NEWSLETTER
of
 THE AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION

VOLUME 17, NUMBERS 4 AND 5   AUGUST/OCTOBER 1975


 ASA NEWS IS ALIVE AND, WELL (SIC)

"Did the editor expire after the June issue? Or was it only my subscription that expired?"

Some have written to us in that vein. Others have probably badgered the poor Post Office, equally in vain, for their August issue of ASA News. Well, here it is, combined with the October issue. We put both Numbers on one issue to calm any compulsive librarians who try to keep complete files. But honest, folks, we didn't do it out of meanness or laziness. We did it for economy, in what looked like a financial crisis.

Before your generous contributions began coming in to bail ASA out, the Executive Council had instructed executive secretary Bill Sisterson to cut expenses in every way he could think of. Omitting one mailing of ASA News this summer meant an immediate saving of $400.

Thank you for your concern about our health, And thank you for those contributionsl

HOW DID ASA GO / IN SAN DIEGO?

"Great" is the answer to that one. The 30th Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation had a lot of things going for it, not the least of which was a beautiful setting. The UCSD campus is so pleasant that alumni bring their families back there for vacations. Such a group was occupying an adjacent dorm when ASA'ers began arriving. Tenaya Hall was very comfortable and the Muir College meeting rooms nearby were excellent. Revelle College cafeteria was a bit farther away, but the tasty meals (with a do-it-yourself salad barl) made it well worth the walk. The weather varied between-pleasantly warm and pleasantly cool, causing some to wear both swimsuits and sweaters to the beach picnic at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Can't beat thatl

The best feature of any ASA meeting, though, is the people who attend. There were lots of them, more than 150. Old-timers and first-timers, a healthy balance. Lots of families, and lots of things for families to do. Early morning devotions together after late-night arguments. Stimulating papers and even more stimulating discussions A review of ASA history at the banquet and a look at present opportunities at the business meeting.

This one had all the best features of other Annual Meetings, but it had some new features too. For the first time the ASA met over a Sunday. Most people liked the idea. A number of churches in the area opened their pulpits or Sunday school assemblies to ASA speakers: Dick Bube was in a forum at University (Lutheran) Community Church; Jim Buswell and Jack Haas at an Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Pt. Loma; Dewey Carpenter at Solano, Beach Presbyterian; Jack McIntyre at St. Andrews Presbyterian; Harold Hartzler at a Church of God; Walt Hearn at First Baptist in Del

Cerro. That's more outreach into the Christian community than we've ever had before. But the Friday-through-Monday arrangement also made it possible for many , ASA members in California to attend most of the meeting by taking only one day off from work, or all of it by taking only two days off. I think we'll do this again.

Another experiment was scheduling simultaneous sessions for contributed papers. There were complaints about not being able to hear all the papers, of course. But most people seemed to realize there was more time for discussion this way-and lack of discussion was what we used to complain about. This experiment also seems worth trying again, to make room for anybody who wants to give a paper without crowding the program unrealistically. Besides, it may be good to give people some choice: An anthropologist and a chemist who roomed together discovered that any paper one of them particularly enjoyed was bound to be unappreciated by the othert

WHAT IS MAN?--AIM OTHER QUESTIONS

There's no good way to summarize the Symposium. In a sense its diversity illustrated the richness of humanity made in the image of God, rather than merely talking about it. Vernon Ground's keynote address on biblical perspectives emphasized that richness. Then Dan Geisler, Casey Tiggleman, and Curtis Gleason seemed to be exploring man's complexity by dissecting him into mechanical and electrical components. Some marvelous things being done for human beings by that approach were brought out as well as some frightening things that can be done to us.

Gerald Marley pictured human beings as responsible choosers. Computers are not "made in man's image; they are junked if they begin to make choices. Walt Hearn argued that models of man as animal, as spirit, and as machine are equally valid; each is useful for looking at a particular aspect of our natures but gives an incomplete picture of what we are as God's creatures,

After the analyzers came the synthesizers, Unfortunately George Jennings was called away from the meeting so we missed his view of the cultural nature of man. Jack Balswick was also unable to attend, having just discovered that his son has bone cancer. Bu .Dave Moberg read Jack's paper on models of society and discussed it ably. (By this time the anthropologist was getting excited and the chemist was getting sleepy.)

The final session had Newton Malony blowing everybody's mind with his "organizational basis of human personality": personality is located between persons, not within them (This woke up even the chemist and infuriated several social workers.) Claude Stipe ended the symposium with an extremely informative review of several issues current in anthropology: the status of fossil hominids; biochemical similarities among the hominids; and the relation of human language to animal communication. (Those amazing chimpanzees who can read and write) Those clever scientists who study them! Our magnificent Creator who made them both.

"When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,

The moon and the stars which thou hast established; What is man that thou art mindful of him

And the son of man that thou dost care for him? ... 0 Lord, our Lord,

How majestic is thy name in all the earth" (from Psalm 8)

The mimeographed abstracts passed out at registration gave a pretty good summary of contributed papers. Several papers seemed to impress people as good examples of, technical expertise being put to Christian use. Jim Buswell's study.of revival among the Florida Seminoles, for example, had impl-icif-ions~for evangelism and church planting. Most frequently mentioned was Gordon Lewthwaite's geographically sophisticated travelogue of the Holy Land or did he just have the most beautiful slides?

As usual, there were quite a few philosophical papers, some with new ideas, some restating old ideas in new ways. One that seemed to amuse some and annoy others was Bob Shacklett's argument that the biblical orientation of heaven as upward was probably influenced strongly by human experience of coping with the earth's gravitational field. Adrian Clarlk's speculations on psychokinesis were admittedly "far out," probably too far out for some.

Maybe some of the guiding principles in Harold Hartzler's paper on "speaking the truth in love" consciously or unconsciously come Into play at ASA meetings. Learning to exercise critical judgment without "putting down" a brother or sister seems to be more natural at ASA meetings than at either a strictly scientific meeting or a strictly Christian gathering.

Frank Cassel and Walt Hearn carried on their perennial argument over mechanistic thin-king in biology, but as usual, neither cared who "won." In fact, for a change they seemed to agree on at least one thing: that their arguing, in the context of Christian love, has become sort of a tribal ritual by now, serving to initiate younger ASAters, showing them that it's okay to express their disagreements.

CONFESSIONS OF AN ASA-OPHILE

Letts face it, I have so much fun at ASA meetings that I forget to take notes. I miss a lot of details about Who, What, When, and Where that any good reporter would write down. And the notes I do take don't make much sense to me, deciphering my scribblings a month later. If I could remember it all, of course, there wouldn't be room for It in ASA News. So I can only give you a few impressions. You'll just have to go, yourself, next year, to see what I mean.

The next ANNUAL MEETING will be at WHEATON COLLEGE, WHEATON, ILLINOIS, on AUGUST 20-239 1976. Let's show that old "Spirit of '76!" Mark the dates in your calendar now.

MEMORABLE'S

There was Jack McIntyre's devotional exploration of the passages on human wisdom and folly in I Corinthians 1 and 2. And the inspiration of seeing ASA patriarchs like John Howitt (all the way from Toronto) and Harold Hartzler (at his 30th Annual Meeting!) .  "Cut out all that ancestor worship" Alton Everest was muttering when president Dave Willis paid tribute to past presidents at the banquet, and especially to Alton, The very first one.

John Stewart, guiding light of the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation, filled an empty spot in the program with an excellent slide show and taped narration on the creation/evolution issue produced by the Toronto group. The beautiful Moody Institute of Science film, "Where The Waters Run," also impressed everyone. Several in the audience offered suggestions for unifying its scientific and biblical aspects. No less impressive was the whole ministry of Moody Institute of Science as described by MIS representatives.

