Gilkey Criticizes U. S. Life, Religion
(Contimied from page seven)
In Columbus, Ohio, a high school
student won an essay contest on
an appropriate punishment for Hit
ler with a single-sentence entry:
“Put him into a black skin and
set him down in any American
community.’’
“If our conscience is sufficiently
harrowed by things like this, God
can raise up something more de
serving of the name of democ
racy,” Gilkey emphasized.
“We can’t raise this question
without finally arriving at the door
of our religion,” he continued.
“There is a vast deal of cut flower
religion: attending church only at
Easter, weddings, or funerals, with
impressive array.”
The most challenging question to
come out of a discussion session
at a University of Arkansas Re
ligious Evaluation Week was
what are the immediate pros
pects for making Christians out of
the present church membership?”
Gilkey reminisced.
“There is a clue here to the pur
pose of Religious Evaluation
Week,” Gilkey stated. “Many stu
dents come to the University bring
ing cut-flower religion from their
childhood.
One must find a religion of one’s
own, to grow with one to matur
ity, the speaker stated.
“He must look into his religious
heritage to find some seed of life
in it for him,” he emphasized.
“What matters in religion, as in a
seed, is not the size but the vitality.
“If the seed is given a chance in
soil where it will grow, no one can
foresee into what a great tree of
faith, hope, and love under God’s
grace and blessing the tiny seed
may grow.”
Duck Preview Committees Set
Committee heads for Duck Pre
view—an April wekend that will
give high school seniors a look at
life on the Oregon campus—have
been announced by Marie Lomabrd
and Steve Church, who will be in
charge.
Roger Nudd and Georgie Ober
teuffer will be in charge of housing
for the visiting high school students.
Nudd has called for additional peti
tions from men for the housing com
mittee. They should be turned in
to him at the SAE house by 5 p.m.
Wednesday.
Other Committee Heads
Other committee heads include
Betty Wright, dance; Mary Pen
warden and Bill Carey, invitations;
Donna Buse and Dick McLaughlin,
luncheon; Katheryn Littlefield and
Herb Lombard, exchange dinners;
Shirley Hillard and Willie Dodds,
registration; Ann Gillenwaters and
Jerry Meyers, campus tours; Lorna
Larson, welcome booklet; and Stan
Turnbull, publicity.
April 14 to 16 is the time set for
the preview weekend, which is ex
pected to give visitors a prepresen
tative glimpse of campus life.
Invitations to All
The invitations committee will
mail personal invitations to all high
school seniors who will graduate in
the spring.
Housing will be arranged accord
ing to preference indicated by the
students, and a luncheon, dance, ex
change dinners, campus tours and
a varsity baseball game will be
among the aspects of college life
the high schoolers will be able to
sample.
Lemon-Orange
Squeeze Dance
Set for Feb. 25
The “Lemon-Orange Squeeze,”
annaul mixer following the Ore
gon-Oregon State basketball game,
will be held for the first time Feb.
25 in McArthur Court immediately
following the game.
Sponsoring the dance will be the
class of ’53, under the direction of
Junior Panhellenic and the Junior
Interfraternity Council.
All University and Oregon State
students are invited to attend the
dance. Ann Thayer and Cline
Schweikart, co-chairmen, an
nounced. Campus clothe will be
in order.
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