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Sacco is on hunger strike now as a protest against being kept in jail so long without sentence after his conviction of a crime of which he con- tends he is innocent. Counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti have made five motions for new trials, based on new evidence, discrediting of former testimony, and exceptions taken during the first trial. All of these motions are scheduled to be heard within a week...
Many attempts at reunion since the Civil War have failed. But the Con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held in Des Moines, in 1920, appointed a committee on reunion, and asked the Southern Methodists to do the same. The two committees have worked out a plan which will abolish the word " south" from " Methodist Episcopal Church, South," incorporate the two branches of the church into one legal body, appoint one General Conference, and two Jurisdictional Conferences, one north and one south. The General Conference is to be supreme...
...recent newspaper clamor ever Dr. Grant's "heretical" statements, and the ensuing arguments pro and con, have raised cynical remarks that religion and the Church were going into a state of disruption. Fortunately, these surface disturbances are hardly typical of the whole body of church goers. Religion is still an unquestioned part of the lives of an overwhelming though silent majority of the population. The Church continues to be a necessary function of society. The question of who is right or wrong in the New York controversy is of minor importance. The mere fact that so much popular interest...
...orchestra. Mr. Burgin will also be heard with the orchestra in Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin. The program in full is as follows: Symphony No. 4, in F minor, Op. 36, Tschaikowsky 1. Andante sostenuto. 2. Andantino in modo di canzona. 3. Scherzo; Pizzicato ostinato: Allegro. 4. Finale: Allegro con fuoco. Symphony Poem, "Le Rouet d'Omphale ("Omphale's Spinning Wheel") in A major, Op. 31, Saint-Saens Concerto in E minor for Violin, Op. 64, Mendelssohn 1. Allegro molto appassionato. 2. Andante. 3. Allegretto non troppo; Allegro molto vivace. Overture, "Im Fruhling" (In the Spring) Op. 36, Goldmark
...stories. There is no market for tales of the grim days of 'seventeen-'eighteen. Unless indeed the author have something startling, something sensational, something preening itself on what is wellnigh sacrilege. Then indeed the public buys. Then articles are written a guing, pro and con, the merits and demerits of the publication. Yet in most cases it is the facts that are criticized or applauded, the technique that is judged flawless or faulty, none estimates the spirit in which the subject was approached, the ideals of the writer, or the purpose of the writing. So comes the fame of some...