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COLUMNS

Vol. 27, No. 1 Collegedale, Tennessee Winter 1977

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EDITORIAL

We're late with this issue of SMC SOUTHERN COL- UMNS. We know it, we regret it, and we cannot help it. After we decided to go on computer months ago, we were faced with a computer that wouldn't compute!

Mechanical failures are still stoppers of progress, but now everything is "fixed" and we can get on with the work of making your Alumni paper one you will enjoy reading.

You have noticed the new format. We want to print more features and news articles that keep you abreast of what is really happening at Southern Missionary Col- lege. We want to include more about what YOU are doing, too. Send your news notes to the editor quarterly so we will have much news to report to your fellow Alumni.

Don't be modest! One correspondent told us that no one is going to write in and "brag" about his ac- complishments. We don't believe that! SMC graduates have always been interested in hearing about the "com- ings and goings" and educational accomplishments of their classmates.

We would encourage you to keep your address cur- rent. It now costs us twenty-five cents at the post office for each address change we get from them. You can help us to cut expenses by sending your address to us before you move.

Comments and suggestions for future articles are wel- come. A "Letters to the Editor" column will begin with this issue. May we print a letter from you in the next SOUTHERN COLUMNS?

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COLUMNS

Volume 27

Winter 1977

Published quarterly by Southern Missionary College, College- dale, Tennessee 373I5. Second class postage paid at College- dale, Tennessee. POSTMASTERS: Send Form 3579 to SMC SOUTHERN COLUMNS, Collegedale, Tennessee 373I5.

EDITORIAL STAFF

Frances E. Andrews, '49 — Editor Claire Lien — Executive Secretary

CONTRIBUTORS AND REPORTERS

Frank A. Knittel Melvin Campbell

Cyril F. W. Futcher Kenneth Spears

William H. Taylor Dwight Wallack

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS 1976-77

lake L. Atkins, '49 Preside'nt

Minon A. Hamm, '66 President-Elect

Minon A. Hamm, '66 Past President

Marian L. Kuhlman, '70 Secretary

Ruth G. Higgins, '53 Assf. Secretary

Robert N. McCurdy, '63 Treasurer

Frances E. Andrews, '49 Publicity Secretary

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THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS . . .

One of the best things about being active in an Alumni Association is the opportunity to get directly involved with the growth of your Alma Mater. Nothing encour- ages current administration and staff more than seeing alumni pursue a project whose need has been obvious for a long time. Our alumni have participated in a very material way in the current development of SMC by their funds, prayers, and support of the various needs pre- sented to them.

We encourage further support. There are several projects currently active which need your assistance. The Fine Arts Center, for which funds are now being raised, was a fond dream of Miss Mabel Wood, our beloved Executive Secretary who died last year. Graduates may wish to contribute to that fund. In addi- tion to the central music building, there will also be an Art Building and a Communication Center. The Worthy Student Fund has been wholeheartedly supported by alumni for many years. Countless students owe part of their education to this fund, and when they become alumni they continue to support it.

One of the goals we have adopted this year is the addition of SMC Alumni Chapters in the major centers of the country. Someone in each community is encour- aged to seek out the other graduates and invite them all to a potluck dinner at some central place. All it takes is an announcement in a few church bulletins. Write in to the Alumni Office if you would like to start a chapter and we will give you all the help we can. Let's resurrect the old SMC spirit!

Jake L. Atkins President

ADDRESS CHANGE FORM

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Southern Columns, Alumni Office Southern Missionary College Collegedale, Tennessee 37315

WINTER DOMINATES THE SOUTH

"It's mighty chilly for a Florida boy," sputters Terry Hall, a senior English/Communication major from Orlando, puffing clouds of moisture into the frozen air.

"Mighty chilly" barely describes a temperature of 5° with a whipping wind chill factor of who-knows-what. Collegedale has never, according to the memory of some old-time residents, experienced such low temperatures. At this writing, nearly six inches of snow has already fallen in Collegedale, which is a record according to those who claim to know.

In fact, temperatures across the nation seemed out of whack. Alaska basked in 40° weather, while Tampa, Florida, received a two-inch snowfall. Even the Mississippi River was frozen over for the first time in 30 years.

