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EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1953
'I Think, Therefore I Am1
An anthropologist walks through the
fields, gazes at the seeds clinging to his
coat and the dried grasshopper leg in his
hand, and asks: What is life? How did it
start? What is the essence of that which
marks the gap between the rock and the
slime which clings to it?
An astronomer contemplates the galax
ies beyond galaxies and asks: In this vast
ness of space and distances and incalcuable
multiplicity of stars and planets are we
living things, on this one infinitesimal
earth, alone?
Humanity has always been asking such
questions and inventing its own answers,
from the naive folklore of the primitives
through the scarcely more sophisticated
mythology of the ancients down to the
sometimes self-assured explorers with mi
croscope or telescope of today. And the
more these men discover, the longer they
reflect, the humbler they become.
We would recommend in this connec
tion the reading of two recent articles: one
by the anthropologist, Dr. Loren C. Eiseley,
in the Ocfober Harper's; the other by the
noted astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, in
the November Atlantic.
Dr. Shapley is careful to define his basic
term: "life as we know it." And he limits
the conditions necessary for its existence
to a planet of a "suitable distance from the
star, of near-circular orbit, of proper mass,
salubrious atmosphere, and reasonable ro
tation period." Even though the odds are
a trillion to one against other such planets
existing, says he, there are still a hundred
million potential life theaters. And he con
cludes: "We are not alone." But he still
asks "the basic question 'Life, what is it
and how did it start? "'
Dr. Eiseley observes that:
After having chided the theologist for his
m tin h n A STlA mirilMO SfipTlPfl fOUnd
leuaiiic im jujio mi" .............
itself in the unenviable position of having to
create a mytnoiogy oi us own; nameiy, we as
sumption that what, after long effort, could not
be proved to take place today had, in truth, taken
place in the primeval past.
Of the "secret of life" he concludes:
I do not think it will yield to the kind
of analysis our science is capable of mak
ing. And again:
I would say . . . that it must be plain even to
the most devoted materialists that the matter
of which he speaks . , . may not impossibly be.
as Hardy said, "but one mask of many worn by
the Great Face behind."
These are men able and sincere in their
scholarship as are others. But may they
not, in their humanly intelligent search for
answers, be over-looking the biggest, the
most significant fact of the universe: the
existence of the very intelligence with
which they ponder these great questions.
If thev are beginning to doubt, as Dr,
Eiseley suggests, that the beginnings of
organic life took place, as Darwin postu
lated, in some "warm little pond," could
they possibly look for the origins of con
sciousness there? Will they not, sooner or
later, lift their eyes from cell and proto
plasm and explore the implications of the
fact of thought?
Students' Thanksgiving Rite
Is Tuesday; Dr. Koo Speaks
By ANDY SALMINS
An all-campus religious Thanks
giving service will be held at
Gerlinger Hall from 7 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 24, under the aus
pices of University Religious
Council. Dr. T. Z. lioo, former
secretary of the World Student
Christian Federation, will be
the main speaker.
Koo Is at present professor of
oriental studies at the State Uni
versity of Iowa. He was secretary
of the WSCF for 14 years and
has been a leading religious fig
ure for a long period.
Tuesday evening at 5:30, Dr.
Koo will be guest at the
Wesley Foundation potluck din
ner prior to his leading the
Thanksgiving Meditation at Ger
lingen Hall. Because of Thangs-
giving vacation, there will be no
Thursday Chapel at Wesley nor
any weekend activities.
North-Side
Church Notes
By MILDRED BOYD
B I Hour Will
Have Eugene
Monday Morn
Saluting the city of Eugene,
the Mutual Network release of
the Bible Institute Hour will pre
sent interesting facts concerning
the city Monday morning, No
vember 23, at 8:30. This program
is heard locally over station
KORE, 1450 on the dial.
The Bible Institute of Los
Angeles, where the program or
iginates, has been training young
people as pastors and mission
aries for more than forty-five
years, and quite a few Eugene
young people are attending the
college at the present time.
On the broadcast, reference
will be made to some of the
city's leading points of interest,
personalities and how Eugene is
represented in the school in Los
Angeles.
