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...names before U. S. congregations, releasing a nonsectarian. 25-min. evening church service. To a Manhattan studio preview went local churchmen, there to see & hear: Dr. Daniel Alfred ("Dan") Poling, famed Dry crusader, kinetic leader of U. S. youth, editor-in-chief of The Christian Herald; Dr. Charles Rosenbury Erdman of Princeton's First Presbyterian Church and Princeton Theological Seminary; Baritone Homer Alvan Rodeheaver, whose imposing manner and cheery hymns used to be a prime feature of Billy Sunday's revival services; and the Westminster Choir of Ithaca, N. Y. under the able direction of John Finley Williamson...
Churchmen who visited last week's preview were somewhat captious. They listened to five selections by Westminster Choir, a solo by a Miss Lorene Hodap, a scripture reading by Dr. Erdman, a sermon by Dr. Poling defending present-day Youth. Studio atmosphere was reverent: some smoked before, but none during the showing. Afterwards, a few clergymen criticized the choir: it sang too well, over-balancing the rest of the program, and there were too many close-ups of comely Westminster choir girls. Lipstick was apparent. One gentleman observed a glaring omission: there was no prayer! Hastily Promoter Rodeheaver...
...fewer still are regarded as "regular fellows" by their classmates. In Princeton's Class of 1920, however, was a Canadian preacher's son whose popularity was immense, yet who surprised few of his friends when he was converted to "Buchmanism" the spring of his senior year. Erdman ("Erd") Harris was an exuberant cheer leader, a powerful swimmer, a talented composer of Triangle Club scores (Julius Caesar, Isle of Surprise). He ranked high in studies, too. His bright, bubbling nature continued as engaging after conversion as before and his post-graduate religious work on the campus was extremely successful...
Engaged. Eleanor Donnelley, daughter of Reuben H. Donnelley (telephone books); to the Rev. Calvin Pardee Erdman, Professor of Biblical Literature at Occidental College, son of famed Dr. Charles Rosenbury Erdman, of Princeton...
Score, Princeton 9, Harvard 1. Goals, Borden 5. Erdman 2. Bottomley 2 White...