NEWSLETTER

of 

THE AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION

VOLUME 16, NUMBER 4      AUGUST 1974

RUMORS OF BOOMERS

Oklahoma has been known as the Boomer State ever since settlers rushed into its newly opened territory at the turn of the century. (It's also been called the Sooner State, for those who got there sooner and jumped the gun.) Official name of the state comes from the Choctaw words okla ("people") and homma. ("red"). Oklahoma still has a large population of Indians and something of a frontier flavor to visitors from "back East." Oklahoma City, largest city and the state capital, is in the center of the state. Its metropolitan area has a population of about 650,000.

Within that area is the suburb of Bethany, where BETHANY NAZARENE COLLEGE is located. That's where members and friends of the American Scientific Affiliation will gather, AUGUST 19-22, for our 29th~ANNUAL.MEETING. (You "sooners" should already be on your way!,)

Did you know this is the farthest south the ASA has ever held a national meeting? Do you realize how timely our theme is: -PLANET EARTH: CHANGE AND CHALLENGE? No technical topic has caused more division among Christians recently than the age of the earth. No ethical issue is likely to be more important in the future than our stewardship of natural resources,

So. no Annual Meeting is likely to be more exciting than this one. It's another boom year in Oklahoma.

THAT'S US, ALL RIGHT

Editor Dick Bube informs us that Journal ASA won a sort of honorable mention in the 1973 Evangelical Press Association's contest for Periodical of the Year. First place in the "General" category went to Christianity Today, followed by The Wittenberg Door and The Reformed Journal. The EPA judges (of journalistic excellence) also mentioned The Other Side. Eternity, Logos Journal. Decision, and Journal ASA, which was cited as "a much improved periodical "for a specialized but important audience."

PUTTING OUR JOURNAL TO USE

From Lester C. Eddin ton, assistant professor of biology at Biola College (13800 Biola Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90639), we received a list of readings used in his Biology 311 course, Neurobiology. The remarkable thing about this handout is that all the articles (a score or more) are from the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation. He writes:

"I thought it might interest ASA members to know how some of our Journal articles can be used in a formal college-teaching situation. The articles cited relate to the Body-Soul-Spirit problem that comes up in the Neurobiology course I teach. I assign a student paper in this area, creating opportunities for private and class discussion of such areas as Psychology and the Christian, Biblical and Secular Views of Man, and Biological Bases of Behavior. The class is primarily composed of psychology majors and for many this assignment functions as a stimulus, helping them appreciate the problems of integration of science and faith. For students with a strong Biblical frame of reference, it helps motivate them in their study of neurobiology."

Lester would like to hear from other teachers who have attempted this or other approaches to motivate students in their study of science.

(The time may be ripe for ASA to follow Lester's lead and supply appropriately organized references or published materials for teachers and students. Maybe we could publish reprints of selected JASA articles collected under various headings, as Scientific American has so successfully done. Bill Sisterson says this is one of the projects to be discussed at the 1974 ASA ANNUAL MEETING, AUGUST 19-22, BETHANY COLLEGE, OKLAHOMA.)

FROM LAB TO LECTERN

S. Krogh Derr is available to speak on "A Christian View of Scientific Mentality" to non-science groups and to prospective science students. Krogh has found this material well received in churches where he has presented it. He surveys the Biblical and historical perspective of early science and traces the effects that modern scientific thinking has had on twentieth-century man. He writes: "If any ASA members in the midwest area feel that a specific need could be met by this discussion, please contact me so arrangements can be made."

Krogh is a PhD who has been Coordinator of Enviromental Toxicology at Bionomics Inc. EG&G, Wareham, Massachusetts. At present he has discontinued his research capacity to do a year of teaching and pursue a course of instruction in seminary. His address: Dr. S. Krogh Derr, Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan 49423.

(Incidentally, a "Speakers Bureau" listing ASA members willing to speak on various topics in the science/faith area is another form of ministry up for discussion at the 1974 ASA ANNUAL MEETING, AUGUST 19-22, BETHANY COLLEGE, OKLAHOMA.)

ARE WE TOO ACADEMIC?

John Burgeson of Delray Beach, Florida, comments that much of the writing in ASA is aimed toward, and written by, the academic world. He writes:

"Although trained as a physicist, I make my living nowadays planning future computing systems for the IBM Corporation. There must be more of us ASA members in non-academic positions. Do we have anything to contribute? The reason for my concern is that over the past 12 months I made an effort to recruit for ASA among those of my colleagues I know to be Christians. I'm still puzzled by the complete lack of response. Maybe somebody else has some ideas about this."

(Well, John, we know that program chairman Ed Olson succeeded in getting at least one paper on responsibilities of the Christian; in-business and industry (by Bill Ying on the program of the 1974 ASA ANNUAL HEETING, AUGUST 19-22, BETHANY COLLEGE, OKLAHOMA. But the program will also have plenty of physics for even an IBM physicist to think about, and plenty of geology and C-14 dating for any Christian to think about. Integrating knowledge of science with our knowledge of the Bible should be important to all Christians trained in science, no matter where we work, shouldn't it?--Ed.)

AUDIENCE RESEARCH IN HINDI, URDU, AND IGLOO

Here's a story of non-academic applied research, from William E. (Ted Haney, research director for Far East Broadcasting Company, Inc. (FEBC), of Whittier, California. In a forthcoming article in the International Christian Broadcaster's Bulletin, Ted describes a just-completed four-language listener survey in India that involved 3,500 listeners over a two-year period. The survey was developed in consultation with Dr. Wilbur Schramm, past director of the Institute of Communications Research at Stanford University and now director of the Far West Centre at the U. of Hawaii. Ted was recently asked to give a special seminar about the project at the East West Centre.

