Reflections 1971 december by Pacific Lutheran University Archives

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An Epoch of Change .......

The Truth Lies in Reflection

The Good Life ...........

That Which We Are Every VOLUME LI DECEMBER, 1971 No, 6 Published six times annually by Pacific Lutheran University, P.O. Box 2068, Tacoma, Washington, 98447. Second T acoma, at paid postage class Washington.

Second Becoming ... Christians in Conflict.

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EDIT ORIAL BOARD

N ews Notes ..... .... . .. .. 26

. . . . . President Dr. Eugene Wiegman Rev. Milton Nesvig Asst. to the President for Church Relations and Publications Rev. Harvey Neufeld . . . . . . Director Alumni Relations

University Notebook. ..... . 32

. Vice·President Development James L. Peterson . . . . . . . . . Editor . . . . . . Associate Editor Roger Gruss Kenneth Dunmire Paul R. Kusche . . . Staff Photographers O. K. Devin 0 K. Devin, Inc. Theodore Leonhardt Graphics Design Clayton Peterson

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Contributors: Dr. Richard Jungkuntz, provost; Dr. Curtis Huber, professor of philosophy; David Johnson, instructor in history; John Beck, PLU senior and Mooring Mast editor.

University Sports ............ 36

of America's adult citizenry in

the year

1971 is a unique

breed. I n the short span of 20

just at a time when change is

not, the world will continue to

before.

wl'ithe in wnflict.

years, 194565, it built a society that could well be considered Utopian in terms of civilization's past experiences

Undreamed

advances were rnade on every front

technology, transportation,

law, communications, medicine, and many others.

Hence, whether we want it or

accelerat ing more rap idly than

turn now to a

We ca n n o t re·

1l10re

peal,;ehli

I n addition, creation of

time until a measure of jLlstice

this society, seems to have done

for all has been achieved.

away with some of the incentives on vvhich

the society's effort was

based. A younger gen8ration

has

This year's Reflections will deal with change in areas oj

found its drives in issues and

its most ' pparent manifestations.

areas that were over·looked in

We will look first at t he nature

the earlier pursuit of The Good

Many of the advances were made

Life

sonal relationships.

in the name of and in pursuit of

del seems also to be vie'Ned with

issues vvill explore social values

what were considered universal.

jealousy and dissatisfaction by

and po I i tical relationsh IPS

ethical and moral beliefs

less fortunate peoples whose ex

a belief

At the same time,

the rno·

man,

his life styles and per· Succeeding

in God, a belief in the equality

pectations have l)e8n raised.

and the ind ividual ity of man and

too were overlooked as Western

launching a new format, which

a belief in the concept of good

society's structure was being

we hope will give the maga7ine

and evil.

built. There is cause, therefore,

a greater visuClI

for the accusation that the soci·

ability but \Nill retain the image

ety was not really committed to

and the qual ity that hCls gained

Having achieved a degree of comfort,

affluence and success

Thp-y

its high ideals.

With this Issue we Clre also

Clffection and loyalty among our readers over

unparalleled in the annals of man, within a professed frame·

These disenfranchised peoples

work of these ethics, many

want change

And they often

A mericans have become appre·

find ex isting

structu res rei uctant

hensive and fearfu I of change

or unable to respond to change

illip ct and read·

the years

James L. Peterson Director of Information

The Truth Lies in Reflection By David Johnson

"There are some things which cannot be learned

America and its people. The restiveness induced by an

quickly,"

Hemingway once observed, "and

unlimited western frontier and the security provided

time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for

by a boundless ocean made it easy to strike out on

their acquiring. They are the very simplest things, and

new paths. Furthermore, the myth of God's special

Ernest

because it takes a man's life to knovv them, the little

providence gave uncommon zeal to that process and

new that each man gets from life is very costly and

aroused unwarranted sel f-righteousness in the minds

the only heritage he has to leave."

of many citizens.

or n ot, men have long

Still, for nearly three centuries, it was possib Ie to

adhered to Hemingway's dictum. They have grounded

maintain ph i losophical perspective with relative ease,

Conscious of the process

themselves in the quest for self-ac ceptance, patience,

for with the exception of the Civil War, when change

and the capacity to love. They have yearned to know

occurred, it threatened neither societal foundations

beauty, to appreciate leisure, and to respect human

nor individual values.

dignity. They have, in short, sought peace. Until recently, even Americans have had sufficient opportunity

to reflect upon these "very simplest

things," and to know, upon occasion, that they have

But today there is c onstant alteration of material circumstances dictates

generated

obsolescence

technology

pre-empts

There

impermanence

results from the steady and widespread suspicion that

always

been

characteristic

also a psychological

which

permanence

discovered a particular personal truth. To be sure, has

that

displacement which

control

of h u ma n

i rrevocab l y

dest i ny

has passed - pe rhaps

- from p r ivate i nto corporate hands.

T hese f a c t o r s m ake it

but steady p rocesses of soc i al , po l i t ic al and eco no m i c ,

change .

i ncreasingly d ifficu l t to be

con f i dent of one's legacy Th rough two ce n tur ies of

T h e C i vil War, of cou rse , set t led the natu re and

E ng l ish ru l e , t he vast maj o r i ty of A me r i ca n co l o n ists

dest i n y o f t h e U n io n . Thereafter , t h e U n i ted S tates

l i ved out t h e i r l i ves u n der co n d i t i o n s w h i c h cha nged

was i n d ispu tab l y a so ve re ign nat i o n , and not a l oose

i m percept i b ly when they changed at a l l . N o sudden

o rgan i zat i o n of e s se n t i a l l y i ndependent states

alterat i o n s d i st u r bed the pat r ia rch a l structure of that

con s t i t u t i o n a 'il y and psych ologica l l y , therefo r e , the

soc iety;

War

no abrupt sh i f t i n p o l i t ical o r eco n o m i c

p o l i cy sufficed t o t h reaten i t s stab i l i ty. N ot even

f igu red

s i g n i f i ca n t l y

Both

i n st ru me n t

com p rehensive societ a l c h an ge , and in the decades

and t h e i ndepe nd e n ce wh ich g radu a l ly

i m m ed i at e l y f o l l ow i ng , t h e effects of t h at c h ange

fol lowed effected p rofo u nd change . T h e co nserva t i ve

became dramatica l l y ap parent. F o r by 1 900, in a

nature

sweep ing red i rect i o n of nat i o n a l p r i o r i t ies, A merica

revo l u t i o n of

A m e r ica' s

docu m ented .

One

b reak

w i th

B r ita i n

is w e l l

the

best

p roofs

the

had tu rned from i t s ag r i c ultu ra l heri tage a nd had far

toward

p re-em i nent p os i t i o n w h i ch T o ry l o y a l ists occup ied i n

progressed

t h e gove r n ment o f postwar V i rg i n ia· t h e very l i fe of

indust r i a l ized state.

beco m i n g

u rban ized ,

that gove r n me n t depended upon the d i rect aid of many

i nd iv id u a l s

who

h ad

i n depende nce .

Proof,

d ifficu l ties

t ransportat ion

too ,

opposed was and

the

A me r ican fact

that

com m u n i ca t io n

But i n the p ro cess, b o th rea l and appare n t inj u stices arose.

Farmers

con st ricted

felt

pol i tically

and

a system wh ich

econom ically

seemed

to favor

assured t h e indef in i te continuance o f loca l , rather

indust r i al cong lomerates. Residents of the nation's

t h an

cit ies often f o u nd

n a t i on a l ,

l o y a l t ies -

p recisely the s i t u at i o n

wh ich h ad previl i l ed p r i o r to t h e onset of war·. I n t h e years between t h e R evo l ut i o n and the C i vi I Wa r ,

America

slowly

became transfo rmed as i t s

po p u l atio n g rew and ex panded geograp h ica l l y , and as

infant

i n d u s tr i e s

so p h i sti ca ted

i ts

tech n i ques

mach i nes.

Stil l ,

wh i l e

introdu ced

i n to ghetto

c o ndi t io n s wh ich were n e i t h e r hea l thfu I nor eco n o m i ca l l y rewardi n g . P o l i ti c ia n s reaped the resu l ts of u rban e x p a n s i o n by carry i ng c i v i c cor r u p t i on to

new e x t remes.

increa s i n g l y

a n d ever m o re versat i l e ph i l o so p hers

themselves t h rust

h o u s i n g I ndust r i a l w o r k e rs fr eq u en t l y l abored u nder

Con fronted by these and other c h a l l e nges , Pop u l i s t

sought

the

ref o r m e rs

ultimate effect o f th ose deve l o p ments u p o n

the

gover n m e n t a i d to ove rcome ag r icu l tu ra l i n j u st i ce ,

nat i o n ' s iden t i ty , a nd w h i l e statesmen co n t i n u ed t o

w h i l e prog ressive reformers la bo red after t h e t u r n o f

p o n de r t h e nature o f t h e U n i o n , most m e n and

t h e centu ry to rei ieve wh a t t h ey concei ved t o be t h e

the

1 8 80's

and

1890's

sought

women were far rem oved from any i nterest in such

i l l s o f a n i ndust r i a l age . D ra ma t ic a s t h e effo rts often

considerat ions. S ec u re in thei r p r i v ate s i t u a t i o n s , and

appeare d ,

far· too busy to worry ove r abstract ions, they were

pal l ia tives t h a n cu res

never more th an supe rf i cial ly affected by the s l ow

and no refo rmer cou l d change that fact.

the

so l utio n s

were

frequent l y

I n d u st r i a l i z a t i o n h ad a r r i ved ,

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Thus, when Fra n k l i n R ooseve l t a ttempted , a quarter

David .Johnson IS

century late r , to rec t i fy new eco nom ic i njust i ces , h i s

an instructor 01

programs, too , respe cted the preva l e n t p o l i t i ca l a n d

history HI'!

econo m i c insti t u t i o n s . T h e N ew Dea l , for a l l the crie s

to PLU

to the co ntrary, was a co nservative effo r t at change.

from t he Unlver

dme

1970

S u b sequent p o l i t i cal refo rm has not depa rt ed , by a nd

s i T y of Kansas,

l a rge, from the u nw r i t te n l a w whi ch R ooseve l t and

where he was sluej

the ear l ie r reformers understood so wel l :

ying TOr

leg i s l at ive

re form i s seldom more than o ff i c ial con f i r m a t i o n o f att i t udes widely understood a n d l a rge ly shared. I t i s fo r

this

reaso n

that

govern ments

have

become

i n creasingly i m potent in the face of who lesa l e soc i a l d i s i n tegration

Publ i c

opin ion

flatly

p r o h i b its the

degree o f govern m e n t a l i n terve ntion necessitated, and the

threat of

d i s i n tegrat i o n

becomes

i n creasing l y

ma g n i f ied a s i nd ividua l s f i n d themselves ever more constra i n ed by thei r m ater i a l i st i c frame of referen ce. U nde r

these

ci rcumsta n ces,

careful contemp l a t i o n

becomes the rarest o f com mod i t ies. "It seems to me a sad co m m e n tary on contempo rary l i fe and certa i n l y pub l i c l i fe ," wrote Adl a i S tevenson in

1957, " t hat we a re so busy do i ng that we have

l i t t l e t i me for thi n k i ng; that we are so busy w i th so much that i s t r a n s i to ry we gi ve a l l too l i t t le to the i n transi tory and end u r i n g . Perspective i s the v i ct i m of press u r e .

Yet

the

truth

l i es

reflect i o n

and

med it at i o n . " The G overnor's words, it would appea r , r i ng i n creas i n g l y true .

in history

Ph 0

The scorned American Bluenose, like wide ties, may yet enjoy a new showing with "old" values, freshly conceived in the contemporary struggle and newly applied to changing situations, providing answers and direction

In The Greening of America C h arl e s R e i c h describes

g l o ry

the p resent A m eri ca n c r i s i s:

d ig nity, equa l i ty , freedom, l a bo r , t h e power of peo p l e

h y p oc r isy, war . uncontrol led

. poverty, d isto rted p r i o r i t ie s .

techno lo gy

absence of co mmunity cen tra l

fact

" D i so rd e r , corru p t i o n,

abo u t

. pow e r l essness in

1970

"Consciou sness

the

a belief

in h u m an

natu ral

l aw and

r i g h t s woven

into

the

human fab r i c by the C reator. A re these va l ues and bel iefs

st i l l

v i ab l e

d i screpancy between t h e rea l it ies o f o u r society and

necessary by

our be l iefs about t h em

phenomena?

