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With much patriotic ado was begun last March the celebration of the 1,500th anniversary of St. Patrick's arrival in Ireland, although some authorities (including the Catholic Encyclopedia) give 433 as the date. In Saul the old sod was turned and blessed for a mighty statue and altar to St. Patrick. Then began preparations for more extensive doings. Planned long ago for June 1932 was the 31st International Eucharistic Congress of the Roman Catholic Church. Like monster church picnics, these gatherings are designed to promote religious solidarity, give the faithful an outing on a large scale. Eucharistic Congresses...
John S: Lookee here, have you ever spent a winter in Bucksport Point? . . . An' I'd like you to look in the encyclopedia an' you'll see that all but three presidents of these United States have American full beards er whiskers of some kind...
When he was in the White House, Calvin Coolidge was not above cribbing local color verbatim from the office encyclopedia for his minor speeches. Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt lifted his Thanksgiving Day proclamation for 1930 from the Protestant Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. Last week careful readers of political addresses discovered what looked like another case of plagiarism...
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...enlarged into a major industry. Last week it seemed in the way of becoming one. At Princeton appeared one R. J. Davey, a personable, beknickered youth who had already visited Yale and Harvard seeking testimonials for a service which sells essays, book-reviews, theses and speeches. His firm, Standard Encyclopedia Corp. of Chicago, offers a $69.50 encyclopedia and a "research bureau" for subscribers. According to his Princeton prospects, Salesman Davey frankly explained that the service was not yet in actual operation. He was getting signed testimonials, on college stationery. Would a Princeton man be willing to give one in exchange...