Perhaps the most unforgettable moment was Bill Sisterson's announcement at the annual business meeting that some $11,000 in gifts had been received from the membership, getting ASA through the critical period of low income this summer and possibly covering this year's projected deficit.

WHERE THE ACTION WAS

General chairman Bill Sisterson, ASA's executive secretary, made things easier on himself by importing Lew Sampson from Elgin. Lew shared the driving to San Diego, took charge of the book table, and sympathized when things went wrong. (Bill says' a big university campus is great when things go well. But when a meeting room is locked and people are milling around looking at their watches, you discover how much red tape holds the campus together. If that had happened at a small college, there'd have been plenty of professors around with keys to the whole place. At UCSD, frustrated.  Bill finally had to call out the security police.)

Doris Parkert , ASA's efficient, ebullient office secretary, was there to handle registration and a zillion other details. Pretty smart, she brought her sister Arlene along to help, camping in their trailer all the way. They seemed to think that meeting all those fascinating people Doris ordinarily knows only by correspondence was worth the 1000 heat across the midwest.

The whole San Diego local section worked hard behind the  scenes to make the meeting enjoyable as well as profitable. Jerry Albert, local arrangements chairman, had other members of the local Executive Committee to call on: Fred Jappe, Wally Johnson, Craig Allen, Charles Park, and Curtis Lee. Fred had a lot to do with local publicity, besides serving as H.C. and providing professional musical entertainment for the banquet from talent in his own Del Cerro Baptist Church. Fred helped Curtis Lee and Dolores Johnson contact local churches, but a number of people publicized ASA in t-heir own churches, some arranging for ASA speakers on Sunday. John Garrisi put in a lot of effort making arrangements for a variety of outings (Old Town, the zoo, Cabrillo National Monument, etc.), so much appreciated by the family vacationers. Helping Wally Johnson and Curtis with transportation were Don Kochendorfer, Bill Sisterson, and John Frederickson from the L.A. area. Other local residents like Paulette Levantine and UCSDers like John Cannon and Pat Nolan were on hand as helpful guides to the area.

We've probably overlooked some faithful workers, but I'm sure Jerry has passed on our thanks to them individually. The San Diego section is brand new. Somehow working together on the Annual Meeting seemed to charge them up rather than wear them out.

Jerry says that having plenty of time to plan makes local arrangements easier. (Planning began over five years ago, in correspondence between Jerry and then executive secretary Harold Hartzler. An example is public relations. Over the years, Jerry has befriended Robert Diveroli, religion writer for the San Diego Tribune, feeding him much information about our Affiliation. Diveroli gave the Annual Meeting full coverage, attended sessions, read copies of the papers, interviewed speakers. His Tribune stories were accurate and excellent. (In contrast) the San Diego Union got things a bit garbled in its story headlined "CREATIONIST ORGANIZATION MEETS HERE." But they tried, bless tem.)

Well, start now and you'll have plenty of time to plan your trips to the next Annual Meetings: to Wheaton College (Illinois) in 1976; Nyack College (New York) in 1977; and somewhere in the 11idwest in 1978 (anybody want to extend ASA an invitation?).

CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS PROJECT?

Remember the story in HOW TO START SOMEITHING, April 1975 ASA News on the late James W. Reid? It described Jim's newspaper column on "Today". Science and the Bible" and his daily spots for Family Radio Network called "Today's Science." Jim died a year ago, before we could take him up on his offer to work under ASA sponsorship. Executive Council member Jack Haas wants to be sure the idea doesn't die also.

The Council has asked Jack to coordinate efforts to develop an ASA radio series. Such a series would inform the Christian community (and others) about issues of science and Christian faith, promote Christian involvement in science, and stimulate participation in community discussions on the impact of science and technology. There is strong evidence that we can find a ready outlet for this kind of product and that it will fill a real need. The problem is bringing the talent together to get the project off the ground.

What ideas can you contribute? Can you offer help in any of the areas important in radio programming? Technical production? Writing? Narrating? Marketing? If so, get in on the beginning of something exciting. Write to Dr. Jack Haas, Dept. of Chemistry, Gordon College, 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984.

PAUL LITTLE, KILLED IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT

Paul E. Little of Prospect Heights, Illinois, was killed in an automobile accident on July 9. Paul was vacationing with his family at a cottage near Port Sydney, Ontario, but had agreed to speak at a Christian meeting in Toronto. En route with his son, Paul, Jr., his car went out of control and into oncoming traffic. Passengers in the car that smashed into his were not seriously injured, his son suffered only a broken collarbone, but Paul died instantly.

Paul had a B.S. from the Wharton School of Finance at the U. of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in biblical literature from Wheaton College. He was working on a Ph.D. at N.Y.U, at the time of his death. His wife Marie plans to finish work on his dissertation for publication, a history of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship. Paul began his career with IVCF as a staff member in Illinois in 1950-51 and rose to the position of director of evangelism for the entire organization. Since 1964 he had also served as assistant professor of evangelism in the School of World Missions at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Paul Little's name is known to most of the evangelical world because be was associate program director for the International Congress on World Evangelization held in 1974 at Lausanne, Switzerland. His ministry will continue through his books How to Give Away Your Faith. Know Why You Believe. Know What You Believe, and booklets Lost Audience and Affirming the Will of God (all published by Inter-Varsity Press).

(The ASA News editor was a graduate student at the U. of Illinois when Paul was our campus IVCF staff member. I'll never forget going with Paul to speak of Jesus Christ in fraternity houses during an evangelistic mission with Joe Bayly as speaker, or the fellow who became a Christian at the first fraternity we visited.

Memorial gifts may be sent to IVCF, 233 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53703, designated "Paul Little Memorial."

ALDERT VAN DER ZIEL: A NOISEFUL JOY UNTO THE LORD

Aldert.Van der Ziel is the 1975 recipient of the American Society for Engineering Educationts Vincent Bendix Award, its preeminent award for distinction in engineering research.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Aldert received his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Groningen in 1934. After a stint as electronics physicist at the Philips Research Laboratory in Eindhoven, Holland, he joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia in 1947. In 1950 he moved to the U. of Minnesota, where he is professor of electrical engineering. He also serves as a graduate research professor at the U. of Florida.

Through his research, consulting, and teaching, Aldert has become one of the world's authorities on noise in a wide variety of solid state devices. His classic text on noise first published in 1959 quickly established his preeminence in the subject. He has published six other books and well over 200 technical papers, while seeing more than 50 students through their Ph.D degrees. One nominator for the Bendix Award pointed out that Aldert's scholarly production has continued to increase. Averaged over 42 years, he has published about five or six papers a year, but in recent years he has produced over ten per year--a sizeable number of them as sole author. The nominator added:

"There is no argument that Professor van der Ziel is the world's outstanding authority on noise in electron devices. Whether he has contributed more of lasting value to this subject than all other scientists and engineers taken together could be argued, but perhaps it is not a far exaggeration. In 1955, he gave the first rigorous treatment of shot noise in junction diodes and transistors. In 1962, he provided the first rigorous discussion of noise in junction field-effect transistors; and, in 1963, he identified the mechanism contributing gate noise in this device. In 1964, he pointed out a source of noise in gas lasers that has proved to be of great practical significance.

"From my association with Professor van der Ziel during the past five years, I have found that he combines brilliance and enthusiasm with humility--a rare combination. By doing so, he sets a model for both students and his colleagues. In my experience, he constantly encourages and supports the efforts of others."

Another nominator added that Alder "has made, in addition, a meaningful contribution to the dialogue between science and religion, and has taught and written in this demanding area."

In addition to all the technical societies to which he belongs, Aldert van der Ziel is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation. We congratulate our brother for receiving this distinguished award and thank God for Aldert's example to us.

