Word: adventism
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...seven Sunday Masses in St. Patrick's Cathedral: "We note with alarm and regret the growing custom of holding parties in business offices on the days immediately preceding Christmas. We caution the faithful against such parties for the following reasons: 1) these parties ignore the sacred character of Advent, which is a time of becoming preparation for the coming of our divine Savior; 2) the days immediately preceding Christmas are invariably days of fast and abstinence . . .; 3) at many of these parties there is excessive use of intoxicating drinks. These sinful excesses cause untold harm in various ways...
...results of a new poll to show what impact TV has had on education. Asking their questions of both teachers and parents, Woodbury's researchers made a cheery discovery: 55% of the teachers and 60% of the parents felt that discipline problems had not changed with the advent of TV; 65% of the teachers and 47% of the parents felt that children were now more interested in current events. Most startling of all was a report that flatly contradicted many other surveys: 57% of the teachers and 78% of the parents said their children's grades had remained...
Early in June, in the only important modification of parietal rules that has taken place at Harvard since the advent of the Houses, the Housemasters approved the "Oxford card system" to go into effect for the fall of 1941. The change was to affect only the Houses; the Yard and outside dormitories were to stay as they were, and as they still are. The Oxford system is still the rule in the Houses...
...days millions of people will clink glasses and kiss each other at midnight to celebrate the advent of a new half century. Millions of others will sneer and say that they should have celebrated this momentus event a year...
...H.A.A., which hopes to attract a sizeable crowd in Soldiers Field on the advent of the Yale game, will sign up 100 more ushers for the big contest from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the H.A.A.'s subterranean headquarters in the Union...