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WINNETK A: TALK April 2, 1927 Sensible--of Course, but Stylish, Too! HESE MODERN MISS SHOES for young women in their teens were designed first of all to let the foot develop normally--as it should. That's the point that careful mothers will look for first. But Daughter is going to look for style first, and so Pool © Piper Modern Miss Shoes are de- signed so modishly up-to-the-minute that she may give no thought to these other features. But she knows she has comfort as well as style, for Modern Miss Shoes give her both! AR a Sidra ara 42 Telephone University 973 PaOL & PIPER 'INC: CHILDREN'S SHOE SPECIALISTS Evanston, Illinois 1608 Chicago Avenue N. U. STUDENTS NOT AVERSE TO CHURCHES Questionnaire Indicates 75 Per- cent of Students Attend Church Services Religion is not losing its hold on the thought and interest of university students if the results of a recent campus survey at Northwestern uni- versity are typical. In response to a questionnaire given out by Dr. Delton T. Howard, person- nel director, and George H. Betts, di- rector of research, 1,649 students rep- resenting arts, education, engineering, commerce and the graduate school, gave detailed information concerning their religious thought, interests and activities. Here are some of the striking facts: Seventy-five percent of Northwes- tern students are members of churches, as against less than fifty percent for the general population. Women stu- dents outrank men in church member- ship by about three percent. Thirty Denominations Thirty different denominations are represented among the students, the Methodists leading with 25% of all church members, Presbyterians com- ing next with 11% and Catholics third with 8%. Out of 1,612 students reporting, 865 go to church "frequently" or every Sunday, 375 go occasionally, while 372 seldom or never go. Girl students beat men as church goers, 57% of them at- tending "frequently" or every Sun- day while only 46% of the men at- tend that often. The most common reasons for stu- dents not attending church are pres- sure of work and acknowledged lazi- ness. Some complain that church serv- Trees Trimmed Correctly! Proper pruning permits the neglect of no dead limbs no matter how far up or how inaccessible. This phase of tree cul- ture demands extraordinary thoroughness, skill and courage. Dead and dying branches spread tree diseases and insects. Accidents are caused by decayed branches falling. The Fundamental Principles of Tree Surgery may be briefly summarized as follows: (1) the removal of all dead, decayed, diseased and injured wood and bark; (2) the sterilizing of all cut surfaces: (3) the water-proofing of cut surfaces; (4) aid- ing quick recovery, as by filling and cover- ing deep cavities; (5) inspection, once or several times a year to forestall the action of new defects that may arise. Lynch Tree Surgeons work and live on the north shore. They know how to properly handle your Tree Surgery problems. [. Skill and courage 564 Lincoln Avenue WINNETKA Telephone 1294 Tree Specialist 12 years on the North Shore Pests and decay creep downward from the top. trolling them by pruning. THOMAS J. LYNCH 1131 Green Bay Road play a part in successfully con- GLENCOE Telephone 514 I ices are not interesting and that the minister attacks youth too much. A few profess not to believe in religion or the church, and others doubt whether the church truly represents Christianity. A small minority are offended by lack of cordiality on the part of church people and the incon- sistency of their lives. Only about one student in six of these participating in supplemental organizations in their home church, such as Sunday school and young peo- ple's societies, continue these relations in any other church while in the uni- versity. Yet university students are found filling positions as organists, singers, teachers, ushers, club leaders and scoutmasters. 19% in Y. M. C. A. Campus religious organizations do not appeal equally with churches, only 19% of men and 53% of women be- longing to the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. respectively. Reasons offered for fail- ure to give better support to these or- ganizations are: outside activities, neglect, see no benefits, dues too bur- densome. That the attitude of university stu- dents to religion is not one of indif- ference is shown by the fact that 90% speak of religious discussions carried on with other students or with their instructors or deans. Six per cent of the student group claim that religious matters seldom or never occupy their thought, while almost 50% say that they frequently think of religious questions, and 45% that religious problems occasionally occupy their minds. The fear of many persons that high- er education tends to make people cold or hostile toward religion does not seem to be borne out by the Northwestern survey. Out of 1,560 students reporting on this point 315 admit a decrease of religious interest, 204 claim greater interest and 951 can see no change since entering the uni- versity. Courses Aid Religion More than ninety different courses, among which are modern drama, as- tronomy, Bible, psychology, biology, chemistry, Greek and philosophy, are mentioned as being distinctly helpful and stimulating religiously. That one person's food may be another's poison is shown by the fact that many of the courses mentioned as religiously helpful were designated by other stu- dents as being harmful to religion. Almost 40% of the students speak of the religious helpfulness of per- sonal friendships. Many testify that the discipline of certain {fraternities and sororities and their insistence on church going is a stimulating influ- ence. A small number find their fra- ternity or sorority relation detrimental to religion. Are university students more re- ligious or less religious than other people? If the Northwestern group are representatives and if they tell the truth (to encourage frankness no names were signed to the question- naires) the student population is prob- ably neither more religious nor less religious than the social group from which they come. Not in Discord Three out of four of them are church members when they enter the uni- versity; and about the same propor- tion when the leave. They go to church more or less and often take some part in the church program. They grumble a good deal at the church and the preacher, and put some money in the collection plates. They are more interested in religion than they are in the ecclesiastical organiza- tion but they are not really in discord with the church. They do not prom- ise to set the world on fire with their fervor, but most of them will send their children to Sunday school.