A couple of cynical commentators maintain that schools like the Institute have to adapt to today\u2019s culture \u201cbecause otherwise they cannot recruit enough top-notch staff.\u201d\u009d Non-cynically, one can relate this and other change to fresh Biblical scholarship, studies of evangelical hermeneutics, recognition of internal diversity among conservative evangelicals, and awareness that strictures like the old ban often caused embarrassment to many of the most conscientious and able employees, including faculty. It might be most useful to try to assess where compromises like the Institute\u2019s register among adjustments to contemporary culture(s) in general.<\/p>\n
Whoever is of temperate disposition and conscientious commitment and has weathered weekend-night drinking-orgies on many kinds of campuses might look with envy for the peace and quiet\u201d\u201dnot always dullness\u201d\u201din colleges where self-restraint has endured. Still, many who have nothing against, or who favor, the relaxation of rules like the wine-ban can sympathize with leadership caught in the conflict between old restrictions and new experiments with freedom.<\/p>\n