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...story is chiefly concerned with the newspaper ethics of the tabloids George Bancroft as a city editor proudly boasts that he gets news and prints it. There is nothing sacred for George. It is a successful creed evidently for the publisher of "The Bulletin" sets a great deal of store by his managing editor. The circulation of the paper increases and a reputation is ruined once an issue. Then one day Mr. Bancroft learns that his wife, who is dearer than life itself, is in love with the successful banker. Clive Brook. The managing editor goes to his wife...
...subscribe] to the formularies of the Church. There can be no question but that the Church must satisfy itself of the faith of those to whom it gives a commission to teach. Some test is indispensable. But there is increasing agreement that the Thirty-Nine Articles [Anglican creed, formulated 1576] in their present form are unsuitable for this purpose...
...dogmas, is defined by Mrs. Besant as "the body of truths which form the basis of all religions and which can not be claimed as the exclusive possession of any." It has three Objects: "1) To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color. 2) To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy and science. 3) To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the power latent in man." But Theosophists believe in many a dogmatic mystery, among them reincarnation. Mrs. Besant in previous incarnations has been sister and wife...
...spiritualism, the latest theories of consciousness. Says the senior partner of himself: "[He] is the least well equipped scientifically. His share has been mainly literary and editorial and he is responsible for the initiation and organization of the whole scheme. . . . The triplex author claims to be wedded to no creed, associated with no propaganda; he is telling what he believes to be the truth about life. so far as it is known...
...article published in the Daily Princetonian, Dr. Mather A. Abbott discusses the relation of Preparatory Schools to the individualism creed of the colleges. Quite rightly, we believe, he absolves the schools and their emphasis upon spirit from blame, for the college reaction. It is a characteristic fostered by men of college age, independent of school training to disregard as superfluous all community interests which do not react to the immediate satisfaction of the individual. Dr. Abbott writes, "let us stick to the old order, if so-called individualism is going to bring to pass the current state of disinterestedness...