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...first U.S. colleges were founded by churches to train preachers and propagate particular denominations, but higher scholarship and declining sectarianism have more and more moved colleges to treat religion as a subject for study, like languages or history. Puritan-founded Yale, for example, which once banned even Episcopalians, now has a wide-ranging program of religious studies. Symbolic of the times, Yale last week announced a new chair for Roman Catholic studies-the first such permanent professorship at any non-sectarian U.S. university...
Died. Perry Gilbert Eddy Miller, 58, professor of American literature at Harvard since 1946, chronicler of American intellectual history; of acute pancreatitis; in Cambridge. Miller's best-known work was The New England Mind, in which he scouted the view of the Puritan forefathers as bluenose hypocrites, argued that their reconciliation of religious convictions with separation of church and state became a model for subsequent U.S. development of free education, religious tolerance and economic liberalism...
...furor surrounding Baker's business affairs has also brought to light some unusual business arrangements involving members of Congress. Rep.. John W. Byrnes (R-Wisc.), ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee and a firm upholder of the "Puritan ethic," was found to have made a considerable profit on some stock he bough in an insurance company after intervening with the Internal Revenue Service to secure a favorable tax ruling for the firm...
...winless Puritan squad should not present much of a problem, but Quincy, on the strength of its upset win over Kirkland, must rate an even chance to knock off the Leverett eleven
...same time, there was no doubt about a determined G.O.P. drive to link a tax cut with a reduction in Government spending. One attempt to do just that was defeated by a single vote in the House Ways and Means Committee two weeks ago, but the so-called "Puritan ethic" amendment touched a responsive chord in the nation. Encouraged by the reaction, House Republicans met last week, overwhelmingly agreed to introduce an even tougher amendment when the bill reaches the floor this week. The proviso would delay the tax cut unless the President, in January's budget message, promises...