The natural gas shortage in the Chattanooga area was deemed "critical" by newly-elected Senate minority leader Senator Howard Baker. Many workers in the surrounding factories were "laid off." Only boarding schools and colleges remained open. All other schools were closed for a short period, including Collegedale Academy and Spalding Elementary School.

A sign tacked in theTalge Hall lobby proclaimed "Low Heat or NO Heat" and voiced the general Tennessee Valley Authority predicament. On only a few occasions Mr. Ronald Grange, Food Service manager, had to shut down his gas ovens. Generally, however, SMC fared very well during the cold spell with only minor inconveniences, such as cold classrooms, cold showers, and cold food on a few occasions.

As this is being written, word came over the wires that this is the coldest winter on record since Colonial times. We know now how the pioneers felt as they trudged over the Appalachian Trail!

'.raduales of SMC hive not seen this sight very many limes during their stay on campus. This view from lynn Wood Hall looking toward Maude |ones Hall shows snow-covered roads and sidewalks. The dedicated road crew from General Services Department and Engineering Department cleared paths all over the campus and classes went on as usual. (Photo by Carry Moore, Senior ' ommunil ation major.)

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Reiner Is Named New Business Manager

Richard K. Reiner

Richard K. Reiner of Lincoln, Nebraska, has been named as SMC's business manager to replace Robert C. Mills. Mills accepted an invitation to become secretary- treasurer of the Ohio Conference.

Reiner was Division Chief of Classification and Com- pensation for the Department of Personnel of the State of Nebraska. He joined the SMC staff on February 1.

He has been previously employed by the State of Nebraska as personnel officer for the Department of Revenue; as legislative fiscal analyst for the Legislative Council; as employment officer for the Department of Roads; and as accountant and fiscal officer for the Ne- braska State Patrol.

Reiner is a graduate of Union College with a degree in Business Administration. He is married to Lynette A. Reiner and has an 18-month-old son, Anthony. Mrs. Reiner is currently teaching English at Union College.

He is a member of the American Management Associ- ation, International Personnel Management Associa- tion, and the Institute for Manpower Management.

Before joining the SMC staff, Reiner was chairman of the College View Seventh-day Adventist Church finance committee and a member of its church building and fund-raising committees. He was also president of the Lincoln Seventh-day Adventist Credit Union.

COLLEGE CONSIDERS CHANGE OF NAME

AT APRIL MEETING

By William H. Taylor College Relations Director

The Board of Trustees at its annual meeting in Feb- ruary indicated that serious consideration would be given to a name change for Southern Missionary Col- lege.

The possible vote for the name change will come up before the Board at the April meeting. At that time, various suggestions will be heard from the constituency, faculty, alumni, and students.

Over the past ten years polls have been taken about a name change, and the consensus seems to be that "Southern Adventist College" would be the most popu- lar choice.

Recently, the General Conference suggested to its hospitals and educational institutions that the word "Adventist" be included in the name if such is feasible and advantageous. Several hospitals have already made this change; e.g., Clendale Adventist Hospital, Washington Adventist Hospital, etc.

The thought behind the suggestion from the General Conference is that the name would be a strong adver- tisement for the church as well as the institution. Also, experience overseas has indicated in the past 10 to 20 years that the word "missionary" gives the wrong con- notation to the peoples of some foreign countries where the church might wish to send missionaries.

Countries more and more are coming to realize their national identity and national consciousness to the ex- tent that they somewhat resent Americans and others sending "missionaries" to them. In some instances, when graduates have gone out from Southern Mission- ary College, their credentials bearing the source of their degrees create some hostility on the part of foreign officials.

It is getting increasingly hard to get workers desig- nated as "missionaries" into foreign countries. Other professionals, such as physicians, dentists, and nurses do not have as much of a problem since in most cases they do not have this designation.

Southern Missionary College wants to preserve the religious flavor of its name, yet it wants to comply with the suggestion of the General Conference, not wanting to prejudice foreign countries against missionaries oi Southern Missionary College. Therefore, serious con sideration will be given to naming the school, "Southerr Adventist College."

