A DISTINCTION
- - ■ -,<? i:>i7'.>a or the rwn. V.'oh .'.our permission I would •■■ •■'•• t ■.'.". '<-'} attention to the distinet ■ -.-;.'\o by the Cathedral authorities '•*'. !: iv.-rj of the noblest charities I " • c t;-. So far as I can,' I most ;:':•'..;/ support both. The charities] .'••:■■(! \<> are the Rotary Club's . ■;:. .--trcr't appeal and the annual . ■■:,■■■„: <,f the local branch of St. John ■v :::<: weeks ago on the occasion of .;:,i.e;i!, a request was made by St. • ' :.;/.,'f.::icials to the Cathedral author- ■ '.'.•- : •.• piTi:ii.v-ion to erect a tent or .::■'.■.:'.-<. in the Cathedral grounds, per- ■ '•;.' ...r,>i valuable collecting cen- •;. ,-. :).'.' city. A reply was received • ■ .'• '!;<■ Chapter stating that a resolu- ' ' r.un b'-cn passed laying it down ■•■■• •. '• such permission would be ;''"■■■■ <<■■ n the future. ! .-■ (.eritcd the decision, as all St. ■ '■i ••'.-. :-upponers did, without comj ■=..-;:. ! could not expect special fav- '■::■• f<-.- the charity I supported. So .'.-"j ,-< it was ranked with others '-. ia.:.v rjr-er\ing I had no valid comi i ■(.',.. i-i.'.vovvr, I was amazed to < : -: t* j n'l the Chapter, a semi-religious l."dy, had presumably forgotten its < > t r-f-•.••■..lutiorj or had flouted it. There :•■ 'in '"nth.edral grounds stood the f:< c-tv rr.arqur-c. I hope it did well. *'•-.• '-.•; c is a splendid one. but con- *■ 'if- > ,'■, c t!,f>sr -jentiments sincerely I ff'i » mined to ask next: Why this inVjcj '•!■ ch'Hiction? Why does the
resolution which banned St. John's relax in the case of Rotary? The Chapter may have a perfectly reasonable reply, but if it has, it should publish it if only to save itself from a charge of snobbery which will otherwise be directed against it—and with apparently good reason.—Yours, etc., JOHN STRAIGHT. December 21, 1934.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21355, 24 December 1934, Page 11
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