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Last week the scene-Paris' Theatre des Champs-Elysees-and the principals were the same as at that uproarious premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in 1913, and again there was bedlam. But this time the composer stood in his box, bathed in spotlight glare and the audience's acclaim, clasping his hands together like a victorious boxer. The tohu-bohu did not abate until Stravinsky marched onstage to buss Conductor Monteux on both cheeks. Said beaming Pierre Monteux: "There was just as much noise the last time, but of a different tonality...
Imitating an old Hopi Indian fertility rite, 300 eager, but determined Wellesley seniors weathered competition from outsiders and other obstacles to take part in the annual May Day hoop race yesterday...
Nowadays, there are few cases of Satan's direct "interference" in human affairs. The rite of exorcism is still authorized (in the Greek Orthodox as well as the Roman Catholic Church) for the purpose of driving out the Devil from a possessed person. But almost no cases of a real "possession" occur. Contributor Joseph de Tonquedec, S.J., designated as the Grand Exorcist of the Archdiocese of Paris, has not come across a case of pure possession in 20 years...
...prohibition of "Black Mass," the rite of devil-worship at the University of Chicago has caused the student government to consider a resolution criticizing the University for "unjustified suppression of religious freedom...
Though married men are permitted to become priests in most Eastern Rite Roman Cathohic churches, such permission has been otherwise extremely rare since the 12th Century...