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...Church has no special competence in the field of politics. . . . The function of the Church is not to write the constitution For a post-war world, nor to nudge the statesmen who try to do this...
...political cliques and little else, none except members of the Student Council can be aware of the fact. It would be impossible even to ascertain whether the Nominating Committee is fairly apportioned among the Houses or is representative of those students who live at home. No electorate can function effectively in darkness; no purchaser can look a horse in the mouth when its lips are sealed...
...religion remained Chaplain Williams' prime function. He summed it up last week: "Religion, to be of importance to the soldier or sailor, must have something convincing to say to them about the meaning of God and the meaning of their own souls. . . . The chaplain who talks to his men about God will be respected and listened to. The chaplain who uses his few precious minutes talking about the wickedness of shooting craps will be largely ignored. When men are living cheek by jowl with death they rapidly get down to essentials. Religion...
Snorted President Willard :"A university has only one major function, which is education and research. . . . The business operations of the institution are secondary and incidental to this function and so are its general public relations...
...attitudes are possible, however, towards the situation created: educators can simply give up, on the assumption the their function and obligation are suspended for the duration; or they can determine to preserve everything that does not conflict with an unstinted was effort...