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...When Methodist Bishop G.Bromley Oxnam was accused of fronting for Communists by members of the House Un-American Activities Committee...
Masochist, or Son of God? This relaxed gathering in Omaha last week was the latest meeting of a group of 38 men and women, mostly Methodist ministers and their wives who have been getting together about once a month for the past two years. They began when a church-going Omaha pediatrician named Dr. Charles Tompkins decided that while ministers and psychiatrists were trying to do much the same job, the psychiatrists were doing it better. He persuaded his medical-school classmate, Dr. G. Alexander ("Bob") Young Jr., who became a psychosomaticist after the war, to take on a group...
...Time. But for Bob Young's ministers and their wives the psychiatric sessions have opened new vistas. "For 2½ years," says the .Rev. James L. Ray, 29, of the First Methodist Church in Auburn, Neb. (pop. 3,422), "I worked with a church youth group, in Lincoln, and I never had one young person come in for personal counsel. Then one night I talked about what I've been learning these last two years-dynamic psychiatry. The next week seven young people came in for personal talks, and they've been coming ever since...
...With the falling leaves of October fell a notable number of football's undefeated teams. Resurgent Army toppled high-ranking Duke, 14-13; Stanford sidetracked Rose Bowl-bound U.C.L.A., 21-20; Rice lost in the last quarter to Southern Methodist. 12-7; and Syracuse lost in the last minute to underdog Penn State, 20-14. Some major powerhouses survived. Second-ranked Michigan State scored its 28th consecutive victory, 47-18, over Indiana; third-ranked Maryland whipped undefeated North Carolina. 26-0; top-rated Notre Dame rallied to beat Pittsburgh. 23-14; and Georgia Tech stretched its unbeaten streak...
...difficult to see how ethical and even Christian sanction can be claimed for such a policy. I must respect the sincerity of Mr. Dulles, a fellow churchman; but I earnestly beg him to beware of what Britain's leading Methodist, Dr. Donald Soper, has just called "forging God's signature to our plans...