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Two new board members were elected at the Annual meeting of the Women’s Action for the AACS held on May 20, 1978 in Brampton, Ontario. Mrs. Sheri Buiter and Mrs. Jenny Linnell, both from Woodstock, Ontario were elected to the board. During the meeting we were introduced to Greg and Anke Officer who were students at the Institute during the past year. Greg, who received one of the Women’s Action Scholarships, explained his l3ack- ground and his present area of study, to give us some insight into the way our money is used.
Women ‘s Action Executive top (1—r) Aaron Geisterfer spoke to us on “The N. Winter, B. Vanderburg, J. Linnel. Contemporary Woman” and a meaningful dis Bottom - H. Dykxhoorn, C. Buiter cussion followed concerning our peculiar task as women, emphasizing the sharing and caring aspects of a woman’s character. For a group so varied in age and background there was a real spirit of oneness about the role of women.
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science
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in in Hart, H., The Challenge of Our Ch. 1-111, Toronto, Wedge, 1974. Discussion of the spiritual nature of religion and of what that implies for the critique of non-Christian spirits in the area of theory. Hempel, C., Aspects of Scientific Explanation and other Essays in the Philosophy of Science. New York, Free Press, 1965. The most mature and critical discussion within positivism of the nature of theoretical explanation. A very important contribu tion, very clear and detailed, including much discussion of other views.
Kalsbeek, L. , Contours of a Christian Philosophy. Toronto, Wedge, 1975. The most recent summary of Dooyeweerd’s work for the non professional, though not satisfactory for the professional. Con tains a very extensive bibliography of works in all fields resul ting directly from Dooyeweerd’s work. Kerkut, G.A., Implications of Evolution. Pergamon, 1960 Honest critique of a dogma by an adherent.
Kolakowski, L. , The Alienation of Reason. New York, Doubleday, 1968. Excellent brief history of the tragedy of positivism from the point of view of an independently critical neo-Marxist. Kuhn, T.S., The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago U.P., 1962. The historically classic source of the spread of the movement against positivism. ( MacKay, Donald M. , The Clockwork Image. IV Press, 1974. One of the better InterVarsity books in the area of Christianity and scientific theory.
Polanyi, M. , Personal Knowledge. London, Routledge and Kegan, 1958. Of all the books mentioned here by far the most important. Shows convincingly that no traditional analysis of knowledge can ac count for the realities of knowledge.
Radnitzky, G. , Contemporary Schools of Metascience. Chicago, Henry Regnery, 1973. Best survey of the contemporary situation in meta-theory, with excellent bibliography. Written by a person trained in Sweden’s Institute for the Theory of Science in Gtteborg.
Runner, H. Evan, The Relation of the Bible to Learning. Toronto, Wedge, 1967. An influential statement, in the language of charismatic philoso phy, about the topic of its title. Related to the Dooyeweerd work. Wolterstorff, N., Reason within the Bounds of Religion. Grand Rapids, 1976. Carefully argued brief statement of the relation between faith and learning by someone trained in the analytic tradition. Very lucid. ( Compiled by Dr. Hendrik Hart, Senior Member in Systematic Philosophy at ICS. 16 (
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E. WHATPERCENT OF YOUR INCOME GOES TO THE INSTITUTE? WHERE DOES THE REST OF YOUR MONEYGO? Our 1977 income and expenditures are pictured in the circle graphs below. Office staff salaries have been included in the expenses of Educational Services, the rnstitute, and Administration and Development according to the percentage of time devoted to each area.
1977 Iricome $437,432 Educationa1 Services” Donations Dues 8% includes: 47% -conferences AACS (U.S.) -public lectures Foundation 5% -summer winter courses -AACS Academic Paper Church collections 3% series Tuition 4% -Campus Outreach program Rent Educational Services 2% 30% -student services Misc. 1% -book publications -cassette tapes
Institute for Christian Studies 41% 1977 Expenditures Educational Services 8% $470,260 Building ( 20% Curriculum Development Centre 6% Student Aid 5%
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F. WE NEED A LARGER SUPPORT BASE. WHATARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? Each year we have worked to increase our member and donor base. In 1976 we increased our number of donors by over 150. Last year through a special membership drive we gained about 300 new AACS members. This year we are launching a Special Institute Drive (see page 23) through which we hope to gain 200 new donors. Next year we are planning a large scale mem bership drive with a goal of 300 new members.
G. WHATARE THE CURRENT SALARIES OF YOUR PROFESSORS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF? The salaries of the ten persons of the Institute’s academic salary scale range from $14,460 to $19,960, with the average being $18,800. The salaries of the other seven staff members range from $7800 to $14,200, with the average at $10,500. 18 inination H.
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N. HOWARE AACS AND THE INSTITUTE RELATED TO OTHER TORONTOORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS WEDGEPUBLISHING FOUNDATION, THE CURRICULUMDEVELOPMENTCENTRE (CDC) AND THE COMMITTEEFOR JUSTICE AND LIBERTY (CJL)?
We work closely with them because our view of the Christian life is very much like theirs. We each have different tasks in the spectrum of work, and each of these organizations is structurally and financially in dependent of the other. We often agree and sometimes disagree among each other, but are happy to work together in our Lord’s Kingdom. It is our wish that the foundational research of the Institute be a means of assis tance tothese and other organizations, just as we benefit from them in many ways.
