NEWSLETTER
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AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION - CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC & CHRISTIAN AFFILIATION

VOLUME 21 #1                                                                                                  FEBRUARY/MARCH 1979



LEE ELECTED TO COUNCIL; WEISS NEW PRESIDENT

The American Scientific Affiliation for the first time in its almost 40-year history has elected to its Executive Council a scientist from an industrial laboratory. Chemist Chi-Hang Lee, senior research scientist at RJR Foods, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, became the fifth member of the council, replacing retiring member Dewey Carpenter. . Remaining members of the board are James O.Buswell III and Howard H. Claassen of Wheaton College, A. Kurt Weiss of the UO College of Medicine-, -and Robert Herrmann of Oral Roberts University School of Medicine.

New officers were elected for 1979 with Kurt Weiss as president, Howard Claassen as vicepresident, and Robert Herrmann as secretary-treasurer. A report on the mrn-utesi-ol'ilk-Ncember 15 and 16 council meeting follow later in this issue.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

The nominating committee once again proposed two outstanding candidates for the executive council. In a sense we couldn't lose. But in another sense, well, it's too bad we had to choose. We want to thank Frank Roberts for standing for election and for his faithful service to ASA. With his B.S in Physics, one aster's in education and another in theology, plus an M.A. and Ph.D. in geology, Frank has more degrees than some thermometers have registered this winter. With that kind of background he's a great synthesizer and communicator. He's served as an off icer of two different local sections and as program chair for the 1977 Annual Meeting at Nyack--with good humor as well as good judgment. We hopq Frank continues to find places of service in ASA.

Chl-Hang Lee we'll be hearing more about as he serves on the council. It's time we started moving out From our strong academic base into other places where scientists and technologists do their work. Chi-Hang must be a pretty good communicator himself, since for the past four years he's edited a magazine for Christian Chinese students and professionals in North America. We welcome him to the executive council. (We like editors-Ed.)

NOT SO WILD AFTER ALL

Some of us thought executive secretary Bill Sisterson's proposal f or an ASA "Center for Stewardship of Natural Resources" pretty far out for a low-budget Christian organization. Now we've heard that Food for the Hungry has moved its headquarters to Arizona, envisioning for the future "a Desert Farm Center, training young volunteers in the practical techniques we have developed (such as simple well-digging and hydroponic gardening)." A major part of their relief work around the world 13 in arid lands, so Food for the Hungry felt it should have an off ice that was also a demonstration center. How about that? (Their new address, by the way, is P.O. Box "E," Scottsdale, AZ 85252.)

This year the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology meets in overlapping sessions in Dallas, Texas. The Federation Christian Fellowship, founded by ASA members but open to all, will meet this year on the last day of the first session, the evening bef ore the second session begins: Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the State Room of the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas. The FCF meeting is listed the official FASEB program all registrants will receive when they arrive in Dallas.

Kenneth J. Dormer, colleague of FCF-founder Kurt Weiss in the Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics at the U. of Oklahoma College of Medicine, has made this year's FCF arrangements. Speaker will be Dr. Haddon Robinson, General Director of the Christian Medical Society and a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. His topic will be "The Mid-Life Syndrome--A Problem of Ancient Kings and Modern Professors.

All physiologists, biochemists, nutritionists, immunologists, pharmacologists, pathologists, and what-have-you attending the FASEB meetings, including graduate students, are invited to come and bring a friend. The Federation Christian Fellowship exists not only to help Christians find, enjoy, and encourage each other but also to introduce non-Christian scientific colleagues to the gospel of Jesus Christ on "their own turf."

MAKING PHYSICS RELEVANT

The National Science Foundation director, Dr. Richard C. Atkinson, summed up the strengths and weaknesses of American science in a speech last year. The first weakness he mentioned was "the quality of science education in the country." He wasn't talking about education for those going on to careers in science and engineering but for "the rest of our citizens" faced with complex decisions in the near and long-term future. Many ASA/CSCA teachers at every level see science education as a Christian calling and do all they can to strengthen it and to convince the general public of its importance.

Edwin A. Karlow, now back in his native California as chair of the Department of Physics at the La Sierra campus of Loma Linda University in Riverside, sent us a note about something his department is doing this year along those lines. On February 25 the department's 10th Annual Physics Symposium, cosponsored by the Alumni Association, will be devoted to "The Relevance of Physics." Five alumni in different professions will tell how physics has contributed to their life and work. The five are a physicist, a science teacher, a mechanical engineer, a neurologist, and a pastor. Following the morning symposium the physics faculty will host alumni and guests at a luncheon.

Ed says that any ASA members in the L.A., Orange County, Riverside, or San Bernardino areas would be most welcome at the symposium (in the unlikely event that this notice reaches them in time). The symposium begins at 9 a.m. in Room 203 of San Fernando Hall on the La Sierra campus.

HOW TO THINK ABOUT EVOLUTION...

... & Other Bible-Science Controversies. That's the title of a new paperback (available for sale through the ASA office-see back page for order information) by ASA member L. Duane Thurman published by Inter-Varsity Press (Downers Grove, Illinois; 1978; $3.50). _A6iually it's a second edition of a 1977 book Duane called Creation and Evolution: The Renewed Controversy, that was of f set-printed by Burgess Publishing Company. The new title is a good one for a book that tries to provide balance for perplexed college students and for Christian parents of public school children. Duane, whose Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley is in botany, is professor of biology at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The first chapter of How to Think About Evolution analyzes the California textbook controversy and puts it in historical perspective. Then two chapters provide background for handling controversies in general and scientific controversies in particular. A chapter on "The Factual Side: Microevolution" is followed by the essence of the controversy briefly outlined in "The Theoretical Side: Macroevolution" and "Creation." The final chapter, "Your Approach to will Controversy," summarizes beautifully and offers helpful guidelines for dealing with Bible-science conflicts (including an encouraging word to students who run into biased instructors).

