Word: mercier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which they have met the heads of the leading educational institutions of England. They have been also received by the headmasters and representatives of the student body at Winchester and Eton Colleges, as well as Oxford and Cambridge. At the Episcopal Palace at Malines they were welcomed by Cardinal Mercier. A portion of the group was granted an audience with His Holiness, Plus X. Every effort will be made to eliminate the tourist appearance of the party. The total number will be divided into several small groups in order to give as much individual freedom as possible...
Professor L. J. A. Mercier, and R. L. Hawkins, and Mr. E. L. Raiche, all of the French department, will be the judges of the preliminary debates for the Pasteur medal, which will be held at 8 o'clock this evening in Sever 36. This competition is open to all men in the University, candidates being required to speak for five minutes on either the affirmative or negative side of the question: "Resolved, that the demilitarization of the left bank of the Rhine under international supervision, is necessary for the maintenance of peace in Europe...
...Duchess of Vendome, nee Princess Henrietta of Belgium, sister of King Albert, addressed to the people of France a public letter inviting them to associate themselves with the people of Belgium in celebrating the golden jubilee of Desire Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines...
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian-Non-Co-operatist: "One Bishop Charles H. Brent, chancellor of Hobart College, N. Y., selected for his students the 'four greatest men of the 20th Cen-tury.' He named: Woodrow Wilson, Cardinal Mercier, Nikolai Lenin and myself...
Beneath Cardinal Mercier's roof at Malines have been held sundry conversations relative to the dim possibility of a merger between the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches. Vigilant patriots of England have pestered the Archbishop of Canterbury (Randall Davidson) for "explanations." Dr. Davidson said nothing. Consequently he has been denounced as a "traitor," "idolater," "conspirator." But last week he finally stated that the conversations amounted to nothing. The uproar subsided...