NEWSLETTER

of 
THE AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION 

VOLUME 16, NUMBER 3  JUNE 1974




ANNUAL METING SET FOR BETHANY COLLEGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY, AUGUST 19 - 222 1974

The 1974 Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation will be held at Bethany Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma (a close-in suburb of Oklahoma City). By now all members should have received registration information for the meeting, to be held August 19 - 22. If you want another copy of the registration information, just drop a note to the Elgin office.

Theme for the meeting is Planet Earth: Change and Challenge. Ed Olson, program chairman, has worked hard this spring to put together an interesting and varied set of papers. In addition we plan to spend a few sessions working on projects related to the future work of the ASA. Come prepared to give us your input on what the ASA should be doing or how to improve what we are now doing.

The local arrangements committee headed by Kurt Weiss and Don Beaver have worked hard to provide good facilities and arrangements at the meeting. They have especially worked on providing good activities for families while the meeting is going on. There will be a wide variety of diversions for children during the day, so plan to bring your whole family and make this part of your vacation.

OUT OF THE PROBLEM AND INTO THE CRISIS

According to an unimpeachable (???) source, the U. S. has solved its energy crisis and now faces only an energy problem. In the American Scientific Affiliation, things seem to be going the other way. ASA's matching grant and Growth Plan are taking care of our financial problems--but facing us with an immediate fiscal crisis.

Energy, though, we have in abundance, in the person of executive secretary Bill Sisterson. Dropping in at ASA headquarters in Elgin last month, we saw Bill and secretary Doris Parker and Judson College student Vanessa Anderson efficiently tak,ing care of ASA business. To an old-timer who remembers doing all of ASA's correspondence himself, far into the night each Sunday, it was quite a sight. There are so many more possibilities now!

But income and expenses still cycle out of phase with each other, as they did when as a council member we had to co-sign "the annual note," personally guaranteeing a bank loan to enable ASA to pay its bills each year. Now it seems that for the rest of 1974, expenses will probably exceed income by as much as $6,000, with most of the shortage coming this summer. (See NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL OFFICE for Bill's latest word on what the council has decided to do about it.)

What we really need for the current crisis as well as for the long haul, is 100 members of Harold Hartzler's "100 Club." Some 50 members already give $100 to ASA as a regular . part of their Christian giving. There must be at least that many more among us to support ASA's unique witness in the scientific community, our service to student, pastors, and the whole body of Christ.

Integration of Christian faith and science is what our Affiliation is all about. When Jesus talked about 11getting it together," He said that what we invest our money in, our hearts will be in. We say we want to make science fully human and help human beings become fully God's people. Shouldn't we thank God for the opportunities He's opening up for ASA, and pray that our hearts will be in our witness and work?

Bill Sisterson's experience equips him well to cope with cash flow problems, economics in office management, and the like. We have a good man working for us. This would be a good time to write him a note of encouragement (address: ASA, 5 Douglas Ave., Elgin, IL 60120). It would be a marvelous time to join ASA's "100 Club."

SENDING OURSELVES OVERSEAS (CONTINUED)

1. Gary R. Collins, president of ASA and professor of pastoral psychology and counseling at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, writes: "I think your idea of 'Sending Ourselves Overseas' in the April issue is a beautiful one. That's Just what I plan to do for 11 weeks beginning June 1. My main assignment will be training personnel in counseling at Overseas Christian Servicemen's Centers in Okinawa, Philippines, Thailand, Greece, Germany, and Spain-(in that order). But ,opportunities for other ministries kept opening up along the' way. I'm hoping to meet some of our ASA members abroad and I'm sure I'll have many chances to publicize ASA. I'll be back less than a week before the ASA Annual Meeting in Oklahoma, where I'm supposed to give a presidential address at the banquet. The theme for the meeting is 'PLANET EARTH: CHANGE AND CHALLENGE.' So, I'm going around Planet Earth in order to find out what's going on."

2. 'Donald C. Boardman, past president of ASA and professor of geology, Wheaton Coll7e-geIilinois, writes: "For the 1974-75 school year I have received a Fulbright grant to teach geology at the U. of Peshawar in Pakistan in the department I established 15 years ago under a SEATO grant. Betty and I hope to get a car in Europe and drive via eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan at the end of the summer.11

3. Neil C. Turner, Hamden, Connecticut: "On or about 1 July we will be leaving Connecticut to take up a position as senior research scientist with the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry in Canberra, Australia. I will be studying aspects of a crop plant's adaptation to limited rainfall regimes and hopefully will extend the 'Green Revolution' to more arid regions!"

4. Robert MacLean, Rosemead, California: "My new location will be at Salatiga, Java, Indonesia, after July 5. There is a small Christian university in Salatiga..."

5. M. J. ' Chambers, Bogor, Java, Indonesia: "Please note the new street address for all correspondence, including the ASA Journal. We don't want our copy to go astray; it brings us such stimulus and encouragement to find out how other faculty members and scientists are facing and solving problems very similar to our own."

Both myVife and I are teaching in.the Indonesian National Agricultural University here in Bogor, which provides tremendous opportunities for work and witness among faculty and students. We teach our respective specialties (climatology and geomorphology) plus the compulsory Religious Education class for protestants. Through contacts made in these classes we have seen the start of an evangelical student group
on
the campus. Our concern now is for the faculty. There are a number of Christians, but with no unified vision for the practical expression of their faith in a ministry to students. It's the same old problem: Christians on Sunday, professors on Monday, and never the twain shall meet! We would value your prayers as we seek to provide a catalyst for the formation of a graduates' fellowship here."

"Incidentally, there is a desperate shortage of all teaching materials, and spare copies of any of the following would be appreciated here! Texts on agro-climatology, soils, geomorphology, physical geology, practical cartography, or air photo interpretation; also any air photos, especially stereo pairs, showing landscape types and land use patterns."

6. D. Wayne Linn, Lilongwe, Malawi: "I think of you often and ASA activities. Sure appreciate all the ASA literature that filters through the mails to us. We are finding our Peace Corps assignment in Malawi very stimulating. I serve as an assistant to the Chief Fisheries Officer of the country, a Malawian, in administrative and supervisory duties. The objective of this extensive program in this developing nation is to increase fishery production and the availability of fish to the Malawians. At present the animal protein in their diet is 1/3 the level recommended by FAO and only 1/10 what we eat in the USA... One of my responsibilities is to help Malawianize this industry and department."

