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Gifford's views are those of a forthright "modernist" to whom orthodoxy is merely another word for fossilization. He sees all theology as in constant need of revision and reconstruction in the light of religious experience rather than patristic authority. Dogmatists will find plenty in Dr. Gifford's pages to make them jump. The book's final chapter is an eloquent statement of the position of Protestant liberals. Excerpts...
Under the wing of Holding Carter, Mississippi's forthright Pulitzer Prizewinning editor, three 28-year-old veterans last month launched the Greenwood (Miss.) Morning Star. In their maiden issue they offered readers some pin money: $1 for each week's best news...
...interest to further the strength of such an organ. I believe everyone at Harvard has a stake in the democracy of the only agency representing the student body. However, to "democratize" the Council would in itself be an empty act; a renovated Council must set out in an active, forthright manner to meet the needs facing students at Harvard in 1946. With this in mind Harvard AVC has named a representative for the proposed investigating committee. Robert L. Koehl '44, Chairman, Student Activities Committee, Harvard Chapter...
Agness ("Aggie") Underwood is an uninhibited Los Angeles crime reporter. She has lately been teaching William Randolph Hearst's granddaughter Phoebe the newspaper business (TIME, May 27). Last week Aggie gave her Hearstling apprentice a forthright lesson in the care and treatment of city editors...
...year-old bachelor announcer Jack Barry went much of the credit for a new success in moppetry. He originated and conducts the Jury, made up of average youngsters whose responses to questions are unpredictable, forthright. Barry neither hogs the mike nor acts like a benevolent uncle. By putting his charges at ease before each broadcast, he gets some delightful reactions: quick indignation for obviously stupid questions, squealing giggles to unexpected answers, busy babbling when two or more youngsters try to talk at the same time, as they frequently do. Hoping to catch an even wider audience than the encyclopedia Quiz...