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Typical of the alert, enlightened, approachable churchmen with whom William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, is filling vacant bishoprics in the Church of England is Dr. John William Charles Wand, recently appointed Bishop of Bath and Wells.* Last week Dr. Wand and his wife were in the U.S. on their way to England from Australia, where the prelate has been Archbishop of Brisbane...
...Bishop Wand, who is sturdy, friendly and High-Church, has not been in his native England since he left for Australia nine years ago. He brings back to Britain a knowledge and admiration for his Church's work in Australia and New Guinea. Wand's work down under took him not only to the big urban churches of the coastal cities but to isolated missions in the bush. He is especially enthusiastic about the Church's work in prewar New Guinea...
...sure-fire scene describes a latrine orderly's dream, in which a fairy, using a plumber's plunger as a wand, summons Uncle Tom, Simon Legree and others from the privy. Sample gag: says a sniffing sergeant to a private, "Have you taken a bath lately?" Says the private, "Why, is one missing...
...Moines's school superintendent from 1920 to 1934, he modernized its school system. He said: "If I could wave a magic wand I would have all the people engaged in a systematic study of our common problems for ten hours a week." The Carnegie Corporation gave Studebaker no magic wand, but $125,000 to experiment with public forums. Studebaker pioneered a system which turned out droves of Des Moines adults five nights a week for discussions led by Henry Agard Wallace; Lyman Bryson, now Columbia Broadcasting's director of adult education; the late Carroll H. Wooddy, University...
Fake. In Lancaster, Pa., Marvin Stoy and Robert Jones, both ten, apprehended by police, admitted that they had stolen Blackstone the Magician's wand, had thrown it away because it didn't work...