Miss Joan Frances Baker, a graduate of SMU, was married Saturday to Elvis Leonard Mason, an honor graduate of Lamar State College of Technology, in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church of Houston.

Her husband, who is the son of Alton John Mason of Shreveport, La., and the late Mrs. Henry Cater Parmer, was president of Alpha Tau Omega and a member of Delta Sigma Pi at Lamar Tech, and did graduate work at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, on a Rotary Fellowship.

Cecil Mason of Hartford, Conn., was best man for his brother, and groomsmen were Rhodes S. Baker 3, of Houston, Dr. James Carter of Houston and Conrad McEachern of New Orleans, La..

While Yahweh demands animals that are " without blemish " ( Leviticus 1: 3, NRSV ), the priests, who were " to determine whether the animal was acceptable " ( Mason 143 ), were offering blind, lame and sick animals for sacrifice because they thought nobody would notice.

Caltech pranks have been documented in three Legends of Caltech books, the most recent of which was edited by alumni Autumn Looijen ' 99 and Mason A. Porter ' 98 and published in May 2007.

The board complained that Pfeiffer was too removed from management and the troops, as he surrounded himself with a " clique " of Chief Financial Officer Earl Mason, Senior Vice-President John Rose, and Human Resources Chief Hans Gutsch.

Bahá ' ís interpret lineal descendency to mean physical familial relation to Bahá ' u ' lláh, of which Mason Remey was not.

Jackie Mason was banned from the series in October 1964 ( the ban was removed a year and a half later, and Mason made his final appearance on the show ).

During a taping of Mason's monologue Sullivan, off camera, gestured that Mason should wrap things up by giving him two fingers, meaning " two minutes left ", as the show was suddenly shown live following an abbreviated address by President Lyndon Johnson, which was expected to preempt the entire show.

In 1787 he attended the United States Constitutional Convention and was one of the delegates voting against the new constitution ( joining George Mason and Edmund Randolph in not signing it ).

Wray appeared in three episodes of CBS's courtroom drama Perry Mason, the first of which was " The Case Of The Prodigal Parent " ( Episode 1-36 ) aired June 7, 1958.

Some like the British Marxist historian Timothy Mason have argued that the Second World War was a direct effect of the German economic system, which made expansionism necessary for domestic prosperity, indeed, survival ; and which made Jingoism necessary for the quelling of class conflicts.

Named after American revolutionary, patriot, and founding father George Mason, the university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and became an independent institution in 1972.

The George Mason University logo, originally designed in 1982, was updated in 2004.

James Mason ultimately was signed, and filming began on October 12, 1953.

Mason was the youngest state governor in United States history.

The ceremony was attended by some of Hollywood's biggest stars, including Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, David Niven, Ronald Reagan, James Mason, Bette Davis, Danny Kaye, Joan Fontaine, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, Gregory Peck and Gary Cooper, as well as Billy Wilder and Jack Warner.

His final U. S. performance was in San Francisco on August 20, 2006, as headliner at the Festival of the Golden Gate ( Foggfest ) on the Great Meadow at Fort Mason.

Hoover was a devoted Freemason, being raised a Master Mason on 9 November 1920, in Federal Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC, just two months before his 26th birthday.

Steve Mason in his 1991 book argued that Josephus was not a Pharisee but an orthodox Aristocrat-Priest who became part of the Temple Establishment as a matter of deference, and not by willing association.

Their son, Christopher Dennis Mason, was born in 1957, and they divorced in 1962.

And like this English master, Mason realizes his subjects in large, simplified masses which, though they seem effortless, are in reality the result of skilled design born of hard work and a thorough distillation of the natural form that inspired them.

In following this general principle, Mason provides the observer with a natural eye progression from foreground to background, and the illusion of depth is instantly created.

With the growth of the schooling system came fresh theories and philosophies of education such as those of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi who would influence the likes of Herbert Spencer who in his essays on education ( 1854 and 1859 ) argued against the traditional authoritative classical form of education that disregarded the natural wishes, tendencies, and motives of the child In turn there were many further pioneers such as Charlotte Mason, Caroline Southwood Hill and Susan Sutherland Isaacs.

The first and second article of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, adopted unanimously by the Virginia Convention of Delegates on June 12, 1776 and written by George Mason, speaks of happiness in the context of recognizably Lockean rights and is paradigmatic of the way in which " the fundamental natural rights of mankind " were expressed at the time.

With the retirement of Sundin and Demitra being held out of the lineup with injuries, he was moved to his natural center position and joined by wingers Mikael Samuelsson and Mason Raymond.

In 1975, a master plan for the arboretum was developed which included three natural ecosystems and a formal garden, and Mason was appointed arboretum Director.

* 1786 – William Mason, American politician ( d. 1860 )

** Henry F. Mason, American politician ( d. 1927 )

* January 13 – William Mason, American politician ( b. 1786 )

* September 10 – William Mason, American politician ( d. 1860 )

* John W. Longyear, a judge and politician, moved to Mason in 1844, where he taught school and studied law.

* Charles Holland Mason, politician and lawyer

* Robert Mason ( Liberal politician ) was born in Belford in 1857 and was a member of parliament from 1918 to 1922

Thurlow Weed, a New York politician, formed an anti-Masonic movement, gathering discontented opponents of President Andrew Jackson, known to be a Mason, into the Anti-Masonic political party.

* Mason Sears ( 1899 – 1973 ): politician and ambassador

* John Mason Parker ( Saskatchewan politician ) ( 1882 – 1960 ), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada

Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, PC ( born 18 April 1924 ) is a British Labour politician and former Cabinet minister.

Andrea Mason ( born 1968 ) is an Australian politician and an Australian Aborigine.

Brian Mason ( born October 12, 1953 ) is a Canadian politician and leader of the Alberta New Democrats ( NDP ).

It was created in 1935 for the politician, public servant and magistrate Sir William Mason, 1st Baronet.

Lieutenant-Colonel Glyn Keith Murray Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford CBE, DSO ( 29 May 1887 – 31 December 1972 ) was a British businessman, magistrate and Conservative politician.

Winnifred Mason Huck ( September 14, 1882 – August 24, 1936 ) was an American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois who became the third woman to serve in the United States Congress, after Jeannette Rankin and Alice Mary Robertson, the first woman to represent Illinois in Congress, and the first mother.

* David Marshall Mason ( 1865 – 1945 ), Scottish politician, banker and businessman

* William Mason ( US politician ) ( 1786 – 1860 ), United States Representative from New York

* William E. Mason ( Canadian politician ) ( 1866 – 1951 ), former mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

* William Mason, 1st Baron Blackford ( 1862 – 1947 ), British politician and public servant

Douglas Mason " Doug " Fisher ( September 19, 1919 – September 18, 2009 ) was a Canadian political columnist and politician.

* Joseph Mason ( Canadian politician ) ( 1839-1890 ), merchant and politician in British Columbia, Canada