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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, October 3, 1947
A Thought
BY BEVERLY SIEVERS.
Many thoughts were conceived
and expressed at the student
Christian Conference held in Oslo,
Norway this summer. I have had
the opportunity of hearing some
of them, but the one which made
the deepest impression on my
mind was the one made by a Nor
wegian student who had been in
both the resistance movement and
a concentration camp. He said,
"you in the United States have a
much more difficult time holding
your faith than we."
The statement seemed absurd.
It sounded as foolish as the blan
ket statement also made at Oslo,
"All you Americans are so
wealthy." The first impression is
that someone has been grossly
misinformed but when evaluat
ing the statement you realize that
in relation to the peoples of the
world we are rich beyond their
most fantastic dream.
This is, of course, a material
wealth and it is in this material
wealth that we place our faith.
The faith which we have goes no
deeper than new cars, a multitude
of sweaters, a matching tie or a
season ticket to the football games.
One of the students from abroad
was heard to say that although
she was better fed, and clothed in
our country, she would be happy
to return to her native land where
there was a lack of food, shelter
and clothing because she would be
returning to a land where there
was still a high value placed on
religious faith.
If we lost all our matreial
wealth would we as students, or
as a nation, have the courage and
desire to go on?
We sit in our opulent complac
ency and say, "We are powerful
well-informed, and wealthy," but
in our smugness we overlook the
fact that we lack roots. Our so
ciety is built on shifting sands. We
have no faith in ourselves when
not surrounded by our material
gains. The shame is beginning to
show.
Your Church
Episcopalians.
ine luorning rrayer and ser
mon will be held at the University
t.piscopal church with Father Mc
Millin officiating. .
Unitarians.
Professor Arthur Dunning, from
the department of Social Service
will lead the discussion titled "The
Odds are Against You" or "Th
sicp to Marriage." Ine group
will meet at 7:30 p. m. at the Uni
tanan church at 12th and H sts.
Refreshments will be served.
Lutherans.
Bible hour will be held at 9:00
a. m. Sunday at 1200 No. 38th
street, and the Lutheran Student
Association will hold their regular
Sunday evening meeting, Oct. 5.
The city campus L. S. A. will
meet at First Lutheran church at
17th and A streets at 5:00 p. m
The bus leaves the Lutheran Stu
dent house at 1440 Q street at
4:45 p. m. The Ag L. S. A. will
meet at 6:30 p. m. at 1200 No,
33th street Pastor Alvin Petersen
will sneak on the subject "The
Student's Devotional Life" Sup
per will be served.
Baptists.
Rev. C. R. Howells will lead the
Bible class which will be held at
the First Baptist church, 14th and
K St., at 9:30 a. m. The Baptists
Student Fellowship meeting will
hold a communion service at 6:30
p. m. Sunday as a part of the
world-wide communion Sunday.
The meeting will begin with sup
per at 5:30 p. m.
Presbyterians.
The Rev. Sam Maier will speak
on "A Creed for College Stu
dents" at the Forum discussion
group which meets at 5:30 p. m.
at the Presby House, 33 No. 14th.
Supper will follow at 6:15 and the
social hour will then be held.
Methodists.
The Methodist Students will
mete at 5:30 at St. Paul church
and proceed from there to the
picnic grounds. The Rev. Gordon
L. Lippett will lead the out-door
service.
Methodist Students at Ag will
meet at the First Christian Evan
gelical United Brethren church,
33rd and Starr street. Following
supper and a social hour, discus
sion on "What Am I Living For?"
will be held.
Lutheran chapel services will
be held Sunday, 10:45 a. m. in
room 315 of the Student Union.
Rev. H. Erck, University pastor,
will preside at the service and
speak on the topic, "What Think
Ye of Christ?" Elaine Otto of Sew
ard will be the accompanist.
We readily admit, even exploit,
the fact that we have the highest
standard of living, the most auto
mobiles, and the fastest means of
communication in the world. We
tend to look down our noses at
peoples who are not highly me
chanized and who do not have
the latest scientific knowledge. We
have a great deal on our side in
the way of mechanical power, but
to make this power fulfill it's
greatest potentialities we must
also gain a faith in something bet
ter and higher than ourselves.
Our knowledge of the material
world has grown to spectacular
heights, our spiritual faith has be
come stunted and puny. If we as
individuals, or as a nation, are
ever to attain the full stature
which was planned for man, our
development must be balanced.
To grow in religious faith, you
must know what you do and do
not believe and why. Your beliefs
are your most precious possession.
Take three minutes and see if you
can satisfactorily outline the prin
cipals of your faith. It's a chal
lenge which each of us should
face if we are to become a truly
complete person or nation. This
completeness must be realized or
our material gains will merely
constitute a vaneer and never gain
the scope which they could as a
part of a greater faith.
Bermaii
Continued from Page 5.
visability to wait for one year.
The office that is to be set up will
contact the 100 members of the
contact the 100 members of
the National Commission for
UNESCO, members of Congress,
five hundred colleges and univer
sities, Hollywood celebrities, and
outstanding individuals and or
ganizations in an attempt to de
termine the amount of co-operation
and sponsorship that can be
obtained from these sources. Vol
unteer staffs will be recruited
from interested students to assist
in the work.
Berman to Report
A complete report concerning
the selection of a location, the
suggested year for holding the
'Culturale' and estimate of active
participants and observers, as well
as a report concerning State De
partment and UNESCO sponsor
ship will be made by Berman at
the December meeting of the
NSA Executive Committee.
As the originator of the idea,
Berman stated that "the 'Cultu
rale' can be the means of stimu
lation and exchange of ideas by
travel and contact with American
college students. It may alijp serve
as a focal point for the interna
tional good will which must fol
low in the wake of a similar ex
change with students of other
countries."
PUBLICATIONS BOARD.
..The newly appointed Publica
tions Board will meet in the fac
ulty lounge of the Union Satur
day morning to select a Daily Ne
braskan society editor and a man
aging editor for the Cornhusker,
it was announced Thursday by
Dr. W. F. Swindler, director of the
School of Journalism.
Ambassadors ...
Continued from Page 5.
"Differences in religion make no
more basis for political units in
India than they would in Ameri
ca. Imagine America divided into
as many states as it has denom
inations!" Vivacious Nina Kaswina of Bo
livia brought ill a South Ameri
can viewpoint on United States
influence upon her continent
when Argentina's dictator Peron
and his actress-traveler wife were
mentioned. Brushing Eva Peron
aside with a giggling "I saw her
in a movie once and she was no
good," Nina went on to say that
other Latin American nations "up
to a certain point" support Peron,
despite his being fascist, "as a
counterbalance" to the United
States. "If it were not for Ar
gentine, all of South America
would in effect be annexed to the
United States."
Marjorie Morris and Beatrice
Suiso feel that Hawii has an ex
cellent chance of admission to the
union in the next congressional
session. "However, I should think
Alaska would pass more easily,
being already within the conti
nent, and having no racial ele
ment in the picture," Marjorie
commented.
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