Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clash has been building ever since 1969, when the Rev. Jacob A.O. ("Jack") Preus was elected to a four-year term as president of the Synod. Preus, now 54, came in as a champion of conservative Synod members who believe staunchly in the "inerrancy" of the Bible, including its factual accuracy. Thus Preus and his followers hold that Adam and Eve were historical individuals - a position, they contend, that is vital to such doctrines as original...
...first step, said Beth D. Jacob '74, chairman of the South House Committee, will be ask the CHUL to repeal its resolution--a step Radcliffe representatives to the advisory group will take when CHUL meets in February. It is possible that CHUL could reverse itself because upcoming elections may bring in committee members opposed to the elimination of sex ratios...
...that fails, Jacob said, Radcliffe residents may petition the Houses and in the Yard for support of Radcliffe's 1.18-to-1 male-female ratio, or might take stronger action, such as refusing to sign next year's room contracts and organizing freshmen to do the same...
...such story earned CHNS considerable publicity-and some notoriety. Bellamy reported on a telephone poll that CHNS had conducted among Senate legislative aides. With 75 of the 100 offices responding, aides named Henry Jackson as the "most effective" Senator, Jacob Javits as the "brightest" and Philip Hart as the Senator with the "most integrity." On the minus side, Senators Mike Gravel, William Scott and Vance Hartke were bunched together as "least effective." Some of the Senators were predictably pleased, others predictably outraged. Some felt that the CHNS polling method had all the reliability of a high school popularity contest...
...agile, luminous concert at Manhattan's Lincoln Center last week, the group played 19th Century Czech Composer Anton Reicha's forgotten E-Flat-Major Quintet, Henry Brant's transcription of Bach's Goldberg Variations and a new work that it commissioned from Pulitzer Prize Composer Jacob Druckman, "Delizie Contente Che L'Alme Beate"After Francesco Cavalli for Woodwind Quintet and Tape...