· .- Christian, " Saunders made his first talk on Friday night December 7. The crowd of students in attendance was the largest for the year at such an activity. With the seminar scheduled to begin at 7:30 crowds were gathering outside the locked church building doors at 7:00. When the doors were finally opened people streamed in, quickly filling the auditorium. As Saunders entered into his lesson, he spoke of why Christians don't fee l good abou t being Christians. The fear of failure was one major reason he mentioned. "To fail or not to fail, these are not options with us, " explained Saunders. "We will fail. But if I join my happiness to whether I fail or succeed then I'll not be happy. " Another aspect of the spiritual life at Harding which had long been present was the overall willingness of people to help others. That aspect was again pointed out as social clubs and individuals rallied together in helping the Wilbur Ballinger family whose home burned in early December. However, opinion on some matters of spirituality were not devoid of conflic t. A sermon by Jim Woodroof in late February on ways of helping the needy became the major topic of discussion. Some directly disagreed with the methods Woodroof suggested for carrying out one area of Christian duty. Others agreed whole-heartedly, while some took Woodroof's thoughts and adapted them to their situa tion . One club , their thought having been stimulated by the sermon, decided to forego buying flowers for their banquet. Instead, members who wished to donated what would have been spent for flowers to a missionary fund. Throughout the year, all the terms were still heard in describing individuals - spiritual, conservative, liberal and more. But not really descriptive in a literal, tangible sense. In looking at the spiritual life at Harding, most sought to give it a ranking , to rate its quality. Inevitabl y, however, ratings were based on individual perceptions. So, realistically, the quality of spiri tual life was determined on a oneby-one basis . ~ 1. LECTURING i ll chapel . lim McGuiggan strongly emphasizes a point . 2. DISCUSSING "How to feel good about being a Christian, " Lan - don Saunders presel1ts his v iews to a Friday evening crowd. 3. WEDNESDAY night worship on tire lawn is traditional fo r tile first week of schoo f; here lim Wood roof, minister at College church of Ch rist . speaks. 37 Spiritual life
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