. we no lo nger understand

over government, t h e d ivine o r i g in and dest iny of man , and

. lo ss of self." "I ndeed , the A me r ica

meeting

the

sci ence, tech no l ogy

c h anges

made

and o t h e r soc i a l

the system unde r which we l iv e , hence the structure has beco m e obso l e te and we have become powe r l e ss; . . the system

now rumb l es a l ong, ungui ded and

I t is a l a rge quest ion , to bďż˝ sure, but the apparent nad i r

the

great

experime n t

with

American

t h e refore i n d ifferent to human end s. "

democracy d oes not suggest many posit ive answe rs. It

Whether accurate or i nadequate as an an alysis of i l l s i n

"Consc io usness II I

a l so

d o u b t f u l.

however,

that

R eich's

peo p l e " offer a more p rofound

th e bod y p o l i t i c , that v iew has w ide support. E nough

alte r native.

to provo k e a rgu ment and calise us to wonder what

wh ich he says e p i t o m izes an a p p ropr i a t e v i ew of t h e

went wrong. The nat i o n was founded i n the g l ow and

mod e rn wo r l d sounds m o r e t h an a n y t h ing e l se I i ke a

The

"h igher log ic and

h i gher reason"

page

out

5th

century

R en aissance - the very

B .C

seed-bed

G reece

the

o f "C o nsc i o u s足

ness I " So i t may be that the " o l d " v a l ues, fresh l y conceived i n the conte m po r a ry str uggle a n d new l y a p p l ied to changed s i t u at i o n s can p rov ide m o re of an a n swer a n d direction t h an h as been d reamed o f b y the h i p p ies ( an old

G reek

term

it s e l f )

and

th e

true-deep- i n ner-selfsm a n sh i p of the modern p rop hets. T he sco rned American B l uenose, l i k e wide t i es, may

yet enjoy a ne:-N sh ow i ng . Take an examp l e o f t h e current m a l a ise a n d see '.", hat

may b e learned fro m i t . A c u r ren t com p l a i n t is that we are al l i n some degree cogs in t h e mach ine o f the Corporate State, more or less preprogrammed robots determ ined

to th i n k

v i ct i m s of

m i nd less corp orate-scientific enterprise.

well

o f our i n hu m an state,

The l aws of nature and the rights of man have been ex p l o i ted to no humane purpose by the sheer i nertia of the social mach ine. A n d t h e natu ral l aw ( G od's w i l l

fo r man to p u rsue t h e good a n d a v o i d e v i I ) has been rendered mater i a l ism

mea n i n g less b red

the

sec u l a r i ty

mach i n e

and

the

has

been

i neffect iveness o f rel i g i o n in American life.

The

revol ut i o n a ry

a n swer

al l

th is

pop u l a r l y ex p ressed by the slogan "M a ke !'ove ( o r w i ne, o r g rass, etc . ) not war." I nteresti ngly enoug h , i t was a very co n servative T h o m as H o b bes w h o argued t h at t h e f i rst law or nat u re was to seek peace . T h e revo lut io n ar ies lea rn slowly ( h e w ro te t h a t i n 1651). I n fact, the " revo l ut i o nary" p l eas fo r peo p l e to t u r n i nward and f in d themsel ves and a sense o f perso n a l

worth and destiny, to o p p ose the sou I l e ss spectres

Whatever went wrong w i t h the init i a l v i s i o n of the

that d i rect our performance , to "do our own t h i ng"

foun d i n g fathers t o p rod uce the automated chaos of

and rea l ize o u r true selves, are a better te sti mony to

tod ay, no one has yet made

the i m pover i sh ment of o ur ed ucat iona l i n s t i t utions

the i r

than to any new ly d i scovered w i sdo m . P l at o and St.

v i ew of h umanity was grossly in error , and no one

A ugustine ( t he l a t t er n o t a p l ace in F l orida b u t a

w i t h posit ive suggestions fo r a way out of o u r m a l a i se

firmly

case for the v i ew t h a t

rea l i stic and n o t a l toget h er o p t i mist i c

5Vv i n g ing chu rch f a t h e r out o f North Af rica and I ta ly )

has offered us an alte rna t i ve to wh ich h i st o ry has not

sti ll h o l d t h e record for i n trospective se l f-a na l ys i s a n d

a l ready bu i l t a shr i n e . The faul t i s not in our sh r i nes, but in our awareness of them, o u r teach ing o f them ,

ideal i s m . I t took them r i g h t o u t o f th i s wor ld ( u p ) .

a n d t h e mo ss col lected on them th rougll disuse. A r i s tot l e h a s not been superseded fo r h i s o p p o s i t ion to n a m e l ess gho u l s w h i ch are sup posed to run things. He

doggedly

invest igated

the

natural

and

a i l -tao-h uman causes of th i ngs ad nauseam, and d i d a fa i r job desp i te his a n t i-women's l i b sentiments of ch art i ng a

m oderate course

for

human nature to

rea l i ze i t sel f . And

I t may be that t h e effect of, say, reconci I iat ion has not been a p p a rent among peo p l e and nat i o n s desp i t e the w i tness of C h rist and t h e church . B ut then , t h e effects of a sp i r i n are h a rd to f ind w h en one doesn ' t take any. Peace i s o n l y a word , a s wel l as love, war, greed, h ate and h uman d i g n i ty , un t i l g i ven substa nce by t h e c h o ices a n d act i o n s of peo p le.

men l i ke R ousseau and

Locke were about as

ind epend e n t , d o -your-own-t hing p eo p l e as any cave

What t h e m o ra l transvesti tes need to show

dwel l e r

so meth ing is wrong w i th our- end uring va l ues rather

from

Berk e l ey.

C a l ifo rn i a ) w a s named

I ron ical l y , for

B i shop

Ber ke ley B e r k e l ey

(in (the

t h a n w i t h our act i on upon them, for it

is that

is aga inst

p h i l o so p h e r) who was cert a i n l y a s far-sigh ted and far

th ose v a l ues w h i ch t h e y co m m onl y speak_ B ut sh o u l d

o u t as any pop-art i s t , as his New Theory of Visi o n , or

the p ro b l e m b e (unsurprisingly) t h a t w e ha ve i g n o red those v a l ues or d i l u ted t h em or never l earned t h e m ,

better, the Essay on Tar Water, shows.

t h en t h ere r e m a i n s t h e strong possib i I ity that the recovery - i n l i fe - of h i stor ic i d ea l s i s the sanest It is surely r i gh t for the m a l contents to decry the loss

cour-se toward h um an ful f i l l ment .

of v a l ues, the a pa t h y and inauthentic h uman i ty in so much

of A me r ican life

is sure l y good to be a

m a l con tent in the face of evi l . But if one ' s protest is

Still,

not to espo use t h e sheer id iocy of pure , rudd erless

been

an archy ,

t o l erated

(h u ma n

one

must

d i gnity?)

p rotest

and

for

se l f -determ in ation, l i fe i t sel f?)

from some

some rig ht

p rinci p l e

a p pears

true

that

many

the

l aws and

custo m s we h ave l earned to accept uncr i tica l l y have the

eroded by

jetsam

i nsens it ive

and and

f l o tsam

created

sh ort-sigh ted

peo p l e

(freedom,

caught u p i n ava rice a t a l l costs_ T o become sensitive

And it i s at th i s po i n t

once again to the ful l d i mens i o n s of h u man d i gnity,

t h a t w e see t h e a m a z i ng cap acity of t h e "old" v a l ues

the power of l ove in h u m an life , and t h e fri ghtening

to support the d e m ands of the revo l u t i o naries.

capacity we have for ar rogance i n t h e face of i t, has

bec o m e a need wh ich req u i res a l mo s t overw h e l m ing effort

develo p .

For

th e

spectres, t h e facel ess

powers that run so c i e ty are rea l l y b u i l t into our own p e rver ted ch o i ces. I t is not a batt l e between them and us. I t is all u s . The search for a better l i fe w i l l not go on w i thout

some sense of v alu e , and t h e "value"

requi red w i l l not be s i g n i fican t l y d i fferent from m en ' s ancient h o p e . B u t t h e search m ust b e jo i ned b y m o re people, think

and

more t r u l y

feel

sens i t i v e people w h o can

not merely

out of

resentm ent

r i g h teous i n d igna t i o n , but w i t h t h e conf i d ence that the i r

p r incipled

l i fe-sty l e bears the m o st eloq uent

witness to the fulf ill ment o f m an ' s need w h i ch they are capab l e of forg i n g .

H is toric idea l s m a y wel l b e co n s i sten t w i t h a larger v i ew

rad ica lly

new

means

the i r

g reater

real iza t i on. I f leisure beco m es a greater p art of l i fe because of automat i o n , it need not be feared a s a threat to a w o r k - o riented c u l t u re . We rather need a more profound

understand ing of p ro d u c t iv e l abo r .

Why, necessar i l y , need money b e t h e o n l y reward for creative ach i evement? M o re broad ly, why m u st there necess a r i ly

super路abundant

econo m y

a m ong

nat ions only convent i ona l l y d iv i d ed fro m each o th e r when

over

half

of human ity

i s o n t h e b ri n k

p h y s i cal des p a i r? Do our trad i t iona l va lues of l i fe and l i berty

extend only

to Western nat ions?

mo re

p rofound awareness of the mean ing and scope of o u r o w n d em ocratic symbo l s m i g h t lead custo m s

m o re

cons istent

w i th

them

l aw s a n d and

m o re

pert inent to t h e needs of men everywhere. To return once ag a i n to The Greening of America, R ei ch r ig h tly saw t h e necessi ty for l awful l y ordered rel a t ions among men.

"Consc i o u sness I I I " d i d not

en v i s ion an antinom i an Utop i a. But he a rgued th at

hence requires the production and refinement of l aws

o u r trad i t io n a l view of m a n , and hence the idea l s

which a p p roach that i dea l .

wh ich g rew ou t o f i t , assu med that t h e po i n t of l aw was coerc i o n , f o r coercion was needed to protect men

With new ly develo ped sen s i tivity to h i sto r ic h u ma n

from each o ther , whereas the ap p ropri a t e v i ew of l aw

va l ues, w i t h tech n o logy gi ve n i n t h e serv i ce o f h u ma n

is one based on tota l trust a n d l ove of each other.

need

Order w i th out coerc ion. T h e best ex a m p l e h e o f fers

atta i n me n t , t here appears to be no necessa ry co n f l i c t

and

law

reformed

better

ass u re

i ts

ex h i b iting t h i s

between o u r t r a d it i o n a l i deals and t h e dema nds w h i c h

rem a rkable, i f n o t sel f-con trad icto ry p h en omen on i s

clarno r f o r a n a u dience today I n that spirit , h i st o ry

the Woodstock Fest i va l . That there was order there

may merge w i t h the f u t u re to p roduce a r i cher ,

actual

h u ma n

co m mun i ty

and a sense o f shar ed v a l ue may well compare

that

"commun ity"

with

be. But to

any

orgal1ic,

productive pol i t ical entity seems ludicrous. And the absence

violence

demonstration

the

non-existence of the capacity for violence and the

l ikel i h ood

u nder

the

variou s

con d i t i o ns

deeper

experience

life,

j ust i ce

and

well-be ing

among us all. And with that sp i r it the gaps between age groups, races and religions of men can qu ietly and unceremoni ously disappear

a wel ter

of un ited

act i v i ty to rebu ild the c i ty o f man on f o u n dat i o n s l a i d deep l y and fir m l y i n t h e Providence of God

enco u n tered in a compreh ens i ve socia l situat i o n . The i dea l of ju stice seems rnean i ng l ess on i ts face, of cou rse, where one rnanufactures a community in

Dr. Curtis Huber

wh ich perf ect love and t rust exist I f a n y o ne bel ieves

IS professor of

that our experience teaches us someth ing, then o u r

philosophy. At

experience of men , not just th eories about th em ,

PLU since 1964.

confi rms the legitimacy of the ideal of Justice, for it

he was a parish

shows men at their worst as wel l as at their b e s t . Laws

m inister and later

may not make

a teacher at Con足

m en

good, t h ough th i s is n ot obvious,

but they must, given the facts, protect men The ru Ie

cordia Theological

o f law and the coercion connected with it is an

Seminary in

impl icate of the search for greater justice So we see

Springfield, III. He

again that the ideal of justice for a l l men does no

h olds

basic disservice to a n y rea l istic assessment of th e

from the Univer足

h u man condi t i o n . But again we need to develop a

sity of Wisconsin.

