Word: episcopalian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pecan rolls at an officers' club reception on the air base, Ike Eisenhower gave the sermon his endorsement, and told a little about his own taste in preaching: "Mamie and I were having an argument about what denomination the chaplain belonged to. Mamie thought he was an Episcopalian. I knew he wasn't a Presbyterian when he said 'trespasses' instead of 'debts' in the Lord's Prayer. But I knew he wasn't an Episcopalian. They are too darn dignified. I like to be enthusiastic...
...newcomers won Douglas' ear. They were an interesting pair. Farmer, 51, a well-to-do corporation lawyer, an Episcopalian and a Yaleman, gave up his legal practice about five years ago, devoted himself to the cause of world government, is suing the U.S. Government for recovery of two-thirds of his income tax because the two-thirds are used for war purposes. Marshall, 50, a Roman Catholic and equally a crusader, mostly for liberal causes (against restrictive racial covenants in real-estate deals, for Negroes in the Los Angeles Bar Association, etc.), is described by his wife...
Lawrence, an Episcopalian, said later that he would have preferred granting the property to members of his same faith, but since the Methodist sect was the frontier religion, they could make better use of it. Lawrence was careful to insure, however, that the College would not be denominational and forbade "propagating the tenets of any sect." In 1932 the College severed all remaining religious bonds with the Methodists, so that while religion continues to be a prime force on the campus, it is more than ever non-denominational...
Pusey, an Episcopalian opposed to a sectarian approach in campus religious life, does work at encouraging the spiritual growth of his students. A course in religion, with philosophy as a possible substitute, is required of all freshmen. And at the weekly convocations, attendance is compulsory. Once a month, a convocation is likely to be of religious nature, with speakers invited from every faith. The convocations are generally not too popular with the students, but Pusey thinks they have a definite value. "I know they kick about going," he says, "and sometimes the programs are poor. But by the time...
...role of religion in an undergraduate's life again became food for editorials this year when, in the Spring, the Corporation decided to put the to-be-appointed University Preacher, assisted by an Episcopalian divinity student, in charge of Phillips Brooks House, the College social service center. From the CRIMSON, this brought the belief...