Hooray for Duane Thurman! In a gentle, honest book that takes both science and the Bible seriously, he has pointed out that the creation-evolution controversy "is not divided evenly  between Christian creationists on the one hand and non-Christian evolutionists on the other.  There are Christians who believe in macroevolution and non-Christians who think there is not enough evidence to support this theory. This book should make it clear that we cannot reduce the controversy to only two alternatives." You can order your copy now from the ASA office for $3.25 and we will pay the postage. See the back page of this issue for ordering information.

CULTURE AND CONTROVERSY

Surprise! A new book with "controversy" in its title by an ASA member that has nothing to do with evolution! Culture and Controversy (Dorrance & Company, 35 Cricket Terrace, Ardmore, PA 19003; l977 cloth,$6.95) has as its subtitle: An Investigation of the Tongues of Pentecost. The gist of the author's finding's is that "ecstatic utterances or unlearned languages Is is not the meaning of any usage of tongues anywhere in the New Testament." In addition to laying out that argument, author R. Clyde McCone endeavors to show how "cultural dynamics operating through scholarly traditions have led many Pentecostals and other Christians to the opposite conclusion.

Clyde, professor of anthropology at California State University at Long Beach, is also an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church. He minored in linguistics while getting his Ph.D. in anthropology at Michigan State. Clyde has been interested in "The Phenomena of Pentecost" since the early 1940s and published an article with that title in JASA in September 1971. The favorable responses from his JASA article influenced him to write Culture and Controversy. He is a member of the Creation Research Society as well as ASA.

Clyde grants that if he's correct--if the Galileans who witnessed "in other tongues" at Pentecost spoke in the gentile languages most familiar to them and their hearers, so that other Jews were amazed to hear the things of God spoken of in tongues other than "sacred Hebrew"--then most Christians have been mistaken for the past 1,800 years. He argues that the prevalent view really stems from Montanus (2nd half of the 2nd century) and his influence on Irenaeus and Tertullian. Both sides of the contemporary glossolalia controversy have uncritically accepted that tradition, according to Clyde. "Nevertheless," he says, "neither the age of a tradition, the number of its adherents, nor the reputation of its proponents can elevate it to the level of divine revelation. The Scriptures themselves must be the ultimate court of appeal."

IVCF FACULTY HANDBOOK IN PRESS

Charles E. Hummel, director of faculty ministries for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, has somehow sandwiched editing Guidelines for Faculty Ministry in with his many trips around the country to encourage Christian faculty on secular campuses. In January Charlie was in Tennessee and New York, for instance, sometimes meeting with as many as 25 professors on a
single campus, more often visiting with one or two who are thinking and praying about a pioneering witness in their situation.

The Guidelines will contain much practical information as well as spiritual encouragement. For example our Affiliation will be included in a complete list of Christian professional societies, with addresses. Rather than offering Guidelines for sale, IVCF has decided to mail a copy to each faculty family on their list. A reply envelope will be enclosed for those who consider it of sufficient value in their ministry to send $5 to help cover cost of publication.

So, if you're a Christian faculty member and you'd like a copy, hurry and "get on Charlie's list" by sending your name and address to: Charles E. Hummel, Faculty Ministries IVCF, 17 Worcester St., Grafton, MA 01519. Contributions to Charlie's work can also be sent to IVCF, 233 Langdon, Madison, WI 53703.

LEITH'S LONG LIST LIVES ON

Here's still another useful publication, a 2nd (1978) edition of Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Relationship between Science and Pseudoscience, compiled by Harry Leith, professor of philosophy at York Univ ~s_ityls AtIZ71in-soin College. -The new edition runs to some 61 densely packed pages, with about 30 categories from "Astrology" to"Velikovsky'sCatastrophism,'I including one called "Miscellany of Unorthodoxies."

The copyrighted Bibliography can be ordered for $3.45 from Dr. Harry Leith, Dept. of Natural Sciences, Atkinson College, York University, 4700 Keele St., Downsview, Ontario M3J IP3, Canada.

HOW TO START SOMETHING No. 32. Herman J. Eckelmann, Jr. and Robert C. Newman

Publication last year of Genesis One & the Origin of the Earth QVP, 1977) by Robert C. Newman and Herman J. Eckelmann, Jr., reminded us of something. Back in 197T -Herman Eckelmann (known to almost everybody as "Eck") had given a stirring address to the ASA Annual Meeting. In it he mentioned a dream (or scheme) of his to encourage highly trained scientists to go to a solid evangelical seminary to prepare themselves for a career teaching theology and science in proper perspective. About that time I also heard a statistic that some 40 percent of seminary students seemed to have technical backgrounds. I wrote to Eck
about his dream and what might come of it. I've dug his reply out of the file as a contribution to this series.

For many years Eck has been a technician and photographer employed at Cornell University's Center for Radiophysics and Space Research. Simultaneously he has pastored the Faith Bible Church of Ithaca, New York. Tuned into the tough realities of academic life better than most pastors, Eck has always felt that evangelism should make good use of apologetics. He found that J. Gresham Machen's approach, as advocated in What is Faith, "produces converts who last and grow and become knowledgeable and confident men and women of God, able to hold their own in the highly critical academic world."

