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THE SKIRL
JANUARY 18, 1954
Campus Clubs
And Capers
By Audrey Milligan
The William Bartram Scien
tific Society met on Wednesday,
January 6. The program consisted
of a survey of several science
magazines in the library. Four
girls, Ellen Howard, Carolyn Mc
Kenzie, Ella Ruth McNeill and
Marjorie Davis, each took a sci
ence magazine and gave a survey
of it. This proved to be an inter
esting program and had as its
purpose to introduce students to
the periodicals in the library.
The Writer’s Club was privi-
l*‘god to have as its speaker for
the January meeting Mr. Glen
Rounds. Other members of th^
student body were invited. Mr.
Rounds was entertained the same
evening by dinner with members
of the club.
The Highland Players met on
Tuesday afternoon, January 12.
Fo program had been planned
for ‘his meeting so a general bus
iness meeting was held. Plans
for a play to be given in the
spring and possible plans for ot
her plays were discussed. Noth
ing definite could be decided be
cause the sponsors were not pre
sent.
The International Relations
Club met on Wednesday, Janu
ary 12. An interesting program
was presented which included a
report on President Eisenhower’s
“State of the Union” message
and a survey of Current Events
■w^ given also. Refreshments
were served.
Due to exams several of the
clubs have postponed their meet
ings for this month—so maybe
we’ll have more news next time!
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Methodist
ly in blues, but it was Varied
some during the week. It tru'.y
became a “worship center” as it
helped us to focus our minds, and
its meaning began to dawn on
us as our experience broadened.
I will hot try to give you here
even a summary of what any of
our guest speakers has to say on
the subject, “Christ Transforming
Culture”, but I will mention that
among our outstanding ones were
Dr. Ralph W.^ Sockmati, Gleaa
Olds, Nels Ferre, Bishop Booth,
and others with great minds and
deep hearts.
After our morning sessions we
were in small fellowship groups
of twelve or fourteen students
with no adult to “lead” us. It was
a time when we talked together
of things we had learned, or had
not understood. The group was
not at all stiff, and we brought
out many things that troubled us
and had them discussed by stu
dents from various parts of the
United States and the world, and
from completely different fields
of study. One of our main stresses
was not to compile factual re-
por's to bring home, but to bring
back “changed lives.” Can you
think of a greater challenge? Paul
began to be quoted rather much
as the week unwound, “Be not
conformed to this world: but be
ye transformed . .
A present trend in student con
ferences is to have Bible Study,
and I am all for it! It is easy to
get into a little rut of hearing
great speakers and praising them
for their answer to our problems
since they are presented quite
•logically. However, , our theVne
was “Christ Transforming Cul
ture” and it would be missing the
boat to have it said that “Ehren-
specger transforms culture
through college students”. We
were not tied to any one book or
section, but tried to check all re
ferences to study the principles
Christ taught and used for certain
problems, such as the relevance
of tradition, and the Kingdom of
God. After the main coordinator
briefed us and stimulated our
thought, we met in smaller groups
with an adult whose training
would enable him to guide us in
our search for th'- Truth.
Creative interest grouDS gave
us a chance to talk with persons
excelling in their field, such as
religious drama, and with good
counselors, so that we could find
out more about the vocations in
which we were interested. Also,
those interested in music could
either sing in the choir or play
j in the orchestra according to their
' talents. Great results came from
I these. Many were led to definite
! conclusions about their vocations
I (around thirty signed up to be
missionaries to Africa on our
' three-year plan) and many were
j inspired to try to organize Wesley
Players (drama groups) on their
I campuses. The result of the cho
rus and orchestra was that after
a tremendous production of one
i of Fry’s plays, “The Boy with the
Cart”, on New Year’s Eve, we
were given another lift with some
seven or eight hundred voices
and a fine orchestra in great re
ligious music by Bach, Handel,
and Haydn. Dr. Russell Ames
Cook directed all our music, and
that, too, was a learning experi
ence and a true worship experi
ence. Our hymnals were on the
international scale with each of
them being written in at least
three languages. At first we long
ed for some old familiar hymns,
but before the week was over, we
loved the ones we had been sing
ing. I imagine our fellows from
twenty-six other countries felt
i more at home because of them.
