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TIME acknowledges its theological inefficiency in an ancient controversy, apologies to Mrs. Sanger. Scriptural evidence concerning the Holy Family is scant. Roman Catholics believe that Jesus was a unique child, that Luke's report ''She brought forth her first-born son." "does not prove at all that Mary had other children." Other exegetes reason that Joseph had several children, although Mary but one. Most Bible readers take the Book literally, see no derogation to Jesus in his having brothers and sisters as well as other sibs (blood relations).-ED. Hollandish Opening...
Raging lions snuff at prostrate heroines, or are driven from their kill by a famine-stricken cast. Serpents lazily uncoil from a most tropical-looking tree, and plop down a scant foot or so behind the ragged hero. Horn and his gun-bearer, Renchero, swing deftly over a pool alive with crocodiles, on a dangling vine. "And through this mighty drama of a primitive world runs the beautiful love romance of a boy and girl that grips the heart"--so runs the come-hither phraseology of the advertising manager...
...general sentiment among those who have played hockey and would like to continue to develop their interest in this sport, that the college is not providing the facilities to allow an appreciable number to participate in the game. Hockey is supposedly a major sport, yet there are a scant sixty members of the university who are getting regular experience in this event. Compare this number with any other sport, football, baseball or even the recognized minor sports, squash, swimming, and wrestling for example. The entrants in each of these far exceeds the few represented in hockey...
...easy or immediate solution can be found. Indoor rinks are costly, very costly. But the Athletic Association is conducting a successful football business. It may be said that the accumulated profits are scant, for so large an enterprise. Yet they are regular; they are insured by the persistent interest in football. As long as the surplus is not being used to provide athletic facilities or free blanket admissions to students, they should be used in the promotion of sports as free from professional taint as possible. During the next decade Harvard would do well to consider the possibility of erecting...
...gang world. From the bench and with newshawks closely covering him he made a great dramatic and futile attempt to have the city's 26 "Public Enemies" arrested and held in exorbitant bail under an old vagrancy law (TIME, Oct. 13). So erratic and unstable that he had scant support from lawyers, Judge Lyle focused his campaign on the charge that Mayor Thompson was in league with the underworld, that Gangster Alphonse Capone had contributed $50,000 to the last Thompson campaign and was now ready to help the Mayor steal the forthcoming primary election. He summarized: "The real...