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* In connection with the celebration of the 20th Annual AACS Niagara Conference August 4-7, the AACS plans to have a slide show of pictures from past conferences. If you have attended a Niagara conference at one time or other, and have pictures or slides that you would be willing to lend us for the upcoming conference weekend, please contact the AACS at. 979-2331 or drop us a note. If you send them, please include a note stating your name, and the date of the conference at which the pictures were taken. HELP US SEND LESS MAtL It would be a great help if all AACS members would pay their membership dues in the next few months. As one way to save money we intend to cut out a few of our usual mailings. One of these will be the dues notice we usually send in July to members who have not yet paid their dues. “Ex perts” tell us that people wjll not give unless we ask. We hope all our members will prove the experts wrong in this case and pay their dues without further reminders. To receive a receipt for tax purposes, send dues and donations to: In Canada In U.S. In The Netherlands AACS AACS Foundation Calvinistic World Association 229 College St. 1677 Gentian Dr. S.E. Potgieterweg 46 Toronto, ON Grand Rapids, MI 49506 1851 CJ Heiloo M5T lR4 (gironuinmer 17 75 496) * The next issue of PERSPECTIVE will be the August/September/October is sue which will be mailed the first of October. In order to cut costs we will not be sending an issue during the summer months.
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Occasionally a simple line from a home-made-up lyric to some unknown tune will still play through our minds; that’s just one small detail from memories of the Institute retreat. On April 26 and 27, many of the Insti tute Staff and Junior Members, and the AACS Staff retreated to Mary Lake, an Augustinian Monastery just north of Toronto. Together we skimmed frisbees and exercised more than our minds in a challenging game of soccer; we discussed and played, sang and prayed together. No one will deny that they were indeed good times.
* Lynda Kosowan-Hines, after two years at the Institute, announces that she plans to return to the University of Toronto in September for grad uate study toward a master’s degree in social policy and administration. She was instrumental in changing the position she occupied from “Insti tute Secretary” to “Administrative Assistant.” She gradually assumed more and more of the daily administrative work of the Institute and lightened the task of the Chairman and Registrar. She has been a valued co-worker and an excellent leader in the Institute’s daily affairs. We will miss very much her spirited work and competence. We pray for her and wish her well. The Institute invites applications for the position of Administrative Assistant to start September 1. We are looking for a person with inde pendence and initiative to assist the Principal and the other Senior Mem bers, and to run the ICS office. We need someone with both administrative and clerical abilities, with a college or university education, and with an interest in working in an academic setting among students and faculty members. Address inquiries to Harry Vander Velde, Business Manager, AACS, 229 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5T lR4 or call us at (416)979-2331. * Donald Woods, former editor of the East London DISPATCH in South Africa and one of the many persons banned in October of last year by the South African government, has just published BIKO, the first biography of the young black leader who died while in police custody in September 1977 (London an,d New York: Paddington Press; Toronto: Random House, 1978). The book contains nearly the entire interview which Steve Biko gave Ber nard Zylstra less than two months before his death.
21 * The AACS and the Institute recently hosted a conference of representa tives of Calvin College as well as representatives of the Association which sponsors the Free University of Amsterdam. From Calvin College were President A.J. Diekema and Professor Nicholas Wolterstorff•. From the Dutch Association were Mr. C.J. van Zwet and Rev. K.M.R. van der Beek, who were accompanied by the Rector (President) of the Free University, Professor D.M. Schenkeveld. Attending the meetings for the Institute and AACS were Bernard Zyistra, Hendrik Hart and Robert VanderVennen. The conference was requested by the representatives of the Dutch Asso ciation to discuss their participation this August in an international conference of institutions active In Christian higher education to be held at Calvin College. A complicating factor is that the Free University recently reversed its decision to participate in the August meeting, as a protest against the participation of South African institutions which sup port apartheid. As a result of the Toronto meeting it appears that the Dutch Association will attend and support the Grand Rapids conference. * Dr. Calvin Seerveld lectured at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky in May. The college and its large, adjacent seminary are closely connec ted with the Free Methodist Church in the United States. Seerveld gave several lectures on Christian aesthetics, modern art, and how literary criticism is related to reading the Bible. He spoke to the student body of 1200 during chapel and held various question-answer sessions with classes of students and professors. The questions were exceptionally per ceptive, said Dr. Seerveld. “Our reformational vision that God wants all cultural activity to be the Good News of Christ’s lordship struck many of them as very radical and biblical.” * On June 3, Dr. Al Wolters presented a paper to a meeting of the Cana dian membership of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies. This meeting was held at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, in the contect of the annual sessions of the Learned Societies of Canada. The paper dealt with the anthropology (view of man) of Ploti nus, the greatest Greek philosopher after Aristotle. Dr. Wo•lters had the opportunity to summarize some of the results arrived at in a course given at the ICS this past year. * Dr. Calvin Seerveld was invited this spring to be the Staley Distin guished Christian Scholar lecturer at the University of Michigan. (He filled this post once before in Ann Arbor in 1974)) He gave a lec ture entitled “Telltale Statues in Watteau’s Paintings: Disguised Critique of Fashionable Society.” He also presented an illustrated lecture on the history of modern art. Seerveld led the Sunday morning service at the University Reformed Church; the service included a presentation of “The Greatest Song: in Critique of Solomon,” Seerveld’s translation of the Old Testament book “The Song of Songs.” He had the opportunity to give a talk on the Institute and on Christian aesthetics theory to the Chris tian Faculty Fellowship there as well. * Ken Van Wyk, a Junior Member at the Institute, delivered a paper in Chicago at the recent conference of the Christian Association of Psy chological Studies. The paper was laer published in the CAPS journal. * The first 1978 issue of RADIX, a Dutch periodical for Reformed univer sity students, contained a nine-page essay by Dr. Sander Griffioen in troducing the AACS and Institute for Christian Studies. * Dr. Sander Griffioen has published a two-page review of David Lyon’s CHRISTIANS AND SOCIOLOGY in the May issue of THE GUIDE. 22 was Working
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