Kodon saw its first issue released in October of 1946. In its |
early years Kodon was a monthly publication with short stories, cartoons, pictures and editorials. Over the years the format has changed |
many times and by 1960 was appearing seasonally, four times a school year. In the 1962-63 school year production of Kodon was suspended after |
the winter issue was deemed inappropriate, yet there was not much merit |
in such a claim and Kodon returned the next school year. |
editor Wesley Craven knew that the fall 1962 issue of the magazine would |
be controversial. In "A Warning from the Editor" he wrote: "It is the |
conviction in this office, that, in the arts the Fundamentalist Christian world, and more |
specifically Wheaton, is sadly short of its potential, and far behind its contemporaries. Therefore the copy of this magazine will remain (as long as the present |
staff remains), free and limited only by the criteria and the boundaries |
of artistry." (Kodon, Fall 1962, p. 3.) After the winter issue, |
similarly contentious in tone, the Board of Trustees suspended the publication for |
the remainder of the year. An examination of the contents of those two |
issues suggests that they represent youthful zeal and an impatience with others |
who did not share their enthusiasm for the arts, rather than any show of |
vulgarity or offensiveness of language. In the fall of 1963 Kodon resumed publication. (Bechtel, Paul. Wheaton College: a heritage remembered. 1984. p. 265.) |
the editors planned to make a Christian board game spoof of Monopoly called "Monopoli." Lawyers for Parker Brothers held that the publication was |
a violation of copyright ordered all copies to be destroyed |
thus signaling the end of the "Monopoli" project. The name Kodon comes |
form the Greek word for 'bell'. |