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...Charlie Brown's "good grief!" an exclamation of fundamental Angst? Does Linus' blanket have a deep symbolic meaning? Such questions may sound like ways to take the fun out of Charles Schulz's famous comic strip Peanuts. But Robert L. Short, 32, a graduate student at the University of Chicago Divinity School, argues not only amusingly but also convincingly that Peanuts indeed has intentional theological significance...
Another expression of man's sinfulness is the inability of Schulz's characters to change for the better: fuss-budgety Lucy is destined to grow from "the crabby little girl of today" to "the crabby old woman of tomorrow"; "good ol' wishy-washy" Charlie Brown will be forever friendless, always the losing pitcher in 184-to-O baseball games. Trapped by what Cardinal Newman called "some terrible aboriginal calamity," Schulz's characters never seem able to keep up with the world. As Linus puts it: "How can you do 'new math' problems with...
...according to St. Paul, is worshiping any god but God. In Schulz's "child's garden of reverses," says Short, false idols are plentiful, and the wages of sin are paid in terms of an "emotional clobbering." Thus Linus' beloved blanket-"only one yard of outing flannel stands between me and a nervous breakdown" -is constantly threatened by the dog Snoopy or the visiting grandmother who disapproves of such habits (and drinks 32 cups of coffee a day). Lucy's love for Schroeder goes unrequited; the heart of the little blond pianist belongs only to Beethoven...
...cope with the injuries, Penn coach John Stiegman has shuffled his starting backfield like a deck of cards. Bruce Molloy, the starting quarterback, has been moved to fullback. Sophomore Tony Thompson, who started at fullback last week, goes over to right halfback. Senior Joe Schulz moves in at left half...
...Lions were the doormat of the Ivy League season last year with an 0-6-1 record, and lost most of their lettermen from that inept eleven. The only experienced players on the 1964 roster are All-Ivy halfback Steve Robinson and right wing Waldemar Schulz. In the team's first two games of the season Schulz broke the fibula in his right leg and Robinson dislocated a shoulder. (He has continued to play despite this handicap...