Air Church
Has Service
On Holiday
The Rev. Robert D. Hershey,
pastor of the Evangelical Luther
an Church of the Holy Trinity of
New York, will be the early
speaker on KERG-CBS Radio's
"Church of the Air" Sunday, Nov.
22, 7 a.m. Dr. Hershey's sermon
is on "This Business of Prayer."
W. Stuart Booth, former mem
ber of the Christian Science
Board of Directors, is the 7:30
a.m. speaker. His topic, "The
Real Reason for Thanksgiving,'
presented with the approval of
the Board of Directors of the
Mother Church, the First Church
of Christ, Scientist in Boston.
their annual holiday turkey din- The Westminster Presbyterian
ner at Christian House at 6:15 church will have a special
o'clock Tuesday, November 24.
Mrs. Leo Berg is general chair
man. She is being assisted by
Mrs. Hjalmar Rathe, Mr. and
Mrs. Preston Bradley, and Mr.
Leo Berg. Reservations are need
ed by noon Monday at 5-0927
4-0210, or at Christian House.
There will be a baby sitter for
small children. The program will
consist of musical selections and
other entertainment features of
an informal nature. All married
students arc welcome,
Open House will be held con
tinuously during Homecoming
Weekend at Christian House on
the campus, according to Bob
Randall, president. Sunday morn.
ing program will open with Do-
nut Hour at 9:15 o clock, follow
ed by Bible class led by Dr.
Victor P. Morris. At 5:30 p.m.
there will be a special Thanks
giving service led jointly by the
Worship Committee, Jean Miller,
chairman, and the Program Com
mittee, Mitzi Asai, chairman.
The Fireside discussion at 9
p.m. will consider the work of
the Children's Hospital school
Lloyd Eppenbaugh, director will
speak of the work of the school,
and will answer questions regard
ing its program. All students in
vited to attend.
Married Students will hold
A group discussion on "The
Catholic Church at the Time of
the Reformation" is planned for
the meeting of the Newman Club,
Sunday Nov. 22, at 7:00 p.m. at
Sacred Heart Hospital.
The meeting will commence
with Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament at 7:00 p.m. in the
chapel and will be followed with
a social hour.
Thanksgiving and Communion
service Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
On Sunday evening a Deputation
Team from Westminster Foun
dation at the University of Ore
gon will be at the Westminster
Fellowship meeting to be held
at 187 Van Duyn Loop. They will
speak to the young people on
Vocations.
The Willagillespie Baptist
Church is having Candle-light
Thanksgiving Service on Wed
nesday evening November 25,
at 7:30 p.m. to which the com
munity is cordially invited.
Church of God
Calls Delegates
To Meet Team
The Church of God, which has
general offices in Anderson, Ind.
is conducting a series of "Mid-
Century Evangelistic Meetings"
throughout the United States, to
train representatives from con
gregations in this area to carry
back inspiration to their congre
gations. Some of the personnel
on the two teams that are travel
ing for these meetings are T.
Franklin Miller, executive secre
tary of the Board of Christian
Education; Miss Naomi Randall,
executive secretary of 'Home
Missions Board: James Austin,
missionary to Alaska who is serv
ing there as Alaskan Field Repre
sentative; and Edgar Williams,
missionary from China.
Representatives from all con
gregations in this area will meet
Nov. 23-24 at the Friendly St.
Church of God where Rev. Wilma
I. Perry is pastor.
while the day sessions will be
conducted for registered delegates
only, the evening services will be
open to the public. Rev. James
Austin, missionary from Alaska,
will speak.
Thankful Theme
Stirs Churches
By MARGARET BENSTON
"Father, We Thank Thee ,,,
Tho nno iirMt religious festival originated by our own
country and carried around the world by American mis
sionaries, occurs again this coming week, and Eugene will
again be in the forefront with Thanksgiving worship. First
Baptist Church has been chosen this year, and the Rev.
Perry Smitn, one o: our newer iiiiiiimei mi "a
to Eugene, will speak to the union congregation.
The mooa oi inanKsgivuig wings uwus" -
tution in Korea, and most
churches are at this time
hurriedly preparing collec
tions for Korea's winter, Re
member, the things we sent
last year have long since
been worn out by active
youngsters and hard-working
laborers, men ana women.
A work outfit that would last
a long time with our electric
washing machines doesn't;
last that long under Korea's
primitive conditions.
