Word: presbyterian
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Undefeated in league competition for two years, the powerful Blue has lost only to Miami, one of the finest squads in the country. Among its wins, Yale has defeated Presbyterian (5-4), Princeton (7-2), and Williams (9-0), all strong teams which have beaten the Crimson...
...Benton Boulevard when a car pulled up short before one of the trim houses. Out stepped the driver and made his way to a sign in the front yard of No. 3714. Watching him from the window of his darkened house was the Rev. Earl T. Sturgess of Southeast Presbyterian Church. During the week he has watched many other motorists stop to examine his sign. It looks like a For Sale sign, like those in front of many houses in the neighborhood, but instead it reads...
...idea hit Benton Boulevard hard, and Not for Sale signs began to sprout throughout the neighborhood. So far, Southeast Presbyterian has sold more than 150 of the signs at cost. The tide is turning, and the exodus to get away from Negro neighbors has slowed down considerably. Sturgess' church backed him up by voting to accept Negroes to membership. Last week a call came to Pas tor Sturgess from a couple in Johnson County, Kans. who had been considering moving to Sturgess' part of Kansas City but were frankly nervous about it. "I told them," said Sturgess, "that...
North Carolina defeated the varsity twice by 14-1 scores when the two teams met during the Crimson's spring tour this year. The Tar Heels have also beaten Presbyterian, a squad that downed the Crimson April...
Died. F. (for Francis) Scott McBride, 82, a leader of the Anti-Saloon League of America for 44 years; in St. Petersburg, Fla. A Presbyterian minister, McBride became a professional temperance crusader in 1911. He lamented in 1934 that the end of prohibition was resulting in "riots and bloodshed." In 1935 he proclaimed that "repeal has failed" and predicted national prohibition would be back...