After encouraging a number of Cornell under-graduates to go on to a seminary like Biblical School of Theology in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, Eck began to do some longer-range thinking. "The way to produce more pastors who could stand up to anti-Christianity and train their churches to do so would be to help Bible schools and seminaries obtain faculty members trained to teach Christian evidences more effectively. To that end we conceived of a school for students already graduated from biblical seminaries who would like to obtain doctorates in fields related to Christian evidences and exegesis."

Eck thought the faculty for such a school should be composed largely of scholars with documented research competence in scientific fields--preferably fields with an anti-Christian emphasis. They should also have strong training in theology, particularly in exegesis. Eck is no idle dreamer. He began finding graduate students at Cornell to "feed into the pipeline" to produce that Faculty at the other end. First one through was Robert C. Newman, with a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Cornell, M.Div. from Faith Theological Seminary, and S.T.M. in Old Testament under Allan MacRae from Biblical Seminary. Next came Robert W. Manweiler, with a Ph.D. in nuclear physics under Hans Bethe at Cornell and M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary, and Perry G. Phillips with a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Cornell before taking up theology.

Eck was obviously pleased with the caliber of those first dually-trained scholars (all members of ASA, by the way): "Such men are persuaded of the reliability of the Scriptures in the original texts and manuscripts and are not given to taking cheap short-cuts via the ecumenical pollutions of biblical doctrine." That was a number of years ago. Although Eck's idea of a theological "graduate school of apologetics" may still be in the future, the scholars who represented the first tangible steps toward that reality seem to be giving a good account of themselves.

Bob Newman, for instance, is an associate professor of New Testament at the Biblical School of Theology. Bob has developed a repertoire of at least 16 slide-illustrated lectures on astronomy, other Christian evidences, and answers to attacks on Christianity. He has given such lectures at churches, Christian colleges, secular universities--and at several ASA functions. For a brochure describing Bob's presentations, "Apologetics for the Space Age," write to him at Biblical School of Theology, P.O. Box 9, Hatfield, PA 19440 (or in summer months at 1823 N. Nelson St., Arlington, VA 22207). Most of the lectures are now available on cassettes, at $3 each including postage and handling.

Of Genesis One & the Origin of the Earth, described in its Introduction as only a "proposed model," Bob says "the reviews have been somewhat mixed--but it's still selling well." Whatever one thinks of the particular model Bob proposed for harmonizing Genesis I with the available scientific data, you have to admit that he has devoted his astrophysical training to Christ's service in a very special way.

And in the Acknowledgments section of Genesis One & the Origin of the Earth you can plainly see the part Eck's dream has played Bob's life and thought: "Special acknowledgment is due to Herman J. Eckelmann, Jr., who, though not responsible for the final form of this work, has been so instrumental in certain aspects of the model proposed that any recognition less than co-authorship would be unfair." (By the way, this book is also available through the ASA of f ice f or $3.55 postage-paid. Ordering information is on the back page of this issue.)

HOW TO STOP SOMETHING

No, this isn't a new series. At least we hope it doesn't have to be continued. What we're out to stop is the exclusion of half the human race--and half the family of God--by the thoughtless use of language. In the introduction to her (ahem!) dynamite new book, Our Struggle to Serve: The Stories of 15 Evangelical Women (Word Books, 1979; clot h,'$7.9 5F, -Virginia Hear-n has this to say:

"I have become increasingly aware of the pervasive use of the generic in Christian writing (using he, him, mankind, though both sexes are meant). For as long as I can remember I have been sensitive to language, to words. As a seventh grader, when the generic was first explained in our English class, I was troubled by it. Why should something be stated in a male way, yet claim to include me when it clearly didn't? The generic makes women, sisters, and daughters invisible--we are subsumed under a male entity that doesn't fit us. Translators of the Bible over the centuries, acculturated by their own milieu, have been among the worst offenders. In several instances when the original Greek of the New Testament used the word for human beings in general, without any sexual designation, the English translation became "men," "brothers," or "sons." And there is the appalling example of a particular Greek word being translated '11deacon" when a man was meant, but translated "servant" when referring to a woman (Phoebe, in Rom. 16:1, KJV).11

Males, even male members of the sisterhood of Christ (How does that grab you as a generic form?), often make light of the problem or claim that the only alternatives are awkward expressions (like he/she, his or her, chairperson). With a little practice, however, and in editing all kinds of material, Ginny and I have found that probably 90 percent of the time generic expressions can be avoided with absolutely no difficulty. Many examples of how to do it can be found in Guidelines for Nonsexist Use of Language in NCTE Publications available on request 0 15 copies free.) from National Council of Teachers of English, I I I I Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801 (Ask for Stock No. 19719).

True, there is no strong epicene monosyllable to replace man in theological comparisons of "God and man." In most cases, human, human being, humanity, person, individual, men and women, or some other substitution can be -made, often without having to redesign the sentence to give it the same impact. (But far better to lose a little rhetorical impact than to risk offending our sisters.) Habits are hard to break, though, and women as well as men have long been conditioned to sexist language. Even in our favorite journal on matters of science and faith we sometimes find examples:

"Utopian outlooks suppose that man's future is open to wholly new possibilities" (Why not "the human future"?).

