Word: religion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Author is young (33) but considered by many a critic the most portentous cloud on the French literary horizon. A brilliant writer, he is no worker in enamel. His rare epigrams ("Youth is a religion which, in the long run, a man has always to retract") are the only tricolorations in his style. The world he writes of, in terms of savagery, torture, bloodshed, is too death-ridden to be neat...
...that the venerable Borah has introduced a resolution into the Senate demanding an exhaustive senatorial investigation of the persecution of religion in Mexico, it appears that America has again committed a diplomatic blunder by not observing whose toes are being awkwardly tread upon. This characteristic American attitude of interference in Latin-American affairs, many foreign observers agree, is another step in the direction of making us the most cordially hated nation on earth...
Emphasizing the vital personal character of religion, one of the speaking teams of the Oxford Group movement addressed a large crowd at the Continental Hotel yesterday evening. Another meeting was also held Tuesday evening, and was attended by more than a thousand Cantabridgians...
...believe that the movement is the best means of achieving a liberal education at Harvard. If students can obtain a common purpose and find some guiding post, either through religion or a set of standards, we think it will help Harvard retain its elading position. We shall make no attempt to force men to join our group but by personal contact, we shall give them the opportunity of learning our beliefs...
...former oarsman on the Varsity crew. Harris became famous during his years as Advisor on Religion at Harvard, for his informal talks with students on religious subjects. He intends this week to resume temporarily these talks and to chat informally with students who attend the morning services...