College Consultants

The Jews, Catholics and Protestants who compose The National Council on Religion in Higher Education, under the presidency of Harvard's Theology Dean Willard Learoyd Sperry, last week offered U. S. and Canadian colleges a new, free service--advice on social sciences, chapel, student counseling and any other matter which may have a religious aspect.

The late Professor Charles Foster Kent of Yale, a good man, organized the Council eight years ago. Its purpose has been "to cooperate ... in giving students, particularly undergraduate students, a scholarly and sympathetic interpretation of religion, chiefly through the channels of the regular curriculum." The chief method of cooperation has been to select and finance "young men and women of high quality of intellect and spirit" through post-graduate university courses, and then commend such Fellows for teaching and administrative positions. Eighty Fellows have taken jobs in more than 30 schools. Forty more are now studying; chiefly at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Union Theological, University of Chicago. They will be available after next summer.

The Fellows are not bound by any doctrinal tests, or committed to any academic procedures. They teach, within the framework of their schools, just as their judgments dictate.

Besides the 80 Fellows, 200 older Councilors work with the colleges and universities.

Last week's plan sets apart 56 of the men as Consultants in Religion. Any academic president or professor who wants advice on social or religious matters may write to any of the 56.* If a Consultant lives in the college town he will give viva voce advice. If he must travel, his expenses should be paid.

* Names and addresses available from The National Council on Religion in Higher Education, Barnes Hall, Ithaca, N. Y., or from TIME.

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