Word: induct
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Right Rev. Arthur Carl Lichtenberger. 59. sat in a carved oak throne 22 ft. high to hear the formal words of induction pronounced by his predecessor. Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill: "I, Henry Knox, do induct and install you, Right Reverend Father in God, Arthur, into the office of President Bishop, with all its rights, dignities, honors and privileges: in which may our Lord Jesus Christ preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth forevermore. Amen...
...Radcliffe chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will induct 13 seniors at Agassiz Hall at 9:15 this morning...
...July quota is 24,000, and we expect to induct 28,000 men a month before the summer is over," McNamara continued. "To assume that a smaller defense role by the Army means the end of the draft," he contended, "omits many other important considerations...
...local board does not have the heart to induct other boys of this county into active service when Mr. Beamer [is] allowed to remain at home through apparent political influence...
Found fit for limited service, Billings told the Army officials his intentions and was promptly arrested and informed that they would induct him forcibly by simply reading the oath in his presentce. After hearing. "Do you, Arthur Goodwyn Billings, solemnly swear" and so on, he replied emphatically. "I do not, I refuse to take this oath." An officer reported. "That doesn't make any difference, you're in the Army...