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Actually, over 200 years of vigorous persecution could not root out the Christian faith from the shepherdless flock of Japan. A few years after Commodore Perry's reopening of Japan to the West in 1853, Catholic missionaries discovered around 50,000 Christians isolated in little pockets throughout the country . . . These Japanese descendants of the martyrs of Nagasaki and Miyako discovered the missionaries. These latter were cautiously approached and by their answers to three questions were recognized as the successors of the i;th century Japanese pastors. The questions were: Did they come from the Pope in Rome? Were they...
...there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night...
Since the sight of a large flock of home-town boys headed for Harvard naturally flatters both prides, among other reasons, the admissions office has formed the Schools Committees to spread the Harvard gospel to the best young prospects in two. The system functions quite well in cities where the Clubs keep a keen eye on young prospects. In these places, the undergraduate Schools Committeeman spends vacation days visiting a group of good prospects already chosen by the Club committee, in order to give them a student' eye view of the College, Besides, the undergraduate files a report on each...
Before this week's race, Tim Flock took an extra precaution. He welded a safety rollover bar to the top of his Hudson Hornet. As it turned out, it saved his life. Hitting 85 m.p.h. on the straightaways of the Speedway's half-mile track before 10,000 racing fans, Flock was in second place behind Thomas when disaster struck. On the 163rd lap of the 100-mile race, Flock's rear axle broke. The right rear wheel went spinning into the infield, and the Hudson rolled over. Brother Fonty, one of the daredevil Flock family,* driving...
Defending Champion Thomas won the race at an average speed of 63 m.p.h., with Fonty Flock second. Thomas earned 200 points for winning, but Tim Flock, before his crackup, had earned enough starting and lap points to edge Thomas for the national title...