Word: van
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Neither Rome nor the Pierian Sodality, alias the Harvard Orchestral Society, was built overnight. At least, that's what Milton Van Dyke, the Secretary, sagely remarked the other day when the called attention to the fact that this year marked the 135th anniversary of the Orchestra...
...eyed, feather-haired Greer Garson clutched her gold-painted plastic Oscar and silently wept. "This is the most wonderful thing. . . . I feel just like Alice in Wonderland." Other Oscars: to Cinema's man of the year, James Cagney (in Yankee Doodle Dandy); to the best supporting actor, Lieut. Van Heflin (in Johnny Eager). Said a message from Franklin D. Roosevelt: "In total war, motion pictures, like all other human endeavor, have an important part to play in the struggle for freedom and survival of democracy...
...Van Dusen lays great emphasis on the missionary achievement in China. In the land where 450,000,000 people fight poverty, natural catastrophe and the Jap, only 1% are Christians. Yet Who's Who in China shows that one out of every six Chinese leaders is a Christian; one out of every two has been educated in Christian schools or colleges. "Perhaps more than any other influence," says Van Dusen, "Christianity is responsible for the extraordinary character of China's resistance...
...Van Dusen finds an encouraging record in the long struggle for Church unity. In a shattering world, churches have come closer together. From 1927-41, there were 96 attempts made towards unity, of which 21 succeeded...
...Van Dusen's most ardent pages concern the heroic German Churchmen, Niemöller, Faulhaber and Von Galen, who have defied the Nazis in the name of Christ. Humor has been among their weapons. When Von Galen preached in Münster Cathedral against Nazi doctrines on the family and education, a Brown Shirt cried out that no celibate should talk about such matters. Cried the Bishop to his heckler: "Never will I tolerate any reflection on our beloved Führer...