"Many nations are putting money and manpower into Malawi. We are pleased to be a part of it. It is quite a family adventure for us. And as a biologist family, we find the flora and fauna of East Africa fascinating. We enjoy our travels and planning more travels. It is really exciting to see the things in their native settings. And to live in a different culture. We hadn't anticipated the international flavor. Our three children are in schools with students from many nations and we have gained, many international friends."

"We also enjoy a rich evangelical Christian fellowship with many denominations and nationalities in the Lilongwe Interdenominational Fellowship, a conglomerate of pastors, missionaries, and lay folk. It is inspiring. Praise the Lord."

SUMMER INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Student response at the 1973 'Urbana Missionary Convention of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship was so remarkable that plans are being laid for a continuation program this summer. A 10-week intensive curriculum in missions will be offered, with college and seminary credit for the courses, on a Midwestern Christian campus. An article describing these plans appeared in the May 10 issue of Christianity Today, entitled "Is A Big New Student Mission Movement in the Offing?" The article was written by Ralph D. Winter of the School of World Mission at Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, California*

Ralph points out that 5,000 students signed cards committing themselves to overseas Christian service at Urbana '73, a number roughly equal to the total of those recording similar decisions at all nine previous conventions. All 5,000 have been contacted about the new Summer Institute of International Studies (SIIS), and it is hoped that others unable to attend Urbana will also be interested. Early responses have been encouraging. Tuition will be kept low and plans are being made to accommodate between 300 and 800 students. An impressive faculty already includes a score of evangelical leaders in missions and higher education to help students focus their commitment. ASA members in addition to Ralph Winter include James 0. Buswell, 111, of the School of World Mission, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Charles Taber of Milligan College, Tennessee.

Leaders of IVCF, Campus Crusade, and Navigators have given helpful support to the SIIS program. A new student prayer cell, Associates for World Evangelism (AWE), has been formed. These stirrings are reminiscent of the 20,000-member Student Volunteer Movement that began in 1886, and of the Haystack prayer meeting of 1806, landmarks of world missions. The SIIS Advisory Council, aware of this, is trying not to limit God by either its plans or by a lack of alertness to the Holy Spirit.

More information is available from the SIIS Information Center, 135 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101, or by calling (after 11 p.m. in any time zone) 213-795-7541.

REGENT COLLEGE SUMMER SESSIONS

Regent College is a graduate-level evangelical school of Christian studies founded in 1968 and affiliated with the Vancouver School of Theology on the University of British Columbia campus in Van6ouver. Since 1969 it has held summer sessions offering one of the core courses for its Diploma in Christian Studies plus other course taught by visiting professors. This summer, Regent professor Carl Armerding
Will offer Theology and Exegesis, focusing on the book of Amos the first 3-week season (July 2 to 19) and on Galatians in the second session (July 22 to August 9). Visiting professors will include Hans Rookmaaker of L'Abri and the Free University of Amsterdam lecturing on Naturalism in Art the first session, and Dermot McDonald of London Bible College teaching theology courses both sessions.

Of special interest to ASA members will be a first-session course on Philosophy and Christian Theology taught by Paul Helm (philosophy, U. of Liverpool); and a companion course on Christian Faith and Natural Science taught the second session by Robert L. F. Boyd. Boyd is professor of physics at the U. of London and head of the Mullard space Science Lab at University College, London. The clear thinking and straightforward testimony of this distinguished British scientist can be sampled in his chapters in Christianity in a Mechanistic Universe (IVP: ed. by D. M. MacKay) and in Why I Am Still A Christian (Zondervan; ed. by E. M. Blaiklock).

Summers at Regent combine intellectual challenge and spiritual fellowship. Students are encouraged to come for the full six weeks, but may come for either 3-week session and take one or two courses each session. Registration is $15; tuition for each course, $50. From Aug. 12 to Sept. 6, a special 4-week intensive course in either O.T. Hebrew or N.T. Greek may be taken for $100. Room & board in student residences: approximately $40 per week. For further details, contact The Registrar, Regent College, 5990 Iona Drive, Vancouver, B. C., Canada V6T IJ6. Telephone, 604-224-3245.

"...THIGH BONE CONNECTED TO THE HIP BONE-, HIP BONE..."

In 1963, excavators exposed a huge bone on the property of Judge Joseph Sam Perry in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, about four miles north of Wheaton College. Judge Perry reported the find and permitted the geology faculty and students to uncover the complete skeleton of an American mastodon. Douglas Block, now professor of geology at Rock Valley College, directed the excavation. The bones were washed, dried, preserved, and displayed to some 17,000 school children and teachers on organized field trips to Wheaton College.

Donald Boardman
I , professor of geology at Wheaton, has directed a 10-year program of
study into the anatomy, bone structure, reconstruction, and display of mastodon
remains. A professional museum firm, Richard Rush Studio of Chicago, was employed
to design a unique presentation of "The Perry Mastodon." It was completed recently
and is now open to the public at any time, day or night.

The Perry Mastodon is displayed at Wheaton College in a 40-foot wide court between the new Science Building and Breyer Laboratories. A visitor encounters a semicircle of glass 20 feet high and 30 feet wide, and as he passes through a light beam the mechanism of the display behind the glass is activated. The mastodon is mounted on a platform that revolves, showing its right side "fleshed out" realistically, its left side with the uncovered bones articulated. Plants grow around the specimen on the platform, which revolves before a setting of black spruce trees blending into a diorama. The scene depicts the Wheaton area as it probably appeared 11,000 years ago, some 1,000 years after the last ice sheet withdrew, leaving behind glacial lakes in the central United States.

The Perry Mastodon is one of the most dramatically displayed museum exhibits in the world. The Perry family and Wheaton College regard it as a community project and have welcomed participation of citizens in the area. Teachers have brought their students from as far as 50 miles away to make use of this valuable educational resource,

CREATIONIST CHALLENGE TO EDUCATION, IT

According to the Bible-Science Newsletter., the Second Mass Creation Convention is scheduled to be held at the Red Carpet Inn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Aug. 18 - 21. Some 40 speakers will present both technical and popular talks during the three days. The theme of the first (October 1972) convention, "A Challenge to Education,
11 Will be continued and the essays will again be printed in book form before the convention, Registration information can be obtained from the sponsoring Bible-Science Association, Box 1016, Caldwell, Idaho 83605. Creation, as defined by the Bible-Science Association (BSA), means the special creation of everything on earth in six 24-hour days, no more than a few thousand years ago. It is likely that all or most of the speakers will present this "young earth" picture.