Ted says he is hopeful that more Christian broadcasters will begin to take seriously the insights provided by professional mass-communication research techniques and technology. He feels that professionally directed audience research can assure more effective communication of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Station HCJB in Ecuador has asked FEBC's help in setting up a similar program. FEBC is also working with TGNA in Guatemala and KICY in Nome, Alaska.

HOW TO START SOMETHING No. 19. MICHAEL L. CHAMBERS

According to The Story of the American Scientific Affiliation, an early ASA pamphlet the first concern of our founders was the faith of college students: "Students were losing their faith because only the materialistic phase was presented to them and what references to Scripture and faith were made were often distorted, either intentionally or through lack of knowledge."

Concern to give students a true picture has remained strong and many ASA members work directly through Young Life, IVCF, Campus Crusade and other ministries to students. A number of ASA members have written books and pamphlets helpful to young people, and many others teach Sunday school classes in their own churches. Ideas for more visible programs have often been discussed by the Executive Council, from forming student ASA chapters to sponsoring "summer institutes" on science/faith for high school graduates headed for college. (The Research Scientists Christian Fellowship in Great Britain has had experience with science-oriented camping programs for edification of young Christians and for evangelism. Perhaps an ASA 11summer institute" could immediately precede each Annual-Meeting. Such courses would take a lot of organizing and advertising, but we have plenty of members competent to staff them.)

Michael L. Chambers is an ASA Associate Member who has done something special to help teen-agers in his own church, not just in science but in the whole area of scholarship. With the aid of his wife Pam, he pastors the First Christian Church of Collinsville, Illinois, while still doing graduate work at Lincoln Seminary. Mike feels that ignorance of the Word (both Propositional and Ultimate) causes Christians our biggest problems. Consequently, Mike aims his preaching and adult teaching at correcting that deficiency in his church, which averages about 140 in Sunday attendance.

For his young people, Mike tried to hold an "Intensive Bible Study" class for junior high and high school kids one simmer. Attendance, effort, and the age of the kids varied so much that Mike was discouraged. In the summer of 1973 he decided to limit the class strictly to high school upperclassmen and made no bones about requiring attendance at all class sessions and completion of all assignments. Nine seniors elected to take the course, which Mike called "Tertium Quid."

Tertium Quid (1, "third something") means "something of uncertain or unclassifiable nature, related to, but distinct from, two, usually opposite, things." Mike wanted to emphasize the tensions of Christian life arising from living with one leg in the Kingdom and one leg in "the World." (This simmer he was going to call it Tertium Genus.)

The course met for 12 weeks from 7 to 9 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday morning in the study of Mike's home. Commitment of money as well as time was involved, since each student was required to buy a small library of paperback books, purchased for $42.50 at a 10 percent discount from Lincoln Christian College. Half of this "tuition" cost was underwritten by the church Board of Elders on a tuition-refund basis. That is, each student who completed the course received $21.25 at the end of the 12 weeks, besides being entertained at a "Victory Banquet" prepared by Pam. Mike also supplied a notebook, file folders, mimeographed notes, and a complete syllabus.

Objectives listed in the syllabus included acquainting students with prevailing issues facing modern man, and with development of the assumptions controlling our world; helping them develop study habits and critical attitudes conducive to their responsibilities as Christians; and helping students to see themselves more clearly in the light of their commitment and to adjust to the life-style of adults.

Besides regular reading assignments in the Bible and the required books, students had to choose one area from a list Mike supplied such as "art," 11science," "race, "evangelism," "New Testament," etc. He/she was required to submit a list of the most important Periodicals in the area chosen, write reviews of two approved books in that area, and prepare a term paper on a topic from the area. The final requirement was to "begin a serious file for teaching and reflection in your area."

The course of study began with the nature and use of the Bible, explored the general problem of world-view, then took concentrated looks at philosophy, history, politics science, education, and culture, ending with the elements of "the enduring Message": 1) Supremacy of Christ as Tertium Quid: 2) Priority of the Bible in knowing Christ; 3) Value and obligation of unity in Christ.

How did the kids respond? Well, for one thing, they all completed the course At first they hedged before what to them looked like a mountain of reading. Their list included: Adler's How to Read a Book Bruce's The New Testament Documents:
Are They Reliable ; Lewis's Miracles; Schaeffer's, The God Who Is There; Stott's, Your Mind Matters; Toffler' Future Shock; Zondervan's Bible Study Trilogy. (Halley's Bible Handbook, The New Compact Bible Dictionary, and Cruden's Compact Concordance); plus more than a dozen others. But the kids kept plugging, with Mike's continual encouragement.

Mike says he drove them hard, figuring that the further they went the more significant their retention would be. The course even included a "practicum" of witnessing on the campus of Southern Illinois U.'s branch campus at Edwardsville. At the end of the course they had many pages of helpful notes, some good books to begin a basic library, the experience of serious encounters with themselves (and with Christ) with older Christians, and with non-Christian university students-all beyond what an ordinary Sunday school could have provided.
The kids expressed particular satisfaction with their term papers, choosing such topics as "The Christian and Abortion," "Astrology," "The Slum!' (from personal contact in East St. Louis!), and "Alleged Discrepancies in the Gospel Accounts of Jesus' Trial and Crucifixion." They were proud of having handled a more adult approach than they had been given before in the church. Mike has since heard of some of them using the Tertium Quid material in witnessing, especially through sharing appropriate paperback b9oks with non-Christians.

