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...only place where taste wabbles in this number is in the hymn parodies Nobody yet has made sacrilege funny though all have tried; and while these parodies aren't sacrilegious, they aren't funny either. Otherwise, there is many a gleam of the old Lampy in this number; and there are improvements, tod. It is a very encouraging sign of the times; quite as encouraging, in its own way, as the events of November 24 at Yale Field. Magazines are men, as much as football teams or colleges either...
...night long Harvard Square leaps in over his windowsill. The lights glitter, gleam and tirelessly climb the wall, seeking new shadings between that illumination which merely arrests his attention and that which renders him temporarily blind. And there is the trolley's long descending squeal, the trucks that shift gears explosively and use rocket propulsion, the milkmen that talk shop. Then, through the hazy doze that comes with dawn, comes the sound of a bell that is rung. It has been truly said! When bedlam comes in at the winodw, sentiment flies out by the door...
...Granite City' ... the 'Silver City by the Sea' . . . should be seen after a heavy rainfall when its stately structures and countless houses gleam pure and white under the brilliant sunshine...
This done, the dark faces began to gleam with excitement. Black Bishops Abraham Lincoln Gaines, William Tecumseh Vernon, J. Albert Johnson and William H. Heard were haled before the Conference, charged with misappropriation of funds or maladministration of the law. Then there came the matter of electing four bishops out of 100 eager candidates. Wild scenes occurred. Presiding Bishop William Sampson, making himself heard above the storm, cried that a motion to adjourn was out of order. Thinking this an unfair move in favor of a rival candidate for a bishopric the Rev. R. L. Pope of Indianapolis climbed...
...season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world...