Homecoming 77 — October 14, 15, 1977

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Hefferlin Gives Seminar in Canada

By jack Kovalski Junior Communication Major

Physics Professor Ray Hefferlin was invited by York University, Toronto, Canada, to give a seminar on Feb- ruary 2 about his research on the radiation of heated diatomic molecules. The following week he presented a report to the American Physical Society on the same subject at its annual meeting in Chicago.

The research has been in progress since 1972, partially at SMC and partially at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where Dr. Hefferlin is on Sabbatical leave this year.

Joe Mashburn, a 76 graduate of SMC, and )orge Flechas, 73, participated in the research while they were undergraduate students. Scientists in Germany and Canada have collaborated with the project also.

While Dr. Hefferlin's students were just beginningthe study of molecular phenomena, it was learned that a scientist in Germany had begun a collection of the light- intensity numbers some years earlier but was unable to finish it. The scientist offered to give SMC access to his files but explained that he could not mail them. During the summer of 1972, Jorge Flechas, whose home is in Spain, flew to Germany and made two huge boxes of Xerox copies from the files of Dr. Roger Main.

During his senior year Flechas organized the material and began the preparation of the final table. Joe Mashburn completed the table, including in it results from scientific journals which Main did not have and which have been published since that time. The table was stored in the memory of SMC's HP-2000F computer. It was edited from terminals in the Physics Department; a line-printer copy was sent to the editor of the Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, where it was pub- lished in the July issue. Scientists anywhere on the con- tinent and overseas may have magnetic tapes of the tables.

York University is one of the world centers in this area of research. The "Center for Research in Experimental Space Science" has been in the forefront of molecular spectroscopy for years, studying the molecules found in the atmospheres of the earth and other planets, includ- ing pollution caused by human exploration and travel.

As laboratories have measured properties of these molecules, the SMC scientists have attempted to collect the world literature and to discover systematic trends in the numbers when compared from one molecule to another. For instance, they expected to find, and did find, similarities in the behavior of the light emitted by florine, chlorine, and bromine.

A scientific publication on recent results has just ap- peared in the journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, a scientific journal published in Great Britain.

SMC's Physics Department, under the chairmanship of Dr. Ray Hefferlin, has been involved in research on the emission of light since 1955. Physics students have had the opportunity to participate in this research, and often have presented papers at scientific meetings. This opportunity takes students far beyond textbook learn- ing into the unknown aspects of God's universe.

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WSMC Enlarges Broadcasting Area

By Pat Batto WSMC Development Director

Changes at WSMC-FM during the past 18 years of broadcasting have been much more than a yardstick of physical growth. They have been the results of a great Adventist influence to thousands of non-SDA's as well as members, and a positive evidence of Cod's guidance.

A significant increase in audience potential was the result of a major change in 1967, when 10-watt WSMC (serving only the Collegedale area) was granted 80,000 watts of power by the Federal Communications Com- mission. Today, besides serving the Chattanooga area where some 370,000 people reside, WSMC-FM can be heard in portions of several southern states.

Increased listener and college financial support have enabled the station to boost its operating schedule from 12 hours in 1959, to 18 hours daily. Presently, some 200 listeners, including many non-Adventists, contribute $5 or more to the station each month. In turn WSMC pro- vides each Month Club Member with a Fine Music and Program Guide and hundreds of hours of non- commercial, public service programming.

One of the most recent evidences of Cod's guidance came during the height of the economic recession in 1974, and at a time when several pieces of expensive station equipment needed to be replaced. The Bingham Foundation awarded WSMC a $59,000 equipment grant which was used to boost station power to 100,000 watts and purchase equipment for two of the most technically advanced and best equipped radio studios in the South.

One of these studios will also be used as the control studio for a new commercial campus radio station which began broadcasting on February 16, 1977. The 5-watt AM station will be operated entirely by SMC students who are enrolled in a radio operations class, for which they will receive two hours of college credit. The new station will serve the immediate SMC Campus with music, sports, devotions, and campus information.

On-Air Control Room

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On-Air Control Mark Rumsey — Student Announcer

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By Jerry Dick Lien

"What does a college senior do once he has graduated?" Old graduates never die, they just go to sea, or at least some of them do and one in particular.