Afterward, one parent reported that when his son questioned the logic of a TV editorial, he went scurrying to his "Quid" notebook to review the pertinent information. In general, adults in the church who have expressed themselves on the project seem to be behind it and are pleased with the results. But because Mike feels that most members of the church still don't understand the relevance of Tertium Quid, he has tried not to make a big thing of it in order not to alienate those who don't understand. Mike wonders: "Why are so many Christians afraid of anything connected with a world they don't understand?"

Well, the "graduates" of Mike's summer program should definitely understand more and fear less. And what did it do for Mike? He describes it as an exhilarating, 'Mountaintop experience, keeping him sharp over the dry mouths and giving him the joy of seeing growth in young people. It restored his close relationship with them to watch them wrestle with tough problems and follow through triumphant. it was satisfying to give the kids something whose immediate importance they could grasp, and then to see their parents also responding to their kids' growth.

Of course such a project is never static, and Mike learned from the experience. He planned to expand the sections on scientific and racial questions, to change the order of presentation, etc. But he was thankful he went ahead with the experiment last summer before he knew all these things, because the experiment worked.

We're thankful that Mike would share this experiment with us. If you're interested in more details or would like to share similar experiences, I'm sure he'd be glad to hear from you: Michael L. Chambers, First Christian Church, 1502 Vandalia, Collinsville, IL 62234. To express our appreciation, we're sending him a dozen complimentary copies of our "Scientist"s Psalm!' greeting cards, complete with mailing envelopes.

ASA News will gladly lay a dozen of these unique greeting cards on you, too, if you share with our readers an account we can use in HOW TO START SOMETHING. It doesn't have to be a complicated project, or even a successful one. We just want to know how you've let God use your creative and redemptive energies in some human situation that needed them. Your experience can inspire the rest of us. How about sharing it?

...AND HOW TO KEEP IT GROWING

Odvard Egil Dyrli is associate professor of education at the University of Connecticut is also curriculum editor for Learning, a relatively new magazine aimed at creative teachers of elementary school children. An avid reader of ASA News, Gil was interested in our HOW TO START SOMETHING No. 6 (June 1971), in which Alex R. Balian told how he began developing special science kits for the educable mentally retarded (EMR) in Los Angeles. Gil asked Alex if he would write a similar story for Learning magazine, and Alex agreed. Now the story of Alex's work for EMR kids will emerge like that lamp from under the bushel Jesus talked about in Matthew 5:15. Learning goes to 225,000 teachers and administrators of grades K-8, a hundred times the circulation of..ASA News!

ON THE TRACK OF A TRACT

Frederick W. Kremkau (Department of Medicine, the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103) is trying to "get the facts" behind a tract published by Tract Evangelistic Crusade. The tract, by Dr. N. Jerome Stowell, is entitled The Strange Testimony of a Scientist. Fred has seen it quoted in Ile. (Why Publications, Barrie, Ontario), Canadian Salvation Army Nurses' Fellowship Letter. and Good News Publishers' Pioneer.

The tract purports to describe an experiment in a pathology laboratory, measuring human brainwaves at the moment of transition from life to death. "By actual experimentation we had recorded that the brain of a woman alone and dying in communication with God had registered more than 55 times the power used by a fifty kilowatt broadcast station in sending a message around the world." In contrast, when a man is stricken with a deadly social disease" cursed God, "the needle began to click back and forth against the 500 negative post." The author also says that "as a scientist I don't believe the halo painted around Jesus' head is merely an artist's conception." He believes it is "emanating power, it is magnetic and electomotive power." (sic)

To check out the inconsistencies and unclear statements in this "strange testimony," Fred has been trying to contact Dr. Stowell to learn more of his work. Correspondence with Tract Evangelistic Crusade (Box 998, Apache Junction, Arizona 85220) has been unsuccessful.

Bill Sisterson, ASA Executive Secretary, says that a number of other members have written to inquire about this tract. Readers of ASA News who have any information about the authenticity of the alleged experiment or about author N. Jerome Stowell are invited to help us track this down. ASA News (762 Arlington Ave., Berkeley, CA 94707) wants to help presentations of the truth in Christ remain free from scientific error and distortion.

RESPONDING TO THE OCCULT--AND TO AN OPPORTUNITY

David C. Lindberg, professor of the history of science, teaches a University of Wisconsin course analyzing the occult. In the current issue of Christian Scholar's Review, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 370 (1974), he reviews six recent books in an article entitled "The Occult Revolution." Calling Roger C. Palms' book, The Christian and the Occult (Judson Press, Valley Forge, 1972), "utterly fatuous," Dave criticizes what has become "the most typical evangelical response to the occult":

"Because the occult holds forth some promise of confirming a supernatural (or at least nonmaterialistic) interpretation of the world, evangelicals have felt compelled to endorse the genuineness of virtually every phenomenon, however outrageous and implausible, conjured up by the occult tradition. Telepathy, clairvoyance, ghosts, astrological predictions, Jeanne Dixon's prophecies, witchcraft practices-all are authentic and efficacious. Why? Because (it is falsely supposed) if they are true, then our supernatural religion must also be true! The result has been that evangelicals, when faced with an alleged occult phenomenon, have turned off their minds. They have been among the most gullible consumers of occult literature and lore and among the most militant defenders of many of its claims."

