Word: crypt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present, Woodrow Wilson's body lies beneath a six-inch slab of concrete and a three-inch slab of marble in one of eight catacombs in the crypt beneath Bethlehem Chapel of the unfinished Washington Cathedral...
...crypt of St. Peter's, a tomb lay covered with flowers. Heavy candles diffused their ethereal light, revealing black-draped and kneeling figures, bent in devout prayer. A slight murmur of subdued voices disturbed the restful silence. Occasionally, the firm voice of a prelate would rise above the murmur as he pronounced a benediction, or sometimes low, sad chants would break the stillness. Close to the tomb were two elderly sisters of the dead, absorbed in reciting the Ave Maria, as they tremblingly counted their beads. All that long day, figures shuffled in and shuffled out of the crypt...
...crypt of St. Peter's, many Bishops, including Mgr. Canale Oberti of Santa Fe, last week said mass for Pope Pius X, "the Good", who died ten years ago. Before the tomb, thousands of candles were lighted, thousands of flowers scattered. The late Pope's aged sisters, who still live near the Vatican, attended...
...would seem now we can hear the soft voice of sweet reasonableness coming to us from Monticello, the voice of 'Old Hickory,' coming across the Blue Ridge from the Hermitage, and from that historic crypt at St. Albans we hear the mighty voice of Woodrow Wilson, wistfully calling to us: 'To you, from failing hands, we throw the torch. Hold it high! Hold it high! Carry on, carry on; keep the faith, keep the faith...
Tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Faculty Room of the Union, Professor C. T. Copeland '82 will read selections from the Bible. Professor Copeland gave several of these readings in the Crypt of Saint Paul's Church during the winter, and because of the enthusiasm with which they, were received, be will repeat the readings for the benefit of Union members...