JUMPING JUPITERI REPORT FROM ASA'S MAN IN NASA

Kenneth A. Lincoln is employed at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Kens been earth-bound so far, doing mass spectrometric studies of laser vaporization of high-temperature materials. Now he's been drawn into the proposed Pioneer mission to Jupiter. Target date is the "launch window" to Jupiter in late December 1981. If everything is ready, though, an earlier opportunity comes in November 1980 (or if not, they could have another shot in January 1983).

NASA isn't starting from scratch because of experience inherited from the Pioneer Venus program. The light weight of Pioneer-class spinning spacecraft allows an atmospheric probe and an orbiter mission to Jupiter to be combined into a single launch. So if all goes well, a comprehensive exploration of Jupiter, its atmosphere, the surrounding physical environment, and its extensive satellite system can be made. The trick is to put together an orbiting spacecraft "bus" and an atmospheric probe designed to survive a descent to a pressure of 10 bars or more. The scenario will then be something like this:

"The probe is released about 57 days prior to encounter with the planet; the spacecraft is retargeted after probe separation to a closest approach of 1.8 Rj and phased to communicate with the probe. The probe enters the atmosphere on the light side of the planet, decelerates, and relays in-situ data to the over-flying spacecraft during the 30-40 minute descent to 10 bars or more. Shortly thereafter the spacecraft retro, propulsion system (RPU) is ignited to inject the spacecraft with its science payload  into orbit about Jupiter and proceeds on its three-year mission of planetary observation."

Data from all this choreography will help reconstruct the radial, chemical, and thermal structures of the primordial solar nebula. Of particular interest is Jupiter's enormous, fast-rotating magnetic field with its associated trapped environment. We're likely to learn lots of things when we get our PJO/P (Pioneer Jupiter Orbiter with Entry Probe) satellite up there to do-si-do with Jupiter's natural satellites,

Ken Lincoln doesn't have to go along on PJO/P, or even design the whole thing. His responsibility is the mass spectrometer on the atmospheric Entry Probe. He is technical monitor for the preliminary experiments, conceptual designs, contracts, and anything else related to the mass spectrometer. Let's hope it works!

HOW TO START SOMETHING No. 24. FRED JAPPE

ASA members teach creatively at all levels from Sunday school to graduate seminars. Several innovations in curriculum have been described in HOW TO START SOMETHING.

This time we feature a junior college course we've actually seen in operation, Fred Jappe's Humanities 7 at San Diego Mesa College. Title of the one-semester full credit course is "Science and Religion," right down our Affiliation alley. I visited the class a year ago, I think the second time it was taught. Both Fred and the students seemed excited about the course, so I asked him a lot of questions about how it came about.

Fred Jappe is known to everyone who attended the 1975 ASA Annual Meeting. He was the genial host at the banquet. Now it's his turn to be introduced. He's taught chemistry at Mesa College for eight years. Besides a B.A. and M.S. in chemistry, he has an N.A. in education and a year and a half of theology at Southwestern Baptist Seminary. He taught high school chemistry for seven years before going to Mesa.

Mesa is one of three community colleges in San Diego. It's the most academic of the three and has about 9,000 students. In Fred's department, students can take two semesters of freshman chemistry and also quantitative analysis and organic, all transferable to the University of California system for students who go beyond the two years at Mesa.

How did a chemistry prof get by with introducing a Humanities offering on science and religion? Well, although educational innovation is emphasized at Mesa, the sciences hadn't offered much that was new except for a course in environmental chemistry. So his department thought it was a good idea. All but one of his science colleagues are church-goers, so he didn't think he'd have any trouble there.

Fred proposed his course for Liberal Arts credit and of course had to get it past the College Curriculum Committee. A Unitarian on the committee objected to something in Fred's original course description about being "sympathetic to both science and Christianity." Fred keeps his lines of communication open with other faculty. Over lunch, he discussed his proposal with the committee member, who was reassured that Fred had been a member of ACLU and believed strongly in separation of church and state. Fred also modified the statement but not the basic outline of the course.

Fred says, "I've always believed that if you have a problem with someone, go to them and get it squared away. The faculty knows that I'm an evangelical Christian. I co-sponsor IVCF and in the past have invited faculty to some Christian events, such as lunch with Dick Bube when he was in San Diego."

Fred has taken his faculty responsibilities seriously and is now Senator at Large. And he has the second highest number of student contact hours (941) in the college; the only prof with more teaches "movies." Fred has obviously earned the respect and trust of his colleagues.

Humanities 7 is not a "cush" course. Fred requires two hours of outside work a week, either listening to tapes or reading in books other than the texts. Students turn in "Reading and Listening Cards" with summaries of what they have read or heard. They can earn some extra credit by doing more than the required amount of outside work, but grades are based mostly on three multiple-choice examinations, including a final. Some sample questions:

Q. Which of the following ideas about our universe was never discovered by

  Greek astronomers? (A. There are nine planets in our solar system.

Q. Which of the following books of the Bible is not a prophetic book? (A. Proverbs.)

Q. In number of adherents, world wide, Christianity ranks: (A. First.)

The first time he taught the course, Fred started with the theme, "What is science?" --and bored the students to death. Those who take the course are generally not us science types." But Fred found that many of them had an interest in religion, even if from a distance. They also had a vague idea that science had in some way "put down" their religion which for almost all was, the Judeo-Christian faith. But they had too little knowledge of their own heritage to approach the science/faith question intelligently.

Now Fred teaches the course from a historical rather than a philosophical perspective. He begins with the rise of Judaism, using the Bible as a sourcebook, and leads into Hebrew concepts of God, man, and nature. He contrasts these with pagan ideas, then spends considerable time on Greek contributions to Western heritage, both in science and in the development of Christian thought in the New Testament. With this background, he can get students to look more intelligently at what has happened since: at the historical confrontations of science and Christianity, at comparative religions, and at what their kinds of personal choices they have to make.

Students seem to like this approach and word gets around, which accounts for Fred's huge number of student contact hours. The third semester he taught the course, he had two sections with almost 100 in each, plus an "evening college" section of over 70.

Are there problems with the course? "A major problem is that I'm covering too much ground. Students want me to add a second semester. So far I've shied away for two reasons: it would take so much time-and I still want to teach chemistry."

Of course, another problem is that no one, normally, has enough background to teach such a course well. Fred's seminary training has been very helpful (though he and his wife didn't become missionaries, as they had planned at the time). To prepare for teaching Humanities 7, he also requested a one-semester sabbatical leave. Ile took a course in "Science and Religion" at San Diego State that year, taught by a philosopher who spent about half an hour on science and another half an hour on religion. The rest was philosophy--and Fred's students tend not to be "philosophy types" either.

He does get help from others. A good friend on the faculty who is a former Catholic priest provides important answers to questions on Catholicism, philosophy, etc. Guest lecturers have included a rabbi to talk about modern Judaism, a muslim professor to talk about Islam, Duane Gish  on scientific creationism, Jerry Albert on creation and evolution. This kind of input, plus hard work, keeps Fred on his toes. Faculty members in history, psychology of religion (a course newer than Fred's), or other fields he touches on have never challenged Fred academically.

Fred does not preach or proselytize in Humanities 7. He tells the students he will talk about Christianity but lets them draw their own conclusions about his faith. Most find the class a better atmosphere in which to take Christianity seriously than churches they have been exposed to where they felt pressured. Fred's approach is that they should know something about Christianity before making an adult decision to ignore it, reject it--or accept it, for that matter.

Why Christianity specifically, and not "religion in general"? Fred's first two introductory lectures stress the importance of Yahwehistic religion and Christianity and its great dominance over the world, using World Almanac figures (often surprising to students). Then he presents the results of an in-depth study of the extent of belief in the Apostles Creed, done by a sociologist. This helps the class to see that belief is not an all-or-nothing situation.

Fred's emphasis on Christianity has led to some questioning by students. He's had long talks with a student deep into Hindu thought, but they were "mostly a learning experience for us both." Some Christian students may feel comforted that a "real Christian" is teaching the course. Others may be suspicious of him because of his theistic evolutionary approach to biological science.