Dave calls for a more critical spirit. He sees in the occult not a propitious prop for Christian apologetics, but "a symptom of man's lost moral and intellectual moorings, of loneliness, and of failure to discover meaning and purpose in the universe." our response should be to apply Christianity's cure for the ailment producing such symptoms.

Dave Lindberg, associate editor for science of Christian Scholar's Review, also calls for more papers for CSR from ASA members.-(Evidently the cabalistic incantations by which Dave has been trying to conjure up more papers from natural and behavioral scientists haven't been effective. No wonder he's skeptical)

Manuscripts "of high standards of original scholarship" on your field of science and its interrelationship with Christian thought should be sent to George K. Brushaber, Editor, Christian Scholar's Review, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara* CA 93108. Your article in Journal ASA will reach more scientists, but CSR gives us an important opportunity to reach scholars in other fields, balancing the Review's unintended bias toward the humanities.

So far, scientists have been represented in CSR chiefly in book reviews. The current issue, for example, has Howard Claassen's review of Richard H. Bube's book, The Human Quest; A New Look at §cience and the Christian Faith; Stephen Calhoon review of R. J. Ream's Science Teaching: A Christian Approach; and Donald Larson's review of Felicitas D. Goodman's Speaking& in Tongues: A Cross Cultural Study of Glossolalia.

A STRATEGY FOR EVANGELICAL INFLUENCE

David 0. Moberg gave a Staley Foundation lecture on Christian social involvement at the University Reformed Church in Ann Arbor in February. In the question period, U. of Michigan linguist Kenneth Pike asked about research in this field. Dave thought he wanted some new proposals. The question actually concerned Dave's current work, but the fortuitous misunderstanding was enough to set Dave's creative machinery in motion.

Now Dave is proposing to the Executive Council in an open letter that "The ASA ought to establish a data bank and a support group for research projects which are desirable and/or necessary to promote various aspects of the Christian cause." He has in mind the building up of files of research projects, references, and resource persons so that graduate degree candidates would be encouraged to take up areas of social science research otherwise likely to be untouched. He envisions the possibility of foundation funding for some projects, with competition for grants-in-aid; of research-support groups drawn from university congregations or IVCF chapters; and of interdisciplinary "think tanks" of specialists, "doing their think" at ASA annual meetings.

Dave Moberg is chairman of Sociology and Anthropology at Marquette. He wrote The Great Reversal: Evangelism versus Social Concern (1972), latest book in Lippincott's Evangelical Perspectives series. In his "Great Proposal" to ASA, Dave stresses the need for research on relationships between personal and social implications of the Christian Gospel:

"There is a need for intensive study to establish clearly the manner in which and the extent to which social or collective involvement and guilt are basic sources of social injustice and suffering. Only if the ways in which we all are guilty of collective and national sin can be made clear, first to ourselves as social scientists and then to others who are committed Christians, will steps be taken in the direction of repenting of and correcting these serious mistakes. If, however, only vague generalizations continue to prevail, and if only a few highly intellectual political scientists and prophetic scholars see these involvements, little more than empty talk in the ivory tower' is likely to result. Historical studies, research in political science, sociological analyses of networks of social complicity and of contributions made by 'the little man' to major human problems, psychological research on personality causes and consequences of cultural practices, and many other areas of study are very important. Elaboration and clarification of specific historical examples of personal evangelism combined with social action to change the social system, as well as of social welfare activities to help its victims, can make a very significant contribution to the implementation of a wholesome balance between the individual and social claims of the Gospel."

To begin implementing his Great Proposal, Dave Moberg wants a section of ASA News devoted to discussion of social science research projects, especially those with potential for helping bring about wholesome change..

We say: "Let's hear it from you social scientists out there!" (But would you mind breaking up some of those long sentences into shorter paragraphs?)

HOW TO RECYCLE SOMETHING No. 9

We get some good-natured razzing for this series. But even our critics usually agree in principle that recycling is a good thing for Christians to do. If you need any justification for living as frugally as possible, we recommend the paperback Beyond-t-the Rat Raceby Arthur G. Gish ($1.45; Herald Press, Scottdale, PA, 1973). Art Gish is a Church of the Brethren minister and writer who lives in a simple, radically Christian style. In Beyond the Rat Race, he "preaches what he practices." (He also wrote The New Left and Christian Radicalism.

Another book., reminding us that frugal recyclers are in the very beat of company was Einstein & Newton: A Comparison of the Two Greatest Scientists, by Aaron B. Lerner (Lerner Publications Co., Minneapolis, MN, 1973), which we were reviewing for AAAS's Science Books. According to Lerner, Isaac Newtonts personal needs were few, and Albert Einstein "wanted everything around him to be plain. His room was as bare as possible. He shaved with regular soap, not shaving cream. He was not interested in dress ... Even when playing the violin and piano, he wanted simplicity. His violin bore no prestigious label but was an inexpensive model from Japan." (Lerner, p. 92)

Also, both Newton and Einstein recycled paper. Newton "refined his work constantly, but did not use fresh paper for revisions. Scraps and old letters, if handy, were called into service. An odd habit, after grabbing a used page, was to turn the sheet on its side and write over the original lines at right angles." (p. 81) Einstein, too, "wrote letters and made notes about his work on used paper." (p. 93)

Children. One person who questions whether recycling paper is worth the effort is John Burgeson of Delray Beach, Florida (but he did write to us on both sides of one sheet). John says there is a "recycling" project well worth the'effort: the adoption of orphan children. He's in a position to know. In December 1972, with five natural-born children, the Burgesons adopted a two-year-old Korean orphan. Now they are expecting two more to arrive for adoption late this summer.
John sent ASA News some information on the nondenominational organization through which their son Danny was adopted. For over 15 years, the Holt Adoption Program has been placing orphan children from Korea, Vietnam, and other war-torn countries into Christian homes in both American and Europe. By 1973, more than 11,000 children had been placed. Last year another 1,500 found "homes of their own" through this agency.

