What the C.U. is.

Different people have different ideas about the C.U. It is quite possible that no two people, outside its fold or in it, will quite agree about the scope of its work or the methods to be used. The truth of the matter seems to be somewhat like this: There is agreement among us that the student is a "social animal"—to this every College Club is a witness; but It seems probable to some perverse or adventurous spirits (the epithet depends on your point of view) that he is something more. They have a notion (whether from the learned Teufelsdrockh cannot be known) that "there is an infinite in him." The idea is that the student, who is a "social animal," is also a spiritual animal. The Christian Union, then, is a society of students who find their spiritual ideal in one Jesus, whom they also call Christ.