Word: cup
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Major Howard Johnson, 38, U.S.A.F., made a casual stop at a cafeteria one morning last week, drank a cup of black coffee, then went on to work at the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. plant in Palmdale, Calif. There, at Air Force Plant 42, ruddy, husky (5 ft. 8 in.. 170 Ibs.) Pilot Johnson squirmed into a pressure suit, picked up his helmet, oxygen mask and parachute, walked out to a dainty, needle-nosed F-104A Starfighter, a silvery sliver of jet aircraft with short (7½ ft.), knife-edged wings. Johnson checked the plane carefully: 5,000 Ibs. of fuel...
...took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank...
...centuries since that first Communion, Christians have worked out many ways of administering the sacramental cup. Roman Catholics reserve the wine for the priest. Baptists and many other Protestant groups deliver grape juice in tiny paper cups to church members in their pews. But the Anglicans, Episcopalians, Orthodox and most Lutherans use a common chalice, held by the server to the lips of each kneeling communicant...
...last time the Crimson varsity won the EARC sprints was in 1947. Brown remarked that it has become traditional in the last few years for the winning crew to go to Henley, England, to race in the Thames Cup Race...
This year the Crimson stands a chance for taking the Row Cup, which goes to the college getting the most points in the varsity, J.V. and Freshman races. Since the J.V. came in third last week, Love has shifted the lineup, bring Tom Nuzum up to stroke. He thinks that the boat has decidedly improved during the week...