"Without God, man the creature would not be truly free" (Why not "the human creature" or "men and women"?).

"Because the scientist is a man like other men" (Arrggh! Why not "a human being like other human beings"?).

"When he openly acknowledges these limitations the scientist is to be commended" (Why not 11when they acknowledge ... scientists are to be commended"?).

"The scientist himself" (Why not "scientists themselves"?).

Looking back over my own writing, I find that for years I carelessly used sexually exclusive language myself. But times have changed and consciousness needs to be raised. Let's get with it! American Men of Science is now American Men and Women of Science. As Christians, our Affiliation shouldn't lag behind in doing justice--especially when linguistic injustices are so easy to correct.

In a book of readings called Technology as a Social and Political Phenomenon (John Wiley & Sons, 1976), 1 recently noted how sensitive the compiler, Philip L. Bereano, is to this issue. At the end of his introduction he says, "I do not want to pretend that I find acceptable the pervasive use of masculine pronouns and words like "man" or "mankind" to refer to persons of both genders. I have tried to purge my own essays of this sexist cultural trait. However, one is not able to alter the text of articles being reprinted, and therefore I want to acknowledge my discomfort with that aspect of this reader."
I wonder if Philip Bereano is a Christian.

NOW LETS HEAR IT FOR THE MEN

A number of investigators in various fields have recently formed the Society for the Study of Male Psychology and Physiology. A leader in that effort seems to be Jerry Bergman of the Dept. of Educational Foundations & Inquiry at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Jerry says that when male behavior has been investigated in the past, the studies have focused primarily on male-female interaction. Yet a number of social problems (including crime, suicide, many forms of mental and physical illnesses, juvenile delinquency) tend to be significantly higher among males. Why do women live an average of 17 percent longer than men? And what is the significance of the "Y" chromosome in male behavior? To what extent are typical "male" behaviors (aggressiveness, etc.) learned rather than physiologically determined?

Jerry thinks the study of male behavior is especially important now, since "there are a number of male behaviors which are detrimental to women developing their full potential in society, such as the difficulty males seem to have in working with females who are in a superordinate position." At present SSMPP is trying to become a division of the American Psychological Association, and is organizing a newsletter and a journal, tentatively titled the Journal of Male Psychology and Physiology.

Anyone interested in this area of research should contact Dr. Jerry Bergman, Dept. of EDFI, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403.

SCIENCE LIGHTS UP CSR

Christian Scholar's Review tries to bridge C. P. Snow's "two cultures" but often has a hard time finding scientists who can write both penetratingly and readably. Except for one paper on late medieval Christian mysticism, however, the entire contents of CSR's Vol. 7, No. 2 (1978) erupts with two controversies at the interface of science and Christianity. The first is over an attempt by Richard C. Erickson of the U. of Washington School of Medicine to reconcile Christian views of sin and human growth with humanistic psychology. Erickson's paper is responded to by Lewis Rambo, psychologist at Trinity College in Illinois, in a paper called "Contradiction, Compromise, or Convergence? Ref lections on Christianity and Psychology." The question at issue, it seems, is whether humanistic psychology as it stands, and theology as it stands, are worth integrating with each other.

A controversy somewhat more theoretical but even more lively (complete with a double exchange), centers around the arguments presented by Donald MacKay in The Clockwork Image IVP, 1974). In a paper entitled "MacKay on Being a self-responsible Mechanism: Freedom in a Clockwork Universe," Huntington College philosopher William Hasker takes MacKay to task for doing as dogmatic scientists often do, "generalizing their working assumptions into ultimate truths about the nature of things." Then MacKay has a shot at Hasker in "Responsible Mechanism of Responsible Agent? A Response to William Hasker", suggesting some crucial points he "appears to have missed" and declaring invalid "Hasker's triumphant inference that 'mechanism and moral responsibility are simply incompatible."' Hasker has the last word (in CSR at least) in "Reply to Donald M. MacKay"--but by that time the original arguments in The Clockwork Image are beginning to look simple in comparison!

To subscribe to CSR ($7 per year, 7.50 outside the U.S.) or to order that single issue ($1.75), write to Circulation Manager, Christian Scholar's Review, Box 26, Houghton, N.Y. 14744.

GLEANINGS FROM THE CSCA COUNCIL MINUTES

We've seen the minutes of the annual CSCA Membership Meeting held in Guelph, Ontario, on November 25, 1978, and of the CSCA Council meeting held at the same time. Executive secretary Bill Sisterson was on hand from the Elgin, Illinois, office. The Council went on record in supporting the projects for 1979 Bill had outlined in a letter tothe ASA/CSCA membership (November 17, 1978), with some reservations about the financial feasibility of developing a "Centre for Stewardship of Natural Resources."

Assistant executive secretary Doug Morrison reported that 125 members have paid dues and made contributions to date. Canadian dues were set at $27 for fellows, $20 for members, $15 for associates, $7.50 for students. President Dan Osmond also made an annual report and led discussion of a number of future plans, such a-sthose for the 1979 CSCA Annual Meeting, to be held in conjunction with Donald MacKay's visit to Toronto on November 1-3, 1979.

A special CSCA brochure modified from the ASA one is in the works, plus an updated membership application form with the Fergus address. Efforts are to be made to have a CSCA display at the International Congress of Biochemistry to be held in Toronto July 8-13, 1979. A display case has been donated by New England Nuclear Company (but needs modification). The slidetape presentation on "Creation and Evolution" has been reviewed by Internal Media Services personnel at the U. of T., who say a film could be made for about $10,000 to $20,000.

