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Sanderson Tells Plans · Cliattanooga Libraries announce that Leap Year Day, February 29, has been selected as Fines Free Day. Any books may be returned -- no fines and no questions asked. Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee Vol.\:'Ol: Xin,XIII, No. 23 FebruaryFebxuary 28, 1968 Sanderson tells plans · . QaprakChorale iourstours east, schedule is full ~eason covers a forfor- next year ~chedule_~J~thisThe program thist season covers a The Chorale will begin its annual by Doug Parkes broad spectrumspectxum of choral literature from thetp.e Spring tour on March 8 with a concert at Renaissance to the 20th Century, including We Interviewed We interviewed Dean of Faculty · the Shannon Forest Presbyterian Church, such composers as Byrd, Purcell, Schubert, JohnJolm Sanderson last week regarding his plans his plans Greenville, South Carolina. Their schedule Randall Thompson, and Francis Poulenc. to teach part-time at Covenant Theological is is full this year, with a concert every day MMr. r. and MisMrs.. John Hamm and Mr. Seminary Inin St. Louis. The conversation and two on both Sundays during their ten -day Raymond Dameron willw ill accompany the 42 . follows: tour. singers on this tour. Mr.M r. Hamm commentedcom!Ilented I How much teaching wwill ill you be doing This year's tour takes the Chorale on the upcoming trip:trip: "I" I am very optimistic iJiere_!iere and how much in St. Louis? to _~d how much !n ~t:_Louis! to several major eastern and southern states, about this tour. The attitude of the chorale . includingIncluding Virginia, Maryland, .Delaware, i "Th"There ere has been no decisiondecision about members promlpromi.ses ses a very profitable seasonseason,, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. that yet. I'I'll U be inIn St. Louis for two days and I am lroklnglooking forward to a wonderful triptrip." ." Business Manager GilbertGilbert Kinch is enthu­ and wwill ill be teaching part of the systematic The Chorale willw ill return to Lookout siastic about the oppoxutnityopporutnity the Chorale will theology. The other part of it will be taught Mountain Monday, March 18, after performing have this year performing in various high by David Jones. How much teaching I wwill ill do the last concert at the Bethany Reformed schools along the way, in addition to the here depends somewhat on who else wwill ill be Presbyterian Church, New Castle, Delaware, · regularlyreg_ularly scheduled concerts in the churches. inIn the philosophy department. We should __ Sunday evening. be able to make some ·announcement inIn three oro r four weeks regarding any additions Armerding: Christian college I . to the philosophy department." · WWill ill there be a new man here to teach 11111Stmust ke~pkeep distinctives philosophy, and what wwill ill happen to the de­ DrDr.. Hudson T.T . Armerding, president ocix f . tinctives.tlnctives . If we don't have, in a ChristianChristi.an col­ partment? Wheaton College, visited campus this week to lege, a true theistic, Biblical view of knowl­knowl- . "Philosophy wwill ill continue to be taught speak to the area Wheaton alumni gathering . edge, and the accompanying practice of the and it wWill ill be taught by men who are qualified in the Blink Monday night.nigh~ . The BAGPIPE asked Christian life, then, it seems to me, we won't to do the Job.job. I can't make any further Dr.D r. ArmerdingArmerdlng to comment briefly on several survive, and we probably don't deserve to statement regarding that now until appoint-appolnt­ subjects. · survive. Ifil'!!tSmaits are made. Commenting on the question,question. Can the ""ThisThis is particularly true inIn the increas-increas­ Why are you going' to Covenant SemSem­ - Christian college compete with other colleges : i! ing secularization of many religious colleges.colleges . !nary?inary? and universities inIn a secular society? —- - the And the recent decisions of the Supreme Court Wheaton president said: have made it less and lesslea~ possible to have an "It's"rt' s not accurate to say that I am "It can, providing it maintains its disdis­ - going to Covenant SeminarySeminary.. The fact is (Continued on page 2) that I wwill ill be teaching two days a week, next year, at Covenant Seminary. Beyond that no , commitments have been made either to the seminary or the college. I'm going because the seminary board has asked me and because there seems to be no one at the moment who · amcan fill the position. Consequently, my helping · out at the seminary must be viewed in a terntem­ - "THE"THE CALL OF DESTINY'DESTINY" porary light with no predictions beyond the coming year as to whether I wwill ill be there or hhere ere."