The time v/hen we felt tbe
closest fellowship with God and
with our brothers was at Holy
Communion as the calendar years
changed. We had shared many
things together that night, obser
ving our relation to God as ex
pressed through sculpture, drama,
and music. Now. we were partak
ing of the same bread and drink
ing from the same cup, rededicat-
ing our lives to God, all 2,300 of
us.
Are these experiences great
enough to enable us to bring a-
bout necessary changes in our
culture which will make it
Christian? Some further things
we learned were as follows; The
work to be done is not to be con
sidered our struggle as it is really
God who is doing the work, but
we can help by keeping our chan
nels open to His will. This world
is not what it is because God has
left it, but is the result of our
freedom; we must accept our rC'
sponsibility and remember that
He is here! We are not trans
formed in one miraculous mom
ent, but we are in the process of
transformation.
Take Christ’s power which can
transform both personality and
culture. “Go wash your hands,
get your brother, and hurry! We
just have time to make it!”
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Presbyterian
Kenneth Latourette, professor of
Missouri, Yale Divinity School
addressed us. “The Darkness Has
Not Overcome the Light” was his
topic. He gave us a quick survey
of church history to determine
what forms these challenges took
and how the church responded
in the part. “The Gospel of God”
was presented by Dr. Ben L. Rose,
pastor. Central Presbyterian
Church, Bristol, Virginia. Jesus
Christ is the Gospel. God became
man in the person of Jesus Christ.
He lived on earth, was crucified,
rose again, and lives today! The
Christian mission is to introduc
man to Jesus Christ. He loved us
and gave His life for us.
In his address “The Gospel
Does Change Lives,” Dr. W. T.
Thompson, Professor of Christian
Educatiin, Union Seminary, Ri(Ai-
mond, Virginia, brought out the
idea that we should think of re
ligion as a friendship with Christ.
“Henceforth I call you friends .
We like somebody because of
what he is in himself, because
of what he does for, us, and be
cause of what we do for him.
Some of us may be saved ... are
we growing in our friendship
wiih Christ or is it static? You
can’t get results unless you ful
fill requirements. Christ is real
and He does change lives. We
must be with Him; we must sub
due the base in our own spirit
and turn to Him for help; and
we must stand with Him. We
must obey the laws of friendship.!
Dr. Jazz A. Jones, pastor of
Myers Park Presbyterian Church
in Charlotte spoke on “The
Church.’,’ He asked four , ques-^
tion. What is the Church? It is a
community in which people are
together because they are con
vinced of a fact. What does it do?
It preaches, teaches, and minis
ters. What are its resources? The
resources are not ours—they are
God’s. God is here—^here by His
Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is con
temporaneously living with us.
What about me and the church?
We should be proud of our
church. It takes seriously the raal
issues of life. We should take an
active part in the work of t*ie
church.
The final address was given by
Dr. Charles B. “Chuck” Temple
ton, evangelist National Council
of Churches of Christ in the USAi.
His talk on “The Christian’s Mis
sion: Personal Witnessing” left us
with a great challenge. We are all
ambassadors of Christ. We are
all evangelists. We are all called
to witness to the grace of God
Evangelism is the proclamation "’n
any way of the good news that
God was in the world reconcil
ing it to Himself through Christ,
Our task is to evangelize the
world in one generation. It can
be done because we have just
seen communism do it!
Each afternoon we could choose
what we wanted to do. We could
attend the Presentations by the
different Boards of their wox-k
and staff, or interview represer;-
ing School. After this we went
to our Bible Study Groups and
studied the first seven chapters
of Acts. After the address eacii
night we could go to one of the
discussions which met in the v.'o-
men’s dormS, to a movie, to soc
ial recreation, or to an informal
sing. New Year’s Eve was ob -
served with a watch night serv
ice which helped to prepare us
for the self-dedication and com
mitment service which closed the
Convention the following mo'n-
ing.
The Convention was a great
inspiration to those of us who at
tended. My prayer is that it wii!
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