We had an Interesting visit from
Elmer H. Brown of Pasadena,
Calif., who is a special represen
tative of the American Friends
Service Committee, recently re
turned from Korea. He came in
with Harold E. L. Barton, of Eu
gene, also of the AFSC and the
local Friends Meeting.
Brown said he covered the area
from Pusan to Seoul, with the
major portion of time at Kunsan,
where the AFSC service unit is
operating a medical and a relief
and rehabilitation program. He
was on the radio and spoke at a
meeting here m Eugene, but had
to go on to Newburg, in his sched
ule of appearances.
"There are still a million and a
half refugees in South Korea," he
said, "and these in the main are
dependent for their whole susten
ance, on the daily three "hops'
Sunday evening, Nov. 22, will
feature the third meeting of
"Campus Gods on Trial" at the
Westminster Foundation, 1414
Kincaid. The specific topic of the
evening is: "Fitting the Jig-Saw
Puzzle Together." The meeting
begins at 6 p.m. and is followed
by a social hour at 7 p.m. The
Vesper Service will be led by
Lynn Husband and Gail West;
the speaker is the Rev. Thorn H.
Hunter, Presbyterian University
Pastor, and special music will be
provided by Bill Vcach.
Because ' of the Thanksgiving
holiday, there will be no meeting
on Wednesday or Friday evening.
The Willagillespie Baptist
Church will officially launch the
denomination al program of
"Churches for New Frontiers" at
the Sunday morning service. This
is a program of church extention
under the American Baptist Con
vention with a total objective of
$8,350,000.00. In the State of
Oregon the Churches for New
Frontiers program is being
launched jointly with a Fund
Campaign for Linfield College at
McMinnville. In this unique re
lationship, Oregon Baptists will
be enabled to give both to the
establishing of American Bap
tist Churches and to the training
of future Christian leadership for
these churches.
The state goal is $200,000.00
with $100,000.00 to be used for
church extension and $100,000.00
for Linfield College.
The Willagillespie Baptist
Church has accepted the goal of
$2,340.00 as their portion of the
program.
Ham Dinner
The Bethesda Lutheran Co-80
Club will be host to the Univer
sity of Oregon Lutheran Student
Group, Sunday, 6 p.m. in the
Parish Hall. A ham dinner will
be served. Councillor James Kal
las will address the group, and
tne newly-formed a cappella
choir of students will sing, di
rected by Hans Mollerup. Mol
lerup is a Danish foreign-ex-
cnange student, who is a music
major at U of O. He will play
several piano selections. A movie
will be shown to the children of
the families.
Lutherans
May Build
Spencer Creek Lutheran
church members are considering
an offer of a tract of land on
Gimple Hill Road one mile east
of the church as the site ot tne
proposed new building. The tract,
with an adequate water supply,
is being offered by Mr. and Mrs,
Frank Kinney of Oregon Settle
ment Association. Final action
on the proposition and on the
building plans will be taken at
a January meeting of the con
gregation when Dr. H. L. Foss
of Seattle, Pacific District presi
dent, and Pastor C. Solberg of
the Home Mission Department of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Minneapolis will be present
for consultation.
The present church building
was erected many years ago and
it is not adequate to carry on the
activity of the church; also the
water supply is inadequate. The
members have been deliberating
for many weeks on building
plans, according to Pastor Gott
leib Schmitt, who has been serv
ing the church as a full time pas
tor since July of this year.
of rice from KCAC (Korean Civil
Assistance Command) which is
the Dart of the UN program
largely supporlcd by American
money, appropriated by the gov
ernment of the United States from
its treasury.
Thev are dependent for their
clothing on the gifts that are cnan
neled through the various volun
teer aeencies in America vari
ous church groups, Church World
Service, AFSC, etc.
Brown emphasized the continu
ing need for a steady level of as
sistance, with winter coming on,
and that probably over the coming
vear. our clothing contnouuons
will be much needed and very
much appreciated.
"One of the saddest aspects
about Korea is the fact that their
daily rice ration doesn't do them
as much good as it should because
of the very high infection of Intes-1
tinal parasites. This coupled with
widespread tuberculosis has led
the Friends Service Unit to em
phasize a medical program and
a supplementary food program.
