Week End Editorial on Jefferson Military College News Policy
The piece lauds Jefferson Military College Mississippi for refusing George W. Armstrong's 50 million gift tied to white supremacy and religious segregation. It notes broader advances in racial equality at colleges, warns other schools against selling principles for funds, and questions Armstrong plans to found his own university in Texas. It honors Thomas Jefferson's legacy and the college’s preserved soul.
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Jefferson Military College
Mississippi
George W. Armstrong
Deep South
Jefferson
Armstrong
North
South
Texas
Belgium
Kaiser
Thomas Jefferson
Religion in Modern Drama and the Spiritual Quest
A critical survey of modern drama argues that top playwrights reflect spiritual values while many omit faith, citing Shaw Galsworthy ONeill Connelly Miller and Williams. It contrasts enduring works with today’s escape-focused theater and urges plays that confront conscience and the troubled world through religion.
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Marc Connelly
Arthur Miller
Tennessee William
New York
Mister Roberts
Charley
Kate
South Pacific
Tower Road
Rhode Island Debates Religious Education
A Providence public hearing on released-time religious education drew Protestant and Jewish speakers opposing the policy, Catholics largely in support. Nineteen participants heard three hours as Edward M. McEntee outlined a permissive, nonmandatory recommendation path and continuation of hearings.
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Providence
R. T
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Edward M. McEntee
General Assembly
Senate
McEntee
Rhode Island Federation of Women's Clubs
Knights of Columbus
E. A. Bohnen
Temple Emanu-El
Rabbinical Association of
Rhodesland
Clifford Shaw
Charles P. McAlevy
Pawtucket
Lutheran Seminary Workers Hold Meeting in Dubuque
Richard Trapp of warvour Lutheran Seminary in Dubuque was elected president of the Association of Lutheran Seminarians at its two day conference. Delegates from 44 seminaries attended. St Paul Lutheran Seminary in St Paul, Minn will host the 1950 gathering. The group aims to strengthen fellowship, spiritual life, and theological scholarship while addressing Lutheran Church challenges. Attendees heard Rev Herbert Lindemann, Dr Carl Rasmussen, and Dr Samuel Salzmann speak on evangelism and practical theology.
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Richard Trapp
Herbert Lindemann
St. Paul, Minn
Carl Rasmussen
National Lutheran Council
Samuel Salzmann
Wartburg Seminary
Jewish religious interest rises in New York church leaders
Dr Bernard J Bamburger installed as president of the Synagogue Council of America notes growing Jewish interest in religious questions and a surge of new congregations. Dr Israel Goldstein urges a welcome for Israel worship influence but emphasizes the need for a centralized synagogue center. A Presbyterian push for medical mission emphasis and UN curatorship plans for Holy Places in Israel and Arab Palestine are also reported.
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Mofe
New York
Bernard J. Bamburger
Synagogue Council of America
Bamburger
Ple
Israel Goldstein
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
Jewish Agency In Israel
Israel
Synagogue of Israel
Synagogue Center
House of Worship
Bamberger
Robert Gordis
Far Rockaway
Synagogue Council
West End
Hebrew Union College
Lake Success
Arab-Palestine
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
U.N. Conciliation Commission
Jerusalem
U.N
G. Bromley Oxnam
Reinhold Niebuhr
Union Theological Seminary
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers of America
C.I.0
Donald B. Cloward
Northern Baptist Convention
Henry A. Atkinson
Church Peace Union
Bartley C. Crum
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
Dale DeWitt
Middle Atlantic States
Unitarian Association
Frederick May Eliot
American Unitarian Association
William Emerson
American Association For the United Nations
Henry W. Hobson
Southern Ohio
Freda Kirchway
the Nation Associates
Arthur Cushman McGiffert
Chicago Theological Seminary
Episcopal
Norman B. Nash
Massachusetts
James G. Patton
The
Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union
Curtis W. Reese
Abraham Lincoln Center
Church Yule Light Crusade Continues
One woman drive to illuminate churches at Christmas enters its fourth year led by Mrs. Ethel Phelps Hawley of West Hartford Connecticut. About 600 Connecticut churches joined last year and many religious groups back the campaign. Hawley hopes to spread lighting of churches nationwide and worldwide to honor the season. The plan proposes three December evenings or from December 18 to New Year’s Eve, with roots before the war and growing observance last Christmas.
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America
Ethel Phelps Hawley
West Hartford
Conn
Earth
Greek Church Launches Refuges Aid Campaign
In Athens Archbishop Spyridon Viachlos led a nationwide effort to aid 700000 homeless Greeks from the fighting. Orthodox clergy donate a day’s pay and churches give all Sunday collections plus votive offerings to a relief fund. Monastic lands in Peloponnesus and the islands will aid refugee reestablishment.
