The Promethean

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The Promethean, A Symposium for Liberal Religious Youth.

The archive at Harvard seems to indicate The Promethean ran from February 1964 thru Jan 1968.

All issues are in PDF format.

Vol.II, Number 1, November 1964 The Search for New Meanings in Traditional Religious Symbols. Submitted by David Fitch.
Contents
Poem - Woody Wright
Editorial: Expanding Vistas in Religious Symbolism - burceeverettelwell
The Promethean Quest - Blair Dean
Around a Flame We Gather - anonymous
Some Old Carols - Kay Arnoll
What Think Ye of Christ - D. A. Roberts
The Twisting of the Twisted Cross - Anonymous
The Celtic Swastika
Conversion - Larry McAneny
The Restoration of Saint Francis - Sue Johnson
A New Enlightenment
Cover design by Diane Purdy
Editor - bruceeverettelwell

Volume II, Number 2, December 1964 A Symposium for Liberal Religious Youth: LRY as the Vanguard of the Movement. Submitted by David Fitch. NOTE: The cover is shown as January 1965 but the contents are given as November 1964. Both are Volume II, Number 2.
Contents
Untitled Poem
Editorial Overview
A Portrait of LRY as a Young Liberalism - Frederick S. West
Dry Minds and Empty Spirits - Peter A. Baldwin
For Peace #2 - Michael Wallace
The Peaceful Fighters - Karen E. Keller
Forrest Glen Fischer Essay Contest
"Conscientious Objector" - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Cultural Barriers - Meredith MacKeen
Cover design by Bruce E. Elwell and Frederick S. West
Editor - bruceeverettelwell

Volume 2, Issue 3, Summer 1965 Special Poetry Issue. 22 pages. Scanned by Howard Spivak in 2004 and sent along for posting here by Jon Angel.
Contents
Mississippi - Paul Duncan
Poem - Nancy Fitzwilliam
Hills - Woody Wright
Poem - Carole Levin
The Lotus Eaters - Geoff Oelsmer
Poem - Bruce Elwell
In the Name of Love - Deahna Coles
The Flying Thing - Craig Carnant
Today is Septemeber the 22 and it is still 1964 - George Semerau
Poem - Gordon Conable
Graphic - Ellen Samson
Mother's Good Butterscotchy Pizza - Farley-a-go-go Farebrother
Sonnet - Robert Chaikin
Poem - Ruth Elwell
Black Man - Bernardine Riley
A Crime Against Society - Lorna Laughland
Poem - Linda Larson
Cover - Ivy Rutzky
Editor - Bruce E. Elwell

December 1965 The Adolescent Mystique Submitted by David Fitch.
Contents
Introduction and Credits - Blair Dean
The Promethean Quest - Kris Ostrand
Youth - The Sleeping Potential - Margret Haynes
SO - anonymous
Illustrations - anonymous
The Universal Debt - Gregory Wright
Mods, Rockers and the Revolution - Franklin Rosemont
Excerpt from Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - James Agee
The Right to Protest - Graduation Address - 1965 - David Pitt
Editorial Summary -Henry Koch

Volume 3, Issue 2, March 1966 LRY and Vietnam. 22 pages. Scanned by Howard Spivak in 2004 and sent along for posting here by Jon Angel.
Contents
Poem - Woody Wright
Viet Nam and the New Church - Rev. Thomas Smith
to mr. & mrs. america - Nelson Barr
Excerpts from Michael Harrington on the Freedom Budget and the LBJ
Budget in New America - Michael Harrington
Protest and Commitment - Alan Sheats
Viet Nam Reflections - Roger Williams
A Sort of Manifesto to the Editor - Bruce and Ruth Elwell
Young Woman - Woody Wright
Editor - Henry Koch

Volume 3, Issue 3, May 1966. Youth Autonomy 26 pages. Scanned by Howard Spivak in 2004 and sent along for posting here by Jon Angel.
Content
Introduction and Credits
Poem - Susan Ransom
'Youth Autonomy'--A Phoney Issue - Bob Marshall
And the Grass Turned Brown - Martha Bailey
sketch - Ive Rutzky
What Price Autonomy - Jay Smith
Excerpts from Why Young People are Seeking New Values - Richard hickel
Blue Fantasy - Glen Lindwall
Night Wind - Woody Wright
The Local Group: More than Fooling Around - Peter Baldwin
Inside - Steve Lubet
In August I will Be Leaving LRY - Bill Sinkford
Poem - anonymous
Editorial
Editor - Henry Koch

Volume IV, Number 1, March 1967 Creativity - LRY. Submitted by David Fitch.
Contents
Introduction and Credits
Poem - Carla Rippey
Excerpts from "Well You 'Bug' Me Sometimes Too!" - Peter Baldwin
Drawing - Francesca Walton
Two Poems - Aeric Stratton
Mountains and Wanderings - Ken Friedman
I Entered the Animal Garden... - Geoff Oelsner
Collage - Jan Ratcliffe and John Oughton
Creativity in LRY - John Oughton
Shrimp-boat - Fran Barkan
The Promethean Quest - Blair Dean
Editorial: The Promethean Question - John Oughton
Cover Design- Martha Toole Editor - John Oughton

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