable to taxation...