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Henry Knox Sherrill was born 60 years ago in Brooklyn. His businessman father died when he was ten, and his devoutly Episcopalian mother kept him close to the church. "Hank" Sherrill went to boarding school at Hotchkiss and then, at 16, to Yale. By his junior year, he had decided to enter the ministry. One of Sherril's greatest influences at Yale, as well as throughout his life, was Presbyterian Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, one of America's most unity-minded churchmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Church & the Churches | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

Tassel-twirler Keith, of the Crawford Theatrical Bar, led off the two-pronged attack by signing a statement that she would "consider appearing at the Smoker" on condition that "friends" Thomas W. Grossman and Sherril H. Houston are elected Monday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Smoker Campaign at Peak As Strippers Aid Politicians | 12/13/1947 | See Source »

...first broken neck reported this season, not immediately fatal, was that of George Stevens, of Sherril, N. Y., playing for Cortland Normal School against St. John's Military Academy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rooting Season | 10/13/1924 | See Source »

...approval of the Student Council and the Athletic Association. With the exception of Captain E. S. Smith, who is rated with a handicap of one in the District of Columbia, the Exeter players are not particularly strong golfers. Their probable line-up will be as follows: Smith, MacCartney, Sherril, Falk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN GOLFERS PLAY EXETER. | 5/15/1920 | See Source »

...Sherril of Yale ran in even time in the 100 yards dash, beating Carey of Princeton a full yard. Sherrill also beat the American record (his own) of 15 seconds in the 150 yards dash, making 14 4-5 seconds. In the 600 yards scratch race W. C. Downs of Harvard beat W. C. Dohm of Princeton by about four feet. Downs started off with a lead of about three feet, Dohm following easily. About the half way point Dohm began to try to pass Downs, and drew up nearly abreast 50 yards from the finish, but Downs spurted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Men at Berkeley Oval. | 5/20/1890 | See Source »

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