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Show i' 6 u - Y T I ' j V eg on t! ns ge: ga U t see fit afce: alp ed ft. Lar ,h, e-- Living Issues Recapped Noted Theologian Speaks SPEAKERS From the University of Utahs Newman House, the Reverend Lawrence Sweeney presented the role of the Roman Catholic Church in todays present situation of The main recurring theme throughout his speech The chapel meeting on Monday of this week featured Rev. Herman F. Reissig as guest speaker. Rev. Reissig is International Relations Secretary for the Council for Christian Social Action of the United Church of Christ. His topic was How To Fight Communism Effectively. Rev. Reissig began his speech by outlining five wrong ways to fight Communism: social-revolutio- n. was that even'though religion not the major orce in todays world, the powerful, individualistic influence it does possess could and should be is VS pt ove: dt promoted to its fullest. The substance of this promotion in the idea that Roman lies Catholics, in fact n t: 8 ! polr. T: ise Ji al 1 w: sh now determines events. future ; rest mu: ho; X , non-Catho-lic- s, be active, not only on Sunday but also on the other days of the week. In other terms, be an alert citizen. Take a living part in present situations. The action taken I le rd ece' s v w: Professor J. D. Williams of the Political Science Department at the University of Utah gave the chapel address for Tuesday. Professor Williams, a Bishop in the Mormon The Church, spoke on Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints and the Social Revolution. He began by saying that religion, being a very personal thing, faced the problem of the conflict between church and state. The role of the Church is to mobilize the people to do something about social problems, and yet the y . church must remain separate from affairs of state. 2t 1 r Professor Williams based his concept of an ideal society on the Seven Pillars of Mormonism, especially the Doctrine of Free Agency which slates that man has the right to choose between right and wrong. He believes that freedom is the main factor in producing this ideal society, because, only in freedom can men i i V b T U F F rot rot; 4: & t 1: ;g learn responsibility. Through education and the gaining of knowledge, they will learn to make the right choices. The speaker said that he feels the Mormon Church is helping to foster such an ideal society by such practices as its encouragement of education, its welfare plan, its responsibility for all of the members, and its policy of church activity for everyone. Professor Williams ended hy citing some statistics which showed Utah to be J. Bracken Lee Speaks Mayor of Salt Lake City 8 p3h. Thursday, December 7th in Rosa Bird Marimon Lounge . Dr. Reissig Condemns y tendency characteristic in the social revolution among re ligions, notably Quakers, Jews and Unitarians. The Quakers, whom he termed gutty people worthy of deep respect, believe that God is at wrork in all of life in a very natural wray. Rev. Gillilan emphasized the work of the American Friends Committee whose three major purposes are aiding victims of the effects of war, lessening strife between differing factions, and upholding the position of pacifists. The speaker said all Christianity is indebted to Judia-isbecause of its prophetic influence. The three branches of Judaism, Orthodox. Conservative and Reformed, have no service organization because each Jew makes his own contribution of righteousness. The Unitarians have no creed or doctrine, but believe it possible to live a good life outside of traditional Christianity. Because Unitarians do not believed in a personal god. prayer is not a relevant activity. Unitarians do not believe in the Trinity. This sect does not maintain the unique divinity of Christ. Unitarians believe neither in the doctrine of original sin, nor in heaven or hell, but that all men hold the potentiality for both good and bad. Rev. Gillilan concluded by 1. Join an anti-communi- st crusade. 2. Concentrate on fighting Communism to the exclusion of all other social problems such as poverty and illiteracy. 3. Read only the tracts put out by crusaders who do not know much about the Communist ideals. 4. Exaggerate the strength of Communism in this country so as to create panic. 5. Restrict the Civjl Liberties of Communists and Communist sympathizers in .this anti-communi- st Young Republicans Anti-Communi- Movement st country. Rev. Reissig then outlined what he feels are the right ways to fight Communism in this country. 1. Let the F. B. I. investigate conspirators instead of all citizens taking the responsibility upon themselves. 2. Let congressional investigation committees investigate only for the purpose of legislation. 3. Allow full freedom of the press and speech. 4. Insist that all organizations use democratic practices. 5. Study Communism as well as democracy to learn its real ideals and goals. 6. Insist that churches have the right to speak out freely. 