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...there is now an extensive collection of the correspondence of the various members of the classes as well as the University records relating to their attendance at class and chapel, their parentage cards, and their records as kept by the deans' office. Among the more curious contributions are several napkin rings, a white silk necktie which was worn at the commencement of 1862, and a diploma which was put in a safe when the Chicago fire threatened the house and which was subjected to such intense heat that the 10 by 17 parchment shrunk to about 5 by 7 without...
...Church's 8,222 parishes and missions, that at Holy Communion all who wish to partake shall go to the altar rail and take a sip of sherry from a common chalice. The cup may be wiped from time to time with a "purificator napkin. Last week The Churchman, liberal fortnightly, which has crusaded against Cinema Tsar Will Hays, "Buchmanism" and various Episcopal bishops,* was battling vigorously against the common cup. Its chief exhibits appeared on its letter page: "I wish here to record the revolting experience of a friend of mine at the communion rail. It occurred many...
...furiously it all wagged and wagged." With such arrestingly waggish words Author Fannie Hurst (Mrs. Jacques S. Danielson) this week slapped down the first course of her latest table d'hote, Anitra's Dance. Many a reader whose appetite rejoices in hearty fare tucked in his napkin, smacked his lips and fell to with a will. His nose immediately told him that here was another full-fleshed Hurstwurst, stuffed to bursting point, garnished with garlic, well-lapped in rich gravy. Critics of Fannie Hurst call her the most violent of domesticated female writers, say that her characters...
...starry pre-occupation with the absolute which can find no channel into the particular. This is just the Platonic Christianity against which Aquinas waged so masterful a struggle; it is the Christianity which, in the phrase of Mr. G. K. Chesterton, regards the body as a kind of "negligible napkin", and its concerns as sordid and irrelevant. It is not Dr. Niebuhr's Christianity...
...picks up speed, with the plane taxiing after her. The towing force lifts the drag-sail to the surface where it smooths the water, makes a floor for the plane. Winches are brought into play and presently plane, apron and all are hoisted aboard like a toy in a napkin. The plane is mounted on the Westphalen's catapult whence it is shot off to continue its journey. After its overnight stop last week, the Monsoon was shot off in the morning for an easy day's flight of 950 mi. to Natal, Brazil. Total elapsed time across...