." Linda Laverell as What ·other responsibilities will you MMrs. rs. Franklin, have here, and what other responsibilities Ben "Chops" Franklin, wwill ill you have at theti;ie seminary? . and Dale McLane as ""I'll I 'll have no other responsibilities at Tom Jefferson the seminary beyond teachingteaching.. Dr.Dr. Barnes entertain at .and I are in the process now of talking over the responsibilities that I'll have here. I Patriots' Dinner Program don'tdon't expect any significant change inIn my February 23 responsibilities here.here. How much teaching I wwill ill do depends a good bit on our ability to recruit othotherer teachers."teachers.” · What are your planspl.ans for the 1969-70 year? "No plans. Peripd."Peripd. " Page 1 THE BAGPIPE _(Continued fromfr_om page 1~1) has · resulted in their active support of the college's work. We don't believe the govern­ ·chaunt~r~ integrated education ocherother than in a privateprivaca « h a u n t e r s ment would give of Chisthis kind of active interest."interest. " institution. Iflf the moralmotal and ethical situation . deteriorates any more, parents and students · Why did Wheaton disband theChe movie rule? alike will welcome some kind of place where "It wasn't quite thatchat simple. We wanted to dis­dis- & dr~nesdr°n eS. _these thingsth~s _are still important."Important." . cover what both our alumni and parents of our Have student applications decreased at students did as far as their own practice was To the Editor: Wheaton? They had for two years, but they're concerned: We found overwhelmingly that both going the other direction thisChis year. The these groups attended motion pictures selective­ A few people on campus resented a decrease was probably because of Chethe fewer ly —-- many just two or threeChrae times a year.year. little the article "Great Awakening?" in number of 18-year-olds. As far as "recruiting" Another factor was the advent of television. February 9's Bagpipe. Someone summed up certain types of students for admission, Dr. We needed something that would take account his reaction toco it by saying that the article Armerding explained that "what we're trying of television where there was very little dis - seemed to suggest that the RP's and Cove­ to do is identify the kind of young person thatchat crimination in the living room as well as in 'i:hethe nant College are way ahead of all the othex:other we feel would profit most from. a Wheaton ed­ theater.theater. But the most important factor was evangelical and fundamentalist churches and ucation. Our big problem, of course, is to thatchat we would recognize theChe possibility of dis­ schools in America, who are finally beginning get the right criteriacriteria."." cretion in this one area on the part of young toco catch up inIn an "awakening." This includes Chosethose not-so-plentiful stu­stu - people who first of all had come to terms with As wwriter riter of theChe article I wantwane to trycry to dents who are qualified intellectually,Intellectually, who have theChe idea of the Lordship of Christ over all of clarify my attitude. had a wwell ell balance high school career, both in life. In removing the rule we asked theChe students I do believe thatChat theChe Westminster theChe curricular and co-curricular, who haveta ve not only to commit themselves just to abstain, Confession, which is officially theChe creed of been active in Christian work and give evidence but to commit themselves to doing some things. Chethe RP Church is a more accurate interpre­ of a "genuine faith" —-- one he has made his We'reW e're actually asking more of our students now tation of scripture than other interpretations own." · than we did before. WWe' e're re asking things posi­posl - . prominent today. Therefore, I believe too tively now. that Covenant College, largely as a result The president indicated that so far Whea - "It caused some very serious thinking of this more accurate interpretationinterprl:ltatlon of theChe toncon has not accepted government funds, except on our campus -- 'Why do we attend?' -- what's Bible (on which itIt isIs trying to base a philophilo­ - those which benefit the student, such as Na­Na - the purpose of it?It? --- - rhater than 'this is the sophy of education)educatbn) is in a'a' better position tional Defense Loans and Economic Opportunity forbidden fruit' aspect.aspect. But I should add here, to offer a Christian education thanChan are many Grants, and research contracts, as long as that the adjustment in this one areaa.rea has no Imim ­- other ChrlsitanChrisitan schools. such loans do not bear so heavily upon theChe plications at all for further adjustments. And At the same time —-- and we forget school thatchat their withdrawal would hurt the those students who do not show discretion inIn their this easily --— thereChere is no room for pride school. The college wwill ill not take aid from the choice of motion pictures will still be open to on the partpare of any Christian, even if he government which inIn any way might endanger discipline by the college, and if they persist in does have a more accurate interpretationInterpretation the liberty to have a comprehensively Biblical showing a lack of harmony with the standardsstan~rds of theChe Bible thanChan someone else.
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