Paul May attended SMC, served as president of the senior class and graduated in 1972 with a degree in Physics. Now at the antiquated age of 26 (you see, we did say, "old graduates"), he is working toward his doctor- ate in physical oceanography at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Institute of Oceanog- raphy, Falmouth, Mass. He is a graduate assistant.

This past summer, May had the opportunity to work in a scientific capacity aboard the 210-foot research ship, imaginatively enough named the Atlantis. Along with a team of scientists, he spent most of the summer cruising the Indian ocean studying currents.

"Above all, it was a chance to go around the world," May states. Besides the stint aboard ship, May had the opportunity to make the world trek beginning in Boston and journeying to the Swiss Alps, Nairobi, Kenya, and then to Mambase, Kenya, where he boarded the Atlantis which then proceeded out to sea at 18 degrees south of the equator, then all the way across the ocean to Perth, Australia.

Sunburned, weather-tanned, resembling a somewhat diluted version of Captain Ahab, May related his adven- tures while visiting his parents in Hinsdale, Illinois. He continued his sea-faring tale.

The Atlantis stopped off at the island of Mauritius, in i the middle of the ocean. "Mauritius is a unique island. It

used to be a stop-over for the Dutch East India Com- pany. There are a lot of four-star motels there for about ten dollars a night." May told of the island's more De- Quinceyan pursuits. "They don't outlaw drugs we con- sider illegal. We saw opium dens right off the street. They have tiers of bunks where people go in and lie down and smoke opium. It's like a drive-in service," he stated.

May's job aboard ship was to take water samples from the ocean which would later be analyzed. From these samples, oceanographers hope to learn more concern- ing the currents of the Indian ocean.

The scientist said, "Because it is so far away, the Indian ocean is the least explored of the seas. Oceanographers try to make generalizations. They try to compart the seven seas. There are very intense currents in the west- ern part of the oceans. In the Atlantic it is called the Gulf Stream. In the north Pacific off the coast of Japan it is called Kuroshio. Each ocean has its western boundary currents. But these are not well established in the Indian ocean.

May continued by stating that the currents of the In- dian ocean are being strategically more important to the U.S. Navy. The reason for this is that modern sub- marines can go so deep that they can hide from sonar behind temperature changes.

The Atlantis would cut her engines and drift every 100 miles while the nanson bottles (tubes of steel with valves in each end) were lowered over the side on steel wires to a depth of 1,000 meters, and water samples taken. The samples were later analyzed for temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients of nitrate, phosphate and silicates.

May related, "Depending on when the ship stopped, I had to be up at 9 a.m., 3 a.m., or 4 p.m. to take samples." Thirty samples had to be taken each time the ship drifted.

Life aboard ship proved to be extremely relaxing or tedious depending on how one viewed things. The only way to tell one day from the next on the ship was by the routine. "If you had boat drill, then it was either Wednesday or Saturday. We always had cookouts on Sunday. On Monday you changed your sheets," he con- tinued. (Yo ho ho and a bottle of bleach).

During the whole of their 30-day cruise, the men of the Atlantis did not see one other ship on their path. May, remarking this point, simply said, "It's a very remote part of the world. You become a very small, closed commu- nity on ship. People get interested in the marine life; feeding the albatross; watching the sharks and the whales."

When the ship entered the port of Perth, Australia, May sent cards to his friends in Falmouth and Boston. "I was 11 ,600 miles from Falmouth at this time. That's as far away as it is possible to get from home on the earth. Perth is practically opposite Boston on the globe. So, I sent notes to my friends," he said.

Paul May, former student of Dr. Ray Hefferlin and graduate of SMC, left the ship in Australia and went on to New Zealand where he hitchhiked through the coun- tryside and then went on to Fiji. From there, he flew to San Francisco by way of Hawaii and on to Chicago and Hinsdale.

Finally, May returned to Falmouth, Massachusetts, where he began. During the course of his summer odys- sey, May had sailed 5,000 miles and logged a total of 25,000 miles, going around the world in 78 days. 78 days?

Eat your heart out, Phileas Fogg!