There are three ways Christian families can help in this program. You can adopt a child yourself. Or you can sponsor a child at $18 a month, not to institutionalize him (or her) but to provide care while a home is being found (a temporary form of fladoption"). Or, you can provide "Care Shares" to bring hope to badly handicapped orphans through providing the surgical, nutritional, or educattonal'therapy they need to make them adoptable. Contributions are income-tax deductible. If you can ,help "recycle a human being" in any of these ways,, John Burgeson urges you to write to Holt Adoption Program, Inc., P. 0. Box 2420, Eugene, OR 97402,

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS

David Allen Kirsch (4507 Bela Way, Carmichael, CA 95608) has a B.S. in atmospheric science from U.C. Davis (1974). He seeks employment in meteorology or a closely related field, such as environmental studies. He is single and has worked at various jobs and participated in athletic and Christian fellowship groups in college. David is also a semi-professional musician. He is a potential ASA member, according to Bill Sisterson of our national office.

Douglas Rf Sizemore (2033 - 22nd Avenue, Apt. #101, Greeley, CO 80631) is completing a PhD in applied research and statistics. He has experience in computer usage and Fortran IV and seeks a position in religious research or religious information systems development. Dave Mober&, religious researcher at Marquette University, suggested that Doug advertise his availability through ASA News.

POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE

International Christian University in Japan has an opening in biology. kick Bube of Stanford University received this word from Japan: "Here at International Christian University the biology department has no non-Japanese. Do you know any Christian embryologist or developmental biologist who could be interested in teaching here? We try to have a non-Japanese in each department. The position will be open next year, either in April or September. Research is included. Salaries are good. If you know of someone, I'd like to try to show some credentials to the biology department before leaving here August 20. This fall I'll be on a kind of sabbatical leave, teaching "Chemical Principles" at Stanford, so after August 20, interested persons could contact me at the Stanford chemistry department. (signed) Ronald Rich, Prof. Chemistry, International Christian University, House 348, Osawa 3-10-3, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan." (Received 5 June 1974)

Seattle Pacific College in Washington announces a vacancy for an assistant professor of biology with an emphasis in mammalian anatomy and physiology. The candidate should have a PhD; be prepared to teach human anatomy & physiology, general physiology, and general biology; and be familiar with materials and methods of audiotutorial instruction. Salary for 9 months: $10,700-$11,200 plus good retirement (TIAA) and insurance benefits. The five-member biology faculty is part of the School of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, which anticipates the opening of a new 52,000 sq. ft. Science Learning Center in 1975.. SPC is a liberal arts college
thoroughly committed to evangelical Christian doctrine and standards of conduct," and seeks teachers "who can enthusiastically support the goals and standards of the college." SPC has a strong interdisciplinary emphasis. Contact Dr. Curtis Martin, Associate Dean of Academic Administration, Seattle Pacific College, Seattle, WA 98119. Phone (206) 281-2121. (Received June 1974)

A second National University of Costa Rica was established in'Heredia in 1971 to meet the needs of thousands of qualified students on waiting lists to enter the National University in San Jose. Application of technical knowledge to develop Costa Rican natural resources is emphasized. According to Charles Troutman of Latin America Mission, the new university may have openings in such fields as computer programming, engineering, building technology, meteorology, marine biology, ichthyology, oceanography, forestry, enology, and viticulture. Some people with master's degrees are teaching in the university now, but the plan is to move to full graduate status with PhD's making up the faculty. Further information could be obtained by contacting an ASA member who serves as a U.S. liaison officer for the new university: Dr. Charles F. Denton. Dean, School of Social Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93710. Office phone (209) 487-1013. (Received 8 July 1974)

Shell Point Village Retirement Center in Florida, a ministry of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, has an op ing for another physician, according to its medical director, Art Svedberg. Good salary and a new home on a canal just off the island, 11superb medical facilities" in the 160-bed nursing pavilion, and a chance to "slow down a bit without retiring" are offered. Art says a little study should make any M.D. succesful on the Florida license examination, and then "your boat can be at the back door 365 days a year." (There'll be time for fishing with another doctor on the staff!) Location is S.W. Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. Contact Arthur H. Svedberg, M.D., Shell Point Village, Fort Myers, FL 33901. (Received 15 July 1974)

NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL OFFICE

The focus of the national office is now on completing arrangements for the Annual
Meeting. There are a number of details that have to be followed through on in
order to put on our meeting each year. My special thanks to Ed Olson, Kurt Weiss,
and Don Beaver for all their help in this year's meeting. We are all looking forward to good sessions, accommodating facilities, and outstanding fellowship in
Oklahoma City. Why don't you join us there?

The financial situation is considerably improved since the last Newsletter. We have been able to meet all salaries and expenses so far and have about two weeks expense money in the bank. During the last two months we have received $3,500 in gifts from the membership. We still need about $2,000 to get through the rest of the summer. During the school year we have sufficient income to meet expenses. We will certainly appreciate any gifts you can make in August to pull us through.

