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William S. Coffin, Jr.Campus RespondsTo First AnnualBlake LecturesThe first annual Blake Lecture series heldin March is being called a great success. TheRev. William Sloane Coffin, Ir., Chaplain atYale University who was speaker, receivedan enthusiastic response from students, facultyand guests.Over the two-day period r-,·Ir.Coffin gavethree forma! lectures and held a numberof informal discussions with students andfaculty. Lecture topics were "The ChurchrelatedCollege and Society: A Lover's Quarrel";"Some Thoughts on Sex from a ChrislianPerspective"; and "Some Thoughts onWar and Peace from a Christian PerspecttveThe Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr.,has been university chaplain and pastor ofthe Church of Christ at Yale Universitysince July 1, 1958. He has been active bothin this country and abroad in the promotionof interfaith and interracial programs, stemmingfrom his strong belief that churchleaders should take an active stand on socialand political issues.Mr. Coffin received his Bachelor of Artsdegree from Yale in 1949 and his Ba~helorof Divinity degree from the Yale DIvinitySchoo! in 1955. He also studied at UnionTheological Seminary.During World War II the lecturer servedwith the Army as an infantry officer andliaison officer with the French Army. Fortwo years after the war he was liaison officerwith the Russian Army. Mr. Coffin servedabroad during the Korean War working forthe government in Russian affairs.Known for his provocative sermons, thelecturer is also a prolific writer. Articles byhim have appeared in The Nation, SaturdayReview, Christian Century, Parents "Magazine,The Pulpit, and the Intercollegian. Inaddition to other memberships, he is a memberof the boards of the NAACP Legal Defenseand Education Fund, "CrossroadsAfrica," and the Freedom Residenc.cofFund. He is also n member of the Prestdent'sAdVisory Committee on Civil Rightsfor the State of Connecticut.The Virginia Jardcn Blake Lectureshipwas established at Western Maryland Collegein February, 1965. The annual program willdeal with religion and bigher education.The Rev. Ira G. Zepp, Ir-, dean of thechapel who administers the Lectureship,has said that the endowment will bring tothe campus each year a nationally k~o:,nlayman who can relate a particular ciiselpli.neto religion. Mr. Coffin was Invited to Inauguratethe Lectureship which will in subsequentyears follow Dean Zepp's concept.The dean plans for each lecturer to give aseries of talks and, nt the same time, meetwith groups of faculty and students. He:~~~ tl:~ w!ol:~~i~:~~edil\~;~~e ili~o~d~:~presented.An endowment to establish the lectures ona yearly basis was created by Mr. and M~s.John V. Blake of Ardmore, Penns?,Ivan~a,;~la~~~m~~o~r:~~~te~a~:~~~\~~:~~;~\f~~;~land in 1950, died in August, 1954.Edward Lowry is shown opening theletter aduising him of his Fellowship.Senior Receives Wilson AwardBaltimore resident Edward E. Lowry, asenior, is the winner of a Woodrow WilsonNational Fellowship, the Foundation has announcedMr. Lowry, son of Mr. and Mrs. HerbertD. Lowry, 3309 Ramona Avenue, was oneof 1,408 winners of the Fellowship. He ismajoring in econorntcs at the College andplans graduate work in that field.Ed is a sports reporter for the Gold BIISand a member of Camma Beta Chi fraternity.He has been accepted at several universifiesbut hasn't decided yet where hewill continue study.Woodrow Wilson Fellows get one acnderntcyear of graduate education (withtuition and fees paid by the Foundation), aliving stipend of $2,000 and allowances fordependent children. The graduate schoolthey attend receives an additional grantfrom the Foundation. Using funds providedFoundation, the fellowshipby the FordIoundatfon will spend $5.7 million in 1966-67 to encourage and support potential collegeteachers.Since 1954 the foundation has elected12,998 fellows. Harvard's president, Dr.Nathan Pusey, underlincd the nation's needfor college teachers recently. "College enrollmentsare expected to grow about 1.5million in each five-year period," he said"If all those identified through the WoodrowWilson and other private and federalprograms continue through graduate schoolto the Ph.D. and then enter teaching, we~11~;!iOt~:c~;~!~l~t~~;r~~dS.~~(l~~I~:~~~~Pusey, who is also vice-chainnan of theboard of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.College professors across the continentnominated over 11,000 students last fall forthe Fellowships. Panels of cullege teachersand administrators in the Foundation's 15regions screened the applicants. One-thirdwere called to interviews and one-half ofthese won the Fellowships.page twenty-seven