One of the most interesting features of the course is a requirement that each student must visit three different churches ("to become aware of the expression of modern Christianity") and fill in a report form. The form asks for such things as:

So, students in Humanities 7 are exposed to a personable scholar who takes both science and Christianity seriously; a reasonably objective look at what Christianity is (in all its unity and diversity); and lectures and readings about biblical and other attitudes toward God, man, and nature.

The required texts one year, by the way, were Ian Barbour's Issues in Science and Religionand Langdon Gilkey's Maker of Heaven and Earth. Optional texts were Hordern's Layman's Guide to Protestant Theology and Brown's Philosophy Md the Christian Faith. The additional bibliography supplied by Fred included many books familiar to ASA members, indeed many written by ASA members (Lohn Montgomery.. Ed Yamauchi, Dick Bube, Bernard Ramm, and David Dye, for example). Books were listed under the headings of History; Archaeology; General (Science/Faith); Creation/ Evolution; and Philosophy of Science. Tapes on the list included lectures on a wide variety of historical, sociological, philosophical, religious, and scientific topics.

Humanities 7 at Mesa College strikes ASA News as one of the few genuinely "humane" courses welve ever seen at any level. But of making courses, as of books, there is no end. If we haven't seen yours yet, why not share it? Others may be inspired to do something adventurous in their own curricula. For each contribution used in HOW TO START SOMETHING, we send the contributor a dozen greeting cards "Scientist's Psalm!' (with matching envelopes). That's the way we're saying "Thank you" to Fred Jappe, Mesa Collegeo 7250 Artillery Drive, San Diego, CA 92111.

SCIENCE AND CHRISTIANITY TODAY

Subscription price of Christianity Today is going up, we hear, causing us to pander our cut-off point. But CT's coverage of matters of ASA interest has been so good lately that giving it up would be difficult.

The best example is perhaps Carl F. H. Henry's excellent three-page report on the International Conference on Human Engineering and the Future of Ilan held July 21-25 at Wheaton College in Illinois. Craig L1. Ellison directed the conference, Bill ,Sisterslon served as registrar, and ASA was one of nine co-sponsoring organizations openly committed to biblical supernaturalism!' (Henry's phrase). Carl Henry was one of 20 members of a post-conference ICHEFM Commission (including psychologist Ellison, geneticist V. Elving Anderson, psychologist Rodger K. Bufford., and biochemist Rob L. Herrmann) which drafted a "landmark statement" of Evangelical Perspectives on Human Engineering. That paper will probably appear in Journal of ASA eventually, but to find out in detail what went on at the conference, check the September 12 issue of Christianity Today.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the "monkey trial" (July 9-21), 1925), CT published in its July 18 issue an article by historian Robert D. Linder: "'Fifty Years after Scopes: Lessons to Learn, A Heritage to Reclaim." The article focused primarily on William Jennings Bryan, trying to counteract the reactionary stereotype with which he has most often been pictured. Linder urged evangelicals to learn these lessons: to take journalism more seriously; to recall our heritage of political and social activism so abundantly illustrated by Bryan's whole career; and to take a positive rather than a negative approach.

Two August issues of Christianity Today featured major articles by ASA authors. In the August 8 issue, anthropologist James 0. Buswell III had a three-page article on "Creationist Views of Human Origin," trying to make peace between recent-date Adam Creationists" and "early-date Adam creationists." The August 29 issue had as its lead article a five-pagger bv psychologist Gary Collins on pastoral counseling,, "The Pulpit and the Couch." Gary reviewed categories of pastoral psychology and counseling, and suggested major areas of work yet to be done.

(Lest we forget the rest of the evangelical press, we hear that a recent issue of Eternity had a full article on science and pseudoscience by Dick Bube.)

THE REFORMATION SPREADS

The Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto will sponsor a "Seminar in the History of Economic Theory," January 12-23, 1976, third in a series begun in 1972. Principal lecturer will be Dr. Bob Goudzwaard, professor of economic theory at the Free University of Amsterdam, and author of Unpriced Scarcity (The Hague, 1970) and A Christian Political Option (Toronto, 1972). For further information, contact Dr. Bernard Zylstra, ICS, 229 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M!5T lR4, Canada.

Perspective, bimonthly newsletter of the Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship (sponsor of ICS), keeps us informed of the vanguard of intellectual Reformation in North America. The May/June issue had a report of the May Colloquium "Affirming Creation and History," in which Calvin Seerveld participated and a full summary of Bernard ' Zylstra's Discovery lecture, "Can the Government Save Us From Materialism?" Perspective also announced the granting of ICS's first graduate degree, the Certificate of Philosophy, to Masuo Miyazaki of Tokyo. Miyazaki, a pastor and counselor to university students, is spearheading formation of a Reformed Studies Centre in Japan.

The Reformation is also spreading to Latin America, we learn from another sources Liga Para el Avance de Estudios Cristianos or LAEC (pronounced "Like") first caught our attention because the letter (in English) under that Spanish letterhead was ' signed by a "Presidente" with a Dutch name, H. der Nederlanden. The polyglot character is deliberate. LAEC's purpose is "to foster scholarship out of a Christian perspective in Latin America,," first by translating works of Reformed scholars into Spanish$ then by immigrating to Latin America to become part of a community of indigenous Chritian scholars. For further information, write Juan Roberts, "Secretario," Box 6151, Grand Rapids, MI 49506.
MORE ON SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

After describing Spectrum's excellent science/faith coverage in the April issue, ASA News discovered an Adventist journal addressing itself more directly (and perhaps more conservatively) to questions of creation and evolution. Origins is an attractively printed semi-annual magazine available for $4 per year ($2.50 per single copy) from Geoscience Research Institute,, Loma Linda, CA 92354. Three issues of Origins have appeared so far. Although begun primarily for SDA educators, the journal has attracted the attention of others and is now aimed at a more general
readership.

The Geoscience Research Institute has branches at Loma Linda University and at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. It was set up in 1958 by the SDA church to study geology and other sciences as they relate to biblical interpretation Frank Marsh (then an ASA member) was its first director, followed by Richard M. Ritland, Ariel A. Roth, and now Robert H. Brown. According to Ariel Roth, editor of Origins,, "The Institute has consisted of less than half a dozen individuals working rather quietly on the particular questions that concern all of us. Its present members include Dr. Robert H. Brown, specializing in radiometric dating; Dr. Harold Coffin, specializing in paleontology; Dr. Harold James, specializing in sedimentology; Mr. Edward Lugenbeal, graduate student in anthropology; and myself, working in paleoecology.

"We have felt that some medium of communication between the institute and the church was essential; hence Origins was started two years ago. As you no doubt will detect from the contents of Origins, a conservative approach is considered intellectually defensible. My personal concern is that the carelessness that sometimes accompanies such efforts be minimized as much as possible."

SOME JOURNALS EVEN THE EDITOR COULD AFFORD

Goshen College has a number of duplicate journals in the sciences that they are willing to donate if the recipient will pay the shipping charges. Some are complete runs, like Journal of the Electochemistry Society, 1959-67; most are a few single issues, like the Aril 1968 issue of Chemical Reviews* Here's the complete list of titles:

Chemical Abstracts (some Organic and Applied Chem. sections); Polymer Preprints; Modern Plastics; ion;
 .1. Amer, Oil Chemists Soc.: Chemtech: TAPP/Tech. Sect Electrochem. Soc.; Accounts of Chem. Research; Analytical Chem*; PhyIsics Abstracts; Chem. Reviews; Review Sci. Instruments; J Chem. Physics; Proc. Chem.
Soc.; Chem. Soc., London, Chem. Communications: J. Chem. Ed.; Chem. News; Agric Chemicals; Bioscience; Biochem. Genetics; Lab World.

