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Last week these observations on hymns were made public by 79-year-old Dr. Wilbur Patterson Thirkield, retired Methodist bishop and chairman of the Commission on Worship of the Federal Council of Churches. Onetime president of Gammon Theological Seminary (Atlanta) and of Howard University (Negro, in Washington), Bishop Thirkield is a doughty crusader against bad hymns and gory ones. Aware that the average congregation sings only 25 different hymns a year, Bishop Thirkield has drawn up two sample types of Hymn Festivals which include a great variety of words and music, each identified with a central theme. The Militant, Conquering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Hymn Festivals | 3/26/1934 | See Source »

President Willis Jefferson King of Gammon Theological Seminary (Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Kudos Jun. 19, 1933 | 6/19/1933 | See Source »

...distribution of the cards, the skill of the players. Both Culbertson and Lenz will get a great deal of advertising, and all bridge teachers will profit by having two systems to teach their pupils. Public interest in the match may also assist contract to withstand the onslaught of back: gammon as a leading indoor sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Invitation v. Command | 12/7/1931 | See Source »

...Willis King, President of Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., charged America with being the greatest sinner in regard to taking human life. "Since 1885 in this country there have been put to death more than 4,000 colored people by lynching and mob violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Ann Arbor | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

...batting orders for today's game are as follows: HARVARD. VIRGINIA. Abbot, 2b. s.s., Berkeley Reed, s.s. l.f., W. Smith Nash, 1b. l.b., White Gannett, r.f. r.f., Phillips Harte, Waterman, c. c.f., E. Smith Mahan, c.f. 3b., Stickley Hardwick, l.f. 3b., McCall Fripp, 3b. c., Ehrmann Garritt, p. p., Gammon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VICTORY EXPECTED FOR TEAM | 4/29/1915 | See Source »

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