Word: lightnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When emotional religion is carried to so great an extent, it Borders dangerously upon the fanatical. Manifestations of Providence can too easily be misinterpreted in the light of human pleasure to be at all times a trust-worthy guide. To a college student, moreover, whose experiences are more or less apt to be limited, the camouflaged nature of the revival meetings present an attractive outlook; when, however, all his thoughts become interpretations of divine will, his mind can scarcely be receptive to the more tangible facts of education...
There is nothing startlingly new in the statement of Mr. Andrew V. Corry, in his series of articles on Oxford current in the CRIMSON, that calls Oxford a "University of Colleges" and Harvard a "University of Faculties." The contrast of these two terms throws light on a number of related points particularly timely just now, when the names of Harvard and Oxford are being connected in many minds as two which are coming more and more to imply the same things...
...corner of 13th and Irving Streets, Washington, D. C., stands a small meeting house of light buff brick with concrete steps and opaque glass windows. By combining Sunday-school room with auditorium, the church will seat 400. It is the Irving Street Friends Orthodox Church. At present there is no "experienced speaker*," but one will be found by March 10, 1929. Beginning on Sunday, and for at least four years after, the President of the U. S. will be numbered among its congregation...
Shrewd Bachia Sakao, chief of the Shinwaris, had not only seized Mogubala Hill, overlooking Kabul, but had diverted a stream which furnished hydro-electric power to light the city and work the radio. For several days the whole of Kabul-even the legation quarter-was under rebel fire. Eventually the Shinwaris were driven back some 40 miles by loyal troops. Meanwhile Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ulya Hazrat flew out of Kabul by transport plane to Southern Afghanistan where she is especially popular, and besought the citizens of Kandahar to remain loyal...
...change to which newspaperdom had been looking forward with curiosity and not without anxiety, for weeks. Some said that with Swope gone the World would feel like a face with all its teeth pulled. A light would be extinguished that nobody else could kindle. There was only one Swope...