Besides those mentioned already, CSCA secretary-treasurer Ian Taylor, Bob VanderVennen and Hugh White of the Council, and Steve Scadding, secretary of the Gu h section, were in attendance. At the membership meeting, besides hearing reports and announcements, members reelected Dan Osmond and Ian Taylor to the Council. For a third vacancy on the Council (because Doug Morrison is now ex-officio), it is hoped to find someone from outside Ontario, or at least outside Toronto and Guelph, who is willing to serve. The Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation accepts the challenge to become a more truly national organization. A proposal was made at the membership meeting to appoint a "literature secretary" to be responsible for displays at meetings of the Affiliation and elsewhere.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ASA COUNCIL MINUTES

(In keeping with a recent policy change, the minutes are summarized below. This is to allow the whole membership to be aware of the activities, policies, and decisions of the national Executive Council.)

The December 15 and 16, 1978 meeting of the Executive Council of the ASA was held at the national office in Elgin, Illinois and presided over by president Buswell. All the Council were present, except for Carpenter, who missed the only meeting of his 5 years on the Council due to a family emergency. Buswell opened the meeting with excerpts from Martyn Lloyd-Jones, study of the "Sermon on the Mount" and followed with prayer.

The minutes of the August meeting of the Council were accepted and Sisterson followed with a report on office activities. It was noted that record levels of activity and response were achieved in several areas. Especially noteworthy were the following all time highs: New Members - 690, New Subscribers - 277, and Annual Meeting Attendance - 290. These all reflect growing strength and participation within the affiliation.

Several minor modifications were voted in the hospitalization and retirement plans to keep them in line with federal regulations and take advantage of recent changes in laws affecting such plans.

Emeritus status was voted for Margaret Hodson of Marion, Indiana and Lee Travis of Encino, California. Emeritus status is normally given by the Council to long term members who have contributed to the affiliation and are now retired on reduced Income.

The continued superior quality of the Journal was noted and the editor, Richard Bube was commended for his fine work. The heavy backlog of articles to be published wais- discussed and the Council decided to significantly increase the length of the Journal f rom 48 pages per issue to 64 pages. Since this entails some considerable cost increase lt will be reviewed later in the year to evaluate its effects on the budget and the backlog of articles. In keeping with the increase in length, the annual subscription price for individual subscribers was increased to $15.00.

Pleasure was also expressed by the Council over the excellent work of Wait Hearn in editing the Newsletter. An extra $250 was voted by the Council to assist in preparing the final issue of the 1979 Newsletter in the form of an annual report. Extra copies of this report will be printed and circulated to prospective members with a view to giving them a more personal insight into the Affiliation.

The 1979 Annual Meeting is set for Stanford University in California on August 10-13, 1979. Richard Bube has been invited to be the keynote speaker in hopes of disproving that "a prophet is without honor in his own country". The program chairman is Walter Hearn and the local arrangements chairman is Dick Desautel. A call for offered papers will go out in late January. The 1980 meeting was moved from Oral Roberts University to Taylor University in Indiana due to a schedule conflict at Oral Roberts.

There was considerable discussion over the need for audio tapes and tape/slide productions to communicate issues important to the affiliation. The Council voted $500 toward the production of a tapelslide production currently being worked on by Paul Arveson. Another $500 was authorized by the Council toward the purchase of a tape duplicator to copy tapes of talks given at our meetings to make available for sale. Since the cost of this equipment can be easily recovered from the sale of tapes this money will be taken from the reserve fund and the  first $500 in sales will be used to pay back the reserve f und in keeping with established policy regarding the use of that fund.

During 1979 our Book Service will be upgraded. Dewey Carpenter was appointed editor of the service to seek out likely books and write reviews recommending selected books to members. We will add several books during the year with the procedure for approving books being streamlined by delegating the basic responsibility to Carpenter. Books sold to members through the service are available at a 10% discount with no char e for postage or handling when paid for with the order.

Sales of the new reprint collection, "Origins and Change", are off to a good start with sales totaling nearly $1,000 through December. We need total sales of about $3,000 to break even and pay back the reserve fund. Sales should pick up in the spring and summer when copies are purchased for use in classes for the 1979-80 school year. Plans were laid for additional collections with Bob Herrmann agreeing to put together a collection on Medical Ethics'. Buswell will look Into a possible collection in anthropology.

Over 10% of the questionnaires sent out in November on a future plan for the ASA were returned. Nearly all of these expressed strong support for the basic plan suggested. The only significant concern was expressed over the suggested new Headquarters and Stewardship Center. In reviewing the comments on the Center, the Council decided to hold back on that plan and not commit any significant finances Into It. Individuals will be encouraged to pursue the idea and the national office will assist them in any wayv short of capital Investment.

A plan and budget for 1979 initiating action on all the other suggestions covered by the questionnaire was presented by Sisterson and approved by the Council. A key budget element for 1979 is the increase in member giving required (from $15,000 to $30,000). Sisterson was given the authority to ask members for these funds when needed, while the  Council will closely monitor the situation. If we begin to fall behind on expenses, some of the programs will be cut to keep finances in control.

Salary increases for paid staff were given in line with President Carter's Wage Guidelines. A couple of exceptions were an incremental increase to the Executive Secretary voted 4 years ago but delayed voluntarily due to financial pressures in the ASA and increases to the editors to bring them more in line with the time they actually have to spend.

