ALL-CHRISTIAN CONCEPTOF FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS qeople have often asked why it is r that over the years Biola has held so rigidly to the requirement that every student, faculty member, and board member must be a born-again Christian. As a background, let me say that Liberal Arts colleges have developed throughout the history of the United States into a distinctive type of edu cational institution. These are cen ters of learning where various ideas are expressed, discussed, and argued by faculty with faculty, faculty with students and students with students. By the end of one’s college career, ideally he had thought through the great issues of life, arriving at a solid foundation for his future years. Such liberal arts colleges do not in doctrinate students, but merely ex pose them to philosophies and ideolo gies so that they can determine their own goals. The true academician is not supposed to make known his per sonal convictions to those of his class room. It is evident that it is one of the reasons for so many serious prob lems young people face today. They are not guided to show a love for country or develop an admiration for noble ideas and purposes. To some modern educators, talking about our faults is not indoctrination, while stressing our virtues is, and this is to be avoided at all costs. We know there are professors who avidly espouse our American heri tage and this God-blessed way of life, but the many who shout down these wonderful privileges, even boasting of the socialist or commu nist way of life, seem to obtain the majority of the publicity. These lib erals harangue students about the
by S. H. Sutherland: President of Biola
evils of our political ideological his tory. They encourage our young men to burn their draft cards, spit upon the flag, and demand that classes be taught advocating their particular ideological philosophy. There is a total incongruity in this educational system. It is pointed up in the fact that, under the guise of academic freedom, the same individuals who refuse to allow our young people to be “indoctrinated” in ou r own American way of life insist that these flag-desecrating, America-de stroying hate mongers be allowed to teach their nefarious ideas as freely and as enthusiastically as they care so to do. We are thankful to the Lord that Biola is not, nor has it ever been, a typical liberal arts college. The purpose of our founding fathers was not to establish a school where stu dents of any and all types of environ ment and conviction might congre gate to talk about the “pros” and "cons” of their ideas. Biola was brought into existence for the pur pose of educating young people from various areas of our country and the world who already have arrived ait the ideological position of our school. They come, wanting to better equip themselves so that they can give a good solid rationale for the hope that is in them. Our purpose is to educate these students in the doctrines which already they have heard and ac cepted. We do not knowingly enroll as a student an unsaved person. Along with being trained in the various liberal arts courses and the elements of the various sciences, students are also instructed in the basic philoso- 11
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