Among the speakers will be indefatigable Henry Morris and Duane Gish of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) of San Diego. ICR's Acta
A Facts amazes us each month with accounts of the travel and speaking Henry and Duane do to promote the young earth cause. It also convinces us that ICR is a more scholarly outfit than BSA or The Creation Science Research Center (CSRC), also of San Diego but unrelated to ICR. CSRC Publishes a bi-monthly magazine, Science and Scripture, and seems to be promoting legislative or administrative action to force the teaching of young earth ideas in public schools throughout the U. S. and Canada.

A CREATIONIST CHALLENGE TO YOUNG EARTH IDEAS

Meanwhile, Daniel E. Wonderly, recently of Grace College, Winona Lake Indiana, has expressed concern about the boldness with which the "young earth" concept has been promoted. Dan, who considers himself a creationist and not an evolutionist, feels that the young earth issue has become a serious problem in Christian institutions. He fears ft has erected new barriers between conservative Christians and the scientific world.

To clear up misconceptions, Dan urges each ASA member to submit at least one article on the proper relation between the Bible and science to a Christian magazine this year. Too many articles bordering on pseudo-science are being accepted by editors anxious to publish something on creationism because of the turmoil in the public schools. Dan feels that those with a definition of creation broader than the young earth concept have a responsibility to help Christians who may be getting only one side of the story in the Christian publications they read.

Dan says it is important to remind the Christian public that nearly all
of
the founders of fundamentalism in America recognized the necessity to deal with God's revelation of time in nature, and proposed methods for reconciling the Biblical account of creation with the scientific evidences for the great age of the earth. Also, in a spirit of love, "ultrafundamentalists" need to be shown that a high respect for the Bible and a concern for the Gospel of Jesus Christ are not the exclusive property of young earth advocates.
 
If writing an article requires too much effort, how about a constructive letter to a Christian publication? Even if your letter is not printed, it may help assure the editor that the young earth hypothesis has not been verified and encourage him to use caution in going too far out on that limb. -

Dan has compiled a summary list of what he considers to be the salient points of the young earth issue. He would be glad to share it with you to help you write an article or letter-to-the-editor, or think through your own position on the age of the earth. Write to Daniel E. Wonderly, P. 0. Box 772, Winona Lake, IN 46590.

BACK ON THAT JERICHO ROAD

Readers have been trying to educate the ASA News editor about Near East archaeology ever since we made some crack about the geography of Jericho. The latest andragogical attempt comes from David A. Lewis. who offers to take us on one of his Holy Land tours this fall. On -the -fourth day, says his brochure, we can "hike down the old Jericho Road, where Jesus walked."

We can't make it this year, thank you, but maybe others ASAers might be interested. This "High Adventure in Israel" tour, October 16-25, includes a campout at the Sea of Galilee. It's for men and boys only, 10 days for $635 (men) or $435 (boys under 12). Another 5-country, 15-day Bible Lands tour in the spring of 1975 is presumbably open to anyone except Arab terrorists. "Revivaltime" speaker C. M. Ward will be guest lecturer on that one. For information, contact David A. Lewis, P. 0. Box 1051, Fairmont, West Virginia 26554.

Dave is an Assemblies of God evangelist who, besides being an Associate in ASA and the Creation Research Society, is a member of the Bible-Science Foundation and the Evolution Protest Movement of England. He seems to cover lots of bases and refers to himself as a World Traveler, Lecturer, and Eschatologist.

Me? I hope to become a Jerichologist before the gereologists get me.

PEOPLE LOOKING FOR POSITIONS

John P. Chan (Dean of Natural Science and Engineering Faculty, Hong Kong Baptist College, Kowloon, Hong Kong) wants to spend a summer sabbatical leave in the United States in a research group that could provide about $2500 of stipend. His research fields are (a) liquid crystals, (b) acoustic propagation in liquid metals, and (c) Au and Sn deposition on stainless steel substrates. He gave a paper this spring in Tokyo at an International Conference on Crystal Growth. Dr. Chan is highly recommended on both a personal Christian basis and a professional basis by F. Alton Everest, who knew him in Hong Kong as a stalwart of the college there. Alton asked Dick Bube for help, but Dick says there is nothing at Stanford in Chan's field. Can other readers of ASA News come up with a suggestion?

POSITIONS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE

Viterbo College is looking for 1) a history teacher who would be willing to coordinate, part-time, a continuing education program; 2) a social welfare teacher-Supervisor; 3) a maternal & child care nursing teacher. Ward Wilson, chairman of the Psychology department, says he would like to see more evangelicals at this progressive Catholic college, which is sympathetic to evangelical Protestantism. Contact Sr. Mynette Gross, Dean, Viterbo College, LaCrosse, WI 54601. (Received 24 Apr. 174)

Judson Collt&e in Illinois is looking for someone with at least an M.S. degree to teach sociology at their Christian liberal arts college. An evangelical who can make "a relevant contribution to t
he Christian community" is desired. Contact Ted Hsieh, Judson College, Elgin, IL 60120. (Received 30 April 1974)

Wheaton College in Illinois has an opening in its Chemistry Department for a biochemistry teacher, according to Neal Brace The position involves teaching biochemistry and introductory chemistry for non-s;ience majors and paramedicals; staff participation in an advanced lab techniques course; and possibly some assignment in organic or general chemistry. Contact Dr. Bernard A. Nelson, Chairman, Chemistry Department, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187. (Received 30 April 1974)

 


 
METROPOLITAN NEW YORK

The spring meeting scheduled for Saturday, April 27, at Nyack College, Nyack, New York, focused on "The Christian and the Environment." Afternoon speakers on Christian responsibility for wise use of natural resources included Stanley Dea, vice-president of the Building and Technology Corporation;
Wayne Ault, professor of geology at The King's College; and Herbert Hergert director of research and development for ITT Rayonier, Inc., N. Y. C. The meeting concluded with an after-dinner panel discussion.

CHICAGO

On the same Saturday afternoon and evening, the Chicago spring meeting held at Trinity College, Deerfield, Illinois, was devoted to "Christian Perspectives on women's Liberation." After a welcome by Gil Maple, Jr. (biology, Trinity College) and a business meeting chaired by section president Richard Carhart (physics, U. Of Ill-, Chicago Circle), the consciousness raising began. Ac6u_ally, we hear, the 30 or so people in attendance seemed to be open to change and growth, although wondering how to discern the right way to go. There were sincere questions about egalitarian marriage, and concern about possible dangers of changing roles. But there was little hostility and most people went away challenged.

The first speaker was James 0. Buswell, III (anthropology, . Trinity College), who suggested that from anthropologies viewpoint, "humans are totally without instincts." With no "innate tendencies," we pick up our "roles" from our environment, social and cultural. Margaret Mead and others have shown how widely the definitions of "man's work" and "woman's work" differ from culture to culture.

