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Professor Fenn's Address.

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Professor W. W. Fenn delivered an address last night before the Harvard Religious Union in Phillips Brooks House on "The Attitude of a College Man to the Church." There are, he said, many men today, especially young men, who are interested in religion and who are leading a Christian life, but who are indifferent to the Church. This indifference is sometimes due, in part, to a survival of the older conception of the church. At present, however, the church is emphasizing increasingly the work of social service, and it may fairly be asked whether a man having this purpose at heart can afford to neglect the great possibilities offered by membership in the Christian church.

At the close of his address Professor Fenn conducted an informal discussion of the subject.

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