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Show October 13, 1358 1 THE PARSON By THOMAS WILLIAM or MADRON (Mr. Madron is a member of the SDA National Board and served the past summer as pastor of the Community Methodist Church, lilford, Utah). Page 3 liter e Oftinich Several freshmen from Foster and Ferry Halls were asked a series of concerning WestminWhatever we conceive well, Says Boileau, We express clearly. sterquestions and college life in general. n the pamphlet Religion and the Free Society, written for the Fund Which orientation week activity or the Republic, and basically a compilation of four essays on the did you enjoy the most? ubject, the problem occasionally is well conceived there are also Reg Hughs (free law student from pots, however, that are well muddled, for the dictum above has been New Mexico): S.G.A. dance. :uriously forgotten. Dave Wood (Alaskan student who hopes to enter forestry): FootWilliam Lee Miller, in the first essay entitled Religion and the ball game. American Way of Life, has" found, I think, problems of religion in ur society and has been able to conceive well in pointing them out Letitia Leong (art major from San Francisco): Letitia enjoyed the )ne of the greatest problems facing the religious community today n the United States is the problem of belief in believing that is, picnic because of the vast array of autumn colors in the mounnany are exhibiting plenty of faith, but are quite vague about what tains. hey have faith in. student Joy Wigfall Another problem that religion faces, as well as the whole society, from Del Paso Heights, Califors that of truth by majority rule. Miller deals with this by saying nia): S.G.A. dance. because almost all positions are equally free to present themselves, What are some advantages to j there is an inclination to believe that almost all positions are equally dormitory life? Valuable and true . . . The desirable sense of relativity which the Reg Hughs: Reg enjoys dorm life free society requires tends to turn into a thorough going and debilitatbecause it gives him an opporas to He on the is out that relativism. not, problem goes point ing tunity to become acquainted with it is sometimes put, the loss of absolutes, . . . rather, the disappearthe students. j ance of trust in the proposition that the mind and conscience are capa- Dave Wood: Dave enjoys the assoble of making any genuine discriminations at all. ciation with other people gained from dorm living. In spite of the indentifications popularly made between AmeriLetitia Leong: Letitia believes that canism and godliness, serious tensions between the secular and the two of the greatest advantages William states in the United States today, Clancy, religious exist dorm life are the independence of he of Tension a as Source In second of author the Religion essay. derived from such an experience attempts to trace the problems existing between religion and the secu and also the association with confrontalar society. He admits, of course, that the religious-secula- r other students. tion has never been easy, nor can it be. Joy Wigfall: Joy thinks that dormiProbI The in Arthur with continue the to Cohen, theme, tory life aids one in attaining an Trying adult attitude. lem of Pluralism begins by stating that the disinterest With which our Constitution views religion has had the effect of enforcing vagueWhat are some disadvantages to ness about the proper relationship between religion and government. attending a small college? Cohen suggests that American religious pluralism is deteriorat Reg Hughs: Reg likes the idea of First, religion has succeeded too ing in two discernible directions. knowing most of the people on and in accommodating itself to contemporary campus and becoming well acadjusting readily American life. Secondly, religion assumes that, once adjusted, it is quainted with his professors entitled, by the nature of its claims to theological truth, to special (brown nose). rights and treatment. In the former it betrays its own vocation; in Dave Wood: Dave also likes the the latter it compromises the free society. He seems to imply that of idea y better acquaintSunday-onlbecoming his theory is that religion should keep to itself (a with his ed ideals its to profs. (Another not concern itself with trying impress affair) and should brown nose). on the secular life through the legislative process or social action. I Letitia Leong: Letitia agrees that In The Constitutional Question," Mark de Wolfe Howe asserts a small college offers a greater that the theses that I have offered for consideration are three. They opportunity to become acquaintclause of the First comprise the idea that the ed. Letitia also feels that a Amendment should be read as a barrier not only to Federal action church related college is an inwhich infringes jreligious and other liberties of individuals but as to greater Christian livspiration i prohibition of even those Federal aids to religion which do not ap- ing. affect individual liberties. (pre-medici- By Wilson But just think, the Seniors are FOUR weeks behind. ALUMNI NEWS Homecoming Day also promises Following is the list of candi" ' to be a big occasion for Westmin- dates: ster alumni. For the graduates it President The Rev. David Steele, brings the annual meeting of the President The Rev. Alumni Association, election of officers, luncheon in Ferry Hall as guests of the college, an open house in the afternoon, and participation in the Homecoming Dance in the evening. Registration for alumni will begin at 11 a.m. on the main floor of Converse Hall. The annual meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Gunton Memorial Chapel at which time election results will be announced. Ballots listing candidates for all offices were mailed out early g in October to members of the association and the votes will have been counted prior to the meeting. According to the constitution only alumni who are paid up members are eligible to vote. Being voted on, also, is an amendment to the constitution calling for four vice presidents instead of one. The candidates were named and the amendment drawn up at a meeting of the nominating committee in September. Immediately following the football game there will be an open house in the Student Lounge to give alumni, students and friends an opportunity to meet the new dues-payin- preciably Joy Wigfall: Joy also believes that 1 He points out that the 14th Amendment made the above prohibia small college develops closer tions applicable to the states as well as the Federal Government, but repationships. the barrier is perhaps not so high. Finally, he has suggested that the claim that religious liberty, either against the state or against the What are some advantages of nation, has a more favorable status than other constitutional liberties attending a small college? is no longer justified. Letitia Leong: One disadvantage to I The final section of the pamphlet, The Supreme Court and the attending a small college accordI Establishment' and Free Exercise of Religion, by Maximilian W ing to Letitia is that the college f Kempner, is a rather fine attempt to reduce to its minimum a discusmight not have the name a larger sion of constitutional law dealing with the subject. I think that no institution might have. more need be said of this particular section, inasmuch as it deals What benefits other than your t almost entirely with factual material. degree do you hope to derive from it describe f attending college? The few paragraphs of introduction to the pamphlet as a study directed at clarifying fundamental questions concerning Letitia Leong: By living in a dorINCVAR BRUNSVIK, Owner and claim that it includes a structure freedom and justice Letitia claims that one mitory in the alluded men to Ladies and Mens Hair Cuts seen the as para foregoing of the problem by benefit of attending college also graphs. by Appointment stimulates thoughts and broadens in Hair Styles The Latest I views. The obvious question to ask is, does the pamphlet do what it says NO WAITING it does? The first section of the pamphlet, by Dr. William Lee Miller Joy Wigfall: Joy says that by atof Yale Divinity School, is probably the one that does the most justice one is able to E. & 17th So. tending college to both the title of the pamphlet and the purported purpose of it d a achieve Free and the of Phone HUnter Religion It is a good introduction to a discussion Society. However, it seems to this reviewer that the material takes up some forty pages. They seem to o a series of rather facts. Each of the writers, too, seems to poke around the periphery of the problem the churches have in attempting to bring about a more n country and world. How equitable Christian or ever, the only mention of church social action commissions seems to be one of adverse criticism. Yet in a discussion such as this, one would be led to believe that this ought to be brought into the thinking of the reader. Religion throughout the centuries has attempted to show men Religion throughout the centuries has attempted to show men A Fabulout Array ef American favorite wf.h lgth to ten Hot and society that the way to God is through unselfish service. The dhh to cboota from, Including the finest prlia beef . fowl . ea society must seek to become a common enterprise for the common food. . All on the Smorgasbord. good: it must seek to disengage itself from those forces and influences Afso charbroilad steaks and prime rib dinner. ' that lead it down the road to destruction. While it is virtually axiomatic that the individual is of ultimate worth, yet society must realize ANDY'S SMORGASBORD that God is no respecter of persons. Individualism gone rampant, AND PRIME. RIB . as in Heaven: the result is nominalism andor social atmism. f on Earth to count is individual thought reality of the Group. Only the 3350 Highland Drlv IN as in eHaven: the result is nominalism andor social atomism. I 5 p.m. weekday " is a contribution to the discussion of Open p.m, Sunday Free the and Society Religion Kfember Dfttnett C lab Etqair Chh 7taltn Credit The Free Society" prepared for the Fund for the Republic and available Service - AAA Universal Travelcard free in singjle copies, from its office at 60 E. 42 nd St., New York 17, N.Y. INGVARS BARBER SHOP ... llth well-rounde- 21 re-d- David Steele, of Cottonwood. pastor Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City. He is the son of Dr. Robert Steele, former president of Westminster, and is married to Joan Patton, 53 Vice President (Eligible alumni to vote for four): dentByron Burmester, ex-5ist in Salt Lake City, married to Barbara Meisner, 50; Ronald Larson, 54, employee credit department, Utah Oil Refining Co., married to Mary Holt, 52, 0, College; Bruce Bemis, 58, teaching assistant, Department of Mathema- -' tics, University of Utah; Ralph Bowman, 58, teacher in Jordan School District; houseVirginia Bats, ex-5wife, husband is Peter Bats, Salt Lake nurseryman. 3, (Continued on Page 4) One Stop SHOPPING SERVICE Fountain Lunches Film Cosmetics School Supplies self-evide- nt : Judeo-Christia- 0 Stationery Greeting Cards j . Where the Gang Meets . - - BRYAN REXALL PHARMACY - Corner of 04 llthE. & 17th South |