Gary Collins (pastoral psychology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) chose not to discuss "feminine psychology" but instead explored possible reactions to the feminist movement. We can: 1) ignore it because we're threatened by it; 2) laugh-nervously; 3) fight for self-survival, denying others their rights in an attempt to preserve our own; 4) cower before it in fear; 5) adapt to it. Gary said that Christians ought to be adapting, exploring what the Bible really says, since it never puts women down. He regards Bill Gothard's "chain of command" as un-Christian (Gal. 3:28: "there is neither male nor female; for you are all one Christ Jesus"). And Eph. 5:23 on wives submitting to husbands must be interpreted in the light of Eph. 5:21, where all of us are to submit to each other. Gary finished with a better alternative: 6) go beyond the movement. We should not lag behind in examining our own moral, family, and sexual behavior, in case we should be changing the sex roles we teach our children, etc. We need to get ourselves in order as Christians to be able to help others work through their problems of changing roles.

After dinner (roast chauvinist boar with its foot in its mouth?), theologian Gleason Archer (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) surveyed Old Testament passages, beginning at the beginning. He concluded from Gen. 1-2 that women have a special role of "helper-complement" but man has the collective leadership role, "captain of the family team." He argued that for Eve's sin in the Garden, God "expressly subordinates woman to her husband." He talked about O.T. culture and law and exposited Proverbs 31 about the virtues of a good wife. "She might even engage in business activities," he conceded, "but only with her husband's approval."

Well, that's three male perspectives. However, the final speaker was no "token female." She was Nancy Hardesty, who had taught at Trinity last year but is now at the U. of Chicago Divinity School working toward a Ph.D. in church history. She has written a book with Letha Scanzoni (to be released in August by Word Press) entitled All We're Meant to Be: A Biblical Approach to Women's Liberation. She also has a chapter on "Women and Evangelical Christianity" in Clouse, Linder, and Pierard's The Cross and the Flag (Creation House, 1972). Her "Biblical gynecology" didn't exactly coincide with Gleason Archer's. She said we must be willing to read the Bible with the possibility of discarding traditional interpretations. (After all, Galileo was right and traditional Biblical interpretations weren't.)

She reminded the audience that "'he" is no more descriptive of God than "rock," "bread" or "vine," pointing out that "she" is actually used in such passages as Isa. 42:14; 46:3; 49:15; 66:13; and Luke 15. In the N.T., anthropos rather than aner is used in depicting the Incarnation; Christ became human, not specifically male. And He died for women, too. Genesis has both male and female made in God's image, receiving the same commission, and equally "blowing it" in the fall. In general, Hardesty disagreed with Archer on whether certain passages are descriptive or prescriptive. She pointed out that the Holy Spirit dealt directly with Mary, not through her father or Joseph. She concluded by suggesting that the church is hurting because we've denied and bound and stunted the growth of half the church's members, half the body.

Wow. That must have been some meeting. With the dominance of males in ASA and in particular in positions of leadership, this topic ought to be taken up by many local sections, and probably at a national meeting. Do scientists prefer female lab assistants because they're more submissive? Do we think of our own sons as potential doctors, our daughters as potential nurses? Would we welcome more women into our departments on an equal footing?

SAN DIEGO

Jerry Albert reports that a crowd showed up for the March 26 meeting at Fred Jappe's home--that is, if it's still true that "three's a crowd." Anyway, Jerry and Fred and Don Kochendorfer went ahead with plans for the birth of a new local section next fall, present plans call for an October 18 meeting, with ASA News editor Walt Hearn giving a public lecture and Bill Sisterson of the national, off-ice on hand to serve as midwife.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY

Saturday, June 1, was scheduled for a potluck dinner and discussion of "The Population Crisis" at the home of Harold Winters in San Jose. The meeting was to center around the March 1974 issue of Journal ASA, with 5-minute critiques of the articles on population in that issue foilowed by general discussion. Members were urged in the announcement to read the articles in advance and to bring their copy of the journal to the meeting. Focusing on an issue of our ASA Journal devoted to a particular topic sounds like a great idea for a local section meeting. We'll be interested to know how this one came out.

OREGON

Evidently April 27 was a good Saturday for local section meetings across the country. The Oregon section held their annual symposium on that day also, at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Arnold Flath (physical education, OSU), program chairman, was pleased with the way the four papers fit together in a coherent theme--even though the speakers and audience (of about 30 persons) found plenty to debate. Ludlow Corbin (biology, Warren College, Portland), president of the section, presided and Arnold introduced the speakers.

The two morning speakers, Walt Hearn of Berkeley and Ian Tinsley of OSU, both biochemists by training, spoke from their personal experience about what science is and what it is not. Walt showed how science can be perverted into pseudo-science by crackpots, by propagandists, or by sincere but misguided people. Ian spoke of the limitations to what we can know through science, with many examples of kinds of knowledge we can't afford, can't motivate ourselves to obtain, aren't prepared to handle, can't risk exploring, can't conceive of adequately, etc.

After lunch and a talk by Walt on experimenting with alternative Christian patterns of life and ministry, the papers became more philosophical. Dennis Feucht (engineer with Tektronix, Inc., Portland) discussed the nature of truth, contrasting existential views with positivistic reductionism. and finding both wanting from a Christian
point of view. Dennis supported the complementary or multi-level approach of Polanyi and others as the best way to get a "true knowledge" that comes from God and that should "set us free." John Seaders (civil engineering, OSU) took a strong Reformed approach in his presentation of "Christ and the World of Thought." John reviewed the Biblical "cultural mandate," argued that Biblical presuppositions are absolutely essential for the orderly development of true science, and claimed that any attempt to obscure the line between believer and nonbeliever (including distinctions between science done by Christians and by non-Christians) is immoral for a Christian.

Feeling that many of us differ from this extreme view, but not sure whether we differ on a substantive basis or merely on a tactical basis in our Christian witness, we asked John for a source of published material along the lines of his paper. 'He recommended publications from Chalcedon. 23365 Balmoral Lane, Canoga Park, CA 91307.
We are continuing to experience growing pains. Some we don't mind too much, like the big overload of work caused by the large number of new members. If we had been any more successful in our Growth Plan this spring we would have been unable to cope with our regular work. However, we like tbesource of the extra work and will gladly bear it if members keep joining at such record rates throughout the year.