Ph.D.

more profo u n d appreciat i o n for the demands that justice m akes upon a l l of us a n d n o t Just upon those who are convicted u n der the laws wh ich

sense of

ju stice inspires. T h ere is no single l aw which dema nds t h at we g i ve to each his due. Justice deman ds it, and

TItATwlticltWE ARE EVERy SECONd bECOMiNG By John Beck ' I n God We Trust: says our money . Perhaps we do. But God's i n teract i o n w i th man goes back past t h e inco rporation o f t h i rteen states. G od a n d man g o way w i th

act iv ity

God's

back . around

beg i n n i n g s , or

man

should

o rig i nal l y

we say

ce n t ers That

E de n .

act i v i ty was c reat ive. A n d G o d d id create both man and th is wo r l d. God created w i t h dive r sity an

exempl ary

P h y sica l l y , o u r wo r l d i s

of d i vergence. Our p l a n e t

spec imen

ex hi b i ts a p h enomenal range o f c l imates, geogra p h i e s , a n d land a n d w a t e r fo rmat ions. Man a l so i s diverse. No

one

i n d i vidual

race

characteristics

has

peop l e

another.

M o re

same

the

qui t e

specifi ca l l y,

each

is un i que. No two pe rso n s are the sa me,

and even if two pe o p l e look a l i k e , their p e rsona l i t i e s and

i nd ividual

psyches

are

ex treme l y

diffe rent.

W i t h i n t h i s fact of creat i o n is a k ey to t h e qual i t y o f life. God's push for divers i ty l ig h t ly impu l se

and

thoug h t ful

sh ou ld

i s someth ing w e take too refle c t i o n

considered.

that

The

D ivine posit ive

imp l icat ions of diver s i ty suggest a f i r st react ion. I f God acted w i th divergence i n creat i n g our world, who are we t o negate that wh i c h is ordai ned by G od) To do so would be p resu m p tuou s.

Yet, so often in life, on the campus and off, we are confronted situations.

with,

and

Historians

m o v e m e nt

party

tell

to,

d e v e l ops

that

t o 27, including graduate students and G I'so

life-negating

Second, students see themselves in transition. They

whenever

exist

the

p oi n t

somewhere

between

the

parental

goals

growing up and getting a good job, and their own

institutionalization, it loses its vitality. Similarly, as

formu lative view of I ife, perhaps the same as their

time passes, Iife becomes ordered into patterns which are labeled "traditions."

If tradition then becomes

too strong, it can become the very antithesis of God's creative act. God's call, after all, is to experience the fullness of his creation. Today,

there

are

segments

society

which

This criticism centers on trad itions which surround lives.

The

'70's

decade

evaluation.

Moreover, it is a decade of change. Our society h as acquired such speed that the living process itself h as accelerated.

It takes less time than ever before to

move an idea into action. It also takes less time to see the

results

idea

implementat ion .

potentially availab le almost overnight,

The

avai labi l i ty

immobility

role. They are not children, yet at t h e same time, they are n ot " wor k ing

adults. T hey lie som ewhere i n

betwee n . T h ey a r e there t o lea rn . I t is the freest t ime

constantly berate and vituperate the "establishment." our

parents, but perhaps not Third, students realize the un i q ue n e ss of t he student

change

tradition;

Change

01'

conflicts

therefore,

so it seems. with

tradition

of their l ives . Fourth, and

most impor ta n t, students are able to

view society

from a detached, objective position

Their pe rspect iv e on soc iety i s va l i d , in part, at l east , because

they

are

not

caug h t

up in t h e su rviva l

problems of "norma l " society . I n a dec i sion-mak i n g

si tuat ion, w e often seek the op i n ion o f one w h o is not immediate l y i nvolved. H i s voice i s likely to be more object ive. This is ana logo u s , I believe, to the student's s ituat ion in America today.

the

Students ar'e a rare group. As always, toda y ' s stu dent

strives toward ideals and utopias w h ich he lTlay never

con stan tly c ha l lenge d . Alternatives to the status quo

ach i eve.

are presented, w h ich pose a threat to the latter'. At

com men surate with h i s age, this today , this now.

l east, th ose who have invested in the status quo co n sider it a t hr eat. From

the

campus

perspective,

many

traditional

patterns and concepts come under hard scrutiny. Because t h i s i s true, some observers have generalized on studen t behavior and have stereotyped students as a speci fic grou p with def i nite , r'adical, un-American id eals. I n real i ty , students are as diverse as any other

segment of the po p ulat i o n . However, a few vague generalizations,

non-prejudicial

I hope, can be set

forth First, students fall within

Bu t

today's

student

has

concer n s

Students are concerned abo u t war and the personal connotations war h as for t h e i r l ives. M any seek b o l d alternatives t o the military conscription Students view the wor l d as something tangible and real.

They believe, naively perhaps, in the ' "brotherhood of man." S ome students feel strong ties

between all the peoples of the earth. Dehumanization of fellow creatures receives loud cries of protest. Many students are skeptical of traditional religion, especially the established church. Individuals would

general bracket, from 1 7

rather deal with theological concepts on a personal,

rather than an i n st i t u t io n a l , basis. The

g reatest

st u dent

s i ng l e

generat i o n

accept estab l i shed aga i n st

th ing which d i st i ngu ishes th i s f rom

others

patte rns o f

" l oc k-step

thresho ld of l i fe, ques t i o n s in hand. S t u d e n ts see the

1971"

is i t s re t i c e n ce t o l i f e . S t u d e n ts react

I t' s

easy

see

the

statu s q u o as a threat to the i r perso nh ood. They have no cou rse b u t d i ssent; they m u st l ive o u t t h e i r b e l ief. The

st u d e n t po s i t i o n has路 defi n i te a n d provocative

theo log ical i mpl ica t i o n s

Ch r i st cail s u s to l i ve a fu l l

l ock-step pattern d eve l o p . F ro m b i r t h , everyth i n g i s

l i fe, yet w e are to l d w e m u st l o se l i fe before we f i n d

plan ned

i t . W e a re to l d o f per sec u t i o n a n d a rough road.

the

lette r . O n e begins sch o o l ,

beg i n s

a n o ther scho ol, beg i n s yet another schoo l , beg i n s a u n ivers i ty , f i n d s a j o b , beg i n s a fa m i l y and accepts a role as a working c i t izen Of part icu l a r

note is

Done and f i n i shed .

d iverge n t t ru th m ig h t be . E a ch of u s can stop and

t i me o r i entat i o n of th i s

th ink d eepl y about w h at is t r u l y right or w ro n g . E ach

patte rn . G et t i n g o u t o f step has bad con n o ta t i o n s.

can expl o re w i th b o l d ness w h at b u siness C h r i st wou ld

Perso n s who

that we were ab o u t .

fail

the

But be h i n d a l l th i s , God's cre a t ive act sp a r k s m a n ' s d ivers i t y . I t c a u se s each of us t o con sider fu l l y how

l i ve the t ra d it i o n a l pattern are

con side red to be l azy , d i srespect ful , a n t i -A m e r ican, cow ard l y , or u ngratef u l Students react

negat ive ly t o such regimen tat i o n o f

l i fe becau se perso n a l cho ice is n o t a l l owed . i n ta l k i n g to fel low s t u d e n t s a bo u t the " new" va l u es which h e l p shape th e i r deci s i o n s , t h e fol l ow i n g p o i n ts are pro m i n e n t:

regard fo r that o rd a i ned by G od . let us respect o u r fe l l o ws' decis i o n s , decisi o n s which lead each m a n to be who he i s.

Let u s become g iver s of l i fe - n o t

negators. A s B u r k e w rote, " A I I that i s necessary f o r ev i l t o t r i u mph i s for g o o d men t o do n o t h i ng."

F i rst , the chasm between rea l i ty and i d ea l i sm m u st b e bridged .

G od created w i th d ive r s i ty , a b l essed d iversity. L e t us pray that we ca n view the w o r l d w i th a po s i t i ve

Effo rts

towa r d s t h a t end

a r e c o n s i d e red

vi rtu o u s .

Together, as a C h r i st i an c o m m u nity , l et us act ively e m b race breath.

Secon d , perso nhood d e m a n d s act ion. M a n sho u l d n o t

the d iversity wh ich Let

surroun ds

our

every

us celeb rate that which we are every

seco n d beco m i n g .

adopt a passive r o l e . M a n m u st be a creato r . Third , stu dents

are

frustrated b y the ro u t i ne , the

m u n d ane, the trad i t io n a l nat ure of jo b o r ie n ta t i o n.

John Beck, editor

L i fe is expe r i e n t i a l a n d m u st be so viewed . L i fe is to

of the Mooring

be l ived fu I l y , n o t w i th d r u d gery o f sp i r i t

Mast, 15

These suggest so me i d e a l s wh ich co nst i tu te stu dent thi n k i n g react

They ca u se him to act and react S tu d e n t s

that

wh i ch

co n f r o n t s

t h e m;

t h ey

see

stag n a t i o n , y e t hope for the restora t i o n of l i fe. These d reams

app l y

the student who

stands on

senior

from Marysville, Wash, majoring in h i stor y and re l i gion

the

A.: Dr. Jungkuntz, it would seem logical that persons

C hristia n faith would find themselves more united on political and social issues than they are. Why i s that not true?

themselves are by no means perfect

professing

sincere

Jungkuntz: I'm not at all sure that it is

log i cal

for

us to expect t h at shari ng a common Christian foith would lead or even should l ea d to a COrTHDOn point of view on m ost po l i ti cal and so c ial i ssues T here's a vast d i fference be tween comm i tment to rei ig lOllS i dea ls or pr i nc i p l es on the one hand and, on the other hand, the p rac ti cal wisdom that's needed in choosing from omong

the

precisely

va r i ety

possib le

courses of

that one cour se which waul

act i o n

ens ure the

rea l i zation of th e ideal. T h at's whel'e the d ifference usually comes up along well路meoning people love , l i be ny

don t disaQl"ee about '

They

justice, or equal

i nfl uenced

co mes

self -in terest.

work ing

out

But

Ch r i s t ian s

And when it

practical

vvay

the

im pl ica ti ons of our comm itment, we a l so have to wor k

together

w i th

our

fe l l ovv

men

every

convict i on who may or may not be committed to the same

principles.

th i s

situat i on ,

the

"voy

pers u asion is the way of appeal i ng to o u r com m on self路interest;

let's

call

enli ghte ned

se l f- i ntere s t .

What's good for all of us i s u lt i mate l y good tor h i m as well as for me . Th is

re lates

consideration.

view one

the

between loW and gos p e l

basic

hand

the

t h eo l ogi c al distinction

nclerscor es the fact t hat G od

has two modes of dea li ng with men; the one mode is redempt ive,

and

for

that

pu rp ose he empl oys t h e

r i g h ts, but they do disagree about the solutio n of t h e

Gospe l , the good news o f G od's salv a tion th rough

immediate problem that confrunts them, t h e g i ven

Jesus C h rist

inequ ity ,

what we mig h t call h is creative or p rovide n t i a l mode,

the

g i ven

p ro blem of how that

obv i o u s IS

lack

of Justice - t h e

actually to be overcolne

and

for

His oth e r 11l0de of deol ing with men is

that

purpo se

I\low

have to

make

ca l l

A.: Is self-Interest usually a factor? Jungkuntz: I d ea l ly , I suppose, Ch risti ans ought not to

two f unction s of law . The law h as a I eli g ious function

the

law.

he emp l oys what we

theologically,

second d i sti nction , aga i n a th eologica l one, between '

0) in that

it b r i ngs a person

to the awareness of h i s

see m s to me it goes back to what I was try ing t o say

T h is sets t h e stage fo r t h e Gospe l to prov ide the

before; that when God deal s w i t h us red empt i vely

remedy. On the other h a nd , t h e law has always h ad a

th rough the G ospe l,

civ i l o r po l it ic a l f u n ct i o n as wel l . T h rough i ts capac i t y

arou nd f r o m o u r al i e n at io n, he turns us on and t u r n s

h e sets . u s free;

h e turns u s

t o th reaten p a i n or p r o m i se g a i n, i t e l i c i t s from men a

us loose. I n the joy a n d g rat i t u d e of that k,ind o f

reaso nab l y m o r a l repo n s e . I n o ther words, i t pays t o

freed om a n d t h e e x h i l aration that a r i ses fro m i t , t h e re

treat y o u r n eighbor fa i r l y eq u it a b l y a n d i t doesn't

is an eagern ess to share t h e goodn ess and love of God

pay to keep th ro w i n g sto nes th rough h i s w i ndow .

that we ou rse l ves have exper i e n ced . B u t now , how d o

This th reat of pain and pro m ise of g a i n e l i c i ts t h a t

y o u share, h o w d o you d o good to you r f el l ow ma n?

degree o f soc i a l stab i l i ty that makes i t possible f o r society t o co ntinue w it hout a n a rchy and c h aos, a n d i t a l so provi d es a general c l imate fo r Go d ' s redemptive work th rough the gospe l .

R.: Lay C h r ist ia ns have cause

God has g i ven a l l of us the g i ft of reason. A nd reason works by ca lcu lating adva n t age and d isadvan tage. It pays i n the l o n g run to do t h i s, it doesn't pay to do that.

