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...fair number of things done," says Sir Frank, are "small in comparison with the need for space." He admits that "no one nowadays creating the institution afresh would make a library and museum in one building." But he also insists that "books and antiquities illuminate each other" and is determined to reinstate the plans for the new library. Meanwhile, for want of simple shelter, one of the great caches of world civilization stays in semiseclusion...
...well built, incorporated such advancements as light wells, and boasted at least one lavatory on every floor. Faced today with the staggering price of replacing them, many city planners have taken a second look, realized that renovation would be millions of dollars cheaper than tearing them down and starting afresh...
Inevitably, some conservative laymen may grumble at such unconventional approaches. But in a recent issue of Christian Advocate magazine, Stanley Rowland Jr., editorial director of the United Presbyterian Church, argues that the search for new themes and forms is no different from what Jesus did in "interpreting afresh the faith" for his generation. Whether churchgoers like it or not, he says, clergymen are attempting to translate "information about the Word into the lifetimes of the people." Any theme or technique that makes God's message a living reality, Rowland suggests, has a valid place in the preaching...
...time hostile criticism reached a climax, the cost of starting afresh seemed prohibitive to a state whose population only this year passed the 1,000,000 mark. The building commit tee decided to keep the circular concept, but to change the facade. As New Mexicans dedicated the $5.2 million structure last week, they found that the U.S.'s newest state capitol had a little bit of everything except a dome...
...world of politics, economics and other "practical" matters-but effects there will be. For one thing, the Church of the Council has a new attitude toward Communism, contrasting with the almost crusading anti-Communism of Pius XI and Pius XII. While Paul, more conservative than John, has warned afresh of Communism's errors, Vatican diplomats have been busy negotiating better operating conditions for the church in Iron Curtain countries. Nowhere in council pronouncement is there a condemnation of Communism by name. There is room for debate about the wisdom of this new posture, but the fact that the church...