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secondary role for students an
weaknesses Of churches and
their teachings and to build up
the materialistic approach to
learning.
Since World War II a def
mite change has taken place.
While there are scoffers and
>skepticS present on our cam
puses, they no longer have full
sway. Defenders of religion are
no longer reluctant to make
known their beliefs and to
stand up for their convictions.
1t is currently quite all right
for a student to acknowledge
he may do so without drawing
membership in a church. and
knowing smiles and caustic
smirks.
The conservative magazine
Christianity Today In its cur
rent February is issue devotes
several important articles to
analyzing the place of Christ
on our college campuses.
Trend Reversed
In the opening account DR..
Edward G. GroSebeck Of the
University of Michigan de-
clares After a period of dis
misSal Christ is once again
gaining entry to the American
campus" This Is occurring, he
asserts, because many believe
human need can be met only
by the complete application Of
Christ's unique work for man
and in history"
In The Task Of Educated
Leadership" Professor E. M.
Blackjack Of the University Of
Auckland, New Zealand, states
that The first task Of the edu-
Gated Christian is moral leader
ship" The university teacher
inspires young students by
standing firm for his prin-
ciples. But the author warns
that "Second-rate scholarship,
shoddy work in the classroom.
dour aloofness, and lack of
social grace, can destroy such
usefulness"
Professor Blackjack then adds
conservatism must be in
formed conservatism. Ortho-
doxy should be something more
than q mere emotional attitude.
It should be the stand Of an
educated Christian, free from
credulity, shibboleth. and sup
erstition, above the noisy con-
troversy which so often passes
for loyalty, and careful to
avoid hot polemical attitudes"
Space Age Spirit
Where do students Of the
space age stand spiritually?
Charles H. Troutman, general
director Of the nter-Varsity
Christian Fellowship, In THE
Gospel and the Collegiate
Mind" contends that while they
know little about Jesus Christ
or the Bible, they hold both in
fairly high regard" But he adds
they do not transfer this regard
to either Christ's followers or
his church.
For most students Chris
tianity is an irrelevant heritage
from the past rather than a
valid way Of life for today"
Mr.. Troutman charges. To
reach the student the intel
lectual issues Of the campus
must be discussed though
everything cannot be placed
within that context.
The publication has testi-
monies Of students and pro-
fessors as to the Importance
of Christ to them. 1t also pre-
sents an Image Of the Secular
Collegian" through the replies
of numerous professors on
secular campuses. Both these
sections are revealing Of cur
rent student thinking at our
American universities.
Perspective Needed
In an editorial kind Of sum-
ming UP the magazine declares
christianity has as much TO
say and to offer this genera
ton, and particularly its CEN
tiers Of thought. as any. In
fact, the dire need Of Christian
perspective was never more
pronounced than now"
The writer gives three basic
reasons for colleges bypassing
1.-The claims Of Christ and the
Bible" They are:
/. Because modern man
seeks first the satisfaction Of
desires other than LIES spirit
ual needs. His recognized ap-
petites are primarily this
worldly. economic, political.
scientific"
2. THE young intellectuals,
or the so-called angry young
men,, delude and then comfort
themselves with the notion that
Christianity Is ACCIDENTALLY
discredited. The claims of
Christ are more disowned
then disproved, however.
3. THE real reason Christ
Is bypaSsed by many intellec-
tuals today Is simple: Christi
anity demands more In the way
OF spiritual decision than the
self-seeking modern man well
comes"
Loneliness Acute
Prof. Calvin d. Linton. dean
Of Columbia College Of Arts and
Sciences, George Washington
University, suggests that
Mans arrangement from the
universe. and his loneliness
within II, are not assuaged by
his vastly increased informa-
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