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Homecoming '76

Class of 1926

Class of 1966 fi

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Mary Elam Named "Alumna of Year"

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Mary Elam, associate director of Admissions and Rec- ords, center, is surprised by Minim Hamm, last year's president, and William H. Taylor, College Relations di- rector, as they present her with flowers and a plaque pronouncing her "Alumna of the Year." I Photo by Sharon Webster)

FRIENDSHIP QUILT

During the Saturday night supper, Betty |o Boynton McMillan and her husband, Robert C. McMillan, '53, displayed a quilt made by their daughter Sally for their 25th wedding anniversary. Sally had written to all her parents' classmates and friends and had them write a message, which Sally embroidered on the dark squares in silver thread. It was truly a surprise and a lovely con- versation piece for her parents. (Photo by Sharon Web- ster)

OFFICERS FOR 1976-77

Pictured left to right are the officers of the Alumni Association for this year: Marian Kuhlman, secretary; Minon Hamm, president-elect; lake Atkins, president; Ruth Higgins, assistant secretary; Frances Andrews, pub- licity secretary and editor of the SOUTHERN COLUMNS. Robert McCurdy, treasurer, is not pictured. (Photo by Ronald Raitz)

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Contributors to SMC Alumni Funds

ALUMNI WORTHY STUDENT FUND

lulius Anderson

Frances Andrews

T. M. Ashlock

lake Atkins

Margaret Bean

lean Boyd

Alma Brane

Rainerd Bruce

H. C. Burgess

Kenneth Burke

Bill Cash

Sherry Calvert

H. M. Christiansen

Earl M. Clough

O. Richard Caldwell

David Castleberg, M. D.

W. L. Coolidge

Mary Cowdrick

fames Crabtree

Roy Drusky & Family

John F. Duge, M. D.

C. E. Everett

Edna Ferguson

Blanche Ford

Colleen Carber

Edward Gray

Merry Grounds

Robert Hale

Gerhard Hasel

Russell Hardaway

Faye Haupt

Loretta Heacocks

Walter Howell

Harold S. Johnson

Art Kanna

Mary King

Milton H. King

Richard King

Benny Knight

Clyde Leeds

lean Lemon

Fred C. Levering

Heinz Linser

Susan Loor

Ruth Luckey

Paul McMillan

A. H. Macy

Nell Maddox lane Markorf

Lawrence Marvin

lohn G. Marsh

Mary Mashburn

Harry C. Nelson

Kathy Nelson

William Nesbitt

Mitchell Nicholaide

Maria Obres

Lila M. Olmstead

Alta Philo

Annette Schulz Pumphrey

Lynne A. Riley

Fairra Roddy

Ron Rodgers

Beverly Runnals

Esther Seeger

Marilyn Sliger

R. E. Stafford

O. W. Swarner

Louise Tolbert

Mary Turner

William H. Taylor

Esther Tyler

Ben Walker

Emma Worthem

Hazel Werner

O. Wilkins

Marv Wvatt

INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION BUILDING FUND

O. C. Bland

Richard Cleaves

June S. Hooper

Heinz Linser

Ruth Luckey

Leslie Pendleton

Annette Schulz Pumphrey

Linda Stesan

Don Trawick

Drew Turlington

Louise Willis

SUSTAINING FUND

Dr. Alma Chambers Ager

Glenn Allen

Ron Atkins

Rudolf Aussner

Doug Bennett

W. Blair

Helen Burtnett

Jerry Cabalo, M.D.

Francis Costerisan

Joyce Cotham

Francis Davis

Beda Duncan

Esther Fisher

Charles Fleming

Gladys L. Fowler

Ronald Lee Fox

Cyril Futcher

Jerry Gladson

Loranne Grace

Flovd Greenleaf

|. C. Hage

Minon Hamm

W. Taylor Hammond

Walt Herrell

F. B. Holbrook

Duane Houck

Henry lensen

Gertrude lessup

Harold S. lohnson

Art Kanna

A. W. Keele

K. M. Kennedy

Paul Kessel

Richard King Charles Lacey

Edward Lamb

Mrs. Lilah Lilley

Marion Linderman

Delmar Lovejoy

Ruth Luckey

Jack McClarty

William Metcalf

Fred Nelson

Catalma |. Pacheco

Christine Perkins

Lawrence Rice

Bruce Ringer

Cecil Rolfe

Jan Rushing

Christine Shultz

William Sias

Roy Slate

Thyra Sloan

Hazel Snide

Shirley Spears

lohn Speyer

William H. Taylor

Douglas Tritt

losephine Troxel

Drew Turlington

Noble Vining

D. L. West

lohn Westbrook Arthur Wheeler Louise Willis Darlene Wilson Steve Yap lames Zeigler