One growing pain that is not so pleasant is the shortage of cash right now. Despite the financial boost of the Matching Fund and the good results from the Growth Plan, it looks like we will fall about $5-6,000 behind this year. This is especially difficult since all the shortage will occur this summer. Our income picks up enough in the fall to cover the end of the year expenses.

In order to meet the shortage this year as well as some probab3e shortages next year the Executive Council has instructed me to make every effort to add to the 100 Club. The 100 Club is made up of members who pledge to give a gift each year for three years beginning with last year. If you could make a gift this summer and a pledge for next year as a part of this commitment it would go far in relieving our current difficulty. Gifts made to the ASA are tax-deductible.

It might be helpful for new members to understand our present financial goals and what we mean by a "shortage." It is our basic financial goal to meet all our regular expenses through income derived from dues and subscriptions. Anything short of this goal is a "shortage" and must be met by gifts from the members. We expect that it will take until the end of 1975, at least, to eliminate the need for some gifts. Once we reach our goal, we will only ask for gifts for special interest items of ministry, not related to the regular budget.

Since we are in a transition period it is difficult to know exactly what to expect on a month to month basis. Our goal is to be through the transition period by the end of 1975 and we will just have to live with a degree of uncertainty until we reach a level of financial stability.

I personally have confidence in God's working in the ASA, not only to make us financially sound, but also to give us a more effective and extensive ministry for Him. There will be hard times ahead, like*this summer, but I have never known anything worthwhile for Christ that didn't take a lot of faithful persistence in the face of difficulty. I, for one, am willing to persist where God is taking the ASA. Whatever assistance you can bring to this task in effort, gifts and/or prayer will be genuinely appreciated.

Gordon Bear has been director of professional services at Five Acres in Altadena, California since November 1973. Five Acres is a private residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed children, ages 5 to 14. Gordon is in sociology/social work (A.C.S.W.).

James E. Berney of IVCF staff has completed 13 years of work with students on northern California campuses, In June he moves to Altadena in the L.A. area to work with students on southern California campuses and to try to develop closer ties with Fuller Seminary in training new IVCF staff.

Tim Bowren has accepted a position with Naval Avionics in Indianapolis, Indiana, as an analytical chemist. Tim is-an honors graduate of Northern Illinois University.

David S. Bruce will become associate professor of biology at Wheaton College, Wheaton Illinois, in September 1974. Dave will teach physiology. He had a paper with D. G. Linden on "Use of a Marine Vertebrate, the Flounder, in the Physiology Teaching Laboratory" in Amer. Biology Teacher 35 (8), 465-9 (1973).

Richard H. Bube, professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford, was the speaker at a Campus Christian Life Conference in April at the U. of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. The conference was sponsored by College Hill Presbyterian Church, an historic church dating back to 1835 but with a growing ministry to university students. Dick spoke on science and Christian faith at the church on Sunday and Monday, and lectured in university classrooms on Monday and Tuesday.

Paul C. Davis retired as professor emeritus of psychology and education from Chapman College in j-une 1973. He now lives in Blue Jay, California, in the Lake Arrowhead area. On April 20 the Davises left for a 22-day tour of the orient. Last summer they cruised to Acapulco on the Chapman "World Campus Afloat."

Darrell Clardy reports that his duties as a criminalist in the Orange County Sheriff'c Department (California) have become more interesting and challenging. He has had to testify in court as an expert witness, and has done blood typing and paint comparisons as part of homicide investigations.

Rhea H. Forman of Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio, has been a part-time psychologfical  consultant since January at the Lima State Hospital in Lima. He has been training hospital attendants in the principles of behavior modification and assisting a team handling various problems on the wards.

F. Earl Fyke received an M.S.E.E. in electromagnetics in December and stayed on at the U. of Mississippi as an instructor and research associate. Earl is having a busy year. In May he was planning to marry--and present a paper on "The Loop Antenna as a Probe" at the Southeastern I.E.E.E. meeting in Orlando, Florida. In September he expects to enter Mayo Medical School in Minnesota.

Charles Hatfield gave a paper, "On Difference Equations," in April at the Missouri section of the Mathematical Association of America meeting at the U. of Missouri in Rolla, whe~e he is professor. He reports that the Institute for Advanced Christian Studies (IFACS) has been moving its board meetings around and setting up a public panel discussion (e.g., on "Christ and the Modern World") through some local church in the city where they meet. Chuck, vice president of IFACS, thinks that these discussions have been well received in Philadelphia, Washington, and (in March) Nashville.

Walter R. Hearn, editor of ASA News, addressed the combined Western Student Leadership Conference of the Christian Medical Society and the Christian Legal Society in April. The conference was held at Mt. Hermon, California. Walt spoke on "'Christianst Professionals, and Society."

David Lindberg has been elected chairman of the Department of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin. He expects to spend the spring term, 1974-75, at the Institute for Research in the Humanities in Madison. During the past year, Dave has given public lectures at Wheaton, Barrington, and Carroll Colleges, Ohio State University, and the U. of Western Ontario.

Corrine Lundgren graduated with a Master of Library Studies degree and is now librarian at the recently founded evangelical school, International College, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Cory says recent talks on the Bible and science at the college evoked much interest. She would be willing to share copies of her list of publishers cited, especially of literature on "Creation."

Donald W. McKeon is completing a year as assistant professor of English at Virginia Polytec'~nic Institute & State U., Blacksburg, VA.

Claude E. Stipe, associate professor of anthropology at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was highly honored by the College of Liberal Arts at Marquette this spring. On April 25, Claude gave the second annual Liberal Arts Faculty Lecture, on the subject of "The Race and Intelligence Controversy."

Arthur H. Svedberg has become medical director of Shell Point Village and Nursing Pavilion in Fort Myers, Florida. Last July he completed 22 years of practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, before moving to Florida.

Douglas H. Taylor and his family are settling in the Berrien Springs, Michigan, area fo~7the beginning of their furlough from Mosvold Mission Hospital, Ingwavuma$ Kwa Zulu, Republic of South Africa. The Evangelical Alliance Mission hospital cared for over 2,500 in-patients and 30,000 out-patients during 1973 (including Doug, who was a surgical patient this winter). Several hundred people became Christians in 1973, largely through the testimony and preaching of national workers connected with the hospital.

David Van Reken will be completing his pediatric fellowship training in infectious disease in Missouri this June. He has been assigned to two years of active duty with the Navy. David will be stationed at the Portsmouth (Virginia) Naval Hospital.

Sandra Wahl has moved from Chicago to San Luis Obispo, California. When we heard from Sandy she was looking for a job and getting to know the Christians on the Cal. Poly. State U. campus.

