Associate prof, of History, Biola Bible College
James O. Henry, M.A., Editor
French Test a Youth Serum “Man’ s dreams of a fountain of youth may come true,” says a F r e n c h r e s e a r c h t e am w h i c h claimed market success with a newly-developed “ youth” serum. D r . L e o n B i n e r , p r e s i d e n t o f France’s Academy of Sciences and Dr. Dolette Jeramec-Tchernia, lab oratory chief of Necker Hospital in Paris, reported discovery of an ex tract made from cattle embryos which produces a “ surprising re juvenation of aged patients into whom it is injected.” The doctors cited the following results in a formal report to the French Academy of Sciences: 1) Much lost muscular strength is re stored. 2) The mental state is great ly improved and the mental facul ties regain much of their vitality. 3) The body gathers new strength to fight certain organic illnesses. 4) The blood receives increased amounts of certain healthful ele ments which usually are on the de crease in aged persons. Campus Rebellion Follows No-Dancing Edict The entire Wake Forest College student body, about 1,900 strong, walked out of a morning chapel program recently in a demonstra tion against a ban on dancing. A number of students of the Baptist-supported college in W in ston-Salem, N. C., later gathered on the patio to dance to music from a radio placed in the window. The walkout followed a campus demonstration the previous night during which Dr. J. C. Canipe, outgoing president of the Baptist State Convention was burned in effigy. The convention, meeting at the time in Raleigh, N. C., voted strongly against on-campus danc- ing. The convention’s action affected seven Baptist colleges in the state. It followed a request by trustees of Wake Forest College and Meredith College (for women) at Raleigh that they be allowed to regulate all forms of recreation on their cam puses. END.
ing control of two powerful nations and imposing its will on a number of satellite countries, it is beginning to encounter difficulties in coping with the complex industrial and technological problems of today. Further, while some of the indus trial and military achievements of both the USSR and Communist China have stirred the pride of its citizens, communism has failed to devise a political system capable of commanding the loyalties of gov erned peoples without resort to the cruel barbarities of mass terror. It has satisfied neither the ideals, the aspirations, nor the needs of the people subject to its domination.” It is hoped that Dulles is correct but history, both past and present, seems to disagree with him. Russia has made tremendous progress in the scientific field and has never hesitated to resort to force when necessary. Our greatest danger is in thinking Russia will collapse. Washington VIPs Rated on "Kissability" In a recent International News Service article the “ Very Important People” of Washington were rated according to their “ kissability.” Heading the list were the “ look- alike Kennedy brothers” — 40- year-old Senator Jack and his younger brother, Bob, chief counsel of the Senate Labor Racketeering Investigating Committee. Also on the list were such men as Sir Percy Spender, Australian ambassador, Senator Stuart Symington of Mis souri, Senator Frank Church of Idaho, Ambassador Don Fernando Breckemeyer of Peru, Senator Bar ry Goldwater of Arizona, Ambassa dor Herve Alphand of France, Senator George Smathers of Florida, Representative James Fulton of Pennslyvania, and Homer Gruen- ther presidential adviser at the White House. The whole article borders on the ridiculous, but it indicates that Am erica has reached the state of affairs when satesmen and administrators are judged on their “ kissability” rather than on their ability.
A Bloody Chapter in Russian History
One of the sequels of the Soviet’s famous Twentieth Party Congress was the extraordinary order for a scientific and impartial review of all the political condemnations in the entire bloodstained period of Soviet history from the Revolution of 1917 to the end of the Second World War in 1945. The truly staggering task was confided to the historian-sociologist on the faculty of Moscow Univer sity, Professor Kim. The professor is himself a member of the second Soviet generation, being the son of a Korean Communist who made the pilgrimage to the capital of the world revolution and married a Russian woman in Moscow. To Professor Kim were handed over all the super-secret files hav ing to do with political trials in the possession of both the Communist party and the Soviet secret police. Incredibly enough, it turned out that from the days of the terrible Cheka onwards, hardly a single scrap of paper in the entire ghastly record had ever been destroyed. Every note, every affidavit, every instruction, every confession and pseudo-confession and verdict had been filed away with careful ef ficiency. And the files were com pletely intact. Obviously the publication of Pro fessor Kim’s results will be selec tive, but the mere fact that it is to be published astonishes the western world. Pre-Atomic Marxism An interesting comment on mod em Marxism was made in a recent speech before th e A d v e r t i s i n g Council in Washington by Allan Dulles, Director of the Central Intelligence Bureau. He said, “ The initial ideological fervor, I believe, is seeping out of the international revolutionary Communist move ment, particularly in the Soviet Union. Ma r x i sm was not de signed for the atomic age of the mid-twentieth century. Effective as communism has been in establish
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