If you are interested in any of these, please write directly to Dr. Arthur A. Smucker, Chairmant Division of Natural Science, Goshen College, Goshen, IN 46526.

FEEDBACK FROM THE JOB MARKET

 " ... I want to thank ASA News for your assistance in my search for a job. This is to inform you that I have taken a job in Texas." from Monty Kester, Siloam Springs, AR.

"...I didn't make it to the ASA meeting in San Diego, feeling I should stay near the phone in case a prospective employer should call. It didn't happen. God has throuab His wisdom used this period of my life to teach me humility and patience... I will be pleased when He feels that I have matured enough ... I've received a total of 58 calls in the past months, some saying I'm too highly qualified for the positions available. I have 10 maybe's (for (1976 time period') and 34 applications outstanding, with 3 under 'active consideration' ... I know this trial has been good for me spiritually, even if rugged financially."--from an unemployed physiologist.

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS

James C..Blosser (4869 Battery Lane, Apt. 21, Bethesda, MD 20014) seeks a college i'e-a-chi7ng position in chemistry (preferably biochemistry) or a joint chemistry/biology position. He is particularly interested in a college where Christian faith and values can be an integral part of the educational program. Jim had two years at Goshen College (1963-65), then finished his B.A. in chemistry at Indiana U. (1967) and Ph.D. in biochemistry at Michigan State (1972). Since then he has been serving three years of military obligation doing research as a Lieutenant (MSC, USNR) at the Dept. of Neurobiology, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute in Bethesda. For the past year he has also taught neurochemistry as a part-time instructor at Georgetown Medical School in Washington, D.C. At Bethesda he studies biochemical mechanisms of opiate action, utilizing mammalian models and more recently neural cell cultures. Jim has several publications in J. Neurochem. and J. Pharm.  Exp. Therapeutics. He is 30, married,, and will be available by April 1976.

POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE

(Combining the August and October issues kept us from advertising a couple of fastbreaking openings for September. Our apologies to Lawton Oweno who needed a computer scientist for Kansas Wesleyan, and to Dean Jon Williams, seeking an organic chemist for Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. Hope they found 'em.)

World Vision International has been in need of a management information systems specialist with 10 years experience in system design. Contact Personnel Dept., World Vision, 919 W. Huntington Dr., Monrovia, CA 91016. (Received 30 June 1975)

E. K. Balian seeks a psychiatrist to share private practice and psychiatric services in developing psychiatric facility. Salary $40,000 plus benefits; partnership after one year. Located in central Maine, close to both the Atlantic Ocean and Appalachian Mountains. Contact E. K..Balian, M.D., 45 Hogan Rd., Bangor, ME 04401. (Received 1 August 1975)

.Eastern College in Pennsylvania is seeking a biology teacher for January 1976. Rank to be determined by teaching proficiency, degrees, and experience; salary for nine months $8,000-$16,000, plus benefits and optional summer teaching. Teaching assignments include physiology, vertebrate zoology, and comparative anatomy. Eastern is a Christian liberal arts college with an enrollment of 600, located near the town of Wayne on Philadelphia's Main Line, 30 minutes from downtown Philadelphia. Contact Dr. Harold C. Howard, Academic Dean, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA 19087. Tel. (215) 688-3300.(Received 7 August 1975)

The most encouraging news in the national office is the clear demonstration of God meeting our financial needs over the summer. Last spring we calculated that we would need $12,000 in gifts to see us through the short income months. We then wrote to the membership asking your help and you have responded in a beautiful way. Giving was steady right through the summer and sufficient each month for the needs of that month. The day before we closed the books on the giving for summer needs we received a $50 gift from a medical missionary in Pakistan who hadn't heard about the appeal until late August because of the slow mail. His gift pushed the total to $12,'018. We praise God for His precise working to meet our needs.

In the last Newsletter we reported that the Gulf-Southwest section pledged to raise at least $1,000 of the- total need. They met this goal with ease and exceeded it. Despite their fine effort they were second to the California area. The following chart summarizes the giving by the top ten states:

The executive council asked me to remind retired members about emeritus status. A person who is retired on reduced income and unable to pay his dues may qualify for emeritus membership status. As an emeritus member a person can continue receiving the publications and mailings of the affiliation at no charge in dues. If you are interested please make your request to the Executive Council in care of the national office in Elgin. They will review your situation and determine if you qualify.


NEW YORK METROPOLITAN

The New York City section continues to find ways for its members to participate in outreach to the community. Jim Neidhardt reports another successful endeavor, a series of talks on "Modern Technology and Science" given this summer at the request of the Bethlehem Church, Randolph, New Jersey. About 50 or 60 high school students and young adults heard these topics discussed by Christian professionals:

SAN DIEGO

One of our newest sections, San Diego, is off and running this fall with some good ideas of its own. They've set Friday, November 7, as the date for a discussion meeting on "Ecology and Christian Responsibility." Along with a notice of the meeting, they included a list of pertinent JASA articles and book reviews so participants can "bone up" for informed interaction. The notice was sent out early, in September, so that members would even have time to order back issues from the national office (particularly the June 1969, September 1969, March 1971, June 1971, and March 1973 issues), if they've "recycled" theirs to other readers by now. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. at Craig Allen's home.

Members of the Executive Committee are  Fred Jappe, Wallace Johnson, and Jerry Albert terms ending Sept. 1977); Craig Allen, Charles Park and Curtis Lee (terms ending Sept. 1976). Fred Jappe was elected president and Jerry Albert secretary-treasurer, for one year. The committee decided to ask every local member to help provide for future programs by making an initial contribution of $2. Checks made out to "ASA San Diego Section" may be mailed to Jerry Albert, 5202 Cobb Place, San Diego, CA 92117.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY and CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

ASA president David L. Willisp head of the Department of General Science at Oregon State, is making a swing into California in the middle of October. He is scheduled to speak at Stanford University on Thursday, October 16, at a joint ASA/IVCF meeting arranged by Dave Sherrif and Ken Lincoln.

Then on Friday night, October 17, he will speak in Fresno at a meeting of the newly organized Central California local section arranged by Richard Arndt.

In between, Walt Hearn had thought he might use Dave's presence to spark some activity in the East Day. But a Friday luncheon meeting looked like a wet spark to people in the Berkeley area, so something else will be planned for later in the year. (At press time, though, Dave was in correspondence with Jerry Albert about stretching his trip to include a meeting of the San Diego local section on Wednesday, October 15.)  
Miriam Adeney had an article on the Jensen/Shockley IQ/race controversy in the April issue of His ("What Does Genius Have to Do With Genes?"), another on Christianity and culture in the July 4 issue of Christianity Today ("Do Your Own Thing--As Long As You Do It Our Way"). A nonresident graduate student in anthropology at Washington State University, Miriam is beginning work on her thesis. She lives in Seattle, where husband Michael manages The Alternative, a Christian bookstore near the U. of Washington campus.

Jerry D. Albert, Local Arrangements chairman at the ASA Annual Meeting impressed everyone with his tranquil spirit. No doubt contributing to his tranquility was recent news that the NIH grant that pays his stipend at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in San Diego has been funded. The three-year, $105,000 grant to Dr. Jack Geller supports studies on the use of anti-androgenic agents in benign prostatic hypertrophy and cancer of the prostate.

Edward B. Allen of McLean, Virginia, took some sample copies of JASA along to the Sagamore Computer Conference on Parallel Processing in August. Te-put them on a literature table and all 20 were picked up, along with 10 ASA brochures. About 100 people attended the conference, including at least one person who was very excited to learn about ASA. Ed thinks small secular technical conferences like this are ideal opportunities to spread the word about our Affiliation and be a witness for Jesus in the process.

