The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 7, Ed. 1, Tuesday, October 1, 1968 Page: 2 of 4
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For those of you who frequent coffee
shops grocery stores and beauty parlors-
the following scene may be very familiar
to you.
"Hiya Marge fancy meeting you here!
Gosh we haven't seen each other in ages
in fact just last fall. What's been going on?"
"I'll say Roberta you know you're right
we haven't run into each other since last
year about this time. I haven't been too
busy; just the same old thing had to get
outta the house to get away from Fred. He
and that blasted television! I can't pry
him away from the TV with a German
Chocolate cake this time of the year. How
about you? And what's Bill doing these
days?"
"I'm afraid to say it's the same thing
with me again this year; he's just like Fred
you can't get him away from that darn
boob tube with a crow bar. I just dread
this time of the year; it seems like I never
see him anymore."
"I know exactly what you mean. It
seems like some those networks would
give a wife a chance once in a while and
televise something besides those crazy
chess matches."
"Yeah there out to be a law against it or
something."
"And it's worse this year; I made the mis-
take of letting Fred join that TV cable out-
fit. And they broadcast those chess matches
like they were part of the Macy's Parade."
"That's the same with us. Seems like
they never get off the air. Well just think
since we've joined the cable Bill watches
the high school chess matches on Friday
nights he's too tight with his money to
go down to the school and pay to get in.
Then there's the Saturday afternoon col-
lege matches that keeps him glued to the
TV and they've come up with something
they call the college doubleheader. Two
matches on Saturdays. Whew!"
"You're so right. And don't forget about
the professional matches on Sunday after-
noons. They're just going wild with them.
They usually have two or three matches on
Sunday's too. Something they call two
leagues or something. And this year
they're even having them on Mon-
day nights. That's absolutely absurd!
"I just wish they'd get these stupid things
off TV so I could get to watch my Every-Night-At-The-Movie
again."
"Yeah me too. I haven't seen Elvis in
'Paradise Hawaian Style' since last June!"
Heart Transplants Ethical ?
EDITOR'S NOTE This is the last in a two-part series on what
some Baptists believe about heart transplants.
One who said he would be either a donor
or recipient answered: "I think it would be
wonderful to die in the happy thought that
my heart had been kept in good shape and
therefore would be usable to extend life
for another who in turn I hope would be a
good steward of same ... as a service unto
God- and hopefully unto fellow man."
One minister replied firmly that he
would not participate in either. He said
"My heart is a part of me. While the facts
are true that the human body cells are con-
stantly in a process of change and Chris-
tianity teaches not the absolute identity of
the resurrection body with the present
body but rather continuity; therefore I do
not want anyone's heart but mine nor do I
want anyone to have mine."
Answers were divided on the question of
whether the human heart transplant con-
tradicted personal beliefs concerning God's
supreme control over life and death but
the majority said there was no contradic-
tion. The minority answered affiratively.
One such reply was "Modern man in his
efforts to cast God and the Bible out of his
life has turned to medical science to sus-
tain his physical life in a man-made
eternity."
Those who said the new surgery caused
no personal philosophical conflict agreed
that God would not be limited hy any of
man's actions.
One respondent answered "My doctrine
of God is big enough and all-inclusive
enough to encompass this- phenomenal
medical breakthrough and other medical
achievements."
Another said "There is no conflict. The
physician merely stands ready for him who
controls life and at the given moment de-
termines whether there might be life for
another."
Ministers were asked what they believed
to be the most difficult point in consider-
ing the ethics of human heart transplants.
Nearly all agreed the two most difficult
points were timing in taking the heart of
the donor and deciding who should be
given the heart.
In addition to these repeated answers
one respondent summed up what seemed
to be the overall attitude of the majority
of the Texas Baptist ministers polled as he
said: "When we are being drowned in a sea
or drunkenness choked by narcotics fac-
ing universal adultry and law-breaking
why should we question the actions of good
men who are trying to save lives through
God-given' abilities?"
The modern medical miracle faces
squarly religious philosophy and is favored
by the majority of Texas Baptist ministers
polled to be a God-given miracle; therefore
they respect some support and some ap-
plaud the new victory in medicine.
