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...Kirkridge's ram shackle old farmhouse last week were gathered twelve Protestant ministers and laymen who described themselves as spiritually "hungry." Kirkridge is a "retreat" of an unusual kind in the Protestant church. Three years ago a small group of ministers (inspired by Scotland's famed Iona Community) met to plan a "dedicated order" in the Protestant ministry...
...Gilbert Murray will deliver the sixth and last of his series of lectures on "Greek Traditional Poetry," at 8 o'clock this evening in the Fogg Lecture Room. The subject for tonight is "Iona and Attica...
Here, however, the matter rests. The Princetonian has not given up the project, and it seems quite probable that it will not allow it to go by default at any rate. The old boat house on the canal is still in good repair, and the Iona Boat Club of the Schuylkill Navy has extended an invitation to Princeton men to use the privileges of their club house in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, so that if the project is taken up on the lines suggested by the Princetonian, everything will be in readiness...
...King Arthur. It seems rather extraordinary now to hear this spoken of as the "Isle" of Avon, since it bears no resemblance to an Island whatsoever; but the deep marshes around the spot formerly were entirely under water, leaving the "Isle" high and dry. The ruins here are beautiful. Iona and Tyne Mouth were illustrated and the course of the lecture led to Canterbury. The views of this cathedral were numerous. The place here where Thomas a Becket was murdered by the knights was shown. A tablet on the wall commemorates his life and death and a small square stone...
Illustrated Lecture on English History. Places associated with the early introduction of Christianity: Glastonbury, Iona, Holy Isle, Tyne Mouth, Whitby, Durham, and Canterbury. Professor Cooke. Lecture room of Boylston Hall...