I would like to give some special recognition to the Canadians affiliated with the ASA through the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation. They have been extremely generous in meeting our current financial needs. This is one of many positive inputs this new affiliation has had in recent months. They certainly deserve recognition for their fruitful service.

The Growth Plan for adding new members is continuing this summer on a less formal scale but with some outstanding results. So far in June and July we are ahead of expectations, although not enough yet to compensate for our shortcomings in the spring. Keep up the good work. I guess summertime is a better time to recruit members than I thought. The following top ten rankings are current:

Total New Members:

1. Ill-Wis - - --- - - 44
2. Metro. N.Y ------ 39
3. Northwest-----31
4. Texas ---------- 30
5. So. Calif ------ 25
6. Penn ---------- 24
7. MD - VA -------- 20
8. New England ----- 19
9. Central Plns.---18
10. CO-WY-UT ------- 15
No. Calif ------- 15
Ohio--------15



% Increase:

1. Texas-------46.9
2. NM-AZ ------- 42.1
3. CO-WY-UT ------ 41.7
4. LA-Miss.----38.5
5. Northwest----35.6
6. Metro N.Y.---30.2
7. Ohio --------- 28.8
8. Ontario ------- 28.0
9. Ill-Wis ------- 25.1
10. Central Plns.-23.7

Sincerely in His Service,
William D. Sisterson 
Executive Secretary

PERSONALS

J. Richard Arndt became coordinator of Advising Services at California State U., fresno, on July 1. His unit is responsible for orientation of new students, coordination of the faculty advising program, tutorial program, and a few other things as well. Rich was recently installed as one of two faculty sponsors of the IVCF chapter, and is chairman of the new ASA Local Section in Central California.

Charles W. Balaicuis is in psychiatric practice in Miami, Florida, associate pastor of Allapattah Baptist Church in Miami, and active in speaking engagements and seminars. Charles also has a radio program, "The Christian Psychiatrist," broadcast M-W-F at 10:45 a.m. on WMCU, 89.7 FM, Miami. "To find out if the program is available in your area, write to station WMCU."

Richard H. Bube has been appointed adjunct professor of theology and science at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, during autumn quarter 1974, while on sabbatical leave from Stanford University. Dick, editor of the Journal of ASA. will teach a course on "Science and Christian Faith."

John P. Chan, dean of the Natural Science and Engineering Faculty of Hong Kong Baptist College, Kowloon, Hong Kong, is secretary of the Hong Kong Physical Society. In the spring of 1975 he will address the society on "Liquid Crystals and Their Applications."

,Charles F. Denton is dean of the School of Social Sciences at California State U., Fresno. Charles is a political scientist who grew up-in Latin America and obtained a bachelor's degree in Mexico before doing his PhD work at the U. of Texas. His dissertation was based on studies in Costa Rica. He has written a book on Patterns of Costa Rican Politics and has done studies in other countries. Charles has worked closely with Rene Padilla and others in the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students and hopes someday to return to Latin America.

Lanny H. Fisk and Phillip L. DeBord are PhD candidates at Loma Linda University in California and new-members who find ASA "both stimulating and refreshing." They have done joint research in the palynology (fossil pollen and spores) of the famous "fossil forests" of Yellowstone National Park, and presented papers before the Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America and the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America. At the GSA meetings they won the award, for the Best Student Paper. Philhas been teaching at California Baptist College, Riverside. In January, Lanny will join the biology faculty at Walla Walla College, Washington, to teach paleobotany and earth history.

Wayne Frair, professor of biology at The King's College, Briarcliff, New York, spoke on "Warm-Blooded Reptiles" at Western Connecticut State College in January, at a meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences chapter there.

Virgil H. Freed of Oregon State University, Corvallis, was featured in an article, "Scientist's Probe Pesticide Dynamics," in the April 22 issue of Chemical & Engineering News. Virgil was also mentioned for his service to A.I.F.--in--i-1 _!~lvador, where misuse of pesticides has caused problems of human poisoning, insect resistance, and the build-up of toxic residues in beef.

Gertrude Frishmuth received her M.D. in May 1973 from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and has Just completed an internship at Presbyterian/U. of Penn. Medical Center in Philadelphia. On July 1 she began a three-year ob-gyn residency at the U. of Penn. Hospital. Gert had a publication in the March 1974 issue of Steroids based on work she did in biochemistry at Smith Kline & French Laboratories.

Robert Eric Frykenberg is professor in the Department of History and South Asian Studies at the U. of Wisconsin in Madison. Bob was born in Ootacamund, India, and has a B.A. from Bethel College (Minnesota) and B.D. from Bethel Seminary as well as M.A from the U. of Minnesota and PhD from the U. of London. In addition to many articles, Bob has written three books on India, including Land Control and Social Structure in Indian History (U. of Wisconsin Press, 1969). He was president in 1968-70 of the Society for South Indian Studies (Association for Asian Studies) and in 1970-72 of the Conference on Faith and History (American Historical Association). Beginning in January 1974, Bob will hold a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Frances H. Gailey received her PhD in August 1973 from the Ohio State University. In April 1974 she became president-elect of the College Educators of Home Equipment. In between she spent three weeks in Swaziland and Union of South Africa. Fran would like to hear from college faculty members about their ideas and approach to campus wide witnessing to other faculty. Her address is 43 North Park St., Adams, New York 13605.

