Word: spheres
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Though it is only one of many attempts at religious cooperation and is primarily limited to the inter-Protestant sphere, the Massachusetts Council of Churches may serve to illustrate the modern trend. Almost all of the Protestant seets which do not belong to some other similar seet are members. The Council is part of a much larger Federal Council, and is itself the unofficial headquarters for several smaller municipal organizations. Although extensive, its fields of activity are primarily social. It appoints chaplains to state institutions, coordinates social and clerical work, forms and publishes opinions on current legislation and provides religious...
...venture in the field of religious cooperation this council is a decided success. It has achieved a large measure of concerted action, thus considerably increasing the effectiveness of Massachusetts Protestanism in the sphere of social betterment. In fact, the success of the Council indicates a broad and bright future for cooperative religious effort in general, even without the prospect of theological unity...
Probably the most sensational come-back in the sphere of post-war revival has been made by the Harvard Dramatic Club. By announcing that the leading lady in their production of "Adam the Creator" would be clothed in three fig-leaves, news of the Sanders Theatre opening was carried on wings of news wire to every English speaking paper in the world...
...many years, British journalists had considered an assignment to the U.S.-the "sphere of the fabulous"-as the uttermost exile. Willmott Lewis did more than any other man to make it a prize. Working a little above and behind the area of spot news, he aimed at "discovering American policy." To that kind of job he brought sound scholarship, a facile tongue, a pen that turned out discursive and thoughtful prose, ideal for London's "Thunderer." He became friendly, but never too friendly, with men who made U.S. history, a subject he knew well enough to assess them against...
...Harvard Freshman and a gasoline-powered passenger vehicle spotlighted the need for effective traffic control measures in the University area. The Cambridge gendarmerie, all too eager to enforce such rules as the "No overnight parking on the streets" ukase, seem to regard driver-pedestrian relations as the personal sphere of the parties concerned, with which it would be unsporting to interfere...