Word: electives
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...Both later accepted. Ambrose, at 35, had not been baptized when he was sent in 374 by the Roman Emperor Valentinian to address an assembly of Christians gathered at Milan to elect a bishop. His speech impressed the meeting. A child cried out: "Ambrose-bishop," and the meeting elected him by acclamation. Gregory (not to be confused with 16 Popes of that name) first refused, then accepted, the bishopric of Sasima. Later he took over his father's duties as Bishop of Nazianzus in Asia Minor, but he never accepted formal installation in that see. In 1808 the Pope...
...charge was religious persecution. It was made by Treasurer-elect Daniel M. Pattison of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern) in a letter last week to U.S. Senators and the State Department. Objects of the charge were the supporters of the Conservative Party now in power in the South American republic of Colombia. During the past year or so, said Pattison, the Roman Catholic Conservatives had been systematically trying to drive the Protestants out by beatings, bombings, arson and intimidation...
...pastor, the Rev. Juan Libreras, was arrested on the charge of having prayed for the death of the President-elect, Laureano...
...successor to Chase goes, the name of John B. Garrison '31 has been mentioned prominently. Garrison played varsity hockey here for three years, was a member of the 1932 Olmpic team, and captained the 1936 entry. He later coached the American Hockey Association squad (which included Harvard's captain-elect Lew Preston) that toured Europe two years ago. Garrison has played with Chase for 20 years...
Dean Griswold will address the group which will elect a slate of officers and adopt a constitution...