Dr. Harris Recapitulates
Summer Holy Land Trip
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By LARRY BAKER
Brand Assistant Editor
June is traditionally the month
for brides and weddings but for
Dr. JUndell O. Harris head of the
Bible Department it is the month
for archeological expeditions. He
was part of a group of four
seminary professors and six: stu-
dents who went to Jordan this
summer.
Dr. Jerry Vardaman profes-
sor of archeology at Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
Lowtvile Ky. invited Dr. Harris
to accompany the group in the
capacity of field uprvior.
THE: Fimtrr of their difficulties
was finding room in an eight pas-
senger Volkswagen bus for the
sett men and their luggage. The
second wat the drive from Lux-
en&tcrg to the Tail (an xcva-
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the Dead Sea 47 miles south of
Ammaan Jordan's capitoL
Machearus the Tell stands in
the portion of land given to the
tribe of Reuben. This is the area
Moses and the children of Israel
traveled as they left Mt. Sinai on
their way to the Promised Land.
The New Testament history of
.the site denotes Machearus as the
sight of the fortress-palace where
John the Baptist was beheaded by
Herod Antipus.
THE TELL' SURFACE cover-
ed about two acres. This was di-
vided into six sections each hav-
ing a field supervisor. Seven-
teen men worked with Dr Harris
in his section.
Six men used hoes and picks
to dig the trench; nine used rub-
ber baskets to carry the debris;
on man from the Department of
Antiquities serred m Dr. Karri
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STAFF WR ITERS t Larry Baker David Hatfield Barbara Holsomback Judy Ferguson Jean-
Jones Hal Miller Betty Lou Rogers Laura Townes Eric Vest. ; ';'"'
Subscription rate $1.50 per semester ' jjif
worked to keep the baulks (trench
walls) straight
Dr. Harris' group was inter-
ested mainly in the time period
from 100 BC-AD 100. The tell
was first fortified by Alexander
Jannaeus in 106 BC It was
later destroyed and refortified by
Herod the Great In AD 72
Machearus fell to Gen. Bassus of
the Roman army. Occupied from
time to time through the cen-
turies the sight was finally
abandoned.
THIS DIG WAS the first to take
place at the TelL Vases pottery
marble flooring colored wall
plaster remains of Roman weap-
ons coins and some pottery con-
taining inscriptions were among
the items found.
Two small brome coins were
found in Dr. Harris' trench two
hours before the dig waa finished
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CAMBRIDGE Mass. -Harvard's Faculty of Arts and
Sciences will permit each student to take one course
each year marked only Pass or Fail.
Each instructor will decide whether to accept Pass-
Fail students in his own course. To take a course for a
simple Pass or Fail mark a student must announce his
decision by the fourth Monday of the term.
NORMAN Okla. A resolution recommending serv-
ice of 3.2 beer in the Student Union at the University of
Oklahoma was passed unanimously by the Sudent
Senate.
The resolution upheld that "Whereas the Student
Union is an establishment to fulfill the needs and the
(iesires of the students . . . and whereas it is a known fact
that students go out of their way to meet in the establish-
ments which serve 3.2 beer . . . therefore let it be resolved
. . . that the Oklahoma Memorial Union serve 3.2 beer as
soon as practicable."
FT. COLLINS Colo. Colorado Universiy art critics
can justifiably say that the latest art form in their Me-
morial Center "stinks." The main element in the art
is paper plates filled with horse manure.
A sponsor said that the students who created the
show "wanted something fresh and cheap."
CANYON All fraternities and sororities on the West
Texas State University campus are now operating under
charters which preclude exclusion of a student because
of race color or national origin.
The WTSU dean of student life said that the one fra- .
ternity on campus that had' a clause prohibiting members
of certain races within their organization had that clause
removed by their-national conference last summer.
- In other WTSU hews a Deming N- M. freshman was!;
charged with possession of marijuana after approxi-
mately three ounces of marijuana were allegedly found
in the student's dorm room.
Bobby Hudson Chief Security officer said "I don't
think the possession and use of drugs is a prevalent thing
on the WT campus. This was only an isolated case."
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