N ow

haven't

as yet

t r i ed

out

so me

wonder when they

part icu laďż˝ so l u t io n to a cert a i n pro b l e m , we gathe r

see th eir clergy and othe r devout persons at opposite

data, we gather stat i s t ics and p ro j ect i nto the f u t u re

poles when it co mes to p o l iti c al and social issues and

what

is l i ke l y

happe n . We

t ry

to c a l culate as

within the church structure itself. How can we best

rat ion a l l y

relate to these differences?

consequences o f t h i s course o f act i o n . A nd t h e n we

Jungkuntz:

I t h i n k i t ' s not o n l y wel l-meaning l a y

C h r i stians, b u t

a l so

a g r e a t many c l ergy who are

t roub l ed by th is amb i g u i ty of autho r i ty . The prob l e m i s, i n i t i al ly, t h a t a l l ref u g e

of us are t o o i n c l i ned to seek

auth o r i ta r i a n i s m

soc io -eth i cal que stions

for

so l u t i o n s

our

can

what

l ik e l y

the

f i n a l l y have to act on t h e basis of o u r best wisd o m , kn owledge and i n fo r m a t i o n , i n which we have to lean as heavi l y on those w h o are not of the fa i t h as we do on t hose who a re of the fa i t h because ofte n expe r t i se l i es e l sewhere t h a n w i t h us.

I f o n l y somebody w i l l te l l u s

We m ake the most i n te l l igent dec i s i on that we can .

what t o d o , somebody w h o ' s got au tho r i t y , t h e n the

What a u t h o r i t y do we appe a l to? We appeal to t h e

gu i l t i s off o u r shoulders and we just can fo l l ow alo n g

auth o r i ty of k n ow l ed ge, such a s w e have, a n d t h e

a n d obey and stay i n l i ne .

I f i t t u r n s out t o be a

m i stake, wel l, we can b l a me t h e a u t h o ri t y f i g u re, the preacher, t h e Pope, or who meve r. C l ergy a l so tend to make that appe al

t o au tho r i ty . T h e one c l e rgyman

takes t h i s passage ou t of t h e B ib I e and say s th i s i s God ' s Word a n d t h i s ob l i ges a l l o f y o u to behave i n

kind of co n f l i c t , where's the key to reso l ve it? It

a l ien ation f r o m God and t o h i s hope l ess cond i t i o n .

author ity

reason

e x e rc i sed a s wel l

a s w e can

exercise i t .

R.: I n making a secular

decision,

a Ch ri sti an h as an edge,

added

wou ld

you say

that

to speak? Does he have an

factor to work with?

such and such a way, and t h e other c l e rgy man takes

Jungkuntz:

a n o t h e r passage which seem s to say the very opposite

angu ish in t h e C h r i st i a n 's pa r t i c ipa t ion in t h i s mode

cert a i n l y

does.

T h e re ' s

special

and he appea l s to that as a u t h o r i ty . A l l right, in that

of God's rul i n g, that i s , the law mod e rather t h a n the

gospel mode: as a new m a n in C h r i s t , he kn ows and

take peo p l e l i k e t h at w h o are wi l l i n g aga i n and aga in

loves the perfect w i l l of G od and he obeys and he

and again to keep trying The m i l l e nium isn't g o i n g to

trusts G od without ca l c u l a t i o n .

But

the C h r i st i a n

come th i s s ide of g l o ry .

k n ows a l so that i n t h e socio-po l i t i c a l arena he can

R.: Is th ere a tende ncy to confuse the tradit i onal

wo rk o n l y w i th the world's k i nd of w i sdom w h i c h

American way of l i fe - concepts such as freedom ,

l oo k s for reasonab le grounds and t o cons iderat i o n s o f

democracy, nationalis m . the work ethic, and a strict

advantage a n d d i sadvantage . H e re th e C h r i st i an must

moral code - with t h e Christian life?

be ready not o n l y t o adopt th i s w i sdom but a l so to set t l e fo r approx i m ate goals and even c o m p rom ise. On

t he

other

hand,

t he Ch rist ian

b r i ngs to

th i s

responsi b i I ity certain specia l g i fts t h a t der i ve from his just i f i c a t i o n by grace t�rough faith . Among these are freedom to r i s k being w rong in judgment, courage to press o n

after failure o r setbac k , sober rea l ism in

assessi n g the moral capacity of human nature and a h i gher v i s i o n of G od ' s w i l l fo r a l l me n . Prob ably

what

motivat ion

you

and

you

h ad

m i nd

might

have

Jungkuntz: Yes. When Ch r i s t i a n i t y enters for the first t i me in to a new so c i a l o r cul tu ra l are n a , the i n i t i a l resu l t h a s tended to b e confl i c t . Ch r i stian i ty b r i n gs with i t such a l i berating force as far as a l l ty rannical powers

h ad

edge in

concerned,

w h ether

they

cu l t u r a l

that there is a conf l i ct. But Christ i a n i t y a l so has t h e qua l ity , w h e n i t i s a t i t s best , t o i n d igenize; it s i n k s i t s roots

are

tyrannies, p o l i t i cal ty ra n n i es, o r rel i g i ou s ty rann ies,

t h e so i l

of t h e p l ace

where i t ' s a t , and

abso r b s , a s far as exter nals are concerned, many of

m i nd

the conve n t i ons, st y l es and trad i t i o ns that are a l ready

someth i n g like l ove, and that ' s true. B u t actua l ly it's

p resent. Y o u could l o o k f o r examp l e , at our m ode of

n o t easy to measure the di fference i n love t h at a

wo r ship on a Sunday morn i ng; it's certa i n l y a far cry

C h r i st i a n has and t h at w h i c h we often see in people

from N ew Testament day s . I don't think many of the

who are humane, men of good w i l l , but who don ' t

N ew Testament Ch r i stians wou ld feel too much at

happen

h ome

men

out·perform us in

fa i th.

T h ey

somet imes

the exercise of love and a l l the

symptoms of it. S o , i n stead of ta l k i ng about l ove I ta l k ed

about

freedom to

risk

being wro ng.

our

tendency

churches.

T h e re ' s

Ch r i s t i a n i t y .

that

But

i n digen i z i ng

the

r i sk

i nd igen i z a t i o n i s t h at i t can easi l y become syncreti s m ;

T h at

i n o t h e r words, i t takes t o itse l f a l o t o f the ex te rnal

means that s i nce my Just ification doesn't rest on my

factors of the society and cu I ture and sub s i t u tes them

be i n g r ight but rests on G od's grace , I can re l i g i ously

fo r the truth and the heart of t h e f a ith or the G o spel ,

affo rd to be wrong; I can afford to make a m i sta k e .

I ' m n o t going t o g o t o h e l l fo r ma k i ng a m i stak e.

character i st i c sty les o f t h e time and pl ace m a y be ,

When I ' m set bac k , when I experience fa i l ure in my

these tend to be regarded by t h e majo r i ty , who now

that

whatever

the

catch

words,

slogans

effo rts to b r i ng about some kind of so l u t i o n , I don ' t

happen to be Christia n , as character i s t i ca l l y Ch r i st ia n .

t h row

i n the towe l , because I'm Christian. I k n ow

that at the end o f the road is G od , and I've g o t the

th i n k

democracy

i s one o f t h o s e things i n the

western world that we h ave th ought of as u n i quel y

courage then to p i c k m y sel f up and g i ve it another

Christ i a n , b u t w e forget that there have been many

try . A nd a s long as th i s world stands, it's goi ng to

Chr istians

who

e ither

have

l ived

under

n o n -d e m o c rat i c

govern ments

h ave

been

forth b i b l i ca l ly . What M oses d id as a gover n o r was to

and are no less C h r i st i an for a l l that. W e d o n ' t h ave t o

pmv ide a p roced u re and a fra mewo r k w i t h i n w h i c h

go any farther b a c k t h an the d ays of the R eformati o n

th is regrettab l e t h i n g cou l d st i l l be d o n e u nder a

t o o b serve th a t .

certa in m easure of c o n t ro l . A nd o u r l e g i s l ators are

R .:

A nother

basic

source

confl i ct ,

both

Christ ian and secu l ar commun it ies, is the question of whether o r not you can legisl ate moral i ty . What do you think on that subject?

Jungkuntz:

st i l l d o i ng i t today - C h ri st ian legislators included . Y o u use the law to keep soc ial cond i t ions under as much control as the p u b l i c can t o lerate, and th at provides that relative degree of s tab i l i t y that so ciety

needs. But nobody th i n ks fo r a m om e n t that i t ' s

G overn m ents and peo p l e have always

i d ea l .

exercised the power to l eg i sl ate in such a way as to

Let u s take another ex am p le . I f d r u n ken ness i s agreed

b r in g a cert a i n a m o u n t of contro l over the behav i o r

to be a si n , and t h e refore i m m o ra l , w h at d oes soc iety

o f t h e p op u l at i o n . T h e reason is t h a t i t pays; soc iety

do? I t i m poses such co n t r o l s as the society i tsel f is

w i l l get a lo n g better if a l l of u s ag ree that certa i n

pr epared

k i n d s o f beh av i o r a l"8 go i n g to get u s i n tro u b l e . T h ere

i m p lemen ted . I f you have co n t ro l s i m po sed t h a t can ' t

are other k i n d s of behav i o r to keep uS out of tro u b l e

b e i mp l e mented , con tro ls th at soc iety wi l l s i m p l y

a n d let u s ma x i m i ze o u r l i fe's a m b i t i ons.

ignore, l a u g h at , and rep u d i ate, y o u m ight as wel l

and

that

can ,

fact,

Let ' s take m a r ri age f o r an exam p l e . Accord i ng to

have them off t h e books. They ' re n ot do i ng any

Scr ipture, the ideal con d i tion i s one man and one

good. I n fact , they th reaten the whole struct u re of

woman , a l ife-long bon d , with the resu l t t hat the

law. As soon as an y l aw i s openly d isrega rd ed then al l

fam i l y i s the soc ial unit o f society . H u man nature

l aw tend s to be mocked and evad ed . So y o u i m pose

b e i n g w h at i t i s , not al l w i ves and h u sb a n d s are ab le

as m u ch as t h e soc iety w i l l t o lerate and can be

to h an d l e that relatio nsh i p .

i m p l e me n ted .

That ' s n o t u n k nown t o S cr i p t u r路e e i ther路 . Y ou ca n reca l l t h e ti me when t h e L o r d ' s opponents came to h i m w i t h a moral r路i d d l e about t h e d ivo rce q u es t i o n , say i n g that M oses a l l owed them to h ave a b i l l o f d ivorcement t o p u t away

o n e ' s w i f e and marry

somebody e l se . A n d the Lord answered that i n the beg i n n i n g together

it was not so; what G od h ad bro ugh t nobody

sh o u l d

put

asunder.

al so

observed that M oses al l owed i t t o be so , "because of the hardness of your heart. " But i t' s sign i f icant that

that fel l short of the i d e a l that M oses h i mself h ad set

pos i t i o n s o f a u t h o r i ty i n n o n-dem ocratic s i t u a t i o n s ,

We h ave pena l t ies f o r d run ken d r i v i ng , b u t we have no pen a l t ies for a man gett i n g d r u n k i n h i s k i tch e n . I f i t ' s s i n fu l at a l l , i t ' s as s i n fu l i n one p l ace as the o t h e r , but

t h e gett i n g d r u n k

i n t h e k i tchen does n o t

i m med i ately t h reaten m y n e i g h b o r a n d h is wel fare and h is hea l t h . I t may u l t imately lead to alcoho l ism , wh ich can lead to a lot cif other th ings. B u t it wou ld be i m poss i b le to i m plement the l atter . R : We're ta l k ing about l i fe situat io ns where real t y our only cho i ces are choices between ev i l s.

J esus d oes not crit i c i ze M oses for th i s . I t was M oses as

Jungku ntz : R i g h t . And so often , if not a lway s , t h o se

a c iv i l legisl ato r m a k i n g pmv i s i o n for d ivorce l aws

are what t h e eth ical decisions are. O u r cho ice of a

so l u t io n

fo r the present ev i l is in a l l l i k e l i hood t h e

Jung k u n t z : Wel l , i f you are ta l k i ng abo u t c h u rch as

p l an ti ng o f the seed of f u t u re e v i l . B u t t o m a k e n o

st ructure, t h e n yo u're t a l k ing abo u t an en t ity that

cho ice at a l l i s t h e wo rst ev i l o f a l l .

from one perspective i s complete l y h u m a n and a part

R.:

R ecen t l y

there

has

been

C h r ist路or iented activity w i t h in a

Sec u l ar

reviva l

framework ;

rel igicusl y oriented popu lar songs, the "Jesus C h r ist

S u p er s tar " m u sical , the Jesus peop le , and others . B u t I d o n ' t detect wi th i n most

of those

act i v i t ies the basi c

C h r istian be l i efs: sal vat ion , redempt ion , atonement , and grace . They seem to be using Jesus alm ost as a co m merci a l symbol , or maybe as another mahari sh i , bu t

not

as the Savior.

