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[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Stephen Goranson wrote:
>
> Quoting Benjamin Zimmer:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Stephen Goranson wrote:
>>>
>>> The Intercollegian and Far Horizons, vol. 55 no. 2, November 1937,
>>> "What Makes a Strong Student Christian Association?" by Paul E.
>>> Pfwetze, pages
>>> 35-36. Page 36 col. 1:
>>> A strong Association evaluates its progress by these tests:
>>> 1....
>>> [col. 2:]
>>> 10. Is it inspired by the prayer attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr:
>>> "Father, give us courage to change what must be altered, serenity to
>>> accept what cannot be helped, and the insight to know the one from
>>> the other."
>>> Reprinted from "Notes and Views" (Published by the Pacific Southwest Field
>>> Council).
>>
>> A minor correction: that's "News and Views." Appears to be a YMCA
>> publication.
>
> Right. Thanks Ben. Another little correction; the article author is Paul E.
> {Eugene?} Pfuetze not Pfwetze. The typeface at the article is unusual, but the
> Table of Contents entry is clear.
>
> Do you have a bibliographic record that shows a matching YMCA publication?

No, but another publication (_Students and the Christian World
Mission_, dated 1936 by Google Books) includes a snippet referring to
"Beverly Oaten, formerly Student Field Secretary of the Pacific
Southwest Field Council of the YMCA":

http://books.google.com/books?id=uknPAAAAMAAJ

(That same publication includes a piece by Niebuhr entitled "Our World.")

--Ben Zimmer

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