George Fox University - L'Ami Yearbook (Newberg, OR)

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Just as important as the physical atmosphere on campus is the intellectual climate. Thought processes may begin in classes, but they certainly do not end there. They are constantly involved in the shaping of ir motives and attitudes, and in our ever-growing awareness of the world within us, as well as the world around us. Anything from a newscast to a bumper sticker ( Pro- tect Nixon or We ' ll Get Agnew ) to comic -strip phi- the out losophy may serve to provoke serious thought about the questions that face us as college students the war, grades, meaningful moral values, the draft, the new responsibilities of maturity, and long-range goals. Formal knowledge is most valuable as it helps us interpret and analyze; as it establishes relationships between the past and the present or the general and the specific; and as it gives us new and useful tools to work with.

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Basic to every phase of the George Fox experience is the spiritual atmosphere on campus. This comes directly from the commitment of students and faculty members, and not from the word Christianity in the college motto. GF students come from many different religious ackgrounds. As college students, however, they have one thing in common: their faith in Christ must be their own, and it must be vital and workable. Not all of the obstacles to Christian maturity are easily overcome; not all of the questions that young adults are honest enough to ask are easily answered. Spiritual emphasis weeks, significant discussions, the lessons of experience, and the influence of people in living contact with the personality of Christ can all help to provide answers. In their groping for spiritual reality, many George Fox students come to a reali- zation of an affirmative faith.