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Flying Theologian. Dean Brauer's specialty: Puritanism, on which he is currently writing two books. A Midwesterner (from Fond du Lac, Wis.), Brauer studied at Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary in Minneapolis, took his Ph.D. in church history at F.T.F.. then spent two years at Union Theological teaching and serving as assistant to Theologian Paul Tillich. Puritan Expert Brauer sees a new kind of theological liberalism emerging at F.T.F. "It still asserts the creativeness and potentiality of the human spirit." he says, "but it is also much more aware of the limitations of the human spirit-for example...
Garishly colored taxis now park in Harvard Square where horses and chaises once waited for the end of Sunday meeting. Established in 1632 on the site now occupied by Lehman Hall, the first Puritan meeting house was little more than a log cabin. Cambridge itself had been settled only two years before as a "fortified place." Since the meeting house had no bell, the congregation gathered to the roll of a drum. The sober Elders later were able to buy a bell, but their jubilation was short-lived. For Thomas Hooker, their pastor, migrated to Connecticut, leaving only eleven families...
...lasted some sixty years, but as the University grew in wealth, the bursars office inevitably took precedence. Lehman Hall now almost obscures a small, grey tombstone, marking the site of the old meeting house, and the rattle of the subway drowns any echo of the days when Puritan preachers poured out fire and brimstone in the Square...
...highly partisan group of about 25 Puritan students and tutors stood at the finish line to cheer in their winning team. In the first race, the 150-yard medley relay, Bob Eakin Ed Ginsburg, and Roger Clifton won handily in the time of 1:26.6. Clifton showed his durability when he later took first in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.4 seconds, while teammate Dave Whitman took second...
...Puritan swimmers set one House record this year while gaining first place in league standings...