Word: methodistic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Editor Hutchinson, a Methodist with a D.D. from both DePauw and Garrett Biblical Institute, and a Century veteran for 23 years, has no intention of changing the weekly's vigorous liberalism, its anti-denominationalism, its habit of speaking its mind. His biggest policy change, he says, will be a greater attempt to appeal to the laity. About 25% of the Century's readers are laymen; Editor Hutchinson hopes to boost it to 50%. Says he: "I'd like to keep our theological editorials short and crisp. Now, Dr. Morrison's editorials on theology are certainly impressive...
...Zeno ("Buddy") King marched across the stage for his diploma last week, a child's voice shrilled: "That's my daddy." The audience at Southern Methodist University's commencement exercises was crawling with children of the Senior Class. Even more would have been there, if measles had not recently struck "Trailerville," S.M.U.'s student trailer camp...
...against him. It charged that York had done business while insolvent, and had used customers' securities without their consent. The same day, Dr. Lloyd Irving Ross, one of San Antonio's top surgeons, had filed suit for $80,279. Dr. Ross was an old friend, a fellow Methodist, a trusting customer and the family doctor...
Like many a Yorkshireman, he is a Methodist and pledged to temperance. But he is not stuffy about others' drinking, and has even been known to wax convivial on lime juice and ginger...
...Sundays in the country Rank drives five miles to the Reigate Methodist Church (in wartime he cycled to save petrol) to teach his Sunday-school class. The Reverend J. Eric Dixon does not consider Arthur an unmixed blessing. "The press," he snorts, "is always down here badgering us. That's why it's such a bad Sunday school." But the children climb all over the teacher. Chirped little Peter Robinson: "He's a real smasher...