Word: methodistic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...philanthropic mood, Dallas liquor dealers sent out three fat gifts: $25,000 to Baylor University (Baptist), $30,000 to Southern Methodist University, $10,000 to St. Paul's Hospital (Catholic). Last week the first two gifts came back; the Baptist and Methodist educators said dryly that acceptance would be inconsistent with their dry teachings. The Catholic Samaritans said thanks...
...minded clerics and laymen assembled in Cleveland liked everything about the Dumbarton Oaks plan as it now stands. They had some grave objections, but they decided that since Dumbarton Oaks is all there is, better something than nothing. Said the president of the Federal Council, New York's Methodist Bishop Garfield Bromley Oxnam...
...S.M.U. In Dallas, Tex., for instance, hard-working volunteers have raised one-third of a needed $1,500,000 for Southern Methodist University. Donors and prospects, who have dealt only with the volunteers or university officials, might resent the idea of outside, professional direction in the drive. But if the missing million appears by the deadline, March 1, S.M.U. can thank the smooth, self-effacing American City Bureau, of Chicago, which set up the campaign and then stood discreetly aside to watch the volunteers collect. The saving in time, chaos and personal irritation should be well worth A.C.B...
...vess), the favorite soap of Mexican peasants. At that time Mexican Catholics, alarmed over the missionary activities of Protestant sects, started a new anti-Protestant campaign. Magazines and leaflets labeled Protestants "the advance guard of Yankee Imperialism." Sinarchists burned a Pentecostal church, stoned the members, killed two children. A Methodist convention was bombed with tear gas. Three radio stations refused "protestant" advertising...
...Methodist Bishop Eleazar Guerra appealed for tolerance. Mexico's tiny Archbishop Luis Maria Martinez calmly declared: "Protestant activities do not interest the Catholic Church." And peace was restored for a while...