H ow

ca n

or sho u l d

the

established church relate to th i s? T h ere seems to be a

o f our sociological and pol i t i c a l scene. F rorn another viewpo i n t of c o u rse , we can say t h at the ch urch h as a d i v i n e q u a l i ty and aspect abou t i t , s i nce i t ' s of G od's mak i n g and preservat ion . Part of the prob l e m is that peop l e in the ch urch as w e l l as people o u ts i d e t h e c h u rch t e n d t o c o n fu se the s t r u c t u r e and t h e fo rm w i th t h e essence and to a scribe to t h e o n e w h at rea l l y be l o n gs t o the

other.

B u t we'r e dea l i ng w i t h the

c h u rch as it i s m an i fested; a n d it is a lways m a n i fested in st r u ctu re and in form . A l l r i g h t , th at's part of l i v i n g

bu i l t- i n opportu n ity for the church here .

i n h i st o ry a n d I d o n ' t t h i n k we s h o u l d resent i t .

Jungku ntz : I suppose a l o t of people wou l d d i sagree

So you r q u est i o n can be very i mport a n t . L e t ' s say the

vigoro u s l y with what I ' m g o i n g to sa y , and t h ey h ave

str u ct u re has become so bogged d own w i t h red tape ,

a r i g h t t o . B u t I w o u l d agree w i t h you r assessment o f

h ierarchy

t h i s scene a n d

h i nd rance to

bel ieve t h a t

these q u a s i 路 rel i g i o u s

and

obviously

phe n o m e n a stand t h ere a s a severe cr i t i c i s m o f the

people

typ i ca l , i n st i t u t i o n a l i zed ch u rch . We ca n see in t h e m ,

respo n s i b i l ity

as t h o u g h w e were lo ok i ng i n a m i r ro r , o u r own worst

st ru c tu re , and not l et the structu re para l y z e them a nd

fa u l ts. We are the o n es who h a ve used Jesus as a code wo r d , and we are the ones who h a ve com m erc i a l ized h i rn , h i s d o ct r i rl e , a n d a l l

the rest . N ow the Jesus

doing

i n e f f i c i ency , t h at

t h i s g ro u p of l i ke路m i n ded fa i t h -f i l led the to

Lord's bring

work. about

T h en changes

it's

the i r

that

i mpose on t h em the ty ra n n y t h at preve n t s t h e m f ro m l i ving o u t t he i. r l i ves in C h r i s t a s t h ey o u g h t t o b e l i ved o u t .

people h ave s i m p l y gone one step fu rther a n d sort of

I n t h e f in a l a n a l y s i s , i t ' s not the struct u re , i t ' s not t h e

made

our weak nesses a n d they

cu l t ic r i t u a l , a nd i t ' s c e rt a i n l y not t h e op i n i o n s th a t

show us what we rea l l y l o ok l i k e if we are h o n est

a r e t h e essence of C h r ist ian ity. Part of t h e d i f f i c u l t y

a c a r i catu re of all

try i ng to prese rve C h r i s t i a n ity and the fa i t h a s

with ou rse l ves. T hey sta n d t h e re as a c r i t i c ism of u s ,

a n d w e ough t t o l o o k i nward a n d repent a n d correct

someth i n g a u t h e n t i c w i th roots ge n u i n e l y back i n the

o u r own com merci a l i z a t i o n ; our own use of th e N a m e

New Test a m e n t , i s t h at we co n c e i ve of it as h o l d i ng

and of the doctri n e a s psych o l o g ic a l g i m m i c k s , and

the

recover f o r o u rselves a m o re a u t h e n t i c sense of w h at

rat h e r t h a n as faith .

right

opi n i on o r perfo rm i n g the r i g h t a c t i o n s ,

the G ospe l rea l l y is.

R. : How i mportant i s ch ur ch , church doctr i ne , and

d o ct r i n e , by h o l d i ng the right op i n i o n about t h i s, that

chu rch structure in the l ite ot a C h rist ian and are

and

these concepts changing?

saved by G od ' s g race fu l l y g iven in Jesus Ch ri st.

a re n ' t

saved ,

l e ast

accord ing

L u theran

t he other r e l i g i o u s or soc i a l q u estion. We a re

News Notes TOWA R D A N EW D E PTH AND Q U A L I TY

N u rsing was accred i ted by t h e N a t i o n a l League of N u rs i n g and several other d i sc i p l, i nes had accred i ta t i o n s

Because o f t h e d ram at ic visual i m

renewed . T h e percentage of facu I t y

pact , t h e spot l ight a t Pac i f i c L u t h e r

members ho l d i ng docto rates rose

an U n iversity t h e past e i g h t years

above the 5 0 per cent m a r k .

h as seemed to s h i n e o n new bu i l d i ngs.

N ew way s t o i m p rove t h e educa

Physica l faci l it i es m o re t h a n d o u

core c u r r i cu 'l u m , t h e cou rse system

b l ed at P L U d u r i ng t h at t i me w ith

and t h e 4 - 1 -4 c a l e n d a r .

tional experi enc€ b ro u g h t a b o u t t h e

the construct ion o f 1 1 m aj o r bu i l d i ng s : two st u dent center fac i l it ies, a l i brary , a n a u d i to r iu m -f i e l d h ou se , a sw i m m i n g p o o l a n d f ive residence hal l s.

Reigstad

Kruse

As the 1 97 1 - 7 2 sch o o l y e a r g o t u n d e rway Sept 9 , t h e b u z z i n g of

o rd i nat i ng the com m issio n ' s studies

saws and the pou nd ing o f h a mmers

is Thomas E. K ruse o f the eco no

had not st i l led , but act ivit ies e m ph a

m ics departmen t , who assumed h i s

siz i n g new depth and q u a l ity o f aca

duties as d i recto r of i n st i t u t io n a l

dem i c l i fe were tak ing center stage.

research S e p t . 1 .

Wh i l e the P L US ( P rogram of L o ng

K r u se descri bes the task as a sys

R ange U n iversi ty S pe c i f i cs) p l a n ,

tem s a n a l y s i s a p p ro ach to acad e m i c

wh i ch h a s e m phasized both physica l

i m p roveme n t , and a w a y to g ive uni

p l ant a n d academ ic adva n ces s ince

versity dec i s i o n makers " better i n

1 964, i s st i l l b e i ng i m p leme nted o n

fo rmat i o n u p o n wh ich t o base bet

schedu l e , a new d i me n s i o n was ad

t e r dec i si o n s . "

ded l ast s p r i ng when P L U P resident E ugene W ieg man a n n o u nced t h e Sti ntzi

Acco rd i ng to P resident W ieg man ,

crea t i o n o f a C o m m i s s i o n o n Aca

the co m m iss i o n w i l l e x p l o re present

dem ic E x ce l l ence.

cou rse offer i ngs, facu l ty teach i n g

The co m m ission has a m a n date to

t i a l s , the g ra d i ng syst e m , the i n ter-

Though t h e changes came m o re q u i -

study every facet o f u n ivers i ty l ife

i m , stu d e n t e n ro l l ment a n d cost o f

et l y , P L U was a l so mov i n g rap i d l, y ahead i n i t s academ ic progra m . T h e

that bears on acad e m i c sel f- i m prove-

i n struct i o n .

Meyer

loads, fac u lty profess i o n a l creden-

ment. I t i s cha i red by D r. P a u l

chem i st ry d e p a r t m e n t received ac-

R e igstad , cha i rm a n o f t h e E ngl ish

" A re students get t i n g the greatest

cred itat i o n f rom the A me r i can

departme n t , a n d i s co mp osed o f

poss i b l e retu r n o n thei r investment

C h e m i ca l Soc iety , the S ch oo l o f

representat ive facu I ty members. Co-

i n an educat ion at P LU 7 " Wiegman

News Notes aske d . " T h at is w h a t we want to de-

fesso r of m u s i c , is d i rec t i n g the new

"The c o m p u ter t o d ay is as accept

te r m i n e . N a vy is the t i me to take a

gradu ate p rogram u n der t h e de part-

a b l e as the a d d i n g

hard l o o k at P L U if vve are to t h r ive

m e n t ch a i r m a n sh i p of M a c r i ce

typewri ter as necessary equ i p rn e n t

and g r ow acad e m i c a l l y i n the f u t u r e . " S kan es.

and

fo r academ ic us es," he added.

200

Wieg m n hopes the m a j o r coml l i s-

T h i s year t he Schoo l of N u r s i n g a n d

M ore than

s i a n report w i l l b e co m p l eted b y

D epa rtm e n t of A r t h ave the u se o f

wi l l be i n corporated i n to the new

m ach i n e

e x i s t i n g p rograms

vast l y e x pa nded new f a c i l it ies as t he

system w h ich is part of

no sp e c i f i c t i me l i m i t has been an-

resu l t of the ren lodel i n g of t h e o l d

t h ree - p h ase com puter deve l o p m e n t

nou nced .

stu dent u n ion. T h e

the

1972

- 73 acade m i c year , t h o u g h

$466 ,300

N ur -

si llg -Art Co m p lex project a d d s

32,

f ive-y ear ,

prog ra m a t P L U . P l a n s ca l l f o r d o u b l i n g of wor d sto rage capac i ty i n

000 sq ua re feet of acade m i c space

two years w itll f u rther e x p a n s i o n

affe c t i n g P L U stude n t s th is year

to the cam p u s and frees o t h e r faci-

The S c h o o l of B u s iness A d min i s t ra-

l i t i es for e x pan s i on of s c i e n ce de

O ther

j or

acad e m i c ch an ges are

1 9 76.

partments

" O u r co n t i n ued pr ogress can b y at

can Assoc i a t i o n of C o l l e g iate

T he recent do n at i on by the J. H e n ry

Dr . W i eg l

S c h oo l s o f B u s i ness, w h i ch r a n k s the

G o n yea f a m i l y o f

program a m o n g t h e top s i x per c e n t

E st a te , the G o nyea H ouse , for a

in t h e cOrll r T l u n i ty w h o h ave pro v i

of b u s i ness educat ion programs i n

P L U p residen t ' s res i d e n ce has p e r -

ded h e l p i n I � a n y ways

t i on be gan i t s f i rst comp lete year as a n ac cred i ted member o f the A rn eri

tr i b uted to man y d e d i c ated peo p l e , "

S p a n away L a k e

an e x p l a i ned , " f aculty,

stud e n t s , staff, a l u m n i a n d f r i e n d s

m i t ted the u n i ve r S i ty to conve rt the

t h e cou ntry .

p r e S i d en t's former h o r n e i n t o an

" T h i s y ea r as in the past , " W i e g m a n

D r . Vernon S t i n tz i , who was gran-

A l u m n i H o use. The new space

added , " P L U w i l l cont i n u e t o ded i

ted a leave frorn the u n iversity in

al l o ws fo r i m prove d services to

cate i t s e d u c a t i o n a l a n d man power

1 9 7 0 to serve for a y e ar as P i e rce

al u m n i and a l so prov ides room fo r

reso u rces t o the bet t e r m e n t of the

C u u n t y we l fare ad m i n i st r a t o r , has

selected admi n i strat ive o f f i ces.

co m m u n i t y i n w h i c h we l i ve . "

bee n appo i n ted dean o f the S c h o o l o f B u si ness.

A new co m p u te r l eased f rom C o n

A new mastel- of mu s i c degree pro

at P L U t h i s su mmer " T h i s new

gra m began th is fal l

t h i r d genera t i o n hardware is an i n

trol D a t a C o r p , we n t i n to ope ration increasing t h e

n u m ber o f g r aduate pro g r a m s ava i l

va l u a b l e tool a s vve c o n t i n u e to

able to s i x . M asters deg rees are a l so

ex pand and r m p rove i n s t r u ct i o n a l

o ffered in hu m a n i t i e s , so c i a l sc i

pro g r a m s , facu l t y and s t u d e n t re

ences, nat u ra l sciences, b u siness ad

search and manage m e n t f u n c t i o n s , "

m i n istr a t i o n and e d u c a t i o n .

A . De an B u c h a n an vic e - p reside n t

D r. Lawre n ce M eye r associate pro-

f o r b u s i nes s and fi n ance , sa i d .

News

otes G O N Y E A H O USE I S P L U P R E S I D E N T 'S N EW H O M E

H e , h i s w i fe K at h l ee n , and the i r s i x

facu Ity an d studen ts.

ch i l d ren moved into t h e G o nyea H o u se in ea r l y J u ne . T he home has

The preside n t ' s former residence

A l arge cO l o n i a l -sty l e h o m e s u r

been decorated w i t h v i brant co l o r s ,

across the street fro m the c a m p u s i s

rounded by ten n i s cou rts, swi m m i ng

trad i t i o n a l f u r n itu re and n u

bei n g remodeled t o serve a s an

poo l , stables and ro l l ing green l awns

merous p i eces o f a r t by P L U

A l u m n i H ou se.

was dedicated as a president's resi dence by P L U t h i s su m mer.

