'1 . . J -- f r"? September 13, 1966 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Section II Page 9 To Be Improved Religion 'In r fl IT! VTWT - Ti i niiig w i in st undents Pharmacy School Enrollment Up A quarter of a million dol lars worth of new instrument tation will be installed in the Morehead Planetarium" with Are you dateless tonight' Pine no longer! Our CUPro COMPUTER will scan, cfceck, match, select and Introduce you to your MOST COMPAT IBLE single dates. You will receive their names and phone numbers; they will receive yours. Now, the Science is Chemis try and ROMANCE is yours! Fill out and mail the coupon below, and you will receive our FREE compatibility ques tionaire. Complete and return it with a minimum computer fee. To: MATCH-MATE! P.O. Box 7024 Stewart Station Richmond, Va. 23221 Please forward me one FREE compatibility ques- tionalre! Name: Address: Affiliation: funds granted by the Board of Trustees of the Morehead Foundation. Hugh G. Chatham, vice chairman of the board, an nounced the gift after the trusters' study of the-presentation of the new instrument and additions by A. F. Jen zano, planetarium director. ... v . The new Planetarium instru ment' prototype was demon strated for the first' time to Planetarium directors from all over tho . world at their recent meeting .-and visit to the 2eiss factory in Oberkoc hen. Arrangements for the mod ernization program have been made by Roy Armstrong, executive secretary of the. Foundation, Chancellor J. Car lyle Sitterson, Business Man ager J. A. Williams, Pur chase Director R. L. Hardi son, and Carl Zeiss, Scientific Director W. E. Degenhard. Jenzano said that "In dec ades to come, the new instru ments will assure infinitely greater academic and aesthet ic benefits to millions of peo ple in all walks of life." No Serm .oils' But Incpiisitive Study UJgIgoihg Spsoial All vw m mi SPAG WEDNESDAY 7:30-9:00 P.M. 104 W. Franklin St. By JOAN PAGE Religion is "in" with Caro lina students these days. Preaching and indoctrination in the classroom are "out." In keeping with a national trend among large state uni versities, Chapel Hill students are enrolling in religion cours es in record numbers. Around 1,000 have signed up for this fall. Student demand has led to a doubling of the religion faculty in the past five years. Ironically, the wave of inter est in the study of religion is centered on campuses of the bigger state institutions, so often singled out as seats of "radicalism" and "astheism." Berkley reports that one of the most popular courses on its campus is "The English Bi ble as Literature." At Chap el Hill, a course on "The Ori gin and Significance of t h e Bible" attracts 200 students each semester. The New York Times par tially attributes this upsurge of interest in religion to a Su preme Court ruling that the Bible is worthy of objective study for its literary and his toric qualities, plus the fact that faculty members no long er fear or feel superior to the teaching of religion. Religion Department Chair man Samuel S. Hill Jr. says Chapel Hill students are in terested in a scholarly and comparative study of religion. They seem eager to delve into the probings of such theologi cal scholars as Tillich and the Niebuhrs. "They will not tolerate preaching in the classroom," says Dr. Hill. "Like the poli tical campus rebels, students who turn to religious study demand that such teaching take place in a setting of academic freedom. They re ject indoctrinaton and insist on a no - holds - barred at mosphere." University students, Dr. Hill adds, want their professors to explore questions with them and point out alternative pos sibilities. "They don't want to be dogmatized. The minute a professor begins to focus on one approach, the brighter stu dents reject it." ' Dr. Hill has some definite ideas as to why students are being drawn to religion cours es! ' ' "They are seeking a chance to grapple with the great ques tions concerning man and rea lity. Many of them sense there must be something better to religion than what they!ve been taught. In search of a new approach to religion, they trines in' terms of contempor- ary life with -spurring student interest. Jn religion. Moral issues such as Viet -Nam and civil rights, coupled with a- sense of meaningless and anxiety in life, also are sending students to religion classes in a search for iden tity and for answers to what it means to be alive. ' "Students feel they ought to be. responsible members of so ciety," Dr. Hill said. "They, believe that somehow the study of religion will shed light' on what it means to be responsible." As to how religion should be taught, Dr. Hill maintains that neither a church college nor a state institution "has any business indoctrinating students." Yet, since religious questions deal with personal human existence, "inevitably want to compare their tram- you ask and deal with aues- ing and views with those of tions which cannot be treat- students from other areas and other faiths." Dr. Hill credits both the "God Is Dead" movement and the Second Vatican Council re vision of Roman Catholic doc- ed from a purely detached viewpoint." Most religion courses, he be lieves, can properly be adap ted to a dialogue format, with views of theologians, profes- Miss Teenage America Lauds Dress Of Jacqueline Kennedy WELCOME STUDENTS The Bullshead Bookshop Ground Floor Wilson Library OPEN TO SERVE YOU Colette Daiute was in New York recently, winding ud her great year as 1966's Miss Teenage America. We stopDd by to have tea and tlk with her about clothes and make up and whatever else was on her mind. Colette says that Jacqueline Kennedy i still her fashion ideal. She likes the way Mrs. Kennedy always chooses clothes that are ex actly right for her. with the emphasis on simplicity and elegance. Next auestion pants and pants suits for town life. "I like them, but I'm sure it will take a while before they are accented in the small er cities and towns." Colette thoueht that evening pants would catch on quicker, and she has chosen some for her self in dressy fabrics. From a long story to a Fhort one. we asked about skirt lengths. Colette said hers were about - one ' inch above her knee but -said the decision should de nned on "what shape your legs are in, and how old you are." sors and students equally shar ed and compared. 'You arrive at no over -all conclusions for the class as a whole. Conclusions are something each student must derive for himself." The Religion Department at Chapel Hill was founded in 1947, with one faculty mem ber. For 12 years, it was a two - professor operaton. In recent years, it has expan ded from a three - course de partment with a dozen stu dents to a 27 - course pro gram with enrollments near 1,000. Religion majors have increased from six annually to an average of 25. - The Board of Trustees has just, approved two new pro fessors for the present four man department. A Jewish scholar specializing in back ground of the Old Testament will join the faculty in Sep tember. Next year, a spec ialist in the psychology of reli gion will be added. These two win join authori ties on Biblical literature, American religion, history of religion, and art and religion. Dr. Hill says the possibility of a PhD. program in religion is being studied. He detects a , "new respect" among univer sity educators in all higher learning institutions for the "critical and analytical" stu dy of religion. Total enrollment in the Uni versity School of Pharmacy will show a substantial net increase this falL And, interestingly, female pharmacists-to-ba will make up slightly more than one third of th-2 student body. Dr. M. A. Chambers, assis tant dean of the pharmacy school, said that final regis tration figures will change slightly "but the enrollment picture will still look good." He noted that the size of the classes is increasing so that a large number of graduates can be expected in the coming years. Total enrollment in the phar macy school's four years of study will be in the neighbor hood of 349 students, up by about 40 over last year and a dramatic increase of 70 over 1864 and 110 over 1SS3. C Q Greensboro and Main Streets CmRRBORO. NORTH CAROLINA Q 4 I 1 Ik ineoLi A warm, friendly church with a regular Baptist ministry to the single student,- married student, faculty and fami lies. Sunday School 9:45 A.M. Training Union 6:30 P.M. Morning Worship 11:00 A.M. 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