"We saw, in the Kunsan Hos
pital, a provincial government
hospital, 80 persons, mostly sleep
ing on the floor, with no central
heating, no central feeding, and
no segregation of communicable
diseases. And further, no pieces
of electrical hospital equipment
in operation. They did have some
electrical equipment, but it was
"broken down," and no one there
knew how to fix it.
The AFSC personnel who are
being sent to Korea have had
thorough training here, he said,
and are donating their time, for
a two-year period without salary.
They will do much to co-ordinate
local workers with modern tech
niques. Donations of clothing, fats for
soap making, shoes, stuffed toys
for the children, etc. are accepted
in Eugene at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis E. Dart, 2705 Emer
ald St. Gifts of cash may be sent
to the AFSC regional office in
Portland, 1108 SE Grand Ave,
Portland 14, Oregon.
Robert Fierro
Is to Preach
At Springfield
Upwards of 1,000 juveniles
from the 175 Assembly of God
Churches in Oregon will as
semble in Springfield November
25, 28, and 27 at the Junior High
School auditorium for the tenth
annual state-wide Chnst s Am
bassador's Youth Convention of
the Assemblies of God.
The Rev. Robert Fierro, well
known Latin Evangelist nf the
Assemblies of God, will be the
main speaker. Rev. Fierro of San
Jose, California, has traveled ex
tonslvely throughout central and
South America in conducting his
preaching missions. He is vice
president of the Latin-American
Orphanage Foundation which
supports a home for Mexican or
phan children near the city of
Acapulco, Mexico.
The convention will open with
an evening rally on Wednesday,
November 25 at 7:30 p.m. On
Thursday, two services will be
conducted; at 3:00 and 7:30 p.m,
Friday morning at 10:00 a youth
round-table is slated. Rev. Bruce
York of Portland will address a
2:30 p.m. service and the final
service at 7:30 p.m. Friday will
meet to hear the last Convention
sermon delivered by Rev. Fierro,
Rev. Robert W. Pirtle of Salem,
State Youth Director for the
Assemblies of God denomination
is in charge of all Convention ar
rangements. Other officers of the
state youth organization will
serve as chairmen of services
slated for the Convention pro
gram. Thanksgiving night will be
a service with foreign missions
emphasis, when a special offer
ing will be received to purchase
equipment for missionaries serv
ing in foreign lands. This pro
gram is known as Speed-The-Light.
In eight, years the Assem
blies of God youth through this
program have supplied 800
pieces of equipment including
trucks, buses, bicycles, and mo
torcycles for missionaries serv
ing in foreign fields. They have
also made available printing
presses and radio stations to
facilitate the work of the church
in reaching the masses.
All services are open to the
public.
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Men's Meeting
' All men are invited to a meet
ing sponsored by the Fairmount
Presbyterian cnurcn weanesaay,
7:30 p.m., at which the nature and
purpose of the church will be dis
cussed by the Men's Inquirer
Class of the church. Meeting
place is the home of Harold Hous-
er, 2190 Harris bt.
Jueniles of the church are in
vited to another in the current
series of parties for those of high
school age, at the church at 6:30
n.m. Refreshments will be
served.
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EUGENE, ORE.
Sunday, Nov. 22
7:30 P.M.
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Students
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Skating Party
All Lutheran young people o!
Eugene and Springfield are invit
ed to a skating party Monday, 7
p.m. at the Midway Rink. Bethes
da Lutheran League will be hosts.
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FAITH AND
THE BIBLE
"Oh, give thanks fad
for the faith otnl
his parents, of amanaid
oi a family towards Got
Without faith Thiniid
and Christmas wouldbteq
aays. Faith is no guljii
given once a year.
It is something IlilfJ
in a child, just as his bi
mind grow.
An unopened Bible a
shelf can't help I
Listening to a "MM
a little each day cm.
The "Talking Bible"
album of 24 records. t
word in the beloved I
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Testament is read Ml
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OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL HAS GROWL
(We have gained an average of eight people
month for the past twelve months)
AND IT'S STILL GROWING!
We hove found people like to attend Sunday School where trained, P
teocher teach nothing but the word of God In a friendly, etithuiiM
atmosphere.
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HEAR OUR SPECIAL SPEAK"
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