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Writing in the current issue of the quarterly Theology Today, Presbyterian James I. McCord, 41, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, maintains that the first characteristic of the new age is "the dawn of universal history"-a worldwide interdependence which has brought to an end the time when each nation could make its separate history...
...David McCord '21, Executive Director of the Harvard Fund, called the new declarations of intent "a significant change." In previous years, Class Agents have not written or called for contributions until well after graduation...
...McCord pointed out that the Harvard Fund provides considerably less money than other comparable campaigns. In 1960, gifts to the Fund totalled $1.24 million, far below total Yale contributions of $2.3 million and Princeton gifts of $1.45 million. Yale also sponsors an insurance program, which provides large sums...
Quality v. Quantity. Three heads of leading seminaries-Dean Listen Pope of Yale Divinity School, President James McCord of Princeton Theological Seminary, and Principal George Johnston of Montreal's United Theological College-recently predicted that by 1975 the Protestant churches of North America will have a shortage of ministers that may run as high as 50,000, even if the percentage of churchgoers to total population fails to rise as sharply...
Despite a decline of 10%-12% in enrollment from last year, Princeton Theological Seminary is practicing a policy of "deliberate upgrading" in scholastic standards; e.g., Greek will be required for admission next fall. And President McCord notes that "the atmosphere on the campus in the '60s is markedly different than in the '50s. Stronger, more mature men and women are entering the seminary. They don't want the phony, superficial forms of religion popular in the '50s. This generation knows it must live in the world, and it is willing to pay the price to find...