VOL 5 NUMBER 5 18 September 1963
CONVENTION FEEDBACK
It's over. That's the eighteenth ASA Convention. Paul Peachy, program chairman,
gives a big sigh of relief and Harold Miller, arrangements chairman, sits with
his feet in a tub of hot water muttering something that sounds like, "Oh. my
dogs!
Our thanks to them and their co-workers James 0. Buswell III and David 0, Moberg
of the Program Committee and George F. Howe of the Arrangements Committee.
These men carried the greater part of the road of the multitudinous details which
go to make up a convention.
It was a good convention. The average level of the papers presented was very
high. The setting on the campus of Westmont College among the estates of
Montecito, near Santa Barbara, was beautiful. The weather was pleasant2 perhaps
on the warm side of salubrity. The attendance left much to be desired (about
60 registered) and there seemed to be an abnormally high percentage of those who
were able to stay only for a day or two. But, as usual, the fellowship was
sweet, the discussions challenging and stimulating, Soe went away with exactly
what they brought, others obtained grander views of God's operation in the affairs
of man or received new light and understanding on problems that had been giving
trouble.
CONVENTION DEPRESSIONS
There was a big hole at the convention. That hole was, pardon the expression,
Irving Cowparthwaite. You see, he wasn1t there and this is the first of
eighteen ASA Conventions he has missed. We are sure of one thing: it was something important that kept him away. Runner-ups for the honor of consistent
convention going were there: Harold Hartzler and John Howitt.
It was good to have PeterW . Stoner, one of the five founding members of the
ASA, in attendance. Peter, an emeritus professor of Westmont, lives on a cliff
overlooking the Pacific. He displayed the Westmont telescopes to ASA people and
took part in a panel discussion.
Sights not easily forgotten: John McLennants half-specs; Helen Moberg and
Eva Everest knitting an crocheting and plotting, like Madem LaFarge in The Tale
of Two Cities; Dick Hendry's new blonde wife (nice going, Dick!); George R. Horner,
back in the swirl
of the ASA after years in Cameroun; Dr. Howitt brings the nicest
ladies to the conventions, this time his niece, Mrs. Barbara) Ferguson;
Ann Boardman, daughter of Donald Boardman of Wheaton College, submitting her application for membership - the FIRST second generation ASA member (any
challenges to this statement?); Henry Weaver surrounded by six pieces of cheese
cake at the banquet; also at the banquet, Peter Stoner reminiscing on the early
years of the ASA and the work on Modern Science and Cristian Faith manuscripts
(write, circulate to ALL ASA members, rewrite, recirculate. rerewrite and
rerecirculate);
OUT OF CONTEXT
"Empirical social science and Christian faith are partners". "Man is both the
object and the subject of social science", "There are numerous definitions of
science, but not as many as religion". (David 0. Moberg., "Empirical Social Science
and Christian Faith")
"Can the present methodology of social science criticize another system when
certain things must be accepted uncritically? The basic assumptions regarding
man are the real issue", (S. Richey Kamm., "A Social Scientist Looks at Communism")
"Marx was a 19th century writer endued with 18th century ideas that affect the
20th century". (Dean Frank Hieronomous, in commenting on Kamm's paper)
"The antagonism between science and religion about which we hear so much appears
to me to be purely fictitious, fabricated on the one hand by short-sighted
religious people and, on the other by short-sighted scientific people". (T H Huxley, 1885, -quoted by David F. Siemens, Jr, in "Past Conflicts Between
Christianity and Science".)
"Today Africans see America as-a powerful nation, but one whose relationships,
aside from missionary activity, particularly since World War II, have been based
upon political expediency, that is: fear of Russia rather than love for Africa."
(George R. Horner, "Africa View America; Study in Attitudes").
"The liberal innovator of today becomes the conservative guardian of tomorrow".
MOORE ON THE PEACE, CORPS
Carl A. Moore, Professor of Geology
at the University of Oklahoma is having the adventure of his life with the Peace Corps in Bolivia. Peace Corps Volunteers
"are a new dimension in international diplomacy in our rapidly shrinking world
of today," says Dr. Moore. While such activities are not religiously oriented
they do provide the individual with opportunity for expression of Christian
love to his neighbor.
Dr, 1,11oore is Contract Overseas Representative of Peace Corps? Bolivia Public
Health Group. This group includes nurses (RN & LPN) public health educators,
pharmacists., sanitary and. dental technicians a geologist, public relations and
community development people, workers in potable water supplies and both civil
and mechanical engineers. The assignments cover the greater part of Bolivia,
especially on the Altiplano where over 70% of the people live.
