Word: methodistly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...name is now execrated; resignation by Chiang of all his Chinese offices on two separate occasions; one visit by the General to Japan where years ago he got his original military training at Tokyo Military Academy; his marriage to Christian Miss Soong, and his baptism as a Southern Methodist after the Ningpo Napoleon had said, "I feel the need of a God such as Jesus Christ...
Psychologically as well as materially Southern Methodist Chiang has performed prodigies. Into China's 2,250,000 strangely assorted soldiers he has rammed some rudiments of Christian conduct and morality. Privates are no longer supposed to cheer their officers if they announce they have sold out to the enemy for a good price and are disposed to pay a bonus all round if the troops will fight against Generalissimo Chiang. The troops are also not supposed to pick their noses, but to date it is no secret that whenever the Dictator's back is turned there is much...
...Colvin describes himself as a "blue-eyed Methodist." His whole life has been spent writing and lecturing on prohibition...
...Sportswriter Tunis' list of professionals: Alabama, Baylor, Boston College, Bucknell, Carnegie Tech, Colgate, Columbia, Detroit, Duke, Duquesne, Fordham, Georgetown, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana State, Marquette, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Santa Clara, St. Mary's, Southern California, Southern Methodist, Stanford, Syracuse, Temple, Texas Christian, Tulane, Villanova, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Washington, Western Maryland, West Virginia, Wisconsin...
When his father was head coach at Southern Methodist, young Jack Morrison refused to enroll there, said "I want to make good on my own." At Vanderbilt, he made the freshman team. Last year, when Morrison Senior went to Vanderbilt to coach, young Jack switched to Southern Methodist. Last week, benched by an ankle broken in the Fordham game the week before, young Morrison watched Southern Methodist beat Vanderbilt...