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A federal judge ruled that a statue that many called anti-Catholic on the campus of Washburn University History
Washburn University was established in February 1865 as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas on land donated by abolitionist John Ritchie.
 in Topeka, Kansas This article is about the state capital of Kansas. For other uses, see Topeka (disambiguation).

Topeka is the capital of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County, which is named after the Shawnee Indians.
 will stand as long as the university wants.

A faculty member and student sued to have it removed from its position in front of the school's student union because the sculpture, called "Holier than thou," depicts a Catholic bishop whose mitre resembles a penis.

The Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850).  Star reports that Catholic high schools in Kansas This is a list of high schools in the state of Kansas. Allen County
  • Humboldt High School, Humboldt
  • Iola High School, Iola
  • Marmaton Valley High School, Moran
Anderson County
  • Crest High School, Colony
 have banned Washburn from recruiting on their property. Many Catholic alumni of the school have said they will stop donating.
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Title Annotation:news; Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas keeps statue
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 1, 2004
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