Editorial Board TORCH AND TRUMPET Dear Sirs: In his article, “A Christian Reformed University?” (June 1970) Professor Philip Born warns that “this and next year Synod may have to make fundamental decisions regarding the acceptance of non-Christian Reformed students and faculty at Calvin.” His warning surprised me, in that while there has been considerable discussion […]
Introduction Each year Synod spends considerable time on educational matters pertaining to the College of the Church. Most of the decisions arc considered routine and recommendations are accepted without serious deliberation. This and next year Synod may have to make fundamental decisions regarding the acceptance of non-Christian Reformed students and faculty at Calvin, the proposal […]
STUDENT POWER: A FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY Several educators have pointed out the marked differences between students in the 50’s and 60’s. Kenneth Keniston, Yale psychologist, for example, characterizes the change as one from an uncommitted to a committed student generation. In the fifties, the students were politically apathetic, competitive in college, and having their hearts […]
CONGRATULATIONS MR. PRESIDENT On January 20 the Americans witnessed a modern miracle, the legal and orderly transfer of party-government, a feat which totalitarian systems cannot equal. On this momentous day a partisan politician also became the people’s president and a world leader. The central theme of President Nixon’s message was peace at home and abroad. […]
GOLDWATER AND McCARTHY: EXTREMISTS? One of the ironies of recent history is that many who condemned Senator Goldwater in 1964 for his statement “Extremism in defence of liberty is no vice” four years later demanded: Freedom in defence of extremism. Many liberals who found the ideological tendencies of the Goldwater conservatives intolerable, were most ideological-minded […]
Introduction The American electorate is rapidly approaching Presidential Election Day. The delegates to the national party conventions have had their say. Finally, the American people will have some choice in the selection of the next President. The two major parties offer the public little choice. Both are committed to similar principles, programs and policies. Just […]
Christians’ Involvement at the State Level Throughout his essay Dr. Spoelhof hammered home the idea that distinct characteristics of American life have made our parties ones of expediency rather than programmatic parties based on principles and ideologies. On this basis many of our people justify their participation in onc of the two major parties. This […]
Introduction The previous article dealt with an evaluation of Dr. W. Spoelhof’s historistic and pragmatistic theory of the American political party system.1 After dealing with his theory of pressure groups, the present article will turn to some cases of Calvinists involved in practical politics at the local and state level. The purpose of this article […]
Introduction In this presidential election year our citizens have another opportunity to indicate their convictions concerning the political issues and cast their ballots for Congressmen and President. As in the past, Christians in America will go their separate ways, dividing their votes between the two major parties. Among Christian Reformed people there are those who […]
Introduction Calvin College is in a period of transformation as evidenced by three major developments: a new campus, a graduate study committee, and a curriculum study committee. This article deals with the Curriculum Report, entitled Christian Liberal Arts Education, an attempt to express the essence of Christian higher education. The work of the Committee has already […]