Baylor University - Round Up Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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f3f 4 Ps .Zn P Yi sr .R -or fr'- Students Contemplate Focus Week's Word The word, within and for the world wus the tltenn' of tht- l96'l Focus Week. The pictorial represt-rltution of the tlleme is l-lxLlllllil'Cl on this page. The masses of people represented the world. The outline of the faire of ,lesus was worked into the scene in such u way that it did not uppeur to he a separate entity, and wus, in fact, un- notieettlile at first glance. .lesus represented the Living Wrircl of Cod. Cod's Word wus revealed when it became flesh in the person of ,lesus of Nazareth. And the theme syinlmolized that this revelation is hest demon' strated today when the Worcl is made flesh and communicated through hu- man encounter. The students' respon- sibility then, was pictured as COIIIIIIU- nication of the knowledge of this Word which is within and for the world. I wo' xx uhm .mtl for the xx orld

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About 90 of Baylofs international students attended a banquet given in their honor by the BSU. 28 Specialists in Three Fields Come as Distinguished Lecturers Victor Christ-faner, adjunct associate professor of archi- tecture at Columbia University, discussed the relation- ship of architecture to religion. Dr. Duane H. Roller, chairman of the Depart- ment of History of Sci- ence at the University of Uklahoma, spoke on the development of science. Dr. Viktor Frankl, Austrian psychiatrist, neurologist and existentialist, drew such a large audience that the overflow crowd was moved from Roxy Grove to Waco Hall. .. 1 V an .Addie

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Time for Self . . . and Go Focus Week is an annual attempt to focus the active student's interest on the religious aspect of his education. Each day is filled with opportunity for prayer, discussion and sermons. A short Morning Wateli began the day. Two worship services, noonspiration and afternoon and evening seminars filled the remainder of the day. Doubt, marriage, morals, heaven and hell and even the Supreme Court were discussed by students and visiting professors. The speakers discussed the wordl' and its place 'iwithin and for the world. Dr. .lohn S. Rasco characterized people as crying not E for a word hut nfor a Cod with a face . . . Jesus Christ. 'SMost of us are overexposed to religion and underdeveloped as Christians, said Dr. Jimmy Allen. And Dr. Thomas Fry urged stu- dents 'cto prove that the Christian faith is hetter intellectually and a more challenging life than anything ever known to man. Dr. 0. William Rhodenhiser, chairman of the Department of Religion at the University of Richmond Dr. James McClendon, professor at Golden Gate Baptist- Theological Sem- inary Walter B. Delamarter, Director of Social Work Educa- tion, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Dr. Thomas Fry, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Dallas and author of Get Off the Fence, Morals for Morlernsl' Dr. R. Keith Parks, Southern Baptist missionary to In- rloncsia 30