Word: sinful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plight of 14 bachelor grad students living in William James Hall this summer is indeed a sad one. An overflow of summer school males into the graduate dormitories has brought about a policy of "a few must suffer for the sins of many." In this case the sin is merely one of overcrowding, but the grad students in question are still suffering...
Life Is Death. Wilson's invisible man, the Outsider, may be described as a blend of existentialist hero, religious man without God, and prophet or saint-in-embryo. His dilemma might be described as that of a man living under the conviction of sin who cannot accept traditional Christianity. In the lines of Eliot's Ash Wednesday...
...with an article by the Rev. Filippo Robotti: "Boxing is not something to be exalted or encouraged by Catholics . . . But it is not considered immoral and, in consequence, can at least be tolerated. Should boxing matches be gravely immoral, all promoters, boxers, managers and spectators would be in mortal sin. However, the great world champion, Gene Tunney, was chosen by ecclesiastical authorities president...
Although almost all campus organizations passed anti-mob violence resolutions after the riots, being opposed to mob violence is like being opposed to sin. None of the groups condemned segregation, which is of course the basic issue...
...greatly weakened by recent Supreme Court decisions the films may not be banned on general charges of immorality or sacrilegiousness. "The Legion of Decency must therefore bear a heavier load in the struggle to maintain propriety . . . It is not enough for Catholics to be on guard against personal mortal sin. They must be alert to the social aspects of motion picture morality...