Word: quaker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...method might eventually be put. But Mr. Pepys, willing like most laymen to rush in where scientists fear to tread, ventured 272 years ago to draw a conclusion from the experiment he described. Said he: "This did give occasion to many pretty wishes, as of the blood of a Quaker to be let into an Archbishop, and such like; but . . . may, if it takes, be of mighty use to man's health, for the amending of bad blood by borrowing from a better body...
...Methodist, Congregational-Christian, Northern Baptist, Disciples of Christ, Quaker...
...moved them, Florence Willits and Isaac Cocks rose and faced each other. The man took the girl's hand, declared he would take her for his wife. The girl repeated the pledge. Then they sat down. Thereupon everyone present signed a wedding certificate. Thus last week, in traditional Quaker style. Isaac Cocks and Florence Willits became man and wife. Too plain a ritual for modern brides, it was only the second wedding ceremony the little Quaker meeting house, which was founded in 1725 and today counts few youngsters in its congregation, had seen in 102 years...
Ulysses Lupien and Bob Gannett opened the scoring in the first inning on Dick Grondahl's double and a Quaker error, but Penn passed the Crimson in the fourth frame with two runs after tallying once in the second...
...equally deplore the bombing of Spanish Insurgents is not a pacifist, but a politician. There are comparatively few of these politicians at Harvard; they will be found this morning furiously distributing literature. Those who are truly representative of Harvard will go sincerely and soberly to Sanders Theatre, whether Quaker or R.O.T.C. officer, to see what hope remains of preserving peace. The others are advised to take the subway to Boston Common, where an indulgent democracy will let them talk to their heart's content...