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Digital Commons @ George Fox University "The Crescent" Student Newspaper Archives and Museum 4-26-1971 The Crescent - April 26, 1971 George Fox University Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent Recommended Citation George Fox University Archives, "The Crescent - April 26, 1971" (1971). "The Crescent" Student Newspaper. 829. https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent/829 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Museum at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in "The Crescent" Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 4b T Volume ,82, No^f GEORGE FOX COLLEGE, NEWBERG, OREGON Art Festival to May 9th as well as the academic com stitchery as well as paintings. music, Linfield College. The "The Fantasticks" during May by Nancy Gathright munity of tbe college. It is This area of the Festival has Portland Chamber Orchestra Day weekend. Admission $1.00. built around three main areas - been well received as indicated will perform also. The advanced drama class wiU Tbe third annual Festival of visual, musical, and language by the number of artists par Students tickets are $1.00. contribute, also. the Arts is being held on the arts. ticipating. There are a total The religion department is George Fox campus April 24- The language arts department Art displays are set up in of 55 artists of all ages, from presenting a seminar in which is assisting in a poetry read May 9. The Festival includes the Cap and Gown Room, the throughout the Willamette Val Dr. Timothy L. Smith, profes 15 events, as well as the work ing session to be held in Old SUB Lounge, the Dining ley, including two students from sor of history and religion, John Shambaugh Library May 5. All of 55 artists from the Pacific Room, and Shambaugh Library. Newberg High School. Hopkins University, will speak Northwest. participants will read from Galleries are open each day The music department will be on the topic "Slavery and Theo original works, generally Coordinated by the Women's from 1 p.m. with auxiliary presenting spring recitals dur logy: What Black Men Heard those written in the last year. Auxiliary, Festival of the Arts members present as hostesses. ing this time as well as an When White Men Preached". The Festival has no budget, 111 is conceived as a cultural Included in the exhibits are exchange recital by Florence The drama department is but is supported entirely by gift to the City of Newberg sculpture, photography, and Bergan Kinney, professor of represented by its production contributions. CALENDAR 8:00 P.M., HEACOCG COMMONS Recital: GFC Music Faculty, presented by the Oregon Mother SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1:00-5:00 P.M. Division of Fine Arts. The galleries open—Heacock Commons, Sham TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 8:00 P.M., CALDER CENTER baugh Library LECTURE HALL of the Year SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 3:00 P.M., HEACOCK COM Seminar: Dr. Timothy L. Smith, professor of his MONS tory and religion, Johns Hopkins University. Sub former GFC Reception honoring participating artists. Official ject: Slavery and Theology—What Black Men opening by President David Le Shana, GFC. Heard When White Men Preached. Presented by Friends of the Arts invited. the Division of Religion, Dr. Myron D. Goldsmith, student MONDAY, APR1X 26 chairman. 11:00 A.M., WOOD-MAR AUDITORIUM, Chapel Oregon's 1971 Mother of the WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 11:00 A.M., WOOD-MAR Year is a former George Fox Lecture-Recital: William Brent, cellist, with Dav AUDITORIUM, CHAPEL College student who attended id Bloch, piano, sponsored by the Associated Stu Music Chapel: Professors Joseph and Robert Gil- classes in Newberg in tbe1937- dents of GFC. more. continues Page Tliwe 38 school year. Mrs. A. EldonHelm, 51, Port land was one of eight women no minated throughout the state for Students attend L'Abri Conference consideration by tbe Oregon Mothers Committee. She now By GREG SLEMP did not want to leave, but they ed his Christian apology. made all that we know; and 4) competes with mothers had no money. They began to Schaeffer's views are con God must be personal because throughout the nation for the From March 14-21, a L'Abri pray fervently about their tained in his series of books man is personal and could not American Mother of the Year conference was held at Covenant problem. which has recently gained ac have an impersonal origin. title. College on Lookout Mt., Ten No money came during ceptance in Christian circles. Thus, we have a personal- Tbe