Education: Judgment Day

Even after 2½ years in the agriculture school of Oklahoma A. & M., Edwin Fisher, 20, could not help feeling nervous about what lay ahead. The big intercollegiate livestock judging contest in Fort Worth is one of four major contests of the year, and top students from 16 campuses had come to Fort Worth to take part in it. On the night before, Eddie Fisher went early to his room at the Westbrook Hotel, read a chapter (Judges 7) from the Gideon Bible, turned off the light and tried to sleep.

Eddie had good reason to toss and turn. To any student...

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