STRONG administrative endorsement is given to religious activities at Michigan State College, although it is a state-supported institution, and dynamic programs of religious counseling and teaching are maintained. The roots of the relationship between this college and religion lie deep in its history, but reorganization and growth in this area during the past few years have produced results that are worthy of note by any who are interested in the place of religion in public higher education. Three basic principles have here been established as acceptable foundations for the development of religious activities in a state-supported university. The first principle is that the religious life of the student body is a matter of necessary and proper concern for the college faculty and administration. That religion as an integral part of a culture and a proper field of knowledge must receive recognition in the curriculum of studies is the second principle. The third principle is that a clear-cut distinction must be maintained between religious activities as such and religion as a subject to be taught in the curriculum. That the religious life of the student body is a necessary and proper concern for a college or university, whether supported by private or public funds, is a principle implicit in the very nature of the educational process. The educational ideal of the contemporary college or university is to be found, not in the training of the intellect alone, but in the development of students morally and spiritually, as well as intellectually, equipped to become happy and useful citizens. As soon as the effort to achieve this ideal rises above the level of superficial cultivation of the social graces or urbane appreciation of the arts, religion must of necessity in some manner be included in the curriculum. Only at the expense of the peace and order of the life of the individual student and at the peril of civilized, democratic society itself, can utility, happiness, or citizenship be interpreted in materialistic or hedonistic terms. Michigan State College is convinced of the necessity and of the propriety of college support of r ligious interests and activities amongst the student body. An institution that can and does directly support an extensive program of intramural and intercollegiate athletics on the theory that the physical development thereby promoted is part of a well-rounded personality, one which can and does directly support ambitious programs of concerts, exhibitions, and lectures in the