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Schulman denied that the firing has anything to do with the recent "piety" controversy. He noted, however, that the same people who voted to prohibit religious ceremonies in Association meetings are now supporting Wiegand. "They are using him as a 'scape-goat' to hinder my administration," he said. He said his opponents had a "sour grapes" attitude toward his election. Schulman, a "dark horse" candidate, won the presidency of the association by one vote...
Died. Dr. Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad, 61, popular philosopher, author (The Book of Joad, The Testament of Joad and 46 other serious-to-potboiling books), University of London professor; of cancer; in London. Puffin-shaped, goat-bearded and brilliantly voluble ("I can explain anything to anybody"), C. E. M. Joad was variously a socialist, pacifist, patriot, agnostic, advocate of free love, polygamy, euthanasia, suicide and easy divorce, and a professional carper. On scientific progress: "The superman made the plane, but the ape has got hold of it." On religion: "Why, if God so loves us, does He give us such...
...Magdalene (Pantheon; $3), is one of the most intelligent and provocative efforts yet made to reconstruct her character and its meaning. The author, Father Raymond Leopold Bruckberger, is a French Dominican priest, recently transplanted to the U.S., whose earlier books of memoirs and stories (One Sky to Share, Golden Goat) have had considerable success (TIME, Aug. 11; Nov. 24). His purpose in writing this one was to bring back to life the Magdalene, "la Femme coupèe en morceaux-the woman hacked into bits by modern exegetes...
...reaching his decision, the learned judge considered his own name, one of Philadelphia's most distinguished.*"Not even this court should escape attention," he observed. "The writer of this opinion struggles along with the name that reduces etymologically to Polite Goat." With that, Polite Goat legalized the name of Peaceful Heart, establishing a precedent which another Philadelphia court followed when it changed the name of Miss Blonchile Dawkins to Sweete Love...
...correspondents often found themselves in exciting or bizarre situations. Alexander Campbell, who covered a large section of the African continent from his headquarters in Johannesburg, sent in the most unusual expense-account items after a trip into the African bush: "one trip to see witch" and "white goat for witch." And Rebecca Franklin received the most unexpected accolade, when Georgia's House of Representatives passed a vote of congratulations on her promotion to contributing editor of TIME...