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...present proposals would call for a University preacher with the states of a professor to run Memorial Church and teach G.E. courses on religion...
...H.D.C.'s success was its acting. "Dark of the Moon" hangs on a cast that can find the nice balance between reality and legend; the H.D.C. has the cast. Donald Mork, as the witch-boy, pulled the play together with his intensity. Francis Hart was an effective preacher. Martha Orrick, John Miles, Ian Cadenhead and Janet Sobel skillfully held up important minor roles. Only June Northrop, as the witch boy's somewhat wooden love, let her part become stereotyped. She was the only weak person in a strong cast...
...week when told that the birth of her seventh child had caused public interest. "Maybe it has," she gloomed, "but it hasn't caused no excitement around this house. Just more work." What interested those outside the Smith household: Mr. Smith, a former undertaker and currently an evangelist preacher, claims to be 101 years old. His son Dallas, the latest arrival, is the youngest of a family begun when Smith was in his late eighties. Father Smith's explanation of his undiminished virility: "I always eat plenty, and I've never done any hard work...
...When Little David told me he wanted to become a preacher, I told the Lord that if He sent him, He can pay the bills. Tonight we missed our goal by $262. Those that don't give will lack God's blessing, they will lose their money anyway because God will cut holes in their pockets. Lord, you have riches and glory, supply the fleece!" After this ominous warning, a second collection was taken. Mr. Walker never announced whether the Lord had made up the deficit...
Umphrey Lee is a big, good-natured man who manages to resemble neither preacher, scholar, historian nor college president. The fact that he is all of these things-and a man of tact and horse sense, too-goes a long way to explain the rise of Southern Methodist University. Last week, already the biggest private university in the Southwest and still sprouting, S.M.U. proudly dedicated its newest shining wonder: a $3,500,000 school of theology, consisting of seven pink brick, Georgian-style buildings spread on 16 acres of the S.M.U. campus...