Word: shrum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...initial and unconsidered emotional reaction-a substantial body of thoughtful church-member opinion sees the dangers inherent in the practice of devotions in the public schools." Yet so far, laymen have not been convinced of the court's wisdom to the degree that clergymen are. The Rev. Shrum Burton, president of the Kansas City Council of Churches, explains that "some laymen have a vague feeling that we are losing all religion in public life and that something ought to be done, but they don't know what." At the recent Methodist General Conference, a resolution approving the prayer...