Travel is quite a challenge in Bolivia; in ancient bus mixed in with lumber,
gunnysacks of bottled drinks, cartons of canned food., in busses that cling to
the mountainside with their "fingernails", in the autocarril (car on train
tracks)
over 16,000 foot passes or dugout canoe. Dr. Moore paddled 10 hours upstream
one day to save a 7-day wait for the next plane, a price the Norte Americano pays
for not having a bit of the old fanatical spirit.
We salute the feats of personal sacrifice and dedication of these volunteers.
It is an indictment of the Christian community that we have, by default, forced
secular a~7encies to assume leadership in such ventures,
AULT'S ISOTOPES
Wayne U. Ault is understandably intrigued with the possibilities of new uses of
radioactive isotopes as tracers in biolo~,ical and zoological studies. Knowing the
interest of Moody Institute of Science in bees., he sent a photocopy of an article
appearing in CNA Newsletter describing an investigation of how bees distribute
honey as they bring it back to the hive. It was 'found that there was a tendency
for the honey to be brought first to the center of the hive, after which a
redistribution takes place. How else could this have been discovered than with
tracers? Recent dramatic techniques have revealed sap movements of several
centimeters per second and the study of uptake of fertilizer and the migration
of insects have been aided by those techniques. They have a right to get excited
about such a promising tool!
BARCKMAN IN LOS ANGELES
It takes a long time for the information to filter down to the editor that
Paul F. Barkman has been in his immediate neighborhood for some time. Dr.
Barkman, former chairman of the Indiana section of the ASA when he was head
of Psychology at Taylor University, is now engaged in post-doctoral work at the
Reise-Davis Clinic in West Los Angeles. Dr. Barkman attended the Westmont
convention.
FOSTER RETURNS TO
CAMEROWN
Dale G. Foster returned to his work as a medical missionary in Cameroun on
September 16, 1963. During his time in the U.S, Dr. Foster has been working,
full time on the staff of City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California,
doing cancer surgery and studying for the American Board of Surgery examination
for which he passed the orals last May. He is now a Diplomat of the American
Board of Surgery and certified as a specialist in General Surgery. He was
also appointed as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the new California
College of Medicine in Los Angeles. He has been active in speaking engagements
and in the Christian Medical Society) as well. His permanent address is: Gale
G. Foster, M.D, Sakbayeme, B.P.
85,
Edea, Federal Republic of Cameroun, West Africa
0RR
PUBLISHES BOOK
J. Edwin Orr is the author of a book published in 1962 by Judson Press) Valley
Forge, Pa,, entitled, "Faith That Makes Sense". Dr. Orr is associated with
International Christian Leadership of Washington D.C., known for its annual
Presidential Breakfast attended by the President of the U.S. and leaders of the
government, as well as sustaining fellowship groups in the federal governments
state capitols, industry and the professions, Dr. Orr's special calling is to
the university student community throughout the world.
Donald C. Boardman, Chairman of Wheaton College's Geology, Department, has been elected President of District 95 School Board in Wheaton. He has served on the Board for several years and completed a term as secretary.
J, Frank Cassel, former President of the ISA and Chairman of the Zoology Department of North Dakota State University, is spending a year of study at Harvard University.
John F. Gates, of St. Paul Bible College is working on the manuscript of a book
tentatively entitled, "Paul and Paradox: Pauline Theology From a
Conservative Viewpoint".
Allan Hedberg has just received his M.A. degree from Northern Illinois University
and is Teaching psychology at Wheaton College this fall.
Roland N. Lcke, was unable to attend the nearby convention at Westmont College
because of the unusual demands of his medical practice. In his town of
Coalinga, California, he was the only surgeon in town during August to care
for the many accidents in oil well drilling, cotton gins, etc, He says
the town could really use two more general practitioners.
J. Laurence Kulp, former member of the ASA. Professor of Geochemistry at Columbia Univ. and Director of the Geochemical laboratory of Lamont Geophysical Observatory, completed a month-long Sigma Xi lecture tour, lecturing on geochronology. Dr. Kulp also attended a recent conference in the USSR.
Russell W Maatman, Associate Professor of Chemistry at University of Mississippi, is now working on a study "The Effective Size of Ions of Heavy Transition Metals in Solution" for which he received a $10,000 research grant.John A. McIntyre's testimony "The Faith of a Scientist" appears in Chinese Christian Digest, Spring 1963 issue* This is a condensation of an article that appeared in HIS magazine which has been reprinted many times.
Harvey O. Olney, spent his fourth summer of research on accelarators and inhibitors of growth extracted from plant sources, Products are shared with a cancer team at the Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology. Dr, Olney is Associate Professor of Biology, Gordon College.
John C. Sinclair, has transferred from Gordon College to Iowa State University
wberT-he-71-11 be in veterinary physiology.
Lawrence H. Starkey has resigned from the Philosophy Department of Linfield Collge and is considering entering industry for a time.
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