Word: pres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...revised hymnal 44 of the 121 hymns by Charles Wesley are tentatively to be dropped. Isaac Watts, who wrote some 600 hymns in all, has 53 in the pres-ent book, of which 14 have tentatively been rejected and nine challenged. John Wesley's 19 hymns are to be reduced by six or seven. Several hundred other hymns are too antiquated, sentimental or infrequently sung to merit retention. But no old favorite, like "Reck of Ages" or "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" is to be dropped...
...Simon Flexner believes "we have a perfect right to believe that with our pres-ent knowledge of the manner in which the microbes of the disease behave, the aim of immunization will be accomplished...
...cellist. Mrs. Hoover attended, applauded vigorously, sent Herr Dr. Kindler a big bunch of yellow chrysanthemums. When Conductor Kindler had learned that Pres ident Hoover would not attend, he had sighed a great sigh of regret. "Ah, me." said he. "The President can always find time to attend the opening of a World Series and throw out the first ball. Tell His Excellency that if he will come to our opening, I will give him a fiddle to throw...
...salesman was startled. When he wrote out a check for $18,500, departed leaving directions that the car be sent to the New York Athletic Club, the salesman looked at the check, was amazed. The signatory was BELIEVE IT OR NOT, INC., Robert L. Ripley, pres...
...game. For several days before the eventful evening, influential, albeit slightly bored Seniors canvassed the dormitories for recruits; lethargic meetings were held, resolutions passed, and a few ambitious first-year men scoured the city for red lights. When the big night arrived, only a handful of upper-classmen were pres- ent, a group so small that the gathering would have been a complete failure had it not been for the presence of the whole Freshman Class, which had turned out en masse for their first--and last--college football rally. The members of the team, grouped together like so many...