Arthur W. Hill, Jr., has moved to Bedford, Massachusetts, from Wilmington, Delaware. Art, who has an M.S. from Springfield College (Mass.) and an M.Ed. from the U. of Delaware, is the new headmaster of the Lexington Christian Academy, Lexington, Mass.

Lane P. Lester spent the past year with the Minicourse Development Project at the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study center in Boulder, Colorado. Lane has acceptee a joint appointment as staff biologist for the Institute of Creation Research, and professor of biology at Christian Heritage College, San Diego. At ICR, he will pursue research in genetics, develop educational materials for Christian and public schools, and join Henry Morris and Duane Gish in speaking at schools and churches around the country. Lane says that after completing his PhD in genetics at Purdue, he "gradually realized that, for the Christian, more faith is required to accept the genetic plasticity required by evolution than to believe that an all-powerful God created the various groups of organisms by His Word."

Gordon R. Lewthwaite, professor of geography at California State U., Northridge, spent his 1973-74 sabbatical studying milk markets and Maoris in Australia and his native New Zealand. Gordon gave lectures at several universities in New South Wales and Queensland, and a paper on the dairy trade at the ANZAAS (Australia-New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science) conference at Perth. His family was able to be with him for two months, visiting relatives in New Zealand and seeing Samoa (moa relatives?) on the way home. Gordon says discussions among Christian academics were reminiscent of an ASA Journal.

Stanla E. Lindquist, psychologist at California State U., Fresno, spoke at commencement at Trinity College and Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, this spring, and received an honorary Litt.D. from Trinity. Stan is a long-time faculty sponsor of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship 'at Fresno.

James A. Manganello has completed a clinical psychology internship in the Department
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. His doctoral dissertation is still in progress. In July, Jim joined the psychology staff of Mass. General and also of Salem General Hospital, Salem, Mass.

Luther Whitfield - Marks III. is professor and chairman of the Department of Physics, Central State U., Edmond, 'Oklahoma. Whit has an active Christian ministry with international students and is faculty sponsor of the International Club on his campus. He has taught college students in Sunday school for more than 20 years and is deacon at Highland Park Baptist Church in Edmond. In June, Whit participated in a Regional Baptist Faculty Conference at Flagstaff, Arizona, speaking on "Scientific and Spiritual Modeling" and "Cybernetic Man and Christian Growth." (He's also helping Don Beaver and Kurt Weiss with local arrangements for the 1974 ASA ANNUAL MEETING, AUGUST 19-22, BETHANY COLLEGE, OKLAHOMA.)

Joe C. Roberts is a mathematician going into computer programming. After a year of sofyware courses at U. of Illinois, Urbana, he has accepted a position in the Computation and Mathematics Lab of the Naval Ship R&D Center at Bethesda, Maryland. Joe will work on data base management/information retrieval systems. 

Ed Yamauchi is teaching this summer at the U. of Hawaii branch in Hilo, the home of his wife, Kimi. In the fall, when the family is back home in Oxford, Ohio, Ed will fly to Iran to read a paper and then travel in several Near Eastern countries. Ed is professor of history at Miami University (Ohio). (On their way to Hawaii, the Yamauchi family dropped in at Logos Bookstore in Berkeley just as Walt Hearn was being questioned about New Testament historicity by an agnostic philosophy graduate browsing in John W. Montgomery's Christianity for the Tough Minded. In one of those neat miracle's-of The Lord's timing, Walt was able to introduce Ed as a tough-minded professor of Near Eastern studies who places his trust in Jesus Christ, and give the questioner Bruce's The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable? with Ed's scholarly endorsement.)

NEW MEMBERS

CONNECTICUT

James M. Wolfe, 50 Purdy Road East, Norwalk, CT 06859, Student

GEORGIA

Dennis A. Maxey, Columbia Theological Seminary, Box 148, Decatur, GA 30031, BS in Ed

IDAHO

Ruth Ricarte, 112k East Idaho, Boise, ID 83702, BS in Biology

ILLINOIS

Paul M. Chung, 2003 E. Lillian Lane, Arlington Hts., IL 60004, PhD in Mech. Engr

Kathy R. Turnage, Aurora College, Watkins East, Aurora, IL 60507, Student

Charles Manto, 1303 N. Chestnut, Champaign, IL 61820, Student

Allen R. Bean, 2045 Halfday Road, Deerfield, IL 60015, BA in Anthro/Psy.

INDIANA

Robert A. Burden, 1100 College Ave., Goshen, IN 46526, DDS in Dentistry

Roger Robb, 7932 Glenwood Ave., Highland, IN 46322, BS in Physics

Melanie Carlson, 1046-1, Graduate House E., W. Lafayette, IN 47906, BA in Physics

IOWA

John A. Schillinger, R.R.#l, Ames, IA 50010, PhD in Genetics

Harold Wengert, Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50613, EdD in Sci.Ed.

Heidi Barnhill, 513 5th St., Coralville, IA 52240, Student

KANSAS

Everett L. Johnson, 1142 Henry, Augusta, KS 67010, PhD in BE

Daniel Malan, 7430 Kansas Ave., Kansas City, KS 66111, BS in Bible, Student

Kenneth A. Martin, 1760 N. Gentry #306, Wichita, KS 67208, MS in Chemistry

MARYLAND

David L. Chamberlain, Jr., 12209 Pawnee Dr., Gaithersburg, MD 20760, PhD in Org.Chem.

Janet A. Cunningham, 1802 Pot Spring Road, Lutherville, MD 21093, Student

MASSACHUSETTS

Michael C. Archer, 13 Academy St., Arlington, MA 02174, PhD in Biochem.

