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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...William Marburg '37, Henry O. Marcy '37. John K. Moulton '36, George R. Nicholson, Gr., Ogelsby Paul '38, John W. Perry '36. Thomas L. Perry '37, Marcy S. Powell, Gr., Robert D. Proctor '38, A. H. Rice '36, Oliver E. Rodgers '36, Selden T. Rodgers '36, Howard E. Roman '36, Robert Russell '35, E. Sachs '38, Karl E. Schevill '37, William Shelmerdine '37, Frederick B. Tolles '36, Robert B. Trainer '38, Henry S. Wann '37, Harold P. Welch '36, William Welch '38, Julian A. Withelm '36, Karl R. Whitney ocC., James A. E. Wood '37, John B. Little...
Declaring that marriage is a "sacred ceremony," Massachusetts' pious Roman Catholic Governor James Michael Curley last fortnight forbade justices of the peace to perform that ceremony (TIME, Feb. 4). Last week the Chicago Church Federation (300 Protestant ministers) was agitated over civil marriage as performed in their city. They learned that in Marriage Court in the County Building a couple could be united in ten seconds, by paying $5 and replying affirmatively to the question "Do you take this woman (or man) whose right hand you hold, to be your lawful wedded wife (or husband)?" This ceremony was denounced...
...archeologists, probing the sand dunes near the ancient port of Ostia at the mouth of the yellow Tiber, turned up a marble statue of Perseus, a curly-haired youth clutching his dreadful trophy. The statue bore some resemblance to the Hermes of Praxiteles, was apparently carved in the Graeco-Roman period...
...Roman Catholic Church does not recognize the validity of civil marriages. Last week Governor James Michael Curley of Massachusetts, super-devout Roman Catholic, ordered justices of the peace in that State, who hold their jobs at his pleasure, to cease & desist from performing marriage ceremonies, even for Protestants. The fact that certain J. P.'s are legally empowered to mumble a few words over any couple that pays $10 did not bother the pious Governor. He declared: "This sacred ceremony should be performed only by clergymen. If any marriages are performed by justices who come before me for renewal...
Last week at its midwinter meeting the Presbytery of New York (representing 35,000 Presbyterians) plumped cautiously for the Legion of Decency. First the clergymen voted down (40-10-30) a proposal to commend the Roman Catholic Church for launching the Legion. Then they unanimously adopted a resolution which simply commended the Legion, "while not agreeing in all details" with its program. The Presbytery recommended that lists of approved films be posted on church bulletin boards, as is now done in Catholic churches...