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College Professors Exert Wide Influence

By J. R. SCOTT, Colchester, N.S.
August 1, 1941
The theological colleges are of vital importance to our Church not only in training, students for the ministry, but also for their influence on the student life of the universities with which they are associated, and upon the students who live in their residences.  Those preparing for the Christian ministry have opportunities to form associations with other students that enrich the fellowship of the Church.  Friendships between ministers and laymen that have resulted from college days,  together are among the strongest bonds of the Church.

How Leaders Help

Opportunities for Christian influence on the part of theological professors have been pointed out previously in The United Church Observer.  Association during college with theological teachers can be helpful to non-ministerial students, and can represent to them the Christian Church at a time when they are, much influenced by teachers.  Men who are ministers and teachers of ministers have opportunities for service among students beyond the classes they teach.  This is a work of our Church in which some of our money is well invested, and which we can be proud to support.  We must not overlook the opportunity of the theological colleges in representing the Christian Church at the training grounds of many of the future leaders of our country.

The Academic Group

Dr. Charles A. Ellwood, in his recent book, The World's Need of Christ, states that in Western Civilization Christianity has of late lost its hold on three very important classes, modern women, the academic world, and the labouring population.  As to the second class, the academic world, our theological colleges have a special opportunity.  They have not all the responsibility by any means, but by the very nature of their relationship to student life, constitute an important Christian influence in the academic world.

A Personal Experience

My own indebtedness to the friendship of a theological professor, not of my own denomination, in whose classes I did not study, and when I was not a candidate for the ministry is my reason for having written this.

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