Word: corson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Against the referendum were the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Episcopalians, as well as the State Federation of Women's Clubs and the New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers. Protestant pulpits resounded with anti-bingo sermons. Said Methodist Bishop Fred P. Corson: "Gambling is a destructive force in personal and community life. It is just as evil . . . when disguised under the cloak of charity or religion as when it appears openly in the form of slot machines and numbers rackets...
Delegates also approved a resolution cal ing for a vigorous, worldwide evangelist] campaign in 1953, the 250th anniversar of the birth of Methodism's founder, Joh Wesley. As the titular leader of U.S. Mett odists, Philadelphia's 56-year-old Bisho Fred P. Corson, new president of the Metf odist Council of Bishops, puts the emphasi on attracting youth. "The Communist! Fascists and ultra-fundamentalists, like tb Youth for Christ," he said, "all came t power via the youth movement. We mu< face that fact and recognize that they suf plies some sort of inner urge...
...Bishop Corson had strong views on tw other matters: 1) U.S. relations with th Vatican, and 2) a Methodist merger wit the Protestant Episcopal Church. Presider Truman, said the bishop, "set back th movement of religious cooperation 75 year by his injection of the Vatican issue." A for the Episcopalians, there is no chance of a merger so long as they insist that Methcdist ministers must be first re-ordaine by Episcopal bishops. Said Methodist Coi son: "If the Episcopalians want union, a they need to do is declare John Wesley de facto bishop...
...Army, one and two in 1950, will once again be slight favorites both in the afternoon field events in Yale's Coxe Cage in New Haven and evening races at the 102nd Regiment Armory in New York. Ten Eastern colleges are participating. The Elis have defending champions in sprinter Corson Ellis, vaulter Neil King, their second-best vaulter, and an almost intact two-mile relay team. The West Pointers return with titlists Dick Shea, two miler, and Harold Shultz, hurdler...
...BILL CORSON...