Word: existences
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...voice of a prophet, he said: "The Holy Ghost is about to descend upon New York. The church in this city is on the eve of a second Pentecost. The Pentecost will be made by the spirit of God out of the differences of race, background and intellect that exist here. I feel that the spirit of God is at work this moment on the new Pentecost...
...become members of the Junior Class in good standing should be for the remainder of their stay in College automatically released from all paternalistic regulation in their work. In brief this will mean that compulsory attendance at classes and disciplinary measures such as probation will for them cease to exist, and that in the organization and accomplishment of their college work they will be left to themselves; the initiative will be theirs, to use for gaining their education themselves and thus for their greater profit. What supervision may be necessary will be of the "man to man" type offered...
...Evening Standard printed an anonymous article: "The document does exist. I have seen it. 'Secret pact' may or may not be the best description of it. It bears their signatures. It refers specifically to the military occupation of the Rhine...
...Knopf ($10.00). The book comes in a black box labeled in old rose. Its gorgeous binding is wrapped in oil paper. It contains 66 pages, of which 21 are blank. It is about the author's youth, and is signed by the author. Only 950 copies are supposed to exist. The few printed pages describe Mr. Hergesheimer's Calvinistic grandsires, his Calvinistic upbringing, and what he believes to have been his escape from Calvinism. Said Elmer Davis, critic: "As the first 10,000 words of a full-length autobiography, to sell at $2, it would deserve praise...
...group of vaguely congenial acquaintances and be denied the privilege of hospitality to his friends. Whether he drifts into the current of circumscribed congeniality or whether he exerts himself to lead a double life is of course a thing of his own choice. But the restrictions that exist, whether evaded or complied with, inevitably mar the healthiness of the social atmosphere...