Word: shannons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Three theological cheers for Bishop James P. Shannon [June 6]. What a joy to know there is one American Catholic bishop more Christian than churchy, more humane than inquisitorial, more open than parochial, more honest than face-saving. JAMES HESSEL HAYDEN San Francisco
...ROTC of its academic credit and take Corporation appointments away from ROTC instructors. By a 207-125 vote, the Faculty approved a five-point resolution from the SFAC which would take away appointments and credit, remove ROTC courses from the Faculty catalogue, end ROTC's rent-free use of Shannon Hall, and replace lost ROTC scholarships with Harvard money. By the same 200-125 margin, the Faculty rejected the CEP's proposal, which would have made individual ROTC courses apply for credit within existing departments. The other ROTC resolution presented--an SDS-supported plan to expel ROTC from Harvard--lost...
...dawn fire charred part of a classroom in Shannon Hall--the ROTC headquarters at Harvard. City fire officials said that the fire was deliberately...
Harvard units were well-known during the war. Lieutenant-Coronel James A. Shannon, commandant of the Harvard ROTC during the spring and summer of 1917, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in France. Earlier, he had served in the Philippine Islands and from 1911 to 1914 took part in several expeditions against the "hostile" Moros in Mindanao. He served in Mexico with the Pancho Villa Punitive Expedition and was selected by General Pershing to command the famous Apache Indian Scouts. After his return from Mexico, he came to Harvard as Professor of Military Science and Tactics...
...Santa Fe last week, where he is teaching literature at St. John's College on leave from his archdiocese, Shannon refused to confirm or deny the reports of his resignation but did explain his letter to the Pope. "A bishop is not just resolving these questions for himself," he said. "He is asked to give counsel to others. His burden of responsibility is greater than that of the individual Catholic." Shannon himself hopes to continue to teach at St. John's College through the summer. If and when the Pope accepts Shannon's resignation as Auxiliary Bishop...