This year's Biennial College Meeting (August 28, 29, 30) conveyed a feeling of involvement throughout. It was timely and dynamic—in fulfillment of its relevant theme: Building in a Revolutionary Period. The emphasis was on participation—on the involvement of individuals and college organizations with work! problems. A Student Advisory Committee of fifteen played an important part in making recommendations for the agenda. The students, representing a cross section of universities, helped plan the program, which included a number of innovations for 1969.

One new feature was 160 thirty-student seminars. Each seminar was moderated by a student and had a nonparticipating advisor. These two-hour seminars were held on Friday afternoon at Boston University, Northeastern University, Symphony Hall, and in The Mother Church buildings. The question under consideration for the first hour was: "What can I as an individual Christian Scientist do to heal the problems of drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and immorality?" Several student papers formed a beginning focus for the spontaneous reports, questions, and sharing of related experiences then given by individuals.

The basic question for the second hour was: "What can the individual Christian Scientist do to bring healing to campus tensions and other campus issues?" The seminars, a vital part of the meeting, underlined finding the spiritual answers, rather than rehearsing the controversial issues themselves.

A major address at the meeting was on Campus Unrest and the Christian Scientist. It pointed out that a Christian Scientist should help stir up "the exposure of evil and the application of regenerative measures." Students were urged to reject materialism in both its negative assertion, poverty, and its positive assertion, love of money.

Each of the five members of The Christian Science Board of Directors addressed the gathering. The Chairman of the Board gave the opening address; brief talks by other members of the Board during the three days were given on Healing, Church Position Regarding Marriage and Birth Control, How the Church Supports the Individual, and Church Building.

Special emphasis on careers highlighted the Friday evening program when a dozen careers, including the public practice of Christian Science and Christian Science nursing, were elaborated on by as many speakers. Most were recent college graduates, successful in their chosen fields. Individual experiences regarding military service and conscientious objection were also given.

Booths in Horticultural Hall were prepared by the departments at headquarters and individual college organizations. Also, career booths were staffed by experienced Christian Scientists. The subject matter discussed at the booths ranged from the arts and entertainment to business, and from athletics to writing for the periodicals. At each booth, the "consultants" kept face-to-face dialogues going during the breaks between meetings.

Saturday's guest speaker, Lord Gore-Booth, said that drugs, hatred and violence, and other false gods seek to establish power by inducing individuals to give up control over themselves. Self-government under God's government, he said, is the "only foundation for a good, free, stable, progressive world." From the keynote address on Doing Your Best Thing (as opposed to "doing your own thing") and a talk on Mrs. Eddy and Her Church, right through to the summary on Building a Better World, the talks were thought-provoking, spiritually arousing, and inspiring. Large numbers of students' papers and panels added much to the tone of the meeting and vividly portrayed the high degree of spiritual activity among Christian Science young people.

More than five thousand students attended, from Europe and the British Isles, the United States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Mexico, Central and South America, and from Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea, and Thailand. In addition, many faculty "org" members, advisors, and local assistants were present. The grand total exceeded sixty-one hundred. It was announced that sixty new college organizations have been recognized since the 1967 Biennial.

It would be difficult to measure the influence of the meeting. Inspiration, enthusiasm, guidance, hope, higher aspirations, reassurance, healing—these are obvious results. In addition we can expect more strength and activity in the college organizations, an invigorated movement, and, above all, a better world.