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Forced by his retirement last week to yield the majestic appellation, Geoffrey Cantuar, that he used as Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher deplored the fact that he was reverting to the mundane surname Fisher. "I wish I could have the use of 'Geoffrey, once by divine providence Archbishop of Canterbury and now, by the same divine providence, a bishop only and temporal peer,' " sighed he. "But that cannot be.'' It could not. Even as Dr. Fisher gazed nostalgically across the Thames at the Archiepiscopal Lambeth Palace that was no longer his home. Queen Elizabeth...
...denominations of Protestants, and the Guild Chapel (the Chapel of Christ the Servant), which will be dedicated to industry, trade unions, guilds and management associations. Already in use is a small Lady chapel in the crypt, its altar splendid with a bronze and glass cross by Sculptor Geoffrey Clarke, who was obviously inspired by the charred timber cross still standing in the ruins. In the crypt each day, lunch-hour services are held for a congregation of 400 to 500. The congregation plays an important part in these services: one day the lesson may be read by Sir William Lyons...
...final sermon as Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher told worshipers in high-vaulted St. Paul's Cathedral of the paradox that enabled Britain to survive the end of empire. "Because of its inherited and passionate belief in freedom," said he, "British imperialism had at its very heart a disbelief in the ultimate Tightness of imperialism. For that very reason, the empire could grow out of being an empire into being a commonwealth...
...Harvard scoring effort in the first home cricket match of the season was more or less evenly divided between Captain Derek Jarrett, Tony Cross, and Geoffrey Charwick. A re-match, scheduled for Sunday, was cancelled, but the two teams will meet again in New Haven Saturday...
Perhaps the world's most dedicated mustache researcher is a man who does not have one: Major Geoffrey Peberdy, former British army psychiatrist now on the staff of Newcastle General Hospital. Writing in the Journal of Mental Science, he tells of his mental health study of 400 mustachioed applicants for officer training. He divided up the candidates by type of mustache: trimmed (short hairs over entire upper lip), bushy, toothbrush, hairline and divided. For trimmed, bushy, hairline and divided types, the "pass" rate was an average 23%-about the same as clean-shaven men. By astonishing contrast...