Ed Yamauchi, history professor at Miami U., Oxford, Ohio, had an article on archaeology in The Law and the Prophets (a volume in honor of O.T. Allis), a review of Von DHniken in Eternity (January), and an article on Easter in Christianity Today (March 15 & 29). Ed has lectured at a symposium of New Testament scholars at the Evangelical Theological Society meeting, at Wheaton and Anderson Colleges, at Ball State U. in Indiana, andIrfor the Theological Students Fellowship at McCormick Seminary in Chicago. He will be speaking at the Mt. Hermon (California conference for Japanese Christians, June 24 - 30.

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Wilson Banks, 1211 Russell, Normal, IL 1761, PhD in Ed.

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James Rogers, 1215 W. Granville, Chicago, IL 60660, MA in Psych.


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David Walker, 403 Woodlawn, Lincoln, IL 62656, AB in Ministerial BA in Greek


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William Woodruff, R2 Glen Road, Bourbonnais,IL 60914p MTh in Biblical Literature


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Charles Kelley, 4570 Lincoln Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46208, BS in PreMed.


Margaret Stockwell, 7277 N Range Rd., LaPorte, IN 46350, BA in Biology


Margaret Troxell, 636 West Second St., Marion, IN 46952, BA in Biology


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Warren Scott, 1513 Linden Plaza, Mt. Pleasant, IA 526410 MD in Medicine


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Howard Shirley, 330 N. 4th, Sterling, KS 67579, EdD in Ed. Pay. & Coun.


KENTUCKY


David Ciliberto, 7303 Gardner Hills, Ft. Campbell, KY 42223, MD in Medicine


LOUISIANA


William Bond, 8954 Bayside Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70806, PhD in Chem.


MARYLAND


Franklin Nile4, 342 Paradise Road, Aberdeen, MD 21001, PhD in Physics


Bruce Schrier, 8931 Edgewood Drive, Gaithersburg, ND 20760, PhD in Biochem.


MASSACHUSETTS


Pamela Hurley, 550 Memorial Dr., Apt. 4B, Cambridge, MA 02139, BS in Chemistry


Barbara Maley, Box 263A, Gordon-Conwell Seminary, So. Hamilton, MA 01982, BS in P.R.


Harold Stinebelfer, 21 Daniel Drive, Burlington, MA 01803, Mgr. Computer Sci. Dept.


Lee Webster, 64 Stony Hill Road, Amherst, MA 01002, PhD in Traffic Engin.


MICHIGAN


Brian Beaumont, 1900 Willowbrook Drive, Lansing, MI 48917, Student


David Cok, 350 Heyns, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, Student


Michael Greene, 4 Brown Court, Midland, MI 48640, MS in Chem. Engr.


Lambert Van Poolen, 1342 Orville S. E., Grand Rapids, MI 49507, PhD in M. E.


MINNESOTA


Paul V. Johnson, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN 55112, MA in Sociology


James Rahn, 633 N. Lexington, St. Paul, MN 55104, MA in Adm.


MISSOURI

NEW JERSEY


James A. Cochran, 133 Watson Drive, Dover, N. J. 07801, MEE in Eng.


William Gillan, 317 Highland Ave., Neptune, N. J. 07753, BA in Biology


Kenneth Lubansky, 52 Steele Ave., Somerville, N. J. 08876, BS in Chem.


Terry Metzgar, RD #6, Box 638C, Newton, N. J. 07860, BS in Chem.

 


Harry Panjwani, 60 Glen Ave., Glen Rock, N. J. 07452, IID in Medicine


Westley Reeves, 16 Condit St., Newton, N. J. 07860, Student


Arline Siegel, 205 Mountain Ave., Gillette, N. J. 07933, MS in Zoology


NEW MEXICO


Robyn Church, 4 Arco N. W., Albuquerque, N. M. 87120, Student


NEW YORK


Gary Bonebrake R.D.2, Box 131A1, Wells Bridge, N. Y. 13859, M.Div. in 0. T.


Rudolph Buettner, 64 Ramblewood Dr., N. Chili, N. Y. 14514, MA in Ed.


Stanley Dea, 7 Dogwood Lane, Glen Head, N. Y. 11545, PhD in Env. Eng.


John Downie, 103 Rosewell Meadow, DeWitt, N. Y. 13502, BS in Physics


Marshall Hoagland, 4 Briar Place, Nanuet, N. Y. 10954, MA in Ed. Admin.


Edgar Hultman, 188-02 64th Ave., Apt. 13-G, Fresh Meadows, N. Y. 11365, AAS in Elec.


Edward Lind, 7 High Meadow Drive, Penfield, N. Y. 14526, PhD in Chem.


Mary McAllister, R.D.#l, Heuvelton, N. Y. 13654, BS in Biology


James Wetterau, 72-42 67th Place, Glendale, N. Y. 11227, BEE in Electronics


NORTH CAROLINA


A. F. Chestnut, 110 Holly Lane, Morehead City, N. C. 28557, PhD. in Zoology


Kathy Crutchfield, Rt. 7, Box 452, Kernersville, N. C. 27284, Student

E. Lea Hadden, 5-D Wake Forest Apts., Winston-Salem, N. C. 27106, MA in Biology


Richard Landis, 603-D Hibbard Dr., Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514, PhD in Biostatistics


OHIO


Paul Carter, 2404 Manchester Dr., Toledo, OH 43606, MD in Medicine


Barney Ford, 114 W. Central, Oxford, OH 45056, BA in Phil.

Harold Fox, 1405 Rosedale Dr., Dayton, OH 45406, MA in Theology


Elmer Neufeld, Route 2, Bluffton, OR 45817, PhD in Philosophy


Gene Soza, 11261 Stoneham Road, Cleveland, OH 44130, BCE in Civil Engr.


Daniel Tucker, 5982 Fairfield Rd., Oxford, OH 45056, MS in Geology Anthro.


Dale Valory, % Grace Haven Farm, Rt. 5, Woodville Rd., Mansfield, OH 44903, PhD Vhr
Frank Vosler, 8011 Morse Rd., New Albany, OH 43054, BA in History


William Williams, 756 Georgia Ave., Akron, OH 44306, BS in Chemistry


Gene Acuff, P. 0. Box 741, Stillwater, OK 74074, PhD in Sociology


Neil Hoecker, 1610 W. Admiral, Stillwater, OK 74074, BS in Math


Terry Shaw, 424 N. Washington, Stillwater, OK 74074, MS in Biology


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Glenn Clark, 660 S.E. Terra Circle, Corvallis, OR 97330, EdD in Couns. & Guid.Psych.