Lajos Koncz, 1463 Beacon St., Brookline, MA 02168, MD in Medicine

Henrik 0. Lind, 83 Yorktown Street, Somerville, MA 02144, BS in Physics

W. Glenn Jamison, 73 Spring St., Stoneham, MA 02180, MD in Medicine
Raymond E. Fowler, 13 Friend Court, Wenham,.MA 01984, BA in Bible/Greek

MICHIGAN

Shelby M. Ennis, 214 Old Street, Clio, MI 48420, MDiv in Theology

D. Philip Veitch, 4230 Audubon, Detroit, MI 48224, BS in Biology

Kenneth G. Kalagian, 1917 White St., Lincoln Park, MI 48146, FAA in Radio/Mech.

Barbara Dage, 25790 Shiawassee, Apt. 209, Southfield, MI 48075, BS in Med.Tech.

MINNESOTA

Frank V. Meyer, 1101 15th Ave.SE, Minneapolis, MN'55414, MS in Math

Robert W. Miko, 4021 Bethel Drive, St. Paul, MN 55112, Student

Duane T. Hansen, 3441 Buckbee Road, White Bear Lake, MN 55110, MS in Admin.

MISSOURI

F. D. Roberts, 308 Highland Drive, Boonville, MO 65233, DDS in Dentistry

NEW JERSEY

Paul R. Leiffer, 17 E Millside Manor, Delran, N. J. 08075, MS in Bio-Med. Engin.

NEW MEXICO

Kenneth D. Granzow, 2920 San Pablo N.E., Albuquerque, N.M. 87110, MS in E.E.

Jack C. Swearengen, 1213 Dakota N.E., Albuquerque, N.M. 87110, PhD in M.E.

NEW YORK

David H. Jones, 853 Barton Pl., Schenectady, N.Y. 12309, PhD in Biochem.

Janice E. Studley, 17 East Mayer Dr., Suffern, N.Y. 10901, Student

OHIO

Charles McDowell, 7664 Princeton Place, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130, PhD in Mediter.

Richard G. Laatsch, 6444 Contreras Road, Oxford, OH 45056, PhD in Math /Stud.

Joan Servis, 20020 Scottsdale Blvd., Shaker Hts., OH 44122, BA in Ed.

OKLAHOMA

Ronald R. Crawford, 3506 SE Henrietta, Batlesville, OK 74003, MS in Biology

Lerner B. Hinshaw, 401 Merkle Dr., Norman, OK 73069 PhD in Physiol.

OREGON

Ross A. Tunnell, 111, 21721 S.E.Borges Rd., Gresham, OR 97030, ThM in Bible

Fred E. Swain, III, Rt. 2, Box 86-B, Newberg, OR 97132, Student

Roger Hadley, 530 N.E. Douglas, Newport, OR 97365, Student

David J. Humphreys, 1944 N.E. Wasco St., Portland, OR 97232, BS in Chemistry

Lynn G. Doran, 8135 Bates Rd. S., Salem, OR 97302, Student

PENNSYLVANIA

Richard C. Hampton, Jr., 503 Arthur Ave., Scottdale, PA 15683, ThD in Theology

Richard B. Perkins, 518 E. Chestnut, Washington, PA 15301, MA in Soc.

TEXAS

L. Scott Kelbell, 8700 Thunderbird Rd., Austin, TX 78746, Student

Thomas Bohmfalk, 6437 Oriole, Dallas, TX 75209, Student

Mark D. Johnson, 10110 Mapleridge Drive, Dallas, TX 75238, Student

Marlene McKee, 4100 West 34, #204, Houston, TX 77018, MEd in Ed. Psy.

Mrs. Howard Perkins, 1511 Bowlin Ave., Port Neches, TX 77651, AB in Chemistry

Thomas A. Stoneham, 3421 Wingate, Waco, TX 76706, PhD in Chemistry

UTAH

Paul J. Marcantonio, 4309 S. 1500 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84117, MS in Met.

Garry W. Warren, Metallurgy Dept., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, MS in
Met. Eng.

WASHINGTON 

Reginald Daly, 9 Seabird Avenue, Poulsbo, WA 98370, BA General

Charles A. Rice, E. 12005 9th, Spokane, WA 99206, BD in MRE

Robert H. Johnson, 1001 S.E. 94th Ave., Vancouver, 14A 98664, Student

WISCONSIN

J. Merlyn Bilhorn, R3, Hwy. 73, Edgerton, W1 53534, MDiv in Theology

Myron Higby, 210 10th St., Prairie Du Sac, WI 53578,' Pastor

Robert J. Salinger, 5601 Dorsett Drive, Madison, W1 53711, MD in Medicine

George W. Evans, 5507 Monona Pass, Monona, WI 53716, BA in Phil./Chem.

CANADA

Lawrence Walker, 130 Hillview Ave., Riverview, N. B. EIB 1M2, BA in Exper. Psych.

Gary Coates, 271 Gardenview Dr., Burlington, Ont. L7T lK7, B.Eng. in Metallurgy

Dean Westacott, 211 -Bellamy Rd. North, Scarborough, MlJ 2L7 Ont., Student

M. G. Barrington, 100 Clarke Ave., Thornhill, Ont. L3T IS9, BASc in Chem. Eng.

George Matheson, 44 Savona Dr., Toronto, Ont., PhD in Psychol.

Gordon E. Murray, Box 293, Concord, Toronto, Ont. L4K 1B4, PhD in Genetics

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