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[ DIO SMTION AG AG V . above right: Mr. Ellis T. Greenway, Manager, Radio Station WGWG; left: Greenway getting comments from Bill Briggs during a football halftime; top: Roger Crawford in the control room of the WGWG studios. 27

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left: Mr. L. Martin Banner, Acting Coordinator of Student Personnel Services; extreme left: Mr. Melvin R. Lutz, Jr., Advisor to Student Government Association; left middle: Miss Ruth C. Kiser, Director ot Women ' s Services; bottom left: Mrs. Margaret H. King, Secretary; below: Mr. Arthur Raymond Pople, Director or Counseling. Q — The administration of this campus says, We are providing a Christian atmosphere for educa- tion. Does this atmosphere and the restrictions that go along with it cause any more problems than you would find on the normal college campus? If so, what types of prob- lems would these be, and who is affected by them the most? Basically, the responsibilities of this office are directed toward men- tal health on the campus as a whole — faculty, administration, staff, and especially students. Most of the things that contribute to good men- tal health are supported by this of- fice. I would encourage participa- tion and increased programming in the areas of good personality dynamics. I guess I see probably more ministerial students than any other department, percentagewise, and I think it ' s because of this one factor: They feel pressured into a l ind of a mold — this role that they are having to identify with, that doesn ' t feel natural — It doesn ' t feel lil e me. There are a lot of expectations that they just can ' t feel comfortable with, and they feel guilty that they don ' t feel comfortable with them. And then they may in fact begin to question their basic calling as a re- sult of It doesn ' t come natural. think being a child of God does come naturally. It helps us to even be more natural, to be more accept- ing of ourselves. I think more than anything, abundant life is authenticity-life that is totally au- thentic. I know who I am. I don ' t have any illusions about myself. I know my strengths, my weaknesses. I know the things that put me up- tight. I know the things that put me very much at peace. And being able to assert myself and to feel good about myself and feel free to express myself have no restrictions, that I interpret, that are found within the framework of the role of minister. It ' s reality that is the crucial factor here. All of the things that contribute to being a good minister are the very factors that contribute to being a good insurance salesman. It ' s just being a totally authentic person who has been successful in developing his personal skills, is able to relate to people with warmth and be sensitive to their needs, and very much in touch with his own awareness of what is going on in his own life. This other sort of peripheral things, the God talk and the ministerial haircut and the sort of pastoral stride in walking, Bible clutched to their left breasts, is cer- tainly superficial and very unnatural and very offensive to many of us who see through a lot of that. — Ray Pople 29