Sam Feucht, 8721 S.E. Mill St., Portland, OR 97216, Salesman


Nellie Harris, 9201 N.E. Fremont St., Portland, OR 97220, PhD in Physiology


David Hart, 3362 S.E. Caruthers, Portland, OR 97214, Electronics Technician


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Samuel Baker, 1217 Wheatsheaf Lane, Abington, PA 19001, BS in Chem. & Biology


John Beres, Rm.239, Mellon Inst.,C-MU, 4400 5th Ave.,Pittsburgh, PA 15213, M.S in Chem


J . Thomas Collie, 932 Carlisle St., Natrona Hts., PA 15065, Student


R. Eugene Crow, 3239 Hayes, Norristown, PA 19403, MA in Philosophy


Charles Drum, 2051 Livingston St., Allentown, PA 18104, PhD in Physics


Charles Jackson, R.D.5, Scenic Knolls, Bloomsburg, PA 17815, PhD in Pol. Sci.


Frank King, Box 463, Beaver Falls, PA 15010, Student


James Martin, 117 Hartswick Ave., State College, PA 16801, PhD in Psychology


D. Harold McRae, 42 Bright Rd., Hatboro, PA 19040, PhD in Plant Physiology Peter Muller, 36 Sandy Lane, Malvern, PA 19355, 

Student Lance G. Rose, 158 Lacock Ave., East Rochester, PA 15074, Student Thomas Taylor, 109 Wiltshire Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, BS in Physics 

Karl Yorgey, Apt. A303, 434 W. Vine St., Hatfield, PA 19440, MS in Physiology SOUTH DAKOTA' - - Mrs. Lot Amin, 205 W. 18th, Apt. 33, Sioux Falls, S.D. 57105* BA in Latin 

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Student Buford Poet, 312 Belmont Drive, Bristol, TN 37620, MA in Chem. 

TEXAS Gerald Bodey, 5023 Glenmeadow, Houston, TX 77035, MD in Medicine 

Philip Green, 206 Brookside, Bryan, TX 77801, PhD in Phys. 

Paul Harms, 1313 Augustine Court, College Station, TX 77840, PhD in Phys. of Reprod. 

A. R. Horner, 2200 Hickory, Amarillo, TX 79107, 

Brakeman Calvin James, Rt.1, Box 145, Cedar Hill, TX 75104, BSAe in Aero Engr. 

Timothy Johnson, Chem. Dept., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843, BS in Chem. Douglas Koeppe, 1610 Leona, College Station, TX 77840, BA in Physics 

John F. McIntyre, Engr. Sci.Bldg.143, Univ. of TX, Austin, TX 78712, Student 

John McNew, 4004 Nagle, Bryan, TX 77801, MD in Medicine William Owens, 2009 Cavitt Dr., Bryan, TX 77801, BM in Music William Priebe, 2126 Scarlet Oaks, Irving, TX 75060, MS in C-E

Donald Rice, 6815 Academy, Apt. 14, Houston, TX 77025, BS in Geology 

James Smith, 911 Evergreen Hill Rd., Dallas, TX 75208, BSCE in Civil Engr. 

Barry Toombs, 300 N.Ferry Rd., #1109, Galveston, TX 77550, BA in Biology 

Thomas Walton, 2203 Sharon Drive, Bryan, TX 77801, MD in Medicine Ronald Wells, P.O. Drawer FC, College Station, TX 77840, MDiv in Theology 

Joseph Zemanek, 936 Timber Dell, Dallas, TX 75232, PhD in Physics UTAH Ben Jager, Univ. of Utah, Mineral Sci. Bldg., Salt Lake City, UT 84112, PhD in Chem.


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Robert Buckler, 2016 N. Adams St., #306, Arlington, VA 22201, AB in Astronomy


Hugh Daughtrey, 1216 Moseley Dr., Apt. 6, Lynchburg, VA 24502, BS in Physics


James Hoffman, 2059 Huntington Ave. #1011, Alexandria, VA 22303, JD in Law


Robert Robinson, 4300 Roberts Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030, BA in Psyc


Norman A. Ross, USN, NAVSPASUR, Dahlgren, VA 22448, MS in Astronomy

WASHINGTON


Lawrence Day, 975 Mt. Pk. Blvd., Issaquah, WA 98027, BSEE in EE


David Dodds, 14331 22nd Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98125, Storekeeper


Ray Horton, 16810 S.E. 29th St., Bellevue, WA 98008, MS in M.E.


Stephen Lawson, 15305 52nd Ave. West, Edmonds, WA 98020, BA in Econ.


Hugh Nutley, 827 W. Barrett, Seattle, WA 98119, MIA in English; PhD in Physics


Robert Schmitz, 5313 Ravena Place N.E., Seattle, WA 98105, Student


William Stakee, 920 68th Ave. E., Tacoma, WA 98424, BSAE in Physics


Ann Thomas, 6008 51st Ave. N. E., Seattle, WA 98115, AB in Biological Sci.


WISCONSIN


Elizabeth Allan, 2334 E. Washington Ave., Madison, W1 53704, Bs in Math & Chem.


Harold Englund, 915 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233, BS in Chemistry


Archie MacKinney, 190 N. Prospect Ave., Madison,
wi 53705, MD in Medicine


W. Kennard Lacy, 1521 South 76th St., West Allis, WI 53214, BD & MD in Theology


Walter Schwartz, 8733 Glencoe Circle, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, BA in Med. Sci.& MD

Robert Woodson, Dept. of Medicine, The Univ. of Wisconsin, 1300 Univ. Av., Madison, WI

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Paul Parsons, 440 Crawford Ave., Morgantown, W.VA 26505, BS in P.T.

CANADA

Lyle Larson, 200 Brander Drive, Edmonton, Alta. T6H 4X6, PhD in Soc.

Rick Sutcliffe, 3320-275 St., RR#l, Aldergrove, B.C. VOX lAO, MSc in Math

Lorne Brandt, 5 Purcell Ave. Winnipeg, Man. R36 OZ9, BSc in Biology

Ernest Fraser, 507-A Sunnydale Pl., Waterloo, Ont., BA in Sociology

G. Angus Hills, 91 John St., Thornhill, Ont. L3T 1Y3, MSA in Soil Chemistry

David McLay, 97 Beverley St., Kingston, Ont. K7L 3Y7, PhD in Physics

Bruce Pond, P. 0. Box 120, Vineland Station, Ont., BA in Geog.