ALUMNI OPERATIONS FUND

M. A. Dunn J. B. Kinder lean M. Allen

FINE ARTS BUILDING FUND

Frances Andrews

Bernice Baker

Sue Baker

Estelle Bannerman

Drue Bowen

Olive and Brad Braley

Glenda Brown

Edwin Brun

Mrs. Kenneth Burke

Jerry Cabalo. M.D.

Mrs. R. E. Callicott

M. Carballal

Mrs. Glendon Conner

W. E. Cushman

Lewis Ellis

George N. Fuller

Georgia-Cumberland Conference

B. J. Hagan

Don E. Hall

lean Housley

Mary Hollis

Emery Hoyt

Erna Mae Koch

lean Lemon

Heinz Linser

Bonnie Loney

Nancy L. McBride

Ellsworth McKee

R. C. Mizelle

Anna Nerz

Henry Newman

Bernice Pirtman

Robert Rausch

Nelda Reid

Maurine Reynolds

Wanda Sample

Mrs. Stephen Scheper

Harry Sharley

D. F. Sinnett

R. D. Sloan

Warren L. Smith, M.D.

Stella Smock

Mrs. Delbert Swanson

Winford Tate

COMMITTEE OF 100 ALUMNI

Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bowers

Dr. and Mrs. David L. Castleberg

Dr. and Mrs. Chalmer Chastain, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Croker. Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. Forrest L. Fuller

Dr. and Mrs. C. David Henriksen

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hulsey

Dr. and Mrs. Les Jacobs

Dr. and Mrs. David L. Jarrett

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McElroy. Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth McKee

Dr. and Mrs. James Ray McKinney

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Martin

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Ernest Messinger

Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Payne

Elmyra Conger Stover

Dr. and Mrs. Louis Waller

Mr. and Mrs. James Williams

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School History Book Will Be Distributed

The revision of the official history book, SMC: A School of His Planning, has been completed and is ready for distribution to SMC graduates. The book was completed by Miss Mabel Wood, former Alumni editor of the Southern Columns, just weeks before she died.

Mr. William Taylor, Public Relations direc- tor, finished proofreading it. Starkey Printing Company of Chattanooga lithographed it and had it bound in a gold leatherette cover em- bossed with a red and white drawing of Wright Hall. It contains 356 pages.

The book is a narrative of 80 years of growth and development of Southern Missionary Col- lege from 1892 to 1972, and was written by Elva B. Gardner, former registrar, and revised by Mabel Wood.

Graduates may order the book from the Public Relations Office for $10.00 on the order blank at the bottom of this page. Please in- clude your year of graduation and your cur- rent address so that we may keep our files current.

MISSING ALUMNI

*	Can you help us locate these former students? We are	;•;
•	trying to bring our files up to date. Please send informa-	•:•
•>	tion to the Executive Secretary.	♦ ♦
•I* ♦	Cheryl Lynn Allen
•>	Mrs. Flonnie Anderson	•>
*	Helen Andrade Lynnda Naomi Armstrong '72	♦
z	Mrs. Lenore Artress '38	•>
*	Bruce Allen Bacheller 75
♦	lames T. Backus '31	•:•
*	Edward Sanford Bergholl '62
* *	JoyAnne Berkey '69 Betty Blodgett '70	♦ ♦
*	Larry Paul Bogar '68	♦ ♦
*	Donald )oel Bohannon '71	♦ •*•
•> ♦	Hans - Peter Boksberger '75	V
	Rhonda Huffaker Bolton 73	*
.;.	Barbara Ann Botts '65	* *
♦	Robert Leland Brannan 72
	James D. Brighton 72	♦
* *	lerald Edwin Bromback '51 Norman E. Brown '62	* ♦ ♦
•:•	Shirley Tice Bryne '58
*	Bonnie Louise Burch 74	•:•
•:•	Norman James Adelbert Burlingame 72	•:•
•>	Mei-Ying Ancy Choi 75	♦
* *	Frieda M. Clark '40 )an Karl Artress '69	♦ *
* *	Terrance Michael Duke 72 Charles David Scarbrough '67	♦ ♦
	Vivian J. Bernard Thompson '68
	John Jay Stiles '63
♦	Maximo Diaz Rojas '64	♦
*	James Herman Lambeth '63
*	Ronald Eugene Lambeth '66	*

