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The Doily Nebroskan
Friday, November 14, 1958
No Man Is an Island
The Rev. G. M. Armstrong, director of
the Episcopalian University Chapel, is
author of today's article.
Running down the right hand column of
Page 4 of Tuesday's Rag was Peanuts, my
favorite comic strip. For three panels
Snoopy "arfed" vigorously, and in the last
he explained himself: "Every now and
then it is a good idea to let the world
know you're still around." And that made
me think of the churches, which are al
ways, it seems, trying to let the world
they are around, but not very effectively.
So I ask this question: "How effective is
the Christian effort at publicity and public
relations on the Campus of this Univer
sity?" Or, to put it in ecclesiastical lan
guage: "How effective is the missionary
effort, the telling forth of the good news of
the Gospel, on this campus?" and I ven
ture this answer: "Not greatly effective."
This Is not to say that the campus
pastors are not doing their job as pastors.
I know that they are. What I am saying
is that too many students are really un
affected by organized Christianity: they
aren't getting the word. Why not? Some
times we get a "bad press." For example,
newspapers across the country recently
carried the head-line "Episcopalians say
alcohol the gift of God." Only a few news
men made the effort to read the Report of
The Committee on Alcoholism to discover
and report on what the Church had to say
on this most important matter.
Very little mention was made in the sec
ular press of the Pastoral Letter with its
statements on race, international relations
and Christian living. Little publicity was
given to the Episcopalian gift of an atomic
reactor to Japan for industrial use. But
far more often it is that what we have to
say is simply not news. The Rag seldom
carries stories of religious activities, and
I, for one, do not complain. I cannot think
it earth-shaking that Fr. Armstrong
speaks to the Wesley Fellowship about the
Christian Year! When a real news story
is submitted the Rag usually prints it. I
submit that too often what the Churches
say to the world is self centered. It is
of interest only to ourselves because it is
about ourselves. Again: we miss the main
issues. In his column of Oct. 28 E. E.
Hines reports on a visit to Presby House
Chapel with approval because "He (Dr.
Knowles) said that Christianity shouldn't
be dwelling on the petty differences be
tween sects. Christians should be empha
sizing their much greater likenesses."
Parenthetically: I should like to discuss
this with my friends Dr. Knowles and
E. E. There are very real differences
between sects, and they are not always
petty. But Is there not a God with whom
to confront the world? A God who loves,
who seeks, who speaks?
Then too: We Christians tend to condemn,
and too often to condemn only others. We
set up a false dichotomy between "us"
and "them", forgetting that we are all
under judgment. This is not the most at
tractive way to present the Truth. It is
true that God judges most men are al
ready aware of this, only now they speak
not of "guilt" but of "guilt feelings." It
is also true that God loves, and that God
redeems, the guilty and those who "feel"
guilty.
And this essay itself is judgmental. So
I offer a partial solution. First let Chris
tians accept the fact that the Christian
doctrine of the relation between man and
man and between God and man needs at
tractive presentation. Then, let it be
made news.
Second: let us concentrate on the main
issue, which is that "God so loved the
world that he gave his only-begotten Son."
Then: Say this well.
But finally: Let Christians live their
Faith. Christianity is not only a body of
truth to be presented, nor an intellectual
exercise to be enjoyed; it is a way of life
and worship. No amount of argument, no
judgment, no presentation is good, ac
ceptable, or convincing unless it is first
of all lived by him who professes it.
Back to Hines, and forgiving his incon
sequential "so":
So often those who boast of their Chris
tian heritage forget two of its most im
portant messages: tolerance and love.
Here is judgment begining at the house
of God indeed. Perhaps "they" could get
the word if "we" could accept this judg
ment; for the writer is moved, whether
he knows it or not, by THE Word: By
their fruits ye shall know them." Elabor
ating on the words of Christ, in Galatians
V, St. Paul puts it this way: "The fruits of
the Spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
temperance." I submit that this is the
way to spread the word: so to live as to
show these fruits of the Spirit.
Conservative Estimate
dm
Hoerner
Many campus activities are
losing fraternity support sup
posedly because everyone
needs more time to study. I'd
like to establish here and
now that I
frankly don't
believe it!
I will be
ready to most
humbly and
swal
low these
bold words
when grade
aver ages
come out at
the end of this apathetic se
mester showing the all fra
ternity average way above
the all men's figure. Until
then, I will continue to sub
stitute the word "lazyness"
for "increased academic in
terest" in discussions concern
ing non-participation.
.
The most pertinent example
of this deplorable situation is
the Kosmet Klub Fall Revue.
This show which for many
years has been one of the
highlights of this fall season
all of a sudden has become
something for "someone else"
to bother with. Seventeen
houses signed up, five houses
tried out, four houses got in,
three houses are left . . . it's
going down fast.
Incidentally this isn't
meant to run down the show
By John Hoerner
I've head that the acts are
funnier and even belter than
last year.)
In the wake of this there
is a proposal before the In
terfraternity Council to penal
ize any house falling below
the all men's average for two
consecutive semesters with
social probation.
This much discussed (and
cussed) proposition has really
put the IFC on the spot as
: far as many are concerned.
! They have no choice but to
pass it.
A A
A vole against such a pro
posal would mean only one
thing: The house voting no
didn't feel that they could
bring themselves above the
all men's average if given
two semesters to . make it.
Any self respecting fraternity
would be ashamed to make
this public admission consid
ering all the talk about schol
arship being a prime interest
of fraternities.
An informal straw poll tak
en after the IFC meeting
showed encouraging support
of this move by house presi
dents and IFC representa
tives. Fraternity men have been
talking about scholarship for
a long, long time here is our
chance to do something con
crete to convince everyone in
cluding ourselves that this
talk isn't just hot air.
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