Word: creed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Recently returned from a year in London is Joseph Anthony, a young American writer whose two novels are not so well known as they should be. Anthony is a quiet man, with slow speech, slow dreams; but they are profound. He has, too, a profound artistic creed which was manifest in the care shown in the writing of his novels. The Gang, a picture of boy life and street life in Manhattan, was received with unusual praise in England as well as in the United States. Of his new novel, he has already destroyed one draft. He says that...
...have been in holy orders for half a century. Soon after ordination I began to take an interest in the higher criticism and have imbibed its views to the extent that the Apostles' Creed no longer appeals to me and I recite it mechanically...
...Freshman baseball team will undergo its most severe test of the season this afternoon when it meets the Princeton first-year nine on the latter's field in what will be the Crimson's twelfth, contest. Moseley, who has been both- creed by a sore arm, was able to pitch several innings against Holy Cross on Wednesday, and will probably be in condition to oppose the Tigers for at least part of today's contest. Captain Maher's finger has also improved rapidly, and his presence behind the bat should have a steadying effect on the infield...
Science. The Fourth Annual Educational Conference of the Episcopal Church concluded its meetings in Omaha. The educators declared themselves open to all modern knowledge and scientific research which was not contrary to the Apostles' Creed. This stand for liberalism was taken, they say, because of many questions asked by young people who fear they have to give literal belief to the story of Jonah and the whale and other incidents recorded in the Bible...
...best of all Dr. Gray's is a happy, positive creed that absorbs and stimulates. He hates the passive viewpoint which is largely responsible for the student's dissatisfaction with existing methods of worship. And he draws from a wide experience, with the British Army, city congregations, and college audiences, to show why religion is to him real and desirable...