Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...guest of the Association will be Bishop Lawrence '71, who will give a short address. He has been Bishop of Massachusetts for over 30 years, before which he was rector of Grace Church, Lawrence. Among the degrees he has received are an L.L.D. from Princeton, Cambridge, and Lawrence Universities, and D.D. from Durham, Yale, and Columbia. His recent book, "Fifty Years," has been one of the most influencial factors in the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy...
That lithe grace and distinguished bearing which were once thought to be natural possessions of the successful duellist can be cultivated by the assiduous quite as well with foils as with pointed blades. And if the novice feels after considerable practice that his form is at last perfect, there are doubtless members of the University fencing team, now for the second successive year Intercollegiate champions, who would be willing to demonstrate that cleverness and hard won experience are as essential now as in the days of Monsieur Beaucaire...
Bishop Lawrence, one of the most notable graduates of the University, has had a long and distinguished career. After receiving the Bachelorship of Sacred Theology in 1875, he immediately entered the Episcopal Church and became rector of Grace Church, Lawrence, Mass. In 1884 he gave up this position to become professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, where he remained until 1893. In that year he was consecrated bishop of Massachusetts. Ever since then, outside of his official duties, he has devoted his time to historical studies and the writing of numerous books...
George was the son of a German and an Irish woman. A young prodigy, he was graduated from Manhattan College with all the honors obtainable. He was sent to Rome to learn more. There his scholarship and mental grace endeared him to Vatican officials, and when the aging Bishop of Brooklyn secured him as Secretary he congratulated himself on having one of the most brilliant priests ever originated west of the River Shannon. The Bishop aged. Young Father Mundelein assumed increasing responsibility and received, about every twelve months, a raise in rank, until finally the Pope made him Titular Bishop...
Patrick Hayes is more popularly known in New York than his old friend Mundelein is known in Chicago. There has been nothing phenomenal about his career?it has been the steady rise of a powerful leader of men. His Grace of New York might have had the red hat sooner?except for the incident of the Union Club...