 James E. Berney of Altadena serves as director of IVCF work in southern California, Jim says the campus scene has shifted from the days of eager response to the Gospel in the late 60's and early 701s, when effort had to be focused on conserving and nurturing many new Christians. He cites the need for thoughtful evangelism on a campus like UCLA, for instance, where at least 50% of the student body is Jewish and Inter-Varsity is in contact with only about a dozen Christians. He is also concerned for the large Black, Asian, and Chicano communities on campuses in his area*

Thomas L. Compton has been appointed coordinator of the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at LeTourneau College, Longview, Texas. Tom spent the summer doing field research on the effects of dosage and dilution on the herbicidal efficiency of some herbicides.

Lawrence C. Crabb Jr., of Boca Raton, Florida, will be traveling to Peru in January to offer seminars  on family relations to missionary groups, accompanied by his wife, Rachel, who assists in the seminars and in personal counseling. Meanwhile, Larryls Basic Principles of Biblical Counseling is scheduled for October release by Zondervan. It sketches a conceptual framework for developing a Biblically consistent approach to psychotherapy and counseling.

K. Foon Der transferred in July from the Geological Survey of Canada as a reserves geologist. This summer Foon spent almost a month traveling in the Far East. ASA members who have specialized in combining the fields of geology, paleontology, and biology "so that it all makes sense" are invited to correspond with K. Foon Der, 1607 - 20 Ave 144, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T214-IG9.

Helmut E. Fandrich of Vancouver, B.C., was making plans to visit his birthplace in Poland in August. Helmut is a mechanical engineer who holds patents on a number of inventions. He is co-inventor of a new automatic lubricator which can replace the daily greasing of bearings by a monthly change of cartridges, currently being patented in five countries. Birth of his daughter Heidi in May set Helmut to inventing a Itself-cleaning diaper," impregnated with chemical agents to convert body waste into harmless gases, thus replacing the daily changing of diapers by a monthly recharging  chemicals! (Or is he pulling our bootie?)

Philip V. Gastinel is in his first year as a dental student at LSU Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Phil graduated from LSU` in May with a B.S. in microbiology.

William "Bud" Gillan of Neptune, New Jersey, is studying at L'Abri Fellowship in Eck-en-Wiel, Holland, under Dr. H. R. Rookmaaker, professor of art history at the Free University of Amsterdam (and author of Modern Art and the Death of a Cultu Bud says that as part of his study he visited the Rijksmuseum-just two days before some deranged person slashed Rembrandt's "The Night Watch."

Gregg Gochnour of Wheaton, Maryland, has taught science at I-lark Twain public school in Rockville for almost three years. He also works with Young Life at Churchill High School. Gregg is thankful for the way God has opened up opportunities for him since graduating from the U. of Maryland and asks us to pray for his continuing witness to staff and students.

Richard H. Gordon has been promoted to the chairmanship of the Department of Engineering at Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

Lonnie C. Grant, M.D., seems to be on a "mission to Africa." our postcard came back from the Spokane (Washington) Veterans Administration Hospital marked that way, with "please delete mail" added.
Rudolph H. Ham has become associate professor of practical theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri. Before moving to Concordia, Rudy was dean of Luther College in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Franklin H. Harris accepted a position as electronic laboratory associate at Wheaton College, Illinois, in January 1975. In June 1974 Frank retired from the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D. C., where he had been head of the Beam-Semiconductor Device Section in the Electronics Division.

Richard C-. Harris has also retired, on I September 1975, from the USAF. He had been chairman of the Department of Surgery at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Now he has a fellowship in cardiovascular surgery under Dr. Denton Cooley at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. Richard says he'll be looking for an opportunity in thoracic CV surgery in the summer of 1976.

Wayne Hartman of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, is beginning work on a masters degree in chemistry at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. (There's a Miami U. in OH, so why not an Indiana U. in PA?) Wayne graduated from Houghton College with a B.S., majoring in chemistry and minoring in math.

John R. Howitt of Toronto is supposedly living in retirement from his psychiatric  position at a government hospital, but keeps busy writing. His pamphlet, Evolution: "Science Falsely So-called," distributed by International Christian Crusade of Toronto is now in its 19th edition (1974), but at the ASA Annual Meeting John told us he's revising it again to keep it up to date. A total of 200,000 copies of all editions have been printed.

Arthur W. Kac, M. D. of Timonium, Maryland, has resigned his editorship after many years of service to what is now The American Messianic Jewish Quarterly. Kurt Weiss of Oklahoma City remains as a contrilbuting editor of the magazine, now in its 60th year. The Hebrew Christian Alliance of America changed its name this year to The Messianic Jewish Alliance of America, hence the new name for its journal. "Messianic" a word of Hebrew origin, carries the same meaning as "Christian" (referring to "The Annointed One", from Greek christos.

Lyle E. Larson is associate professor of sociology at the U. of Alberta in Edmonton. He has just completed an almost idyllic sabbatical year, most of it spent by a lake near coastal Florence, Oregon. Lyle finished a book on The Canadian Family in Comparative Perspective, released by Prentice-Hall of C in July, and worked on other articles and books. But it was also a time for reflection and spiritual renewal, some participation in marriage and family therapy workshops, and some travel. The whole family went to Florida and on to Venezuela three weeks with Lyle's brother, a TEAM missionary for about 20 years. Lyle almost made it to the ASA Annual Meeting in San Diego, and is hoping to get some local ASA action going now that he's back in Edmonton.

Lane P. Lester, research associate in bioscience for San Diego's Institute for Radiation Research, has moved to Orlando, Florida, to become ICR's extension representative for the Southeast. Lane will be available for "creation seminars" but will also open an office for counseling on marital and family problems, utilizing Biblical principles as formulated by Jay Adams, Bill Gothard, and Tim LaHaye. Lane has participated with Duane Gish and Henry Morris in a number of ICR seminars and institutes. A creation seminar at Grananada Presbyterian Church in Coral Gables,
Florida, in April drew over 1000 persons.

Robert D. McAllister lives in Rossland, British Columbiat where he was an instrument designer with Cominco, Inc.He is also an avid amateur astronomer. But Bob's eyesight has been failing to such an extent that he has been declared legally blind. The Trail (B.C.) Times for July 8 had several photographs of Bob using his recently purchased closed-circuit TV system, which enables him to read by magnifying print up to 60 times. (Wowl Imagine ASA News the size of a billboard!)

Terry R. Metzgar completed his post-doctoral work at Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey, and is now employed by General Atomic Co., La Jolla, California. Terry is a senior engineer in the Fuel Test Techniques Branch. He lives in San Diego.

John R. Heyer has been exploring the possibility of developing a "graduate school 4;1_cz~est7ion science" to produce scientists with a nonevolutionary perspective and teachers for the Christian day school movement. John hopes to gain interest and support particularly among fundamental Baptist churches. He is soliciting comments on a draft of his proposal: Dr, John R. Meyer, 9003 Annlou Drive, Louisville, KY 40272.

Eric J. Miller of Pasadenat California, was ordained in the Glendale Presbyterian Eh_ur~h_ on July 20 to continue his media work for IVCF. Professor William Pannell of Fuller Seminary was the ordination preacher. Eric has just completed the sixth annual summer project of TWENTYONEHUNDRED PRODUCTIONS, training students to do evangelion via multimedia projections. FAMILY PORTRAITS, a slide show of "The Church in the World", includes shots of some of Walt Hearn's counterculture associates in Berkeley taken by Tom McAlj2ine of Pasadena, in the section on North America entitled "Serving Madison Avenue or the Lord?" Bookings of IVENTYONEHUNDRED productions can be arratwd through P. 0, Box 5741, Pasadena, CA 91102s or through IVCF, 233 Langdon, Madison, WI 53703.

David 0. Moberg of Marquette University will be local arrangements chairman for the annual7m~eting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, to be held jointly with the Religious Research Association, October 24-26. The meeting will take place at Plankinton House in Milwaukee,, Wisconsin.