The next Council meeting is scheduled for May 18 and 19, 1979 in Oklahoma City to take advantage of the fact that we have two Council members from Oklahoma. The Council will only meet twice this year, in the late spring and at the Annual Meeting, unless some special need arises to call for other meetings.

Appreciation was expressed to President Buswell for his leadership during 1978 and to Carpenter for his faithful service over the 5 years of his term as a Council member.

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS

Paul Cameron (Fuller Theological Seminary, Graduate School of Psychology, 177 N. Malson, Pasadena, CA 91101; Tel. 213-449-1745-X219; home 805-492-4734, a personal friend of Stan Moore of Pepperdine University, seeks employment in psychology teaching - research.  Paul also has clinical skills. He has a Ph.D. (U. of Colorado, 1966) in social/developmental psychology and a bibliography of over 80 professional articles and two books (The Life Cycle: Perspectives and Commentar I and Sexual Gradualism). His interests center around personality in adulthood, partic regard to lethality and the social interest. He can teach developmental courses (emphasizing post-childhood), social, and philosophical psych (emphasis on motivation and phenomenology). Paul has received several research grants and is consulting editor of J. Gerontology. He is currently associate professor of psychology and director of services for senior adults at Fuller, but will be available summer or fall 1979.

William B. Gough (931 North Avenue, Springfield, PA 19064) is a new member of ASA looking for a position in physiology teaching/research to begin July or September 1979. Bill has been on the faculty of Hahnemann Medical College for the past five years, after receiving his Ph.D. (1972) and two years of post-doctoral training. His research has been in cardiovascular physiology with emphasis in cardiac electro-physiology. His teaching and seminars have been at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Bill would welcome either academic or industrial opportunities.

Robert W. Manweiler (7756 Fase St., Ada, MI 49301; Tel. 616-676-0258) is looking for a faculty position in physics in a liberal arts college or university, either secular or Christian. Bob has a Ph.D. in physics from Cornell (1972), followed by a M.Div. from
Westminster Theological Seminary (1977). After thesis work under Hans Bethe, Bob spent a year at Oak Ridge National Lab as research physicist, then * taught four years at Ursinus College while studying at Westminster. He is currently visiting assistant
professor of physics at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has taught general physics for both science majors and non-science majors, junior-senior level physics, and physics & astronomy courses for elementary education majors. Bob's research interests include pion interactions at intermediate energy, effective interactions in nuclei, and nuclear structure. But he has "a very great love for teaching" and interests in the science religion interface beyond straight physics. His bibliography includes half a dozen technical papers and "Pitfalls of a Scientist's Motivation--The Poison and the Antidote," JASA (March 1978).

POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE

Simpson College in California still has the two open positions described last issue, for one psychologist in experimental and another in clinical, counseling, or community psych, both interested in relating psychology to evangelical Christian faith. We may have mangled the requirements a bit. Evidently an active Ph.D. candidate as well as someone already possessing the doctorate would be acceptable, and either position could be open either fall 1979 or fall 1980. Contact: Dr. Sj~ W. Ellison, Chair~ Dept. of Psychology, Simpson College, 801 Silver Ave., San Francisco, CA 94T3V.-Tel. 415-334-7400. (Correction received 28 December 1978.)

Taylor University in Indiana also has an opening in psychology, a one-year appointment to replace a faculty member on leave. Ph.D. preferred, M.S. acceptable, to teach psychology of personality, social psych, and child psych. Prefer someone with some college teaching experience already; rank and salary dependent on experience. Contact: Dr. Robert D. Pitts, Dean of the University, Taylor University, Upland, IN 46989. Tel. 317-9982751. (Received 13 January 1979.)

Geneva College in Pennsylvania needs a Ph.D. or strong Master's in civil engineering for fall 1979. Teaching assignments include statics, fluid mechanics, strength of materials, structural analysis, and concrete design. "Geneva is a Reformed Presbyterian College requiring its faculty to be committed Christians." Contact: Dr. Richard H. Gordon, Chair of Engineering, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA 15010. (Received 18 January 1979.)

Marion College has a position opening for a faculty member in the Department of Sociology and Social Work with primary responsibility in Social Work. Teaching experience is desirable with the minimum degree requirements being a M.S.W. and A.C.S.W. You would teach in at least two of the following areas: human social behavior, social policy, social work practice, general psychology, and social problems. Other responsibilities include advising students, faculty committees, and work with colleagues toward CSWE accreditation. Salary and rank are to be commensurate'with qualifications. Candidate should have enthusiastic commitment to the mission of an evangelical Christian college. Reply by March I with your credentials and references to: Dr. C. Maurice Burns, Dean of the Faculty, Marion College, Marion, IN 46952. (Received 26 January 1979).


TORONTO

On January 13 a symposium was held on "Natural Resources and Christian Stewardship" at the Medical Sciences Building on the St. George campus of the U. of Toronto. Speakers were four participants in last year's Center for Christian Scholarship at Calvin College, the "think tank" that presented a key symposium at the 1978 ASA Annual Meeting at Hope College. The four Toronto speakers were Peter de Vos (philosophy), Eugene Dykema (economics), Vernon Ehlers (physics), and Aileen Van Beilen, student research assistant without who t think tank might have sunk.