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Athens
Spyridon Viachlos
All
Monastries
Peloponesus
Islands
Piraeus
Greece
Dublin Anglicans Omit Prayer for King
The Joint Diocesan Synod of Dublin and Glendalough decided to omit King George from the Book of Common Prayer. Delegates warned the change could wedge Northern and Southern Ireland apart as prayers shift from the King to the State after Ireland became a republic.
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Dublin
Neatea
Glendalough
Church of Ireland
Anglican
George
Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ancient Hebrew scrolls on public display at Library of Congress
Three ancient Hebrew scrolls dating over two millennia are on view at the Library of Congress. The centerpiece, a near complete 24 foot Book of Isaiah scroll, is joined by a Habakkuk commentary and a first century B C sectic doctrines collection. Found near Jericho by Bedouin shepherds, the scrolls were loaned by Yeshut Samuel of Syria and insured for about two million dollars. A Secret Service guard accompanied the transit from New Jersey.
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Washington, D. C
Library of Congress
Jericho
Yeshut Samuel
New Jersey
University considers plans for religious instruction at Wisconsin
A student faculty committee of the University Religious Council proposes four options for religious courses with credit at the University of Wisconsin. Options include a separate school of religion, a religion department within an existing school, a general course of religious studies, or an off campus program. The panel studied 20 tax supported schools before making recommendations.
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University of Wisconsin
University Religious Council
Parliament approves state control measures over churches
The Communist dominated Prague parliament unanimously adopted two measures to curb church power. Bishops and clergymen will be civil servants paid by the state, with government control over church appointments finances and administration. A new cabinet ministry will supervise church affairs, effective November 1.
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Prague
Unity Drive Aims at Organic Lutheran Unity
Resolutions at the 12th biennial American Federation of Lutheran Brotherhoods convention in Fargo urged steps toward complete unity among U S Lutheran denominations. They urged National Lutheran Council members to redouble unity efforts and allow mergers of local congregations across synods via the Council's Division of American Missions. Delegates, led by Dr. O G Malmin, stressed unity as a core concern and outlined practical steps such as uniform programs and joint local events, while noting merger is not the primary goal. New officers elected: Adolph A. Hanson president, Grover C. Erdmier vice president, Elden Muir secretary, William Von Stocken treasurer.
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United States
American Federation of Lutheran Brotherhoods
Fargo
National Lutheran Council
Council
Division of American Missions
O. G. Malmin
Minneapolis
Lutheran Herald
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Federation
Lutheran Editors’ Association
Lutheran Unity Movement
Lawrence F. Speckman
Louisville
Adolph A. Hanson
Chicago
Augustana Lutheran Church
Grover C. Erdmier
Freeport
United Lutheran Church In America
Elden Muir
Sterling
Conn
American Lutheran Church
William von Stocken
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Missions Board Urges Aid as China Shifts Leadership
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions urged continued support for China. They noted a shift toward Communist leadership and a hopeful belief that Protestant Christianity can persist under new conditions. Most missionaries remain in the field, working courageously.
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Christiana
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
China
America
American Board of Missionaries
Cornerstone Laying Sinks Bishop Joins Union
Bishop Michael J. Keady of the Columbus Diocese joined Stonemasons Union No. 20 during the cornerstone laying of the St. Joseph Cathedral chancery building. T. E. Wailer presented an honorary union card and button as labor leaders and spectators watched. The bishop joked about quitting scabbing, noting his frequent cornerstone duties across the diocese.
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Michael J. Keady
Columbus, C
Stonemasons’ Union No. 20
Af.l
St. Joseph Cathedral
Ready
Mirror of Opinion Guilty Before God Time
Baltimore readers witnessed a racial murder in Carroll Park where Linwood Matthews, an 18 year old white suspect, was charged after a 15 year old black boy was killed. Church leaders from Protestant, Jewish and Quaker groups issued a collective confession urging humility, forgiveness, and action to end racial prejudice in the city.
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Baltimore
Carroll Park
Linwood Matthews
Universities Charge Irreligion At Duke Inauguration
Dr. Ernest C. Colwell of the University of Chicago told Duke University during the inaugural ceremonies for Dr. A Hollis Edens that American colleges largely reject religion. He urged placing religious faith at the center of student life while opposing excessive tolerance that excludes religion from public culture.
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Colwell
RNS
Radio Executive Named to Protestant Post
Albert Crews, former chief of radio programming in Japan for General MacArthur, named director of production for the Protestant Radio Commission. He helped modernize Japanese networks and draft legislation to privatize broadcasting. The commission oversees radio and television program origination and educational work for clergy and lay readers.
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Albert Crews
Japan
General MacArthur
Protestant Radio Commission
Crews
Diet
Day for Others Spreads Across Nebraska Churches
A church-led effort begun three years ago in Friend by Pilgrim Fellowship, a high school youth group, designated the last day of October as a day for others. After contributing the full day’s work to the church mission fund, the concept has grown statewide with Congregational churches adopting it. Some groups now give four days a year, covering spring, summer, fall, and winter.
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Friend
Neb
Nebraska
Pilgrim Fellowship
Church Mission Fund
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