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...Rites. So far as other Christian churches were concerned, some bishops seemed more anxious for closer cooperation than for recruits. Archbishop Samuel Carter of Kingston, Jamaica, even called for "corporate reunion" between some Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church on a regional basis. "Full agreement in doctrine is not needed before some measure of intercommunion is allowed," noted Carter, who urged greater development of joint Protestant-Catholic services. Regional union, he suggested, would eventually mean the incorporation of "new and distinct rites with disciplines different from the Latin Church. This would involve married clergy of new Western rites coexisting...
...stories concern the Richardson family, from the birth of Sam and Laura's youngest son, Question, in Virginia to a family reunion almost twenty years later in Venice. Sam joined the State Department to escape from his parents' life as Long Island country squires--hunting, fishing and putting up Christmas trees. Although he soon becomes disaffected with his job, he is compensated by the life of a diplomat: a few years here, a few years there, never staying in one place long enough to grow restless or attached to the surface of things. His three sons--Scobie, Matthew, and Quentin...
Robert F. Duncan died with his boots on--his family and friends say he would have had it no other way. To the last he was hopeful about the future of a world in which he had seen much to despair about. He wrote in his fiftieth reunion report: "My continuing faith is based on what I see of the younger generation. I have faith that, despite the obstacles, they will make a better world." If we who are among that generation can go about our lives with the dedication and enthusiasm that Duncan showed his optimistic outlook...
...interesting to note, however, that in a survey answered by about half--presumably the more concerned half--of Harvard's 1974 25th Reunion Class, over 62 per cent favored "merger." Sixty-eight per cent favored the "admission of women to Harvard College." Although the distinction between the two questions is not clear, the responses indicate that a sizable portion of last year's 25th Reunion Class--the class traditionally responsible for the largest annual contribution to the University--does not share the von Stade hypothesis...
...lucky. I have one year left here. Adjustment was a struggle, but the challenge was met. Now I can't wait to get out. I'll probably return to the West coast, but I am seriously thinking about spending more time at Harvard--for my 25th reunion at the turn of the century