Word: davids
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...door at 201 South Ashland Boulevard, in Chicago's highly unfashionable near-West Side, is open to anyone in trouble. Here come battered bums, anxious women, soul-sick businessmen and troubled ministers of the Gospel. They come to talk to Father David Edward Gibson. A white-haired old man, he sits at a cluttered desk, confident that God guides him in his work...
Layman's Purpose. David Gibson was late in coming into the priesthood. As a professional photographer he spent eleven successful years photographing social functions and Chicago bigwigs. But more & more of his time and heart were taken up by his "hobby"-helping down-&-outers. Few businessmen would refuse to give a job to one of Dave Gibson's "boys." In addition, he filled every place open to a layman at Chicago's Episcopal Cathedral, devoted what time he had left to the Cathedral's City Missions work...
...David Gibson went to his bishop and said that he wanted to work among the poor. The bishop thanked him, noted that he was already carrying a heavy load, asked how much more time he could give. Said layman Gibson: "You don't understand me, sir. I am selling my business and want to give my whole time to the Lord Jesus...
Winners among the oil painters were Daniel J. Coolidge '49 and Morton Margolis '49; for water colors were Harry L. W. Brorby '49 and Stewart D. Kranz '49. Photograph and sketching honors went to David K. Waer '45, Peter H. Davison '49, Bartiett M. Hauthaway '46, and Henry E. Erhard...
Speakers at the anniversary will be David M. Little '18, secretary to the University; Percy W. Bridgman '04, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, and Roger L. Putnam '15, of Springfield, member of the Observatory Visiting Committee. Leon Campbell, instructor in Astronomy and Observatory staff member, will be toastmaster...