Carleton College - Algol Yearbook (Northfield, MN)

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Dr. Haroutunian speaks Dominating the campus with its massive gray tower, Skinner Memorial Chapel also figures prominently in the student ' s daily life. He enters it Tuesday mornings, hastily knotting his chapel tie, for a brief service wliich may be student-led or conducted by a faculty member or guest speaker. Recently formed. Treble Singers lend grace to these devotions with clear-voiced and reverent choral responses. The more formal Sunday night vespers have this year featured speakers from a board of preachers selected by the Religious Activities Committee. Highlighting the 1953 religious program was the visit of Dr. Joseph Haroutunian, leader of the Faith and Action conference, whose electric energy in the pulpit jolted Carls into three days of hard thinking. The services gained richness from the choir ' s blue-robed dignity and impressive singing. Friday convocations have emphasized foreign affairs through speakers coming to Carleton under tlic program arranged by the American Universities ' Field Staff of the Institute of Current World Affairs. Also providing space for discussion of the honor system and speeches by CSA candidates, lectures, concerts and student recitals, the chapel is a center for stimu- lation of thought and training of appreciation. 29

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Broadening Mind and Spirit Dr. Phenix leads a service Carls crowd the chapel for Ogden Nash Jm - ibt

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Y ' s unsung hero was the floor representative who wandered up and dow n his hailw av cornering his members and inducing them to hand over their pledge money or to sign up for a ork day. His existence was made soinew hat difficult by the prevalence of members who were never home, members who had no idea w hether or not they could go, and members w ho filled out blanks and lost them. The average representative rapidly dis- covered the usefulness of large conspicuous notices placed w ith discretion on the doorwa ' s of certain universally visited rooms. faith in Action The duties involved in membership were made wortiiw hile by the companionship of work and fun with other members. The East Sider w ho knit diligently on the vast afghan for the service project discovered unexpected imagination in her friends as they produced six-inch squares in shades and patterns enough to be- v ' ilder the convalescent veteran who received the creation. Jeans- clad volunteers for the work days found a chance for long and pleasant conversation as they dusted professors ' books or w restled with storm w indow s and screens. On a more serious level, members found their faith enriched and deepened by the thoughtful discussions at seminars and the hushed reverence of services in the chapel cr pt. . s he listened to the speakers ' words and the .student contribution in the com- fortable fellowship of a retreat, the ' member knew that, even if the answers didn ' t come easih ' , he had the compan - of others in his search.