Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...less individual move toward Protestant unity was detailed in the final report of the World Conference on Faith and Order, held at Lausanne, Switzerland, last summer. Formulated by a committee of which Peter Ainslie was one of the members, the report was made public last week by Bishop Charles H. Brent of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. It pointed out that "unity" of faith did not necessarily imply "uniformity" in the expression of faith; that co-operation in foreign mission fields, and the willingness of many Christians to join "without regard for denominational differences" in the sacrament...
President Plutarco Elias Calles was elected for a four-year term expiring Dec. i, 1928. But last week there became ef- fective, after ratification by two thirds of the Mexican States, a Constitutional amendment lengthening the presidential term to six years and providing (as in Switzerland) that a president may not be re-elected for an immediately successive term. Thus Senor Calles cannot choose to run for President...
...trip, which starts from New York at the end of June and lasts until September, will take the participants to Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland...
Another source of trouble is supplied by the many "Drive-It-Yourself" concerns which have invaded the Square. They invariably send many hounded students to the sheltering legal wings of the Board. One Harvard student from Switzerland, having rented a "U-Drive-It" vehicle and meandered over to Boston in it, finally parked beside the Statler and left his coat and hat in the car. When he returned he found his habiliments missing, but being unperturbed drove back to Cambridge. As he climbed out of the car he was arrested and charged with having stolen it. Dumb-founded over...
...Farrell to be the probable leaders in this event. Nurmi might make a strong bid in the race, if he should run it and any one of the following might come through the winner or take places: Bocher of Germany, EK quist of Finland, Jorgenson of Norway, Martin of Switzerland, and Svenson of Sweden Besides Hahn the menon whom America will probably depend should in clude the New York Athletic Club winners Leness, Proudstock, and Helfrich, the latter if he is in shape. Men from whom starters will also be picked will be McCloskey of the Boston Athletic Association. Soper...