Oracle: ORU Student Newspaper Oral Roberts University Collection
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Oral Roberts University Digital Showcase Oracle: ORU Student Newspaper Oral Roberts University Collection 11-9-1973 Oracle (Nov 9, 1973) Holy Spirit Research Center ORU Library Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalshowcase.oru.edu/oracle Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Higher Education Commons rhe VOLUME 9, NUMBER 9 ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY, TULSA, OKLAHOMA NOVEMBER 9, 1973 Perfect Mqster Shields boy *\ reigns over rqlly ,þ born Sundoy "Give me your love Mr. and Mrs. Don D. Shields, qn dorm directors of Twin Towers d I will give you peoce." { at ORU, announce the birth of child, a son, born Sun- by ken irby them, their first much as Saint Paul did on 4, at Millennium '73, hailed as "a the road day morning, November to Damascus-not a 7:35. He has been named Don world assemblage to save,hum.an- mild elevation of mood or clarity, Jereme Shields and will be called ity," began yesterday in Hous- but tåe direct a¡ld repeatable ex- Jereme. Don and Joyce decided ton's 52,000-seat Astrodome. A perience of Divinity, transcend- years ago that they would name big Jesus rally, right? Hardly. ing time and space." children with the initials Guru Maharaj called the After several satsanga (spir- their Ji, "D.J." (for Don and Joyce). one Perfect Master on earrth, the itual discourses on the Perfect weighed pounds 15 latest embodirnent divine Mas,ter by disciples), a newcorner Jereme 7 of a inches in strain personified by predecæssors may ask to receive a profound ounces and was 21 ,T grandparents are such as Jesus, Budd;ha, and Lord mystical ex p e r i enc e termed length. Maternal and Charles Crisafulli Krishna, is reigning over the 3- Knowledge. Mr. Mrs. day assemblage of his followe¡s Knowledge can be given only of Merritt Island, Fla. The in- of the Divi¡e Light Mission. by agents called malatmas, who fant's paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shields of Tal- IJis Divíne Times explains that teach a system of med,itation and lahassee, Fla. the Perfect Master will sit on a sensory awareness that enables "flame-shaped throne . glow- the meditator to see a mystical ing with self-effulgent white light, to hea¡ divine music in the Iight," where ,he will reveal his body, and to taste divine nectar. 30 students "concrete plan for ending htrman Who is this ch;r.rbby, l5-year- suffering and usher in 1,000 years old Hindu kid? According to a of peace." He will announce the just-released paperback concern- founding of a worldwide organ- ing the guru, he was born in selected for ization to end pove¡ty and hnrn- Hardwar, India, on December 10, 1957, youngest ger, and will reveal plans for a the of four sons GURU MAHARAJ Jl, leoder of the Divine light Mission, soys, "Come to Divine City where pollution, suf- of Shri Hans Ji Maharaj, an itin- me, I will liff you oul of your sufferngs. I om the fountoin of peoce in Who's Who fering, and discord will not exist. erant guru with "thousands of In- this world." And he will also begin a cam- d,ian devotees." When dad died in 1966, Thirty students from ORU paign to spread the Knowledge 8-year-old Maharaj J'i in- New Dolhi found one of his suit- Undaunted, the Divine Master been selected for Who's herited the family business. And have of Soul to all mankind. cases brimming wi,th undeclared still proclaims, "Give me your Who Anrong Studenrs ín Amer-. what a business it is! cash, checks, jew- peace. More than 20 airplanes were traveler's and love and I'll give you ican Universities and Colleges for The U. S. Divine Light h,ead- elry, valued in various reports Come c.hartered to bring his followers, to me, I will lift you out 1973-74. qualters is a seven-story building from $35,000 to $85,000, his of your sufferings. I am the foun- called "premies," (who number Who's Who, first published in between and world- in downtown Denver. There a passport was lifted. Even though tain of peace in this world. 