7. Fight social injustice such- as racial discrimination, unfair labor practices, unfair laws, etc. 8. Support interdenominational cooperation between churches. - m saying that regardless of ones religion, it must be shown in daily life. SEMINARS The first seminar of Westministers Living Issues Week began with a panel discussion on the subject, Alcohol: Reaction to Revolution. The panel was composed of three authorities on the effects of alcohol, Dr. John Grimmet, Mr. Fenton Moss, and Mr. James Pease. The main point at issue of this scientific approach to the alcohol problem could be categorically divided into four main subdivisions: (1) Symptoms leading to alcoholism; (2) phychoanalytical probing of the chronic alcoholic, i.e. the study of the complexities of the personality traits, (3) Alcoholics Anonymous and its vital role in the aid to (4) statistics pertainthe to growth rate of aling coholism in the United States. (Continued on page 2) Vol. 10, No. 11 Salt Lake City, Utah December 6, 1961, NSA Conference by Pat Shea Saturday, December 2, several class officers and members of the PARSON staff attended a regional National Student Association conference in the beautiful new Union Building at Weber College. There were two reasons for our attending this conference. First, to see what problems other Utah colleges are having and if they, in any way,, relate to the ones here on our campus. Second, and most important, to find out what NS A has to offer Westminster College. We all were very much impressed with what We heard and saw there. NSA is a coordinator of all the colleges here in the United States. They have the facilities for providing any member college with information for solving any problem they have to cope with. What we saw Saturday was only a small part of this organization and, yet, the accomplishments of this group were, I felt, fantastic. There were thirty-twpeople present representing the o following Utah colleges: Dixie, Weber, U. of Utah, - and Westminster. The day consisted of introduction of members present, class discussion, a keynote address given by Charles (Chuck) Akerlow (past regional director of NSA) on Utah As a Unified Community. This was followed by a group discussion on the topic How Can We as Students Use Conferences To Develop BeUnity and tween Utah Colleges. The speaker felt that the greatest danger from Communism is on the international level instead of at home. Communism is taking over country after country of discontented and hungry people. In order to fight this democracy has an obligation to be against all forms of totalitarianism and not just Communism alone. We should our strengthen democratic Lastly, Rev. Reissig said that we should support the United Nations because it is the only international organization that has a chance to strengten relations between countries of the world. NSA BIGWIG VISITS Miss Pat Anderson, West Coast Representative of the National Student Association, spent most of last Friday in a hard-hittincampaign to sell "Meaning of Patriotism" Meeting held at the Public-Tow- First Unitarian Society 569 South 13th East Sunday, December 10th , 8 p.m. ALL WELCOME Anderson (West Coast of NSA; gradrepresentative uate of Ohio State). Bob Clark (regional director of NSA; .graduate of East High, student of U of U). Ernest Ford (World News Editor of the Chronicle.) Each of these and people were qualified to give advice and kept. the question pertinent to the subject. As a Freshman, this was my first contact with NSA and I must say, without a doubt, this is one of the most dynamic organizations I have ever seen. I have never felt so positive of all an organizations goals as I have about 1 i g Westminster on NSA affiliation. With a winning smile and sparkling eyes, she plied her talents on appromixately fifteen students, and Dean ) Robinson. Miss Anderson, whose office in Berkeley, California, toured the Utah NSA Region in conjunction with the Reg- is ional Conference held Saturday at Weber College. She presented the services offered by NSA to member schools, and commented on certain student problem areas, such as, How to instill awareness in newspaper editors. She also told students about the lovely weather in Berkeley at this time of year. Largely due to Miss Ander- sons efforts, nine Westminster students cohstituted the largest delegation at the Conference. SGAC voted yesterday, at their weekly meeting, to join the Association. The class discussions were Pat J ideals by practicing what we preach and by fighting poverty and injustice in other countries. By this they will become less easy prey to Communism, which feeds on social discontent. I led by the following people: al-holi- Sponsored by I ! ahead of the nation as. a whole. For example, this state has a lower mental illness rate, 'higher birth rate, lower death rate, and a lower illegit-amacrate than the nation as a whole. This, he felt' is due largely tb the Mormon influence in this state, and proves that Mormonism is having some success in its attempt to reach the Ideal So ciety. Rev. Hugh Gillilan, of the First Unitarian Society, spoke on Other Religious Groups and the Revolution in the final 9:50 meeting of Living Issues Week. Rev. Gillilan noted a definite humanistic Service s i Dr. Fred C. Schwarz Head of ! Christian Anti-Communi- st i Crusade well-verse- d NSA. 8 p.m. I Monday, December 11th at Temple Square Assembly Ilall 5 ALL WELCOME j |