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Order Blank for SMC History Book

To: Public Relations Office

Southern Missionary College Collegedale, Tennessee 37315

Please send me payment of $

copies of SMC: A School of His Planning at $10.00 each. I enclose my My current name and address follow:

Name

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Those Who Walked These Halls

1942

Catherine Fox Mizelle is again teaching church school in the Potomac Conference after teaching in one public school for 10 years. She writes that it is a real joy to work with grades 1-4 in the Echo Valley School, in Wvtheville, Va.

1951

Charles L Pierce, graduated with a M.A. degree from George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee. Recently he successfully defended his dissertation for the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree and will be graduated May 1977 from the Catholic Uni- versity of America, Washington, D.C. His dis- sertation title is "A History of Music and of Music Education of the Seventh-day Adventist Church." Presently he is chairman of the music department of Canadian Union Col- lege, College Heights, Alberta, Canada. Mrs. Pierce, the former Beatrice Ralls (SMC '42- '45), is enjoying being just a housewife after working for the past 16 years as a secretary for the General Conference Insurance Services.

Burton Wright is now working in Hol brook, Arizona, at the SDA Indian Mission school. He and his wife recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

1952

Emery F. Hoyt writes that he is now in his 21st year of teaching in the field of Special Education for the mentally retarded. He works for the State of Colorado at the State Home and Training School at Grand Junction, Col. His wife Eva has been working as a dental assistant for the same institution all these years. They are active in the church at Palisade, where he has served as elder and head elder for the past 20 years.

1956

Ralph C. Workman writes that he was pro- moted to Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army on April 3, 1976. He is now the senior SDA Chaplain in the US Army. "I've been here at the Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, since August 1973. We will have 30,000 students here this year, so it is a pretty large operation. All the medical training for the US Army is done here."

1958

Eugene T. Remmers and his wife Carolyn Numbers are now living in Grand Ledge, Michigan, where he is assistant treasurer of the Michigan Conference. Before this work, they spent three years in Guatemala, where he was assistant treasurer and auditor of the Central American Union.

1965

David R. Moulton reports that he is pres- ently chief accountant at the Southern Pub- lishing Association in Nashville, where he has worked for the past five years.

1967

Ralph H. Ruckle has completed a family practice residency in Flint, Mich., on June 30, 1976, and is now in practice in Portland, Tenn., with his office in the new Highland Medical Center. He and his wife, the former Dianne Parker, '67, have three children, Brian, Brent, and Laurie, who was born lune 13.

1969

Robert DuPuy graduated from SMC with a degree in communication and theology. He was ordained to the ministry last summer and is serving in the North Dakota Conference as director of communication.

Bill McGhinnis

Willis T. McGhinnis, |r. has been promoted to vice-president at American National Bank and Trust Co. in Chattanooga. He has served as a branch manager and commercial loan officer. He is currently serving as branch ad- ministrator for the retail division.

McGhinnis is also a Commissioner for the City of Collegedale and is chairman of the finance committee of the Collegedale SDA church.

1971

Bill Richards was granted a Ph.D. degree by the Michigan State University last August. His dissertation was entitled "Cost Control of Electronic Data Processing Service: A Cost Accounting Model and Examination of Cur- rent Practices." Also a CPA, Bill and his wife Evonne live in Angwin, Calif., where he is an instructor in business administration at Pacific Union College.

