Word: roach
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Dr. Percy Stickney Grant spoke a short time ago in the Union he presented the Modernist side of the controversy which has for many months been such a disturbing element in the Protestant church. The other half of the case will be clarified this evening when Dr. John Roach Straton, one of the most prominent Fundamentalists in the country, talks on the general subject of "Evolution vs. God". Dr. Grant attracted one of the largest student audiences that has ever listened to a visiting preacher; and it is almost a certainty that equally large numbers will be present tonight...
...Boston Stock Company deserves praise for its handling of the eccentric characterization in the play. Anton Huber, Peter, and pomeroy are excellently portrayed by George Farren, Ralph Remley, and Ralph Morehouse. And of course, the acting of Ann Mason Walter Gilbert, and Viola Roach is also good...
When John Roach Straton, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Manhattan, learned that Dr. Potter was planning to radio-broadcast his principles he cried : "If that fellow Potter keeps on I'll have to get out a warrant for his arrest on a charge of grand larceny. He cribbed my idea of a Christian hotel and, like young Lochinvar, ran boldly away with it before we even had time to catch our breath after the first announcement of the project. Now he has just dodged into the limelight with the idea of broadcasting the Bible. We originated this at Calvary...
...John Roach Straton, Pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in New York, has accepted an invitation from the Harvard Christian Association to speak at the University on March 25, on the subject of "Evolution versus God," officers of the association announced last night...
...admirable and makes possible a comparison of that scene with the famous court scene in "Madame X". Paul Gordon, as the correspondent, gives an excellent interpretation of his part. Houston Richards, in spite of an unconvincing make-up, carries off well the amusing role of Lord Ellerdine. Viola Roach, as Lady Atwill, and Anna Laying as Peggy's sympathetic maid, Pauline, do good work...