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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fortnight ago Rector Velasco was placed on trial before an ecclesiastical court of five local Episcopal priests, charged with: 1) violating his preordination pledge; 2) conduct unbecoming a minister; 3) using defamatory language about Bishop Abbott. Rector Velasco claimed that his pledge had been revoked before his nuptials. Said he: "Love does not wait on religious persuasion. I married her not because she is a Roman Catholic but in spite of it. . . . I want my orders as much as any man ever wanted to serve his God, but I see no reason why I should not marry the girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Battle of Lexington | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

...flights toward the Olympus of the intelligent. His work is both idealistic, and practically progressive. There is scarcely a, flaw in the details of the modern system which he leaves unprobed. His suggestions for improvement, though sometimes open to serious debate and theoretical scepticism, cry out for a fair trial and an unblased judgement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Colleges, Poetry, and Life | 5/8/1930 | See Source »

Governor Kohler took the witness stand early in the trial to answer prosecution questions. A white carnation bobbed in his buttonhole. A pearl pin was stuck in his black tie. Grave, composed, good-natured, he defended himself, his family, his company in a manner befitting one in his position. The crowd in the courtroom listened quietly, attentively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: LaFollette v. Kohler | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

...tire cover," ruled it was no such thing. Again and again curious heads turned to the courtroom door, hoping to see Philip LaFollette march in, face his rival, give a touch of political drama to the scene. But the curious were disappointed. Shrewd, Brother Phil kept away from the trial, directed the prosecution from a distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: LaFollette v. Kohler | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

...balcony of Juliet is a witness-box on which most good actresses have at one time stood for final appraisal. In her trial, Miss LeGallienne ran a conscientious gamut of flippancy, catlike nervousness, passion, despair. Donald Cameron's Romeo was comely but lethargic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Revival | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

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