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...recent years, he faced the increasingly bitter taunts of the liberal arts professors, who have long called 120th Street "the widest street in the world." But each year, some 13,000 teachers and administrators flock to that street. They take courses in everything, from "ideological conflicts and education in Asia" to "family meals" (Cookery 203) and organic chemistry. Though the college does go in for such miscellany as tap dancing ("Well," says Russell, "what would you do if you were a teacher in a small country school on a rainy day?") and a two-week course for janitors, this...
...year-old DeMar has won the classic seven times, and last year, though held to 82nd place, still managed to outrun Chrisman and, as he says, "a whole flock of others." He's planning to finish at least in the top 60 this year...
...more demanding steeplechase than the Grand National at England's Aintree with its 4½-mile course and 30 jumps over brush, fence, rail and water, including famed, treacherous Becher's Brook. Last week a crowd of 250,000, including a big contingent of Irishmen and a flock of hopeful holders of Irish Hospital Sweepstakes tickets, turned out to watch the 108th running of the Grand National and shudder at the spills. The footing was soggy and spills came early: three horses went down at the first jump, two at the second. Only nine of the 29 starters...
...When ministers find in their parishes "the old Christians of both sexes, who gave themselves to Christ and to his God before we did," he advises, "sit at their feet . . . ask them to pray with you and for you; give thanks to God that they are not only your flock but also your shepherds . . . Their name is legion, and they come from all classes and walks of life. Offhand, I can think of a Philadelphia lawyer, a school carpenter, a dining-room steward, a housewife, a paper hanger, a commercial traveler, a middle-aged widow, a surgeon and a schoolteacher...
...Lent: "These inventions can be for the glory of God, but they may also be a means of destroying both our spiritual and intellectual life. Disconnect your set for a week and then take an honest appraisal. Have you missed anything worthwhile?" The Archbishop hoped that his flock might find that "the art of conversation is restored in the family. Perhaps many duties are performed that might otherwise be neglected; your own judgment may be more sound because you have missed thousands of words of propaganda...