Word: episcopalian
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Married. Adam Clayton Powell III, 22, TV news-producer son of Harlem's high-rolling Congressman and Jazz Pianist Hazel Scott; and Beryl Gillespie Slocum, 26, socialite descendant of Rhode Island Founder Roger Williams; in an Episcopalian ceremony attended by both families; at St. Mary's Chapel in the Washington Cathedral...
...same exclusive clubs in Boston and New York; although Samuel Eliot Morison, who wrote authoritative histories of Harvard, reported that "no religious test has ever existed for membership in the Corporation," all three Fellows whose religious ties are listed in the current Who's Who are, along with Pusey, Episcopalian...
...might decide that making exactly the same score is not important for all races and religions and come up with an Ethnic Success Quotient for tests based on validation studies of all the hyphenated groups we are going to study. Under such a system a Richmond-born-Episcopalian of English stock from a family with an income of $12,000 would be declared below average if his Binet score was below 120. A score of 100 would relegate him to success quotient oblivion as a low normal...
...four-letter shockers, but Tennessee Williams now seems concerned with more spiritual matters. "I wanted my goodness back," said the 54-year-old playwright; so he converted to Catholicism last week in St. Mary Star of the Sea Church near his home in Key West, Fla. A former Episcopalian, Williams was baptized by the Rev. Joseph LeRoy. Convinced that God has been calling him to Catholicism, Williams now plans a trip to Rome, where he hopes to receive a personal blessing from the Pope...
...well as 50 from other faiths. Says Frank Christian, 18, a senior and a Catholic: "I used to have nun-phobia because I had such a bad time in Catholic grade schools. But the brothers have got me involved in the church again." Adds Jim Baumer, 18, an Episcopalian: "The brothers help you without any dogma...