Page Six ; Grinnellians View Modern Monas By David Dillon ' “All of us left Conception with a firm conviction that a new priesthood has risen up in American Catholicism.” This comment by Paul Kuntz (phil- osophy) aptly sums up the im~ pressions oi the ten Philosophy Club members who, along with Kuntz, visited Conception Ab- bey and Seminary, a Benedic~ tine monastery and college near Maryville, Missouri, Sat- urday and Sunday, April 24th and 25th. Because F ath e r Gabriel Franks ol' Conceptlm was un- able to come to Grinneli to speak on the philosophy of Aquinas, the ten students left Grinnell Saturday morning, ar- riving at Conception in mid-ai- ternoon. These included: Phyl- is Lamb, Judy Johnson, Elaine Cook, Martha Goodman, Ken Adelman, David Dillon, Bob Barrow, Bob Calltwell, Ron Lane, and Don Bogue, as well as Kuntz, After their reception at theE guest house of the Benedictine Sisters of Clyde, they drove to the seminary, meeting Father Gabriel and a number of stu— dents in the candy shop—an informal union where Seminal“ ians may gather for refresh— ments. Our hosts were college students much like Ourselves, participating in a fourryear lib- eral arts undergraduate pro- gram with a major in philos- ophy. Following this, they plan SPALDlNG GOLF BALLS to complete another four years of graduate study in theology, after which they will be ordained. Father Gabriel discussed “Thomas Aquinas and the Mod- ern World,” Saturday after— noon, He reminded his audience that Christian philosophy in the ancient and early medieval worlds had followed the dual- istic Concepts of Plato and his fio‘llower Plotinus, There was a drastic division between a man's physical body and his im- mortal spirit. An early hymn referred to the body as a “pris< on” from which to escape. St Augustine wrote of a rational mind within a mortal body. This point of view, which p meated Benedictine monastic- ism, ran counter to early Jew- ish belief and the Christian con- viction that me Son of God was incarnated as a complete hu— man being. Yet this dualism still persisted, and is reflected in such existentiallst works as Sartre‘s Nausea and in the con- cept oi pDSiLivlsm—the belief ,that all phenomena may be ex- pressed in material or quantita tive terms. Thomas, however, affirmed that the body and soul were of one substance, although the spirit was immortal. The ma- terial world was good—some- thing not to be escaped, but to be embraced, This concept of essential unity in the universe —along with the philosophies of Marx, Teill’iard Lie Chardin, 3 a. s”L47 SPALDlNG GOLF CLUBS 2 woods —- 5 irons s29.97 SCARLET AND SLACK tic Catholicism and perhaps Whitehead—«Father Gabriel believed to be the only tenable viewpoints in the face of modern technology. The question was raised as to whether Thomas or Teilhard dc Chairdm could properly c o m bin e philosophical and scientific language. More gen— erally, can concepts such as aesthetic beauty and moral goodness, usmg different scales of measuremeni, be correlated? Dr. Manly, a colleague of Fa- ther Gabriel's, took pains to demonstrate Thomas’ separa- tion of philosophy and science as specilic subjects, although he was willing to affirm along with Father Gabriel the concept of “unity in diversity.” The lecture and discussion were followed by Mass in the monastery church, an example or the Romanesque revival. The Mass was carried out in concelebration; that is, several priests represented the con- gregation in accepting the sac rament. Also noteworthy were the many hymns and responses in English, of the musici (Continued Next Week) Eldridge to ghts Post Roger Eldridge, college chap» lain and instructor in religion. has been renamed as chairman of the civil rights committee of the National Association of Col— lege and University Chaplains. and particularly, the joyous, spirited character' Friday. May 1'. in: More News Briefs Cartoonist to Speak Frank Miller, editorial car- toonist tor the Des Moines Rega ister, will be guest speaker for the annual spring dinner and Matrix Table to be held Mon- day, May 17, by the campus chapters OI Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, national prolessional journalism frater- nitles. Miller, a member of the Des Moines Register staff for 12 years, won a 1963 Pulitzer Prize for his Work during 1962‘ He was particularly cited ior a cartoon depicting the probable aftermath of nuclear world war. FCSA on CofHP The Faculty Committee on Stu- dent Aiiairs has made known to SGA members this week that on April 20 it passed a resolution stating that: Tile Committee on Student At- iairs strongly supports the position that [he CoiHP be elected on a North campus-wide basis, This report by the committee was the result oi a March 16 de cision by the committee to give the Executive Cabinet oi SGA written summaries of important and relevant FCSA actions. Piano-Cello Recital A piandcello student recital will be presented by the Grin- nell music department this Sunday at 3 p. in Roberts Theatre. No tickets are needed for the program, Miss Mary Gould. sophomore, Will be the pianist and Edward Dingilian, freshman, the cell- ist. Miss Gould will play two Chopin numbers and the Bartok “Suite for Piano," Op. 14, and she and Dingilian will perform the Sammartini “Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano" and the Brahms “Sonata No. l in E Minor for Cello and Piano." Last Lenox Concert Two string quartets and a trio will be performed by the Lenox Quartet in a ConCel’L toa day at 8 pm. in Roberts The- atre. it is the last of a series of three spring programs. 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