T h e G o nyea H o u se and estate were beq u eathed to the u n iversi ty T h e master of t h e ho use w a s t h e l ate Joseph H e n ry G onyea , a Taco m a area l u mberman and ph i l an t h ro p i st .

When h i s w ife d i ed l ast J an u a ry , h e r wi l l st i p u l ated that t h e fam i l y h o m e a m i le from t h e u n i ve rs ity cam pu s be used a s a residence fo r the u n i versity president and h i s fam i l y

O ne o f G onyea' s so n s , Do u g l as , also a p ro m i ne nt T aco m a c i v i c l eader, sa id at the d e d i cat i o n , " T he use o f t h e h o u se a n d g ro u n d s by P L U w i l l perpetuate m y father's desi res that h i s h o me a n d recreat i o n a l fac i l i t ies w i l l be used by you ng people " P L U P resident E ugene W iegman ac cepted the property on beh a l f of

P LU . "We dedicate t h i s h o me to the con t i n uance of Joy fu l and y o u t h fu l

I i v i n g , t o beauty and d ig n ity , to h os p i t a l ity a n d graciou sness, to warm and congen i a l gath e r i ngs, to respect a n d l ove for past a n d fu t u re occupants a n d to t h e g l o ry of G o d ."

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from g raduat i o n in 1 9 03 when he

computer cen ter. D r. O l so n h as

was cal led away o n ce aga i n to wo r k .

A stan d i ng ovat i o n greeted O l a f G u l b ransen , 8 8 , a s he m o u nted the stage t o receive a h igh schoo l d i p l o ma f ro m P L U P re s i d ent E ugene W iegman d u r i n g com mencement exercises l ast M ay .

T h e p resentat i o n o f a Pacific L u theran Academy d i p l o ma to P L U ' s " o l dest l i v i ng a l u m nu s " cu l m i n ated 7 6 years of l eadersh i p , l oy a l ty an d

su p p o rt g i ven by G u l b ra n se n to the u n ivers ity .

served a s d i recto r o f the Sch o o l o f P h y s i c a l E d ucat ion a n d ath l et i c d i r

H e was never a b l e to retu rn a s a stu

ector fo r the past t h ree years, a n d

den t , b u t for a l m ost seven decades

S k o nes is n o w i n h i s e i g h t h year a s

he f a ith fu l ly cont ri buted h is t i me

d i rector o f t h e P L U C ho i r o f t h e

and resou rces to t he u n iversi ty . He

West and c h a irman o f t h e depart

served as regent fro m 1 927-33.

ment of m u si c.

S i nce h i s w i fe's death in 1 964, G u l

b ra n sen has I ived near the ca m p u s and h a s become a f a m i l i a r f i g u r e a t rel i g i o u s , c u l t u ra l and ath let i c events.

P ro moted to associate p rofesso r were K e i t h A chepo h l , ar t; M rs. D o rothy C o n e , n u rsing; D r. W i l l iam H utcheo n , b u si ness ad m i n i strat i o n ; Lars K it t l eson , art; D r . A rth u r M a r

T h i s past s p r i n g i t was t he u nan i m o u s o p i n i o n of t h e fac u l ty , regents and ad m i n istrat i o n that t h i s u n i q u e a n d i nsp i rati on a l i n d i v i d u a l h ad more than met the necessary g radu at i o n req u i rements

t i n so n , h i sto ry; and D r. B u rt o n N esse t , che m i stry . New ass i stant professors are M rs.

Lois J acobso n , n u rs i n g ; R ichard Jones, E n g l i sh ; Dav i d K eyes , art; V ivian K i ng , m u s i c; B rian Lowes, geo l ogy; Gary Peter so n , mathema

TH R E E PRO F ESSO R S PROMOTED

t ics; M rs. C a ro l y n P h i l l i ps, physical educat ion; W i l l i a m Sare, m u sic; and R uth S o renso n , b i ology

T hree PLU facu l ty members were pro m o ted to the rank of fu l l pro

fessor t h i s fal l . The b e l oved man , we l l k nown to

generat i o n s o f P LU students as a

R ece iv i ng p ro m o t i o n s were D r .

fel l ow st u de n t , regent a n d frien d ,

H arry A d a m s , physics; D r. Dav i d

entered Pac i f i c L u t h e ran Academy

O l so n , physical educat i o n ; a n d

i n 1 89 5 , a year after the scho o l had

M a u r i ce S k ones, m u s i c .

o pened . He h ad to l eave the school

D r . A d a m s , who beg i m h is n i n t h

i n 1 897 to wo r k , but ret u rned i n

year at P L U , w a s rece n t l y appo i n ted

Ska nes

Olson

Adams

ews Notes N ew fac u l ty in the S c h o o l of B us i n

science department as an associate

ess A d m i n i st r a t i o n a r e S tu ar t

pro fesso r l a st s p r i n g He h o l d s

STA F F M E MB E R S

Bancroft ( A r i z o n a S tate U . ' 63 ) , a

D . from the U . o f W . A l so ne'N to

H uebner Fel l ow at t h e U . of Pen n

th e pol i t ical s c i e n ce staff is R ichard

The appoi ntment o f 2 8 new fac u l ty

sy lva n i a \lv ho h o l d s a n M . B . A . fro m

C rockett ( M on mouth ' 6 1 ) , a for

and ad m i n istrative staff m e m be rs

A r i z o n a S tate; D av i s C a rvey , ( P LU

P L U APPO I N TS 22 NEW FAC U LTY, S I X N EW

gav e an add i t io n a l measu re of q u a l i

6 5 ) who ret u rns after a y ear as i n

t y a n d l ea de r sh i p t o the P L U e d u

structor a n d student a t Texas Tec h

cat ional p rog ram t h i s fal l .

n i ca l U . and has a n M . B . A . from P L U ; a n d C ha r l e s D i r k sen ( U of

Ph.

me r O ly m p i c C o m m u n i ty C o l lege i nstructor who h o l d s an M . A . from the U. of I l l i n o i s . Barbara Dan i e l so n ( S k i d mo re ' 6 7 ) ,

Santa C l ara '64) , who h o l ds an M.

in the S ch oo l of P h ysical E d ucat i o n

ties, the School o f N u rsi ng added

B . A . f r o m the U. o f O rego n , where

earned her M . S . last sp r i ng a t t h e U .

five new facu l ty membe rs. F er n

he h as been serv i n g as an i n struct o r .

o f W . V i rg i n i a E ma n ( Kearney S tate

J o i n i n g the b i o l ogy f ac u l t y are M rs.

' 69) in com m u n i ca t i o n arts ho l d s a n M .A . fro m C o l o rado S t ate U .

A l ong w i t h i t s e x p a n s i on i n fac i l i

Gough , (Wheato n ' 54 ) a forrner staff nu rse at K aweah Del ta D istrict Hospital i n V i sa l ia , Ca l i f , holds an M .S . N . from the U . o f Wash i ngton M rs. T h e l m a H o stetter ( U . of C al . , Berkeley ' 57 ) , who holds an M S N . fro m the U. o f i l l i n o i s , f o rm e rly taught at Goshen C o l lege, I nd. M rs.

Ange l ia A l exander ( J u n i a ta ' 6 2 ) ,

fo rm e r l y at L o retto H eights C o l lege

M rs. I ngr i d K n u tz e n G i n tz ( P L U

in Denver, and Dr. J o h n M a i n

' 7 0 ) retu r n s to h e r a l m a mater a s

( C h ad ro n State ' 65) , formerly an

mathemat ics i nst ru ct o r

instructor at Big Bend C o m m u n ity

a teach ing assista n t at Western

C o l lege, M o ses Lake. M rs. A lexan

Wash ingto n S ta te th i s summer . )

Ch ristine M i l ler ( P L U '70) formerly

der earned her M .A . from the U. 0 f

served as a c l i n ical i nstructor h e re ,

Cal i f . at Dav i s; Dr. M a i n received

an d M rs . Ma rgaret Woeh rle ( U o f

h i s Ph . D. trom the U. of W. last

I l l i n o i s ' 6 7 ) co mes t o P L U f ro m the

sp r i n g

U. of W , where she earned an M .S . N . i n 1 9 70 Barbara M enzel gradua ted fro m Vanderb i l t U . i n 1 97 0 .

Thomas K r u se ( L u t her ' 65 ) , is an ass i st a n t p ro fe sso r of eco n o m ics a n d

d i rector- o f i n s t i t u t io n a l research . H e received h i s M . A . at t h e U . of I owa.

Gough

( She was

Woehrle

Bancroft

A l so i n eco n o m i c s is S t a n l e y B rue

Edward H ar m i c ( P L U ' 6 2 ) j o i n ed

( A ug u stan a-S i o u x F a l l s ' 67 ) , a

the m u si c depar t m e n t fu l l - t i m e af-

Joh n so n Fel l ow and F o rmer i n st r u c-

ter serv i ng as U n iversity C h o ra l e

to r a t t h e U . o f N e b rask a , where

d i rect o r part -t i m e l ast year. F o r

he received a P h D . th i s fal l .

merly a teacher at C l over P a r k and

D r . F r a n k Co l l i n g e ( U o f C a l i f ,

Lakes H ig h Schoo l s i n Taco m a , he

Ber ke l e y ' 58 ) j o i ned t h e po l it ical

ho l ds an M . M . from t h e U. o f A r i z.

News Notes • D a l e Larson ( P L U

'66)

retu rns as

an E ng l i sh i n s tructor w i t h a gra duate degree f rom U . C . L . A . I n ph i l oso p h y is D r- . P a u l M e nzel ( Wooster

'64) ,

a D a n fort h G raduate

F e l l ow who h o l d s a P h . D . from 'v an de r b i l t a n d a B . D . f r o m Y a l e . D r _ F ran k l i n O l s on ( U o f S . O a k . '

58) j o i ns the School o f E d uc a t i o n . ,

H e received h i s E d . D . f r o m the U . of N ebr. l ast s p r i n g . D r . Wa l ter P i l g r i m (War t bu rg

' 56 )

holds a Th. D .

from P r i nceto n S e m i n ar y .

P L U 'S I N T E R N AT I O N A L COMM U N I TY G R OWS

S taff add i t io n s made t h i s year o r d i nator o f p u b l i c events; Terr y Denbro o k , rad i o and t e l ev i s i o n e n g i neer; E r i c G o d frey , assi stant t o t h e vice-presi d e n t f o r stu dent a f f a i rs; L y n n I saacso n , book store manager; B radley M u n n , personnel d i rector;

Rev.

u n i versity

Gordon

m i n is ter;

N eu f el d , d i r ecto r

Lathrop,

and

Har vey

alumni

lations.

i n te r n at i o n a l student com m u n i t y on ca m pu s a l so i n c l u d es represen ta

i n c l u d e Noel A b raham so n , co·

N ow n u mber i n g more than 7 0 , t h e

More than 50 C h i n ese students are enro l l ed t h i s fa l l at P L U d u e to t h e efforts of a s i n g l e P L U p h y s i cs p ro fesso r .

t i ves fro m J a m a i ca _ C a n a d a , Swe den , S au d i A r ab i a , E t h i o p i a , t h e V i rg i n I s l a n d s , and A m e r i can S amoa. To make the students feel more at

T h e professor is D r . K . T . T a n g , a

home , PLU has pro v i d ed " h ost

native of N a n k i n g , C h i na, w h o

fam i l i es" and the I n te rn a t i o n a l S t u

ho l d s a doctor's degree from Co

d e n t ' s O rgan i L a t i o n . M o st fo reig n

l u m b i a U n i versi t y . D u r i n g rece n t

st uden t s h ave a l so been assi g n ed

t r i p s t o t h e O r i e n t , T a n g h as spe n t a

A me r i can roorTlmates, wh ich rap i d

great deal of h i s own t i m e tal k i ng

l y so l ves a n y l a n g u age d i f f i c u l t i es.

wi th st u dents i n terested in co m i n g to t h e U n i ted S t ates to study .

A n y l a ng u age prob l e m s su ffered by C h i nese st udents at P L U l ast year

• I n a l l , there are

Carvey

Lathrop

Far E aste rn stu-

apparen t l y were qu i te temiJo rary.

den ts at P L U this year. M ost are

O f the 1 5 students e n ro l l ed , six re-

from H o n g Kong , bu t Ta iwan , the

ceived stra ight A ' s , and the com-

P h i l l i pp i n e s , T h a i l and , K o re a , J�n

b i n ed gro u p was at c u m l a u d e l eve l ,

and M a l ay s i a are a l so rep resented.