Advance publicity called the meeting "an excellent opportunity to hear Christians who have taken time out from their regular work to examine the issues critically. They deserve to be heard by all of us, for corrective feedback, for mutual support, and for subsequent action." A formal discussant providing immediate feedback was. Dr. Philip H. Jones of the Institute for Environmental Studies of the U. of Toronto. There were breaks for refreshments and for lunch during the 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. meeting, probably with lots of feedback during those "feedbag" periods.

Psychology & Theology (Winter, 1978); "Religious Attitudes, Prosocial Cues, and Helping Behavior in an Emergency Situation," CAPS Bulletin (Dec. 1978); and "Engineering Humans," Christianity Today (19 Jan. 1979). -

Ruth S. Euler has just moved to Sunnyvale, California, and wants to get in touch with the local ASA section. She has a position in quality assurance with Spectra Medical Systems, Inc. (Her address: 737 E. El Camino Real, #455, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.)

Harry H. Gibson, Jr., is spending his sabbatical year at Regent College in Vancouver, B.C. While studying relationships between science and Christianity as a visiting honorary scholar at Regent, Harry is also doing research in synthetic organic chemistry with a member of the University of British Columbia chemistry faculty.

H. Harold Hartzler and Dorothy are in their annual hibernation phase (November to Xprlll~in Glendale, Arizona. Their mobile home must be getting a bit crowded, though, with the more than 5,000 family records of the King family history Harold has accumulated in exploring his "Roots." Harold, ASA's first executive secretary, plans to keep his own record(of perfect attendance at ASA Annual Meetings) unbroken at STANFORD UNIVERSITY, AUGUST 10-13, 1979. See you there, Harold!

Jon R. Jacobson hopes to make ASA/CSCA known among university students and faculty, South Africa. Jon has been on the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ for 13 years, after earning a B.S. in zoology at Seattle Pacific U. For the past four years he has worked for CCC in South Africa, where he directs the university ministry and is assistant general director. The university ministry, begun in 1975, now has five expatriate and six national Campus Crusade staff. Jon is headquartered in Auckland Park.

William E. James of Parker, Colorado, has formed a local group called Genescope Associates as a resource for lectures and programs on such topics as creation, evolution, archaeology, geology, paleontology, and psychology--and how they relate to the Bible. A course aimed toward public school teachers and others with questions on such topics, starting in January 1979, has been accredited by a state university.

Robert H. Johnson should be back in Greenville, Texas, by now, after a f our-month assignment at Nordholz, near Bremerhaven, in West Germany. His employer, E-Systems, sent him over to train maintenance personnel (in English) to cope with anew aircraft navigational system sold to the German military. With their children all married, the Johnsons thoroughly enjoyed making their first trip to Europe into a second honeymoon--and a much-needed sabbatical from church responsibilities. Even without being able to speak German, Bob detected a massive disinterest in spiritual things that has made him want to deepen his own "walk with God."

James H. Kraakevik, professor of physics at Wheaton College in Illinois, made the front page of the January 1979 issue of InForm, the bulletin of the college. Jim's short piece on "The Christian in a Technological Society" distinguished between science and technology and drew up a balance sheet for technology. After reviewing the drain on resources and energy in the U.S. and the world, Jim argued for education to produce the people and programs to meet spiritual and material needs throughout the world. (Thanks to Alton Everest of Whittier, California, for keeping us InFormed--Ed.)

Ernest C. Lucas of Merseyside, England, is a lecturer at the newly formed Liverpool Bible College, an evangelical college set up to provide biblical and practical training for Christian service in northwest England. LBC provides courses up to university degree level. They began their first year in September 1978 with five full-time and about 50 part-time students.

Timothy J. McLain of San Pedro, California, works for Logicon as a program mer/analyst. An interesting part of his work centers around digital filtering estimation. Tim has a master's degree in mathematics from the Claremont Graduate School.

Stanley W. Moore of Thousand Oaks, California, is professor of political science at Sevier College of Pepperdine University. Stan has received a grant from the Spencer Foundation of Chicago for his continuing research on the political socialization of young children, about which he is now writing a book. Stan's teaching manual for American Government was scheduled to appear this month from Houghton-Mifflin.

Ronald T. Myers is now a research physicist with Brockway Glass Company of Brockway, Pennsylvania.

Daniel C. Norman recently returned to the Seattle area and is now living in Renton, Washington. Dan is in the Flight Control Technology Research Group of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, where he works on optimal control problems for advanced technology aircraft.

Robert J. Schier, Jr., of Irvine, California, is taking several months off from medical school.  He is usining the time to investigate vision training and the improvement of vision through exercises. Bob says there is some encouraging progress in that field.

Calvin Seerveld of the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Ontario, is currently teaching an evening course on "Art in God's World" at the Institute. The same course was condensed into a one-week offering in Edmonton, Alberta, the end of January.

Calvin had an article on "The Gospel of Creation" in Christianity Today (17 November 1978) and contributed a chapter to A Christian Union in Labour's Wasteland (Wedge, 1978). Last summer Cal took on a larger audience than usual, giving five lectures on aesthetics at the Chautauqua Institute at Chautauqua, New York. He received, according to the Chautauqua Daily, "unprecedented, prolonged applause."

Dwight E. Slater of Pontiac, Michigan, is a student at Wayne State Medical School in Detroit. Dwight and his wife Deborah are prayerfully planning to serve Christ as career missionaries. This summer, as part of his medical training, Dwight E. will have the opportunity to go to Ivory Coast to assist his father, Dwight M. Slater, an ASA member and a medical missionary at Baptist Mission Hospital .

