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...stirred by the plight of his era's D.P.s-the thousands of religious prisoners languishing in dungeons and torture chambers. He founded the Mercedarians-the Order of Our Lady of Mercy-dedicated to the liberation of imprisoned Christians. Before his death in 1256, Nolasque had begged enough money to ransom 2,718 prisoners from the Moors. In 1317 his order vowed that whenever no ransom could be raised, two Mercedarians-one priest, one layman-must substitute themselves for a chosen captive...
Stephen Spender, John Crowe Ransom of Indiana University, Peter R. Viereck '37 of Mt. Holyoke College, and Francis P. Magoun, Jr. '16, professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard will also participate in the Summer School conference which will be held on August...
...Lerner, Magr. Fulton J. Sheen, John Crowe Ransom, Representative Christian A. Herter '15 (R-Mass.), and more than 25 other well known men in the fields of politics, religion, literature, and economies will speak at this year's Summer School forums, William Y. Elliott, director of the Summer Schol, announced last night...
John A. Clardi, Briggs-Copeland Assistant Professor of English Composition; Stephen Spender, John Crowe Ransom, and Randall Jarrell will lecture later on "The Defense of Poetry." "The Near East" and "Science in General Education" are other topies which will be covered during the summer period...
...Bishop Ransom's appraisal of his own busy life is tempered with Christian humility. "I cannot say that I have always been a servant of exceptional faithfulness," he writes, "nor can I say that in my role of bishop my decisions have always been unquestionably right. I may perhaps have made some hearts richer, some minds clearer, and inspired some to more noble prompting, and if so, I am indeed happy...