Stanley W. Moore is associate professor of political science at Seaver Collegep the branch of Pepperdine University located in Malibu, California. Hie teaching manual for American government courses was published by Houghton-Mifflin in January. In February hedirected a legislative seminar of 200 students from 12 southern California colleges and universities at the state capitalq Sacramento. In March he gave a paper on "Civic Awareness in Five- and Six-Year-Olds" at the Western Poli. Scl. Assoc. meeting in Seattle. Stan, particularly interested in "future studiest" serves on the Advisory Board of the Energy Conservation and Solar Research Committees and has been conducting weekend seminars for teachers on future studies and the urgent need for energy and resource conservation.

Norvell L. Peterson of Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, chaired a session on genetics at the Christian Association for Psychological Studies annual meeting in Oklahoma City. Then he attended the APA meeting in Anaheim, dropping in on Paul Davis, now retired in Blue Jay, California. In Augustv Norvell spent a week 17n -Sp~in visiting Officers Christian Fellowship members and TEAM and OMF missionaries. Norvell would like to hear from all psychiatrists in ASA, since he is secretary-treasurer again for the Psychiatric Section of the Christian Medical Society. Address Box H. Beverly Farms, MA 01915.

R. Waldo Roth is taking a year's leave of absence from Taylor University in Indiana To establish a computer installation at Navajo Community College in Tsaile, Arizona. Tsaile is about 100 miles from "Four Corners," just east of Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Wally will train a local staff to operate the computer equipment for both instructional and administrative purposes by the time he leaves. The Rothe invite anyone with map, compass, and a spirit of adventure to come see them this year.

T. Norton Sterett and his wife Eloise are settled in Hudson House in Upper Nyack, New Yorko presiding over IVCF1s new Discipleship Community, A community of 25 university graduates will live together for eight months of sharing, working, and studying the Scriptures. Norton and Eloise spent 35 years in India, 28 of them working with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students* In Kotijiri, they operated a community and student training center similar to Hudson House.

Elizabeth Sutherland is a laboratory technician in Vancouvert B.C. We know she's alive and well because she answered our postcard. And we know she's a crackerjack technician. How? Because, she says, her boss keeps publishing papers.

Brian P. Sutherland of Victoria, B.C., finds he has gone back to work aftel retirement for the second time in his career. This time he retired from Regent College administration to the manual labor of putting in a lawn and garden at his brand new home in a newly-developed area. Besides being active in a nearby Brethren assembly, Brian remains on the Regent College Board of Governors and was recently elected to its Executive Con ittee,

Charles R. Taber reports that the Institute of World Studies/Church Growth so long in the running at Milligan College and Emmanuel School of Religion in Tennessee is getting off the ground this fall. The undergrad division offers a major or minor in world studies; the graduate division offers courses toward either the M.Div. or M.A. in religion, with credit acceptable in PhD programs of both the School of World Mission at Fuller Seminary and the University of Aberdeen. Charles teaches graduate courses in theology and anthropology, and under sponsorship of Partnership in Mission (Philadelphia area), he's also participating in a joint project on the contextualization of theology and of the gospel.

Clinton Tatsch of Durham, North Carolina, works in the field of protein structure, says hels trying to nail down a reliable method of predicting secondary and tertiary structures, knowing only the primary sequence of amino acids. Clint thinks he would like to move into government or industrial research on protein sequence/structure/ function.

Charles W. Taylor achieved the rank of associate professor of surgery at the U. of Calgary, Alberta, in January 1975. He reports that his son Gary, who attended the 1973 ASA Annual Meeting as an undergraduate in geophysics, has just joined Schlumberger of Canada (the "well shooters") as a field engineer.

Tomine Tielta, who has both an R.N, and Ph.D,, is developing a baccalaureate nursing program with a Christian perspective at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The conceptual framework is based on nursing for the whole person--body, mind$ and spirit. Tomine would like to hear from potential faculty members. Address: 11762 S. 76th East Avenue, Bixby, OK 74008.

Aldert van der Ziel is professor of electrical engineering at the U. of Minnesota. He spent the spring quarter 1975 at the U. of Florida, Gainesville, as a graduate research professor. The third edition of Aldert's text, Solid State Physical Electronics, will be published this fall by Prentice-Hall.

Carel Van Vliet, a former colleague of Aldert's and still publishing with him, is back at the U. 6f Montreal after some research time at the U. of Florida and a summer trip to Holland for a conference on noise. Carel and Aldert were co-authors on a paper on noise in simple injection diodes in J. Applied Physics, April 1975. Carel views every paper of accomplished research as the sign of God's faithfulness." His listing in the '76/77 edition of The National Register of Prominent Americans will entitle him to "all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto" -- but he doesn't know what they are yet.

Ronald J. Vos teaches Junior high science at the Pella (Iowa) Christian School. Ran received his masters degree in environmental science in June, He formerly taught science at the Lansing (Illinois) Christian School.

William W. Watts has been appointed registrar and director of institutional research at The King's College, Briarcliff Manor, New York. William is in his 10th year of teaching physics, first at Wheaton, then at King's. This summer he worked on a project on "Science, Art, and Faith,11 sponsored by The King's College Alumni Association. He's also vice-president of NY/NJ local section of ASA.
Warren P. Willis has been assigned by Campus Crusade for Christ to the U.S. Trust Territory of Guam, 5,000 miles away in the Pacific, where he will work primarily among 2,000 students at the U. of Guam but also among 50,,000 U.S. military personnel and 48,000 citizens (Guamanian, Filipino, Korean, Chinese), Warren's "count-down!' for leaving Berkeley went through a "no-go" phase in June when somebody ran a red light and smashed into the Willis comet, full of kids going fishing. Although their car was totaled and Warren suffered a fractured pelvis, son Bobby was barely injured and son Mike and four other boys were unhurt. Now things are "go" again, and the Willises are in San Bernardino for four months of cross-cultural training at Arrowhead Springs.

Peter C. Wood graduated from San Jose (California) State 11. in January with a B.S. in chemistry. He is still at San Jose State as a grad student in chemistry, but is working full time on contract with NASA at Ames Research Center, doing research on superoxide synthesis and purification.

Edwin Yamauchi of Miami (Ohio) U. has had an active year of scholarly publishing. Besides recent articles in American Historical Review, :1. Amer. Acad. Religion, and Christian Scholar's Review, Ed has a chapter on pre-Christian gnosticism in Longnecker & Tenney's New Dimensionsin New Testament Studies (Zondervan; an article
"Fertility-Cults," in Tenney's Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (Zondervan); and 15 articles on various subjects including "The Dead Sea Scrolls," "Palestine," and "The Patriarchal Ages" in Pfeiffer, Vos, & Rea's Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (Moody Press). With all this, Ed has also taken on the editorship of newsletter to keep in contact with alumni of the Oxford (Ohio) Bible Fellowship. About 50 Miami seniors left the Fellowship this year (70 last year), and 30 graduates are now in full time Christian service.

.J. Otis Yoder left a professorship at Eastern Mennonite College to become president and executive director of Heralds of Hope, Inc,, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Otis has had an active radio ministry for more than seven years and now speaks on an international radio program, "The Voice of Hope," and reads on "Children's Hour." His 15-minute weekly program, "Hope for Today," is broadcast from a 600,000 watt station on Cyprus. He has studied with the American Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem, and he and Mrs. Yoder have led 10 seminars into Bible lands, providing some 200 people with more than a sight-seeing experience.
CALIFORNIA

Katy X Despot, 2219 Channing Way, #7, Berkeley, CA 94701 Student Daniel A. Everest, 20346 Cohasset #18, Canoga Park, CA 91306 M,Div.-TheologY William c. Honaker, 6360 Severin, LaMesa, CA 92041 Student
Kurt A. Wood, 555 Ontario Drive, Livermore, CA 94550 Student
Antony C. Bakke, 109 S. Backus Ave., Pasadena, CA 91107 Student
David A. Stoop, 3585 Locksley, Pasadena, CA 91107 M.A. - Rel. Ed.
Stanley E. Borumv 6261 Dorothy Drives San Diego, CA 92115 M.D. in Medicine
Alex Bolyanatz, 21112 So. Doble Ave., Torrance, CA 90502 Student
Ken Mathisen, 2590 Cheyenne Ct., Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Student

COLORADO
Zachary Whaley, 9420 Arroya Lane, Colorado Springs, CO 80908 M.A. in Psychology
John D. Hunt, 2424 14 Ave. Ct., Greeley, CO 80631 Ed.D. in C+I, Sci. Ed.