R. Michael Sly moved to Washington, D.C., in June 1978 to become chair of Allergy and Immunology at Children's Hospital National Medical Center, and professor of child health and development at George Washington U. School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Michael had been director of pediatric allergy and immunology and professor of pediatrics at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Terrell Smith, mentioned in HOW TO SERVE GOD OVERSEAS last issue, sent us a progress report from his ministry with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Germany, and his new address. In addition to encouraging German students to speak up for Christ, Terrell has made friends with non-Christian students from Turkey, Colombia, France, Japan, and Rhodesia. (His address is: Geschw.-Scholl Str. 11, Adolf-Reichwein Haus 229, 3550 Marburg/Lahn, West Germany.)

Kennell J. Touryan, deputy director of SERI (Solar Energy Research Institute) in Golden, Colorado, recently visited Mexico City as a member of a U.S. team setting up the first U.S./Mexico bilateral agreement on solar technology development. At the joint technical exchange seminar, Ken gave a paper on "R&D Studies in Solar Energy for Rural and Urban Decentralized Applications."

Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen of York University in Toronto, Ontario, has published articles on behaviorisr~in Christian journals in both the U.S. and Canada. "The Behaviorist Bandwagon" in the Sept/Oct 1978 issue of Radix was based on a lecture she gave while teaching at New College for Advanced Christian Studies in Berkeley, California, last summer. Since then an entire issue of Crux, published by Christian faculty at Scarborough College of the U. of Toronto, has been devoted to a more extensive article, "The Behaviorist Bandwagon and the Body of Christ."

D. rtil!p Veitch is now studying at Dallas Theological Seminary in Texas, having moved from chemistry to philosophy to theology. Phil, interested in systematics and apologetics from a "stanch and adamant" Calvinistic position, chose Dallas for its "excellent program in biblical languages." Phil married last summer. He continues to enjoy articles from the scientific viewpoint in JASA, he says.

Paul M. Wright in a sense, has also gone from chemistry to theology, but by way of electricity. Paul spent 41 years teaching chemistry at Wheaton College in Illinois, but got an electrician's license and began donating work for missions when he "retired" in 1970. He has helped shoot the juice to missions in 15 foreign countries, most recently wiring up classrooms and offices for Faculte Libre de Theologie Evangelique at Vauxsur-Seine, France. Paul's last postcard came from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where he was donating electrical work to the Markoma Bible Academy Farm. Meanwhile, having done much of the wiring of Phase I at something called the "Go Ye Village Retirement Center," the Wrights plan to settle down there when Phase III is finished.

Edwin Yamauchi, professor of history at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, is now director of graduate studies in his department. He is also teaching a new course on the History of Christianity. The Yamauchis' Christmas letter is beginning to chronicle the scholarly exploits of 12-year old Bryan, who amazed a lot of us at the 1978 ASA Annual Meeting with his knowledge and interest in computers. Bryan is currently writing a report on artificial intelligence. His dad gets a lot done, too, including a term as vice-president of the Near East Archaeological Society.

CALIFORNIA  William D. Bloem, 701 Poppyfields Dr., Altadena, CA 91001 BA - Psychology 
Carl F. Wolfer, 701 Poppyfields Dr., Altadena, CA 91001 AB - Psychology 
Barbara Waite, Platt Center, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 BS -Eng. 
Kim Paul Storm, 44 Beacon Bay, Newport Beach, CA 92662 MA - Theology 
Donald D. Hoagland, 590 N. Los Robles # 12, Pasadena, C A 91101 BA - Eng/ Psych. 
Lynn Foerster, FTS, 135 N. Madison, Box 1259, Pasadena, CA 91101 BA - Psych. 
Timothy A. McKay, FTS, Box 1228, 135 N. Oakland, Pasadena, CA 91101 BA - Psych. 
Richard L. Sanders, 470 E. Washington Blvd.#D, Pasadena, CA 91104 BA - Psych. 
Rodgar W. Taylor, P.O. Box 3380, Pasadena, CA 91103 BA - Psych. 
Douglas A. Umetsu, FTS, Box 128 5, 135 N. Oakland, Pasadena, CA 91101 BA - Biol. 
David W. Sawyer, 1200 Lyndon St., So. Pasadena, CA 91030 BA - Psych. 
Laura A. Fogwell, 8551 E. Arcadia Ave., San Gabriel, CA 91775 Student 
David Bourell, 127A Escondido Village, Stanford, CA 94305 MS - Matt. Sci.& E. 
Henry F. Schaefer 111, 340 Castle Crest Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94595 Professor/Chem. GEORGIA 
Susan Pinkh, 2085 Briarwillow Dr., Atlanta, GA 30345 AB - Chem. 
Joseph B. Chandler, 690 Wendan Drive, Decatur, GA 30033 BS - Biol. 

ILLINOIS Philip Davidson, 1414 E. 59th St., #818, Chicago, IL 60637 BA - Math
Keith Lexby, 1506 E. Sunset Terr., Arlington Hghts., IL 60004 BS - Chem.

KANSAS Alan W. Rosenak, 2348 Murphy Dr., Lawrence, KS 66044 AB - Missions

MASSACHUSETTS Mary Bellofatto, 69 Apache Road, Bellingham, MA 02019 MA - Psy.
Aubrey D. Haschick, 13 Burlington St., Woburn, MA 01801 Ph.D. - Physics

MARYLAND
Dawn D. Hassinger, 4111 W. Woodbine St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015