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When he was almost two months old, Washington was sprinkled in the "orthodox Episcopal manner." At 33 he took oath to conform to the doctrine of the Church of England "as by law established." Throughout his life he was seen regularly in church though he did not often kneel in prayer or partake of communion. Washington's reputation, like that of such Deists as Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, is one of coolness and moderation in religion. But through his time swept a hot blast of evangelism, chiefly in the Methodist and Baptist faiths. General Washington...
Even in Washington Jan. 20 is an inclement date for outdoor ceremonies. Weather charts reveal that its average temperature is 33° compared with 39° for March 4. Its precipitation is also higher. But not all March 4s are balmy. President Taft took the oath of office during an historic blizzard...
...Spartan pride in physical perfection, an Athenian confidence in their own Golden Age. The steady splendor of the ceremony that opened California's first Olympic Games last week was the expression of a feeling which oldtime Greeks would have understood. It ended in the quiet ritual of the Olympic oath, to "take part in the Olympic Games in loyal competition, respecting the regulations which govern them and desirous of participating in them in the true spirit of sportsmanship for the honor of our country and the glory of sport." Handsome Lieut. George C. Calnan of the U. S. Navy, selected...
Causes of the conflict were President de Valera's attempt to abolish the Free State Dail's oath of fealty to George V (an attempt thus far blocked by the Free State Senate) and secondly Mr. de Valera's nonpayment of the so-called "Irish annuities" - sums which the pre ious Free State Government of President William Thomas Cosgrave paid to compensate absentee landlords living in Britain for their former Irish estates. From the first President de Valera offered to arbitrate this issue before a tribunal not exclusively composed of the King's subjects, and from...
...good measure last week, despite the fact that the Irish Senate had blocked the. Bail's bill to abolish the oath of fealty, Finance Minister Sean MacEntee declared at Dublin: "The oath is as dead as Queen Anne!* It will never be taken again...