1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

308 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for March, 1954
Carries Christian Doctrine to U. S. Airmen Abroad
DR. HENRY J. STOKES, Mercer '30
Macon, Georgia, minister is shown preparing sermons he is using
on seven-week trip to European air bases.
DR. HENRY J. STOKES, Mercer '30, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., is now in
Europe, with three other outstanding preachers, spreading the Christian doctrine among American
kirmen at seven bases. The trip is being made at the invitation of the U. S. Air Force. He
left on February 22.
The purpose of the mission is to give Air Force personnel dynamic preaching and help them
acquire or deepen their religious faiths. Air Force officials said.
While in Europe, the minister will speak to Sunday School teachers, wives' clubs, children and
staff officer conferences, in addition to evening worship services and personal conferences during
the daytime.
The rigorous schedule planned by the Air Force calls for five days of talks, services and conversations
each week before taking off for two days of rest and sight-seeing.
The schedule set up for Dr. Stokes calls for weeks at these air bases: Spangahem, Sembach and
Ramstein, Germany; and Laon, Toul and Chaumont, France.
At the end of the tours, he hopes to visit Jerusalem the week following Easter—the day commemorating
the resurrection of Christ. This will be a new experience for him, although he has
visited in Europe before.
Dr. Stokes studied at famed Oxford in England in 1929, where he took a course in international
history.
Df. Gladfelter has also excelled in fields other than
education. He is a leader in boys' work and in
charitable enterprises. In recent years he has given
a talk on the Pennsylvania Dutch to more than 100
groups, and this talk, plus his speeches and addresses
in the cause of education has made him one of the
most sought-after speakers in the East. He has also
held several exhibitions of his paintings and his
efforts have been warmly received by the critics.
A prominent Lutheran layman. Dr. Gladfelter was
president of the Board of Education of the United
Lutheran Church of America from 1950 to 1952.
BYRON PRICE, Wabash '12, who became assistant secretary
general of the United Nations in 1947 after
a distinguished career in journalism, resigned in
January and retired to his country home on the
eastern shore of Maryland.
Brother Price, who has been in charge of the Department
of Administrative and Budgetary Affairs of
the United Nations, was acting general manager of
the Associated Press, when the late President Roosevelt
appointed him Director of the Office of Censorship
in December, 1941. During the absence of
Dag Hammarskjold in Europe last year, Byron
Price became acting secretary general of the United
Nations.
ROBERT O. BOYD, Amherst '26, Portland, Ore., attorney,
was named to the national mediation board
by President Eisenhower in late December. The
board attempts to settle railway and airline labor
disputes, and Brother Boyd has had considerable