CONNECTICUT
Dick Kantzer, 7.Dr. T. H. Russell, 46 Jackson Rd., Hamden, CT 06514 M.Div. in N.T.
Richard K. Seto, 1214 Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 Student

DELAWARE
Philip B. DeMond, 115 Woodgreen Road, Claymont, DE 19703 Student

FLORIDA
Linda Sue Calhoun, 44 Leigh Hall, U. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601 BA in Chem.
James E. Keesling, 710 NE 6 Street, Gainesville, FL 32601 Ph.,D. In Hath

GEORGIA
Robert W. Browning, 1933 Lebanon Drive, Atlanta, GA 30324 BA in Psychology
Edwin L. Good, 2842 Santa Monica Drive, Decatur, GA 30032 BS in Physics

IL
James Reppert, 402 E. Daniel, Champaign, IL 61820 Student
Michael A. Campion, 343 Millikin Ct., 132 So. Water St., Decatur, IL 62523 Ph.DvPsy.
Corwin E. Smidt, 1450 Hampshire, Quincy, IL 62301 Ph.D. in Poli. Sci.
David S. Shaw, 311 W. Forest, Wheaton, IL 60187 BS in Biology

INDTANA
John Mark Clifton, 2602 S. Bryan, Bloomington, IN 47401 AB in Linguis. & Anthro.
Stuart Swenson, 118 Park Manor Drive, Dyer, IN 46311 Ed.D. in Special Ed.
Grover D. Owens, 2601 Soldier's Home Rd. #15, West Lafayette, IN 47906 BS in Chem.

KANSAS
Robert B. Taylor, 1625 Hudson Ave., Manhattan, KS 66502 Ph.D. in Anthropology

KENTUCKY
Martha C. Thompson, 440 Hollow Creek Rd., #E9, Lexington, KY 40511 BS in Comp. Sci.

MARYLAND
Anna Scheyett, 15 Leymar Road, Glen Burnie, MD Student

MICHIGAN
Retha Schloneger, Park Shelton, Apt. #1122, 15 E. Kirby Ave., Detroit, 111 48202 M.Ed.
James Katerberg, 2968 Leonard St.N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49505 BS in Phys./Guid.&COurz;
Scott Hiemstra, 440 Logan S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503 BA in Physics
Lyle D. Roelofs, 625 W. 20th St., Holland, MI 49423 BS in Phys.
L. Ward Slager, 12486 36th St.S.E., Lowell, MI 49331 Student

MINNESOTA
John E. Laulainen, 1416 Carney Avenue, Mankato, Iffi 56001 AA in Biology

MISSOURI
Galen E. Gritts, 3909 N. Hanley, St. Louis, MO 63121 BA in History

NEW JERSEY
Heinrich E. Erbes, 36 A Bartle Ct., Highland Park, N. J. 08904 MS in Sanitary Eng.
Michael D. Redmond, 19 Valley Road, Montclair, N. J. 07042 BRE in Bible
Donald A. Piel, Apt. 9-12, Deer Creek Dr., Plainsboro, N.J. 08536 BS in Chen.
W. Dale Dannefer, 48 Hollywood Ave., Somerset, N. J. 08873 M.Ph. in Sociology

NEW YORK
Charles R. Detwiler, 1512 Slaterville Rd., Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 MS in Biology

OHIO
James A. Marcum, 130 E. Shields St., Apt. 2, Cincinnati, 011 45220 MS in Zoology Stephen D. Williger, 3379 Euclid Hts., Cleveland Hts., OH 44118 BGS in Sociology Robert A. Lees, Gilmour Academy, Gates Hills, OH 44060 BS in Criminal Justice

OKLAHOMA
J. V. D. Hough, 3400 N.W. 56th, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 M.D. Otologist

OREGON
Barbara M. Buckley, 277 NE Conifer #63, Corvallis, OR 97330 BS in Microbiology Thomas A. Milne, 228 N.W. 12th Street, Corvallis, OR 97330 Student Eric V. Engelnann, 1910 Fairmount Blvd., Eugene, OR 97403 Student M. Steven Ferrier, 2170 N.E. Weidler, Portland, OR 97232 Student Jerry W. Park, Rt. 2, Box 413, Portland, OR 97231 Student 

PENNSYLVANIA Cheryl L. Bittner, 300 Pilgrim Lane, Drexel Hill, PA 19026 BA in Econ. David C. McDowell, 100 East Glen Olden Ave., Apt. M-4, Glen Olden, PA 19036 MA-Hist. Donald V. Gaffney, 1140 Chapel Road, Monaca, PA 15061 HS in Geology 

TENNESSEE Anne H. Carey, S.P.O., Sewanee, TIT 37375 Student 

TEXAS Larry R. Freshour, 11802 Mustang Chase, Austin, TX 78759 BS in Engr. Larry 17. Payne, 140 Lakeview Dr., Apt. 6C, Clute, TX 77531 MSChE in Chem. Engr. Donald H. Kobe, 1003 Eagle Dr., #141, Denton, TX 76201 BS in Chemistry Wayne E. Baisley, 2415 Tangley #280 Houston, TX 77005 BS in E.E. E. J. Hill, 15431 Torry Pines, Houston, TX 77058 BS in ME Saul M. Krell, 1310 Gessner #27, Houston, TX 77055 MEd in Ed. Robert C. Sellers, 5003 Indigo, Houston, TX 77035 TI.Div. in Theology Dayton 11. Simpson, 11210 Sagewood, Houston, TX 77034 14E in CE Randall S. Baker, 119 Feazell, Nacogdoches, TX 75961 BS in Forestry Laurence C. I-Talker, 514 Millard Dr., Nacogdoches, TX 75961 PhD in Forest Ecology John L. Hubisz, 8017 College Ave., Texas City, TX 77590 BTh in Theology 

VIRGINIA Opal J. Canarina, 3525 Prosperity Ave., Fairfax, VA 22030 Student Robert E. Johnson, 401 Murray Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 Student David W. Thompson, 136 Winston Drive, Williamsburg, VA 23185 PhD in Chem. 

WASHINGTOW Cameron S. King, 2818 S.W. 106th Street, Seattle, WA 98146 BA in History H. 
William. Ross, 5257 18th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98105 MS in Nursing Ed. 

Janice I. H. Omber, 2207 S. 208th St., Seattle, WA 98188 Student Alvin H. Vanderpol, 7040 19th N.E., Seattle, 14A 98115 PhD In Air Chemistry 

WISCONSIN Paul M. Tower, 101-8A Wasserman Lane, Green Bay, 141 54302 BS in Amer. Studies 
Bryan R. Gibson, 1026 Wisconsin St.,, Lake Geneva, WI 53147 BA in Sci.-Ed
Glenn H. Franke, 4628 N. Wilshire Road, Milwaukee, WI 53211 ND in Medicine 

CANADA Gordon E. Cray, 31 Centre St. S., Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6W 2X7 FOREIC-11
Moorad Alexaniaq Dept. de Fisica, C.I.E.A.-UN, Apdo. 14-740, Mexico 14, D.F. Ph.D. in Physics