Walla Walla University - Mountain Ash Yearbook (College Place, WA)

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Religion classes on the WWC campus are not geared alone to turning out future theologians, but aim at providing majors in other flelds with a basis for belief that is as real as biology, as practical as home ec. JOSEPH N. BARNES, B.A., M.A. Assistant Professor of Religion 28

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. . is proclaiming revolution, sounding Good News, facing up to an ulti- mate Answer found in a Word and documented in human lives, rousing an inborn hunger for life as He means us to live it. Given this assign- ment, a man cannot help but feel very small. He cannot afford fuzzy- mindedness, abstract sermonizing, rea- T H E o l- O G Y soned guesses 0r pious good intentions. He deals with human lives and the stakes are eternal. He cannot meet the needs of his people effectively, but he can introduce them to One who has met his personal questionings with positive and powerful answers. The strength of this friendship is the measure of his personal effectiveness. He must keep free from gathered clouds of theological fog, must remember that he is not an angel but a man speaking to men, must be schooled in the science of the shepherd. This is a primary purpose of the Walla Walla College school of theology. GORDON S. BALHARRIE, B.A., M.A., B.D. Dean, School of Theology

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J. PAUL GROVE, B.A., M.A., B.D. T K LUDGATE7 BA'? M'A' Associate Professor of Religion Associate Professor of Religion ?in ESCAHE C. 0. SMITH, B.A., M.A. Instructor in Religion H. J. ALCOCK, B.A., M.A. Professor Emeritus of Religion