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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1961
Page
10
A reader-slanted church directory lists multiple denominations in Eudora and Baldwin with pastors, service times, Sunday schools, youth groups, and confession schedules. Entries include Holy Family, First Southern Baptist, Eudora Methodist, Church of the Brethren, Washington Creek, aldwin Catholic parishes, First Methodist, and others with weekly worships and special observances.
A dense roster of area churches lists ministers, service times, and activities. Eudora Church of Christ and Overbrook Church of Christ share 10 am Bible study with 11 am worship. Central Church of Christ, Westeyan Methodist, First Presbyterian, Lawrence Baptist Tabernacle, and others specify Sunday School and worship hours along with midweek services and special events.
A dense listing of weekly church activities across several congregations. Examples include St. Luke A.M.E. Church service times and choirs, New Methodist Church East Heights events, North Lawrence Christian Church classes, and other parish activities with prayer meetings, Sunday schools, youth groups, and choir schedules.
A jumble of church notices lists service times and activities across multiple churches. Moraine worship and junior high MYF training occur in the morning and evening, with choirs, men’s groups, and Bible studies scattered through the week. The notices name ministers and locations including Plymouth 925 Vt St, First R M Baptist 418 Talncoln St, and the Jewish Community Center 917 Highland Dr.
At commencement the Chicago Theological Seminary awarded honorary degrees to Dr Charles Malik Lebanese philosopher former UN General Assembly president Frank Waugh McCullough chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and Rev Shirley Edward Greene a rural church ministry leader The ceremony underscores Protestant belief in shared ministry by clergy and laity Since 1900 the seminary has conferred 96 honorary degrees and was founded in 1855.
San Marino High School graduates 30 with blank diplomas after a vandalism incident. Principal Landrum says the students must mail in apologies to Vice Principal Norman Frost, perform 40 hours of labor for the school, and write a 509-word essay about what the experience means to them before receiving diplomas.
Dr. C. Joe Holland, on the OU staff since 1941 and acting director since September, was named director of the University of Oklahoma School of Journalism. Copeland, who led the school since 1947, died May 1. Holland holds degrees from OU and a PhD from the University of Minnesota.
Readers explore Albert Schweitzer Out of My Life and Thought, a 1949 Henry Holt release. The veteran book probes Schweitzer’s awakening moment on a 1915 river barge, shaping his philosophy Reverence for Life and guiding his later work.
Review of Albert Schweitzer’s Out of My Life and Thought. The work traces his shift from organist theologian and philosopher to medical missionary in French Equatorial Africa. It emphasizes his personal quest, the meaning of life, and the Epilogue dated March 7 1931 at Schweitzer Hospital Limbarne.
A critique of nineteenth century Christianity as only a beginning not a full-grown faith. Deeper piety yields humbler claims to knowledge of the suprasensible, likening faith to a winding path between hills rather than a direct ascent.
Six Lawrence students are among 420 Army ROTC cadets from Kansas University headed to Fort Riley for a six week 1961 summer camp. Names include A Steele Becker Christian L Berneking Phillip A Everley Paul H Mitchell John David Ragan Loyd M Willson. Cadets will receive extensive field training focused on tactics and leadership with about 1500 cadets from other units.
A local photography listing appears with address at E's and Vermvont Street and a contact phone Vi8 1171 for appointments and inquiries. The ad highlights portrait and event services targeted to nearby residents.
Four colleges and universities in the in state Fifth U S Army area will attend the annual Ft. Riley camp. First Infantry Division troops will provide demonstration personnel and administrative support for cadet training during campus instruction and field techniques.
Counselors for the Lawrence Christian Crusade will meet today at the Westesan Methodist Church 200 Madeline Lane. The Crusade is daily 7 through 9 and is sponsored by the Christian Businessmen's Committee of Lawrence and local churches.
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