Rolf Stokhuyzen, 161 University Ave.W., Apt. 108, Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3E5, MSc in Chem

William White, 595 Cummer Ave., Willowdale, Out., PhD in Physics

Derick Wood, Dept. of Appl. MacMcMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont. L8S 4K1, PhD in COMP

AUSTRALIA 

D. Gareth Jones, 3 Sabina St., Woodlands, W. A. 6018, BBBS in Anatomy

CENTRAL AMERICA

Charles Nelson, Minas de Oro, Honduras, MS in Soc. St.

HONG KONG

G. R. Chapman, 17 Lancashire Rd., Kowloon, Hong Kongg MD in Medicine
John Neir, 222 Argyle St., Kowloon, Hong Kong, MHA in Hosp. Adm.
KOREA
David Seel, Presbyterian Med. Ctr., Jeonju, Cholla Puk Do 520, MD in Medicine
WESTERN CAROLINES
Peter Fischbach, Box 400 Koror, Palau Dist. U.S.T.T. 96940, MS in Science

NEW DIRECTORY - PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW

If you have used our last directory to locate a member. you have probably discovered that at least a third of the addresses don't work. We plan to remedy that situation this summer by printing a new geographical directory of members. It will be mimeographed this time to save money and will be free of charge to any member of the ASA. We will not send them automatically to anyone - you must make request to the Elgin office. Just drop us a card with your name and address, and specify that you want the "new directory." There will be some delay in mailing them since we need to get your response before we know how many to run off. Please send your request right away so you will be sure to get one.

                                            June 1974

A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT .....

Dear Colleague,

A few days ago I received a-card from one of my students, "In this technological age of jet travel," the card read, "It is possible in one day to have your breakfast in London, your lunch in New York, your dinner in Honolulu... and your luggage in Hong Kong!" True -- but it is also possible in this jet age to get away from the telephone and (providing your seat-mate isn't too verbal) to use a long flight for catching up on Journal articles and other reading that had previously been put aside.

Recently, while on a plane, I skimmed through an article describing the powers of Uri Geller, a 26 year old psychic celebrity from Israel.

    "Magicians have branded him a fraud. Yet some physicists are convinced he has ESP. And in the wake of his travels he is leaving a trail of scientists and laymen alike who are bending their minds trying to explain the bent keys in their pockets -- prized souvenirs which Geller claims were the work of an extraterrestrial intelligence operating through him. Far out?

    The British journal "New Scientist" recently announced that it has impaneled a multidisciplinary research committee to study Geller, observing that his powers (if they are genuine) 1would be of tremendous significance for the future of scientific theory and practice.'

    The Stanford Research Institute (SRI)has been conducting experiments with Geller for the past two years, and Bell Labs and the Rand Corporation have also expressed interest in studying his reputed clairvoyant and psychokinetic talents.

    "We can safely quit equivocating about his apparent ability and say that it is evident that Geller does have paranormal (perceptual) ability," stated SRI physicist Dr. Russell Targ last September. Targ and his colleague Dr. Harold Puthoff are more guarded about Geller's ability to influence physical objects with his mind, but only because they haven't yet produced an adequately controlled test.

    They have film of Geller influencing laboratory balances and magnetometers, bending spoons, shattering a quartz crystal, and materializing a piece of cutlery in thin air. still to come: a test to see if he can bend a lazer beam in a vacuum -- a "physical impossibility", of course*,*

    Scientists identified with claims as far fetched as Geller's inevitably attract detractors, and Targ, Puthoff and SRI have not been spared the skeptics' sting. It's hardly surprising that psychologists, the people who coined the phrase "reality-testing," are in the thick of the controversy,

    From the beginning, the war has been waged in the media. Geller has been stumping the TV talk show circuit, demonstrating his metallurgical wonders before close-up lenses...

    "Time" magazine ran a story last March on the SRI experiments which implied that Geller was a fraud and that Targ and Puthoff were either "duped" or co-conspirators in the deception. "New York!' magazine echoed this assessment in an article last September.

    But different people seem to come away with different impressions of Uri depending upon their preconceptions."

How does the Christian in science react to such reports? Does our familiarity with the fields of both science and theology give us a perspective which is in any way different from that of someone whose interests do not cover both areas? I think it was Frances Schaeffer who once suggested that in all of his reading the Christian should keep asking himself, "what are the implications for Christians of what I have been reading." For the evangelical in sciences it seems to me that this is especially important.

MY immediate reaction to the above report was to dismiss this Geller as a sensation seeker or a quack, but let us assume for purposes of discussion that this ,man really does have some paranormal perceptual ability. Does the Christian in science, with his scientific approach to life plus his familiarity with the supernatural have anything to contribute to the understanding of Uri Geller's powers? Or go to more neutral areas: how do we evaluate Karl Menninger's call for society in general and psychiatry in particular to once again acknowledge the reality of sin; how do we respond to reports about Gay liberation (even in the Evangelical Church), sexual revolution, recent research reports on the effect of stress, or a host of other issues that bring forth scholarly debate in the literature and popular treatment in the media?

I am convinced that the Christian in science must look at all of life -- and especially that part of life which has scientific overtones - with a unique interpretation which the natural man who "understandeth not the things of the spirit" fails to recognize. I am not suggesting that the Christian who knows the Bible is smarter or more insightful than his non-believing colleague, but I am proposing that our Christian commitment gives us a perspective (and some unique interests) that the non-believer lacks. Too often we forget our Christian perspective when we approach a scientific or popular article. Instead I believe that we should always be asking, "what are the implications for Christians, for Christianity, and or for the cause of Christ, in what I am reading." You might even begin by asking that question about this letter!

When-you receive this letter I expect to be in the Orient on the first leg of an around-the-world journey that will end just a few days before our ASA Annual Meeting in Oklahoma, During my weeks overseas I will be giving a variety of lectures (on the topic of "Science and Christianity," among others) and conducting a number of mini-courses on counseling techniques for missionaries and national Christian leaders. For a part of the trip my family will be with me and we would appreciate your prayers for us as we travel.

This trip gives me the opportunity to demonstrate and to learn first hand about one other characteristic that I feel should typify the Christian man or woman of science. We should strive for ap2lication of our scientific techniques to the cause of Christ and to the spread of the Gospel. All of us are familiar with the old debate about applied versus pure research. Both, of course, are necessary and of critical importance. As scientists, however, I believe we should be especially concerned about doing everything within our power to apply our scientific expertise to the fulfilling of the Great Commission. How this is done in practice surely ought to concern ASA members individually and our affiliation as an organization. Perhaps we can discuss this personally and in more detail at the Annual Meeting. I would encourage you to consider joining us in Oklahoma.

                              Sayanarat, 
                              Gary Collins, President