new Oregon Mother of the nessee. George Fox sent four the next ten days, so the Schaef- In proper order, the books infinite God. Only the Judeo- Year also has another New representatives; Vic Gregg, fers were preparing to leave are: "The God Who is There," Chrisitan system has this type berg connection. Her daughter Greg Slemp, Kathy Haisch, and Switzerland. It seemed unlikely "Escape From Reason," of God. Coral, now Mrs. R.J. Hughes Marge Miller. that they could make even the "Death In The City," "The Some other important state of Seattle, attended George Fox Francis and Edith Schaeffer $1,000 down payment toward the Christian View of Ecology," ments be makes are: 1) All College starting in 1964. are the founders of L'Abri. purchase of a chalet they bad and "The Church at the End men have value beacuse they Long active in church and Schaeffer, who was a Pres wanted. But on the last day of of The 20th Century." are are created in the image of youth affairs, Mrs. Helm was byterian minister in America their two week period, a check The next and final book of the God; 2) Man is fallen; 3) Jesus nominated by the Oregon Wo until becoming upset over the arrived in the mall for the series should be published next Christ is the only way back to men's Christian Temperence situation of American and the amount of $1,000. year and is tentatively titled, God; 4) The Bible is tbe true Union of- which she has been lack of spiritual power in the This incident was their first "God is There and He is Not wird if God; and 5) The Christ president for seven years. church, decided to become a definite indication that God Silent." This book wiU Decom ian religion is the only valid She has taught school in the missionary to Switzerland. wanted them to stay in Switz posed of the material given in and most logical position to David Douglas School District During the first year of erland. From that time on, they the lectues Schaeffer presented take because it is consistent in Washington, and for the past Schaeffer's term, the Swiss have lived by faith and trust in at the conference. in itself and consistent with what two years has been a home government became antagon God. Schaeffer's philosophy is we see in the world. teacher for students unable to istic toward his work. He had The couple bought the chalet, based upon a few major tenets. During the conferenre seven attend regular classes. Mrs. no visible means of support named it L'Abri and opened it About God, he says': 1) There speakers gave a total of 29 Helm did not graduate from and owned no property, so was to anyone who wanted to come is a God because we see order lecturers. Some of the topics George Fox because at that told to leave Switzerland. and get his or her bearings on in the universe and we feel were modern music,' jazz, time (1937) George Fox did not The government did give the life and reality. It was through within ourselves that there blues, art, literature, phil offer teaching degrees as it Schaeffer's two weeks to either discussions with these people, must be one; 2) God Is infinite osophy, work, wealth, drugs, now does. buy some property or leave as and by Bible study and prayer, or else He is not God at all; Eastern religions, prayer, and requested of earlier. The couple that Francis Schaeffer develop Mrs. Helm is well-known 3) God made man, since He the occult. All of tbe material to members of the Northwest presented was related to (Oregon) Yearly Meeting of Christianity, and especially how Friends which has its head God relates to the modern quarters in Newberg. For 13 world. Only by understanding years she has served on the the world we live in will we be Moral Action Board of the abel tow witness to it. church. She is an active mem For the rest of spring term, ber of the Portland Redwood meetings will be held each Mon Friends Church pastored by day night from 9-10:30 p.m. several Newberg men. in Minthorn 200. They are Bible Mrs. Helm teaches three study/rap sessions in which we adult pupils in the Portland attempt to use some of adult literacy program anu Schaeffer's ideas, sound reas teaches two Happy Hour Bible oning, and especially the Bible classes through the Union Gos to find logical answers to cur pel Mission in addition to church rent problems. Anyone who is school and summer camp pro interested is urged to read grams. Schaeffer's books and attend the Her husband is wood division meetings. manager of Windsor Door Co., It is exciting to realize that Portland, and they have a son we can find the Christian an manager of Windsor Door Co., swers to problems without rely Her husband is wood div ing upon unreasonable faith.