3.3.

ews Notes SA U D I ARAB I AN G RA D U AT E

I-ather than

stu d e nt s attend i ng P L U

AS P E A C E M A K E R

th ese metho d s i s educa t i o n , a

and he w a s i n f l u e n t i a l i n bri ngi ng most o f t h e m to ca m p u s

and a p p re ciat ion o f o t h e rs . "

to e n ro l l i n g h e re h e stu d i ed E n

D u r i n g the gradua t i o n

bache l o r ' s degrees , sp o k e e lo

A I - B a i z acce p ted a bac h e l o r of

qu e'l t l y on beha l f o f edu cat ion

b u s i ness a d m i n i strat i o n degree

su m m er com mence ment ceremo n i es .

ceremony ,

be h a l f of t h e grad u a t i n g se

n i o rs , advocated educa t i o n as a means of p ro m o t i n g u n derstand ing and a p p rec iat i o n o f other peo p l e s

and spent two years at C e n tral i a C o m m u n i ty C o l lege.

and a bache l o r of arts degree i n eco nom ics .

H e i s p l a n n i n g gra

d u ate wo rk

P L U RAD I AT I O N LAB O P ENS

in eco n o m i cs and a

career i n teach i ng or gove rnment

O m ar A I - B a i z , selected t o spea k

P r i or

g l ish a t P o r t l an d State U n ive rsi ty

mem ber of P L U ' s su m m er

as a p eace- m a k i ng method at

l a st y ea r ,

p r i m a ry mea ns of u ndersta n d i n g

grad u at i ng class to rece ive two

A I - B a i z w a s one o f seven A I-a b

dest r u ct ive met h o d s . O n e of

A 25-year o l d S au d i A r a b i a n , the only

u se m o re co n st ru ct ive

S E E S E D U CA T I O N

A rad i a t i o n l a bo ratory t h at en han ces research ca pab i l it ies and i n

serv i ce in Saud i A ra b i a .

struct i o n a l tech n i q ues fo r scie n ce H e w i l l eve n t u a l l y retu r n to a

fac u l ty and st ud ents rec e n t l y went

h o m e land

i n t o ope r ation a t P L U .

that i s in

t h e m i dst o f

what can o n l y b e descr i bed a s a c rash

p rogram

i n ed u cat i o n . A s

Ac c u m u lated i n l a rge p a r t th ro ugh

l a te a s t h e 1 9 3 0' s t h e re were n o

research g ra n t s to p r ofessors and

"Whet h e r one i s a c i t i z e n of th i s

scho o l s i n t h e ent i re co u n try and

some w i se sh o p p i n g , th e equ i p m en t ,

co u n t ry o r a c i t i zen o f any

there were none o u ts i d e t h e l a rge

val ued a t $ 3 0 ,000 , was ac qu i red for

other cou ntry , he w i l l

c i ti es as l ate as 1950.

soon d i s

N o w the

co n s i de ra b l y less. D r _ D u a ne Swan k ,

1 00 new

ass i stant p ro fesso r o f c h e m i stry , fo r

cover that p eo p l e I i v i n g on a l l

government

parts o f o u r p l anet a re su ffe r i n g

p r i m a ry schoo l s a year, acco r d i n g

i n stan ce, acq u i red an $8 ,000 x- ray

t o A I -B a i z .

mach i n e f o r a t h r i fty $400 from

al l k i n d s of p roblem s i n vary ing

i s o p e n i ng

Wash i n gton St ate S u r p l u s O t h e r

degree s , " he sa i d . " O n e co u n t ry su ffers m a l n u tr i t i o n , a n o t h e r i I-

A I - B a i z d i d n ' t beg i n h is educat i o n

p i eces h ave been h a n d - b u i I t b y t h e

I i te racy and a n o t h e r water po l l u

u nt i l h e was al m o st n i n e y ears

professors.

t i o n o r over popu lat io n . A d d i n g

o l d becau se t h e re were no

wood t o t h e f i r e are n a t i o n a l

schoo l s ava i l a b l e_ " A dvances in

Dr. S w a n k and p h y s i cs p rofesso rs

prej u d ices a n d eth n i c fee l i n g s o f

edu ca t i o n w i l l m a k e a vast d i f

D r . H a rry A d a m s and D r . C l are n ce

su peri o r i ty .

ference i n o u r country w i th i n

J acobs i n i t i ated the i nterdepart

"To overcome these p ro b l e m s

th e nex t 20 yea r s , "

h e pred i cted

mental l a borat o r y . Invo lv i n g che m i

" R i g h t now we are

stry a n d p h y sics at p rese n t , t h e p ro

and t o b u i l d u n derst a n d i n g , " h e

middle

co n t i n u e d , " w e m u st b eg i n to

to an o t h e r . "

m ov i n g from

the

one stage

ject has i m p l i c a t i o n s fo r o t h e r de par t m e n t s i n the f u t u r e , says J aco bs.

News Notes T he new l a b , l o cated i n the east

The ty pe o f research b e i n g c o n d uc

side of M e m o r i a l G y m n as i u m , of

ted at the lab o ffers so me i n te rest

fers b road research poss i b i l i t ies for

ing possi b i l i t ies fo r a p p l i cat i o n i n

upper d iv i si o n sc ience stude nts as

fu tu re tech n o l ogy . Swan k ex p l ained

wel l as science facu l t y . " T h e fac i l ity

t h at org ani c c o m po u nds w i l l i nter

offers our j u n i o r s a n d se n i o rs t he

act w i t h m et a l s , and l i fe p rocesses

o p po r t u n it y to ga i n real research e x

are in part cont ro l led by the pre

perience, rather t han do i n g only

sence of metal ions.

contr ived laboratory wo r k ," Jacobs observe d .

" A lso, science is just beg i n n i ng to

have both the awareness and the " Besi des devel o p i n g n ecessary re

tech n i ques to accurately measu re

search q ua l i t ies such as patie nce and

i m p u ri ties," he sa i d . " We have been

care , each student who works with

able to see the effects of l arge doses

us sho u l d be a b l e t o get at 'l east one

o f i m p u r i t ies as the resu l t of i n d u s

paper p u b l i shed with h is name o n

t r i a l po l l u t i o n , b u t we are a l so t ry

i t , a rea l p l u s fo r e i t h e r g rad u ate

i n g t o learn m o re fu ndamental l y the

sch oo l or e m p'l oy me n t , " he added .

ro le these metal ions play i n l i fe m o l ecu les."

• Jacobs i nd i cated th at the equ ipm e n t , for specific p urposes, i s as up

t o standard as anyth i ng i n a n ex pens ive l ab orator y , m aybe even mo re so because i t h a s been spec i f i ca l ly bu i l t t o serve a certa i n pu rpose . " Where we wou l d be l ac k i ng wou l d be i n a b ro a d e r rese a rch capab i l ity as we l l a s i n bac k - u p system s , " h e s a i d .

Clarence Jacobs demonstrates new radia tion equ i pmen t .

CONS U LTI N G PRO F ESSORS APPO I NT E D

Two Tacoma busi ness execut ives

The study of h igh temperature p ro

p e rt ies o f i n o rganic cryst a l s cou l d h ave appl i cation i n the deve l op me n t of electrical super-co n d u ctors w i t h

n o resistance fo r u se i n generators,

have been appo i n ted con su l t i n g p ro

fesso rs o f busi ness a d m i n ist rat i o n at PLU.

Joseph E . N o l a n , w h o reti red J u ne

tran sm iss i on l i nes and the l i ke.

1 from a posi t i o n as sen i o r v i ce

N uclear q u ad ru pole reson a n ce i s ap

p resident of Weyerhaeuser Com

p l i ca b l e to both o f these areas of conce r n .

pany after 23 years in the f i r m ' s t o p management group , w i l l deal w i th fi nancial and i nd ustrial m a n age ment

Wh i l e e ach o f t h e p rofessors i s i n

F o recasting resea r c h app l ications,

volved i n h i s respective a rea of re

however ,

affairs in h is new ro le with P L U

no t u n l i k e try i n g to ex

search (Swan k : x-ray cry stal l ogra

plain beneficial sp i n-offs from the

Leo n ard G uss, p resident o f Leonard

phy; Adams: nuclear q u a d ru p o l e

space program , Jacobs sa i d . " Y ou

G u ss Assoc i ates, I n c. , a n d

resonance; J acobs: M ossbauer ef fect ) , al l are l o o k i ng p r i ma r i l y at

don ' t k now how va l u a b l e y o u r new

Weyerhaeuser executive , w i l l assist

f i n rl i n g wi l l he u n t i l l o ng after the

the P L U S c h o o l of B u s i n ess i n the

m o l ecu l ar i nterac t i o n s and a n a l y s i s.

experiments a re co n c l uded . "

field of marketing

fo rmer

University Notebook Taco ma M ay o r G o rd o n J o h n ston

T h ey a r e L y n n S te i n , p r o fessor o f

ch a l l enged students to h e l p the

educat i o n at P L U , I ve r E l iason ,

c i t i es o f the n at i on so lve t h e p ro

p r i n c i p a l at M i d l a n d E le m entary

b l e m s o f t h e ' 70 ' s d u r i n g P L U ' s

S c h o o l in the F ran k l i n-Pi erce

open i n g convocat ion i n S ep te m ber. H e u rged them t o c o n s i d e r t h e op p o rt u n i t ies f o r p r o fess ional leader sh i p at t he u rban l evel , add i ng t h a t so l u t ions to p ro b l e m s wo u l d h ave to come f ro m the p ro fess i o n a l s w i t h i n u r ban bu reaucracies.

Schoo l D i strict , Taco m a , S teve n S p i n n e y , a fifth grade teach e r at M i d l an d , and C l au d i a F re id e n , a 1 9 7 1 P L U gradu ate. The sec ondary sch o o l in V i en tiane is c o m p r i sed of grades seven th ro u g h t e n . Attend i n g t h e school

At the convoc a t i o n , P L U Pres i d e n t

are A mer ican e mb assy , c i v i l service

E u gene W i e g m a n a n n o u nced t h e

and foreign se rv i ce dependents. A p

un iver s i ty 's t h e m e f o r t h e 1 9 7 1 - 7 2

pro x i m at e l y 1 5 per cent of the

acad em ic year, "The Y ea r o f R eflec-

c h i l d re n a re L a o t i a n s .

t l o n . " ( S ee R ef l e c t i o n s i n side front

* * * * *

cove r . )

Schnackenberg * * * * *

D r . Walter S c h n ackenberg, c h a ir m an o f t h e h i story d e p a r t m e n t , was selected as P L U ' s D i s t i n g u i shed

A new cha p t e r of B eta G am m a S i g

Teacher fo r 1 97 1 .

ma, a n at i o n a l h o n o r society fo r busi ness ad m i n istrat i o n , was recent

The award i s given a n n u a l l y t o an

ly i n st a l l ed at P L U . BGS is t h e o n ly

o u tstan d i ng P L U teacher by t h e

honor society fo r bu sine ss recog

Was h i n gt o n S tate A u t o m o b i l e

ni zed by t h e A m er ican A sso c i at i o n

Deal er' s Assocat i o n .

of C o l l eg i ate S c h o o l s of B u s i ness,

Board o f Regents Vice-Chairman Thomas Anderso n , P LU P resident E u ge n e Wieg man and Tacoma M a y o r G o rdon Johnst o n .

w h i c h l ast s p r i n g gave its accred ita

D r . S c h nacke n berg v i sited L aos l a st

t i o n to t h e P L U S c h o o l of B u si ness.

year as a representat i ve o f t h e

C ha rter members of t h e P L U chap

w h i c h he served as school board

ter are all m e m b e r s o f t h e b u s i ness

president He a l so d eve l o ped i n ter

F ran k l i n -P ierce S c h oo l D i s t r i c t ,

ad m i n i strat i o n and econo m i c s facu l

im to u rs to foreign cou n t r ies for

ties. T h ey are D r . G u n d a r K i n g , D r.

P L U and se l e cted h i gh sc hoo l s t u

A P L U Professor and t h ree P L U

Dwi g h t Zu l a u f , D r . J o h n Mart i l l a,

dents.

a l u m s are teach i ng t h i s year a t the

Dr. G rant Wat k i n so n , S t u ar t Ban

A me r i can S chool o f V ie n t i a n e ,

croft , C h a r l es D i rk sen and T h o mas

He is c u rrent l y on sabbat ical l e ave

Laos.

Kruse.

i n E u rope.

