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...William Archibald Spooner caused a stir at New College, Oxford, with his famous spoonerisms, most of which were either deliberate or apocryphal. But a real one-his giving out a hymn in chapel as "Kinquering Kongs Their Titles Take"-is said to have brought down the house of worship, and to have kicked off the genre. After that, spoonerisms got quite elaborate. Spooner once reportedly chided a student: "You have hissed all my mystery lectures. In fact, you have tasted the whole worm, and must leave by the first town drain...
...plant store, they're saving souls. Reverend Ezra has set up a tent, and in the heat of the evening he's hard at the work of the Lord. The members of his flock fan themselves with their programs, but he's just warming up. Finishing the call to worship, he launches into his sermon with a great whirling of arms and stamping of feet. It's a story of good men gone bad and bad men gone good, and others who stayed that way. The drug dealer with the flashy clothes, he concludes an hour later...
...passionately believes, at at time convincingly argues, that the mushrooming network of ERB's, SAT's. MCAT's, GRE's and other standardized, computerized tests are less "fair, scientific and objective" than their supporters claim; that the machinelike, precise and efficient image they project creates disproportionate "test worship" in the general public; and that schools and employers at all levels should rely far more on other criteria in evaluating applicants. He contents the tests close more doors than they open, and gives a knowledgeable and compassionate attack on test anxiety and the psychological "branding" of the child...
Catholics and Episcopalians worship together in a unique church
...Sunday, during the 74th annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, as they are almost every week, at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Norfolk, Va. It is the only U.S. congregation officially listed as both a Roman Catholic and Episcopal church. Anglicanism kept a Catholic style of worship when it broke with Rome in the 16th century. Now, except for using separate altars at the consecration, parishioners recite the same liturgies, Catholic one week, Episcopal the next. From classes in religious education to church socials, Holy Apostles runs almost all activities together...