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...Church. The diocese of Burgos, Spain, saw his birth. Burgos saw him consecrated as its Archbishop. But only a secret consistory of his peers in the Vatican last week saw Pope Pius XI confer on Burgos' Archbishop the red hat of the cardinalate, making him the titular priest of Rome's Santa Maria in Trastevere...
...should be Yenching's Chinese executive. Meanwhile Dr. J. Leighton Stuart continues in control of administrative detail and academic routine. President since 1919, Dr. Stuart ably guided the university through the perplexities of China's troubled years; has now gladly welcomed Dr. Wu's advancement to titular leadership...
Thomas Nicholson, born in Canada less than 70 years ago, rose through years of bible teaching to be titular head ? President ? of the League...
...word "cardinal" comes from the title of the_ priests of the historic Roman parishes centuries ago, the "incardinati." In memory of this every cardinal today is titular of one of those parishes. To Cardinal O'Connell was assigned San Clemente...
Grace. To John William Davis went the convention's honors for gracefulness. As his party's last, unsuccessful nominee, he had to mount the rostrum to resign his titular leadership of the Democracy. He did so with a smooth blend of wit, modesty and loyalty to the new Nominee...