How touching to read recently of the grant of a million dollars by an American foundation to restore the spires of Oxford. threatened with ruin by smoke. fumes. and grime. The million dollars is a tribute to the beacon that Oxford has been for over 600 years and the contribution it has made to mans life and thought. America is young. so very young by Oxford. by European. by oriental. Asiatic. or other standards. But when we think of the human family on earth today. we are as young as our hearts and as old as our fears. all of us. north. south. east. or west. no matter on what continent or in what hemisphere we reside. And above us?