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Assoc i a t i o n

Fou r P L U f ac u l ty mem bers have been selected fo r facu l ty growth

f C o l l eges for Teacher

E d u c a t i o n to eva l u ate the Job

ver , whose farn i I y was c h o se n 1 970 Wash i ng ton S tate A l l - A m e r i can F a m i l y , and M rs. G i se l a Tabe r , wo m

C o r ps p ro g ra m .

en ' s r i g h ts lo bby i st fro m O ly m p i a ,

awa r d s , ad m i n istered by t he Board

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Was h .

of C o l l ege E d u cat i o n , A me r i can F o r the second year, the Puget

L u t h e r a n C h u rc h . T h e f u n d s , total i n g m o re t h a n

$2,

S o u n d Coal i t i o n is s po n so r i n g a comprehens ive env i ro n m e n t a l e d u

500, were rece ived b y R o n a l d Gen

cation p rogram f o r t h e peo p l e o f

d a , a ss i sta n t p ro fessor of econo m i cs;

t h e Pu get S o u n d area. T h e program

S a m u e l C a r l e t o n , i n s t r u c to r o f

i s spearheaded by area co l l eges,

G reek; D av i d K n u t so n , a ss i stant

K I N G -TV and edu cat i o n a l te levisi on

p rofessor of rel i g i o n ; a n d Gary M i

med i a .

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t h ro u g h o u t the N o rthwest p a r t i c i pated in League S p o r ts D ay at P L U S a t u rday , Oct. 3 0 . The students too k advantage of o rga n i zed tou rs and the n u merous spo r·ts fac i l i t ies ava i l a b l e , from swi m m i n g to tabl e

netti , p sy c h o m et r i s t i n t h e P L U cou n se l i n g a n d test ing center.

M o re than 1 , 500 Leaguers f r o m

T h e C H O I C E C en te r a t P L U , act ive

te n n i s .

in the deve l o p ment o f the p rogram s i n c e i ts i n cept i o n , h a s p rovi ded

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tra i n i n g fo r grou p l eaders i n vo l ved D r . Ken J o h n sto n , d i rect o r of the

in the pro j ect a n d i s the Co a l i t i o n ' s

D r. K e n t K n u t so n , presi dent of t h e

School o f E d u c a t i o n , h ad words o f

so u t hern reg i on headq u a rters. R a l ph

A me r i can L u theran C h u r c h , was

co m me nd a t i o n f o r staffers a t the

H o l mes of t h e C H O I C E staff is the

the gu est spe a k e r at t h e Taco ma

A n aco n d a , M o n t . , C i v i l i a n C o n se r

so u t hern reg i o n coord i n ator.

area R e fo r m a t i o n F es t i v a l Oct. 3 1 .

vat i o n Center ( J o b Co r p s ) , fo l low i n g h i s m o n t h - l o n g eva l u a t i on to u r at t h e Cen ter d u r i n g J u l y .

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" O u r U n f i n i shed R efo r m a t i o n " was D r . K n u tso n ' s to p i c

Wo me n ' s equal i ty was t h e p r i m e to

D r . J o h n ston rece n t l y i ssued a re

pic at the Asso c iated Women S tu

port of h i s t o u r in w h i c h he o u t

den ts T r i -S tate C o n vent i o n , h o sted

l i ned resu l t s o f h i s assign m e n t t o

by the P L U A W . S . i n O ct o b e r . De

st u d y w a y s t h a t co l l eges cou l d re

legates f ro m f i ve western states at

l at e to the J o b C o r ps. He i n d i cated

tended the two-day even t .

there i s a need f o r more t r a i ned co u n se l o rs and teach e r s , and t h at

S peak ers i n cl uded l e cturer F red

co l l eges co u ld h e l p p r e p a re both.

Storaaska who s p o k e o n preven t i o n o f assa u l t s a n d se l f-defe n se mea·

J o h n ston was one of 35 s u mm er

sures, P i erce C o u nty D is t r i ct C o u r t

professors selected by t h e A m e r i can

J u d ge F i l i s O tt o , M r s. James Dol l i -

Wiegman and Knutson

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speakers at the annual

co nven t io n of t h e No rth Pac i f i c D i s t r i c t , A m e ri can Lu theran C h u rch , were from left, D r. C l a rence S o l berg, d i st r ict p resident; PLU P resident E u gene W i egma n , and R e v . D a v i d Preus, v i ce p resident of t h e A L e . The conven tion was held at P L U i n J u n e .

Two d i st i ngu i shed chu rchmen

who h a ve honored Pac i f i c L utheran U n i ve rs i ty by accep t i n g its most prest i g i o u s h o no rs part i c i pated re cen t l y i n t h e 900th an n i versary ce l e b rat i o n of th e B is h o p r i c o f O s l o , N o rway F rom l eft , t h e V e ry R ev . M i chael R a msey , A r ch b i shop of Canterb u r y , who h o l d s an h o n o rary d o c t o r of d i v i n ity degree from P L U , and the Rev. F r i dtjov B i rkel i , p r i m ate of the C h u rch o f N o rway and B i sh o p of O s l o , w h o h a s re ce i ved the P L U D ist ingu i s hed Ser v i ce Award Meda l .

P L U ' s o r i g i n a l chape l , wh i ch i n

rece nt years h as served a s a n art a n d c l assroom b u i l d i n g , was removed fro m the cam p u s w i t h regret ear l i er t h i s fa l l : W i t h the com p l et i o n o f the new N u rs i ng-A rt Comp lex , it was deemed no l onger f i n a n c i a l l y fea si b l e to m a i nt a i n or to restore the bu i l d i n g .

T h e School o f N u r si n g and the

University Notebook Department of A r t m o ved i n to the i r

Sweden , p resident of R o tary I n ter

new N u rsi ng-Art C o m p lex fac i l i t ies

n a t i o n a l , was presented a P L U D i s

i n t h e remode l ed C U B b u i l d i n g th i s

t i n g u i shed S e rv i ce Award M ed a l

fal l . P i ctu red are the n u rs i n g care

d u r i n g h i s v i s i t t o T a c o m a in Sep

ed u ca t i o n faci l i t i es i n the n u rsing

te m b e r .

w i n g and t h e cer a m i c s s t u d i o i n the easte r n , art sec t i on o f the bu i l d i n g .

P L U P resident E ugene Wi egman

spo k e at M c C h o rd Air F orce Base's " R a l l y Day" i n September. D r. Wiegman add ressed h i m se l f to the pro p het i c t r ad i t i on i n B i b l i cal l i ter atu re, not i ng t h at O l d Testament p rophets a re speak i ng to u s today .

I n h i s ro l e as c h a i r m an o f Wash

i n gton F r ie nds for H igher E d uca t i o n , P LU P resident E u gene Wiegman was the pres i d i n g off icer at a meet i ng ()f the A m e r i can C o u n ci' l o n E d u ca t i o n i n Wash ington , D . C . i n Octobe r. F r o m l eft , F r. R i c h a r d Twohy , p resident of G on z a g a

A n e w l a n d m a r k was added to

the u n i versity c a m p u s sce ne w i t h t h e com p l e t i o n o f a 50-foot clock tower near the U n ivers i ty Center north e n t rance . T h e A n d e rso n Tow er, desi g n ed by a rch i tects B i n d o n and W r i g h t o f Seat t l e , w a s donated to PLU by M r . and M rs. H. E . " B u d " Ande rson o f T acoma in honor of h i s parents, Mr. and M rs . H er m an E . A n derson o f Tacoma. T h e l ate M r . H e r m a n A n derson was a fo rmer chai rman of the P L C Board o f T r u stees and one o f the i m po rtant f r i ends and su ppor ters of the co l l ege

D u r i n g the early wee k s of the

sch oo l yea r a wide v a r i ety of spe

U ; Wash. S t a t e R e p . M a rj o r ie

cial ente r t a i n m e nt events were held

Lynch , U . S . R ep . B rock A d a m s

on the PLU campus for stu d ents

(Wash . ) ; H oward H o l co m b , A m er i

and members o f the Tacoma com

can A l u m n i C o u n c i l ; W i e g m an; Sen .

m u n i ty . A m o ng t h e m u s ical a n d

Warren M ag n u so n (Wash . ) ; and U . S .

dra m a t i c h ig h l igh t s were the A r t i st

Reps F l oyd Meed ( Wash . ) ; E d i th

Seri es-sponsored W i n n i peg B a l l e t

G reen ( O re ) ; and F l oyd H i c k s

a n d Denve r S y m p hony; J osh W h i t e

(Wash . )

F oregro u n d

U S . R ep .

Jr , B o y s ' T o w n C ho i r and N i tty

M i k e M cC o rma ck (Wash . ) ; a C o n

G r i tty D i rt B and , spo n so red by the

gressi o n a l a i d e; and U S R ep. T o m

E n te r t a i n ment Seri es; the L u te

Foley (Wash . ) .

C l u b -sponso red Dan i sh G y rn nasts and perfo r m a nces by the U n iversity

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Theatre and U n ive rsi ty O rchestra.

University Sports L U T E G R I DD E R S COP NWC T I T L E

quarters and 50 overa l l i n a w i n

I ra H ammo n , M ark C l i n t o n , Dave

over W h i t m a n , o n e po i n t s h y o f a

G reenwood , J o h n A m id o n and

37-year-o l d team reco rd . On de

Bern ie J o h nso n .

fense, t h e Lu tes sa ndw i c h ed two I t ' s been a season o f con t rad i c t i o n s .

sh utouts w i t h games in w h ich t h ey

I n a season t h a t many t h o u g h t

gave u p 42 a n d 38 p o i n ts.

P L U SHOOTS FO R 25TH ST R A I G H T W I N N I N G Y E A R

wo u l d be a reb u i l d i ng yea r , P LU r a n u p a n ea r l y 5 - 1 m a r k a n d c l i n ch ed a t i e for t h e N or thvvest C o n ference title. A Lute team t h a t was thought to

have l ost its g r o u n d attack to g rad u a t i o n was l ead i n g N o rthwest sma l l co l l eges i n rush i ng. Two wee k s after q u arterback J i m H ad l a n d was h e l d t o 67 y a r d s pass i ng by W i l l a mette, he b ro ke M arv T o m merv i k ' s 3 1 year-o l d P L U game m a r k w i th 26 1 aer i a l ya rds aga i nst Lewis a n d C l ark . After scoring o n l y 1 1 in a w i n over

P ac i f i c , the L u tes sco red 47 i n th ree

O n Oct. 1 6 P L U defeated Wh i tm a n ,

N i ne veterans retu r n to t h e P L U

unDefeated a n d ran ked seven th i n

basketbal l sq uad t h at wo n the

t h e N A I A at t h e t i m e; o n N ov . 6

N o rthwest Con ference t i t l e and

they lost to Lew i s and C lark , a team

came within 33 seconds o f a t r i p to

t h at had been w i n l ess in N o rthwest

the N A I A tou r na m e n t in K a nsas

C o n ference p l ay.

C ity l ast fa l l .

T h e season was wrap ped u p w i t h road games aga i n st L i n f i e l d and Ca l i fo r n i a L u th e r a n . E x ceed i ng pre

The L u t es w i l l o nce aga i n b u i l d t h e i r offense aro u n d a l l -co n fe re n ce cen ter A ke Pal m , 6-8 , w h o averaged

season p red i c t i o n s , P L U recorded

1 6 p o i nts a game l ast year. G uard

its t h i r d stra i g h t w i n n i ng seaso n and

T o m Patnode l ed the team in

i t s seco nd conference t i t l e i n t h ree

sco r i ng l ast seaso n , 6-8 D en n i s

years. Though u nsu ng , t h e offense

P h i l l ips, the tea m ' s to p percentage

was as poten t as e i t he r o f coach

shooter, and 6-7 R oger W i ley , who

R oy C a r l so n ' s p rev i o u s two f i ne

had last year's s i ng l e game h ig h ,

tea m s , and i n many ways it was

anchor t h e i n side. D o n M a rto n i k ,

more exc i t i ng.

the sq u a d ' s t o p o u t s i de s h ooter, w i l l p a i r w i t h Patnode.

I n h i s f i n a l year, H ad l and p roved t h at he sh o u l d be rated a l on g w i t h M a rv T o m m e rv i k and Tony L i ster at the top o f the l i st of f i ne L u te

Team captain Lyle M c i n tosh wi l l be out u n t i l J a n u ary with a n a n k l e i n j u ry .

quarterbacks.

With good retu r n i n g depth and

The tea m ' s t o p r u n ners, Dan

tran sfers, C oach Gene L u ndgaard

P r i tchard and Don M cPh erso n , w i l l

h o p es to i m p rove on l a st year's 1 5-

some h ig h l y tou ted fresh men and

be back nex t year, a l o ng w i t h

1 4 m ar k . I t co u l d be t h e L u tes'

H ad la n d ' s bevy o f f i n e receivers:

25th co n secu t i ve w i n n i n g season .

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