5 8 million corps public relations people 1934, was founded in order to wide) to Houston. of Divine Lighters insisted the morn- "You poor, suffering people, protect and bolster the guru's ey was for visiting devotees' ex- lost in the world, why do you not provide a democratic, national These premies insist Guru Ma- image. The computer department penses, the guru was allowed to come to me for help? All that I basis for the recognition of out- haraj Ji is the incarnation of keeps tabs on over 40,000 U. S. leave on his third "peace tour" ask of you is your love. All that standing campus leaders. The an- God, and they sing his praises, premies, and a legal staff attends only after he posted $13,300 I ask of you is your confidence. nually published directory in- meditate on his image, and wait to everything from zoning mat- bond. Also earlier this year at "I ,tell you úhat I will establish cludes thousands of listings from anxiously fqr one of ihis rare ap- ters to child-custody cases ,tlrat Detroit City Hall Maharaj Ji was peace on this world. Many times over 1,000 schools in all 50 states pearances. fortunate get The near resutrt when couples split up be- smacked in the face with a shav- I have come. This time I come and the District of Columbia, and enough to kiss his fee{. cause 'they can't agree on Know- ing cream pie. And some people with more power than before- several nations in North and One of the pamphtrets pub- ledge. resent his appetite for Rolls- But, what am I able to do unless South America. lished by Divine I-ight Mission But the road hasn't been all Royces, and spacious homes in the masses come ;to me with love ORU nominees for Who's l4/ho explains, "His disciples experi- divine nectar for the Perfect Denver, Los Angeles, and New in their hearts and the desrire to are seniors Mike Ash, Ken Bar- ence a blinding light within Master. Afiter custom officials in Delhi. know the peace and the truth." ker, DeAnza Brock, Fleta Lan- der Buckles, Linda Caporali Warren, Debbie Carpenter, June Crain, Mike Crowe, Ruth Figi, Ted Goodridge, Jim Haase, Journolists leorn sk¡ lls in Ch¡cogo Charlotte Hall, Phyllis Hayashi- da, Ed Jolly, Dave Markley, De- by rondy doy cent developments on the nation- sible jobs for prospective profes- from the audience at the end of Lois Middleton, Larry Morbitt, Ogden, Leslie Chicago hosted the 49th An- al political scene. IIis remarks sional journalists. The sessions the film. The movie, described to Steve Danny Paul, Roach, Jan Schramm, Phil Setch- nual Conference of the Associa- were followed by a question and were held during the day Friday those attending the convention as ted Collegiate Press, attended last a n s\rye r period. Pacemaker and on Saturday morning. "the delightful story of an Ap- field, Lonnie Shields, Howard week by six members of the awards were presented to the top Entertainment was well palachian mountain family," was Short, Lonnie Spencer, Robert Oracle staff and two representa- six college newspapers in the na- planned for the conventioneers. well received. Stacey, David Stearman III, Di- tives of the Perihelion staff. Dele- tion. Weekly newspapers receiv- Rock bands Cin-A-Men and Each of the ORU delegates ane Steere, Carolyn Taulbert, gates concentrated on various as- ing the Pacemaker award were Líght As A Feather provided the made use of the opportunity to and Joan Vinroe. pects of college publications hop- the University of Wisconsin's ORU delegates an opportunity share and compare ideas and Professor Sherry Corbett; Dr. ing to improve their particular Oshkosh Advance-Títan, and Au- to earn 6 aerobic points an hour techniques with over 1,000 other Carl Hamilton, Vice President of publications. burn University's The Auburn during the evening. After the all- college journalists. Those attend- Academic Affairs; Helen Inbody, Featured speaker for the open- Plainsman. conference rock dance, a preview ing the conference encountered Dean of Women; and the Student ing convocation at the confer- Sessions concentrating on such of the movie Where the Lilies new experiences and, in the Affairs Committee were responsi- ence was Dick Harwood, Assis- subjects as advefising, building a Bloom was offered to the dele- words of one, found Chicago to ble for making the selections. tant Managing Editor of Nation- new staff, and design were in- gates. The movie will be released be "a real slick place." The ORU A banquet to honor the no- al Affairs, for the Washington cluded in the conference format. to the public next March. group left Tulsa November 1, minees is planned in the Fireside Post. lNdr. Harwood strove to pre- A "career series". offered expla- Producer Robert Radnitz of and returned last Sunday morn- Room from 5 to 9 p.m., Novem- sent insight into some of the re- nations and descriptions of pos- Sounder fame, fielded questions rng. ber 16. Poge 2-THE ORACIE, November 9, 1973 'Jonathan To improve socio I events Just whot do Seagull' cancelled we reolly need? Next Monday's scheduled show- ing of the movie "Jonathan Liv- ) Never befo¡e on our campus have so few put forth so much . ingston Seagull" has been can- celled.