Word: congregationers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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During the service, the congregation sang the hymns "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past," "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" and "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." The Commencement Choir sang Bach's "Dona Nobis Pacem" and Thompson's "Alleluia. "
The reading was followed by a tolling of the Church bells and a moment of silence during which the congregation silently read a list of those who had passed away.
The Rev. Thich Giac Duc, the priest of the Unity Buddhist Congregation, read from the Maha Pranya Sutra, the Mahayana Buddhist liturgy for the dead. Two assistants burned incensed and chanted as Duc recited the half-hour-long liturgy in Sanskrit, Vietnamese and Chinese.
Segregation not only has a racist connotation, but also implies discrimination and haughty exclusion. The dictionary definition of segregation focuses on a "separation" or "isolation" of groups. At Harvard, most of the concern over congregation of minority students is focused on Black students who choose to live in the Quad...
The hysteria over the congregation of Black students is largely unfounded. That it is even a concern at all is primarily due to the immutable characteristic of skin color. The congregation of other student groups, like athletes, is much less noticeable. And American society has often been nervous and suspicious...