Penny Nielsen, Ed.D., is an assistant pro- fessor of education at Nicholls State Univer- sity, Thibodaux, La. She teaches graduate and undergraduate reading courses. Recently she presented a paper on "Reading in the Middle Grades" and one on "Peer Tutoring and Read- ing." She attended Reading Conferences in New Orleans and Monroe, La. and Atlanta. Ga. She received the Ed. D. in Curriculum and Instruction — Reading from Memphis State University in August 1976.

Alice lean Lemon, P.O. Box 1309, Lusaka, Zambia, Africa, would like to hear from her friends. She has just returned to Zambia for her third term of service and says "it is a real thrill to be in the Lord's work out here where things are happening."

1972

Charles (Chuck) Pierce, a Business Ad- ministration graduate, has been working at the Hackettstown Community Hospital, Hackettstown, New Jersey, since receiving his degree in 1972. He is currently manager of the patients' business office.

Kenneth Matthews is finishing the first year of internal medicine residency. In January he started preventive medicine and public health residency in Salt Lake City. He is primarily interested in administration and health education. He says the average person knows very little in the area of prevention and needs education along these lines.

1973

Karen Jansen Sinnett writes: "My husband Dale and I are now living in Kettering, Ohio, where my husband is a resident at Kettering Memorial Hospital and I work as a Unit Clerk. Because my job is necessary to give the pa- tients the best of care, I sometimes work on Friday nights and Sabbaths. Dale and I agreed that I should take out a second tithe and give it to the project of my choice. The money I'm sending for the Music Building is that second tithe which has accumulated over several months time."

Phyllis Jean McCluskey is a Captain in the Army Nurse Corps stationed with the US Army Hospital in Bremerhaven. She writes that she is helping support a couple who are students at the Philippine Union College. When she returns to trie U.S. she hopes to attend an alumni day at SMC.

Randy Elkins graduated from the Louisiana State University School of Law in May 1976. He entered private practice in Minden, La., and reports that he and his wife are the par- ents of Adnenne Lee, born July 10, 1974.

1974

Dave Wheeler writes to inform friends that he is living in San Francisco and attending Hastings College of the Law, University or California. He has completed one year and has "two more to go."

Aage and Barbara (Doherty) Rendalen are in Trondheim, Norway, where he is youth pas- tor of the church and holding evangelistic meetings. Presently Aage is teaching Norwe- gian to Mike Harris, '75, who is now spending a year in Norway. Readers of the Review and Herald will remember seeing pictures of the group of young people in Norway who con- ducted an effort as part of their summer camp. Aage and Barbara were in those pic- tures, andne was the editor of the newspaper which the SDA campers distributed through- out the town.

1975

Michel Shimel, a communication major, is working as a substitute teacher primarily in special education in Easy Gary, Indiana. She is also manager of a Teen Club three nights a week there.

1976

Robert J. Fekete of Cleveland, Ohio, is serv- ing as a ministerial intern in the Bloomington, III., church. He is married to the former Carolynne Butcher, of Lansing, Mich., and they have one daughter.

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Report on SMC Communication Interns in SDA Hospitals

Duane Hallock, '76, the first intern in com- munication appointed by the General Con- ference under the new policy, has been prov- ing himself and learning at Shawnee Mission ■Medical Center under the immediate super- vision of Edwin Shafer, '68, director of De- velopment and Communication, and with an eagle eye on his activities on the part of Mil- ton Murray of the Institutional Consulting Service at the General Conference, who has been giving guidance to the hospital's de- velopment program. Shafer describes the in- ternship as "a real benefit to the Shawnee Mission Medical Center office of develop- ment and communication."

From Porter Memorial Hospital, Olof T. Moline, Administrator writes: "GregRumsey. 74, is pleasant to work with and demonstrates mature, Christian attitudes and judgment. He's not afraid of hard work, and the quality of his efforts is consistently good. We feel fortunate to be one of the organizations with which the General Conference is working in the communication internship program.'

Students Accepted At Loma Linda

Ten Southern Missionary College students have been accepted in the September 1977 class of Loma Linda University School of Medicine.

They are Sally A. Curnow, Greg- ory L. Hailey, Frederick A. Hoover, Morris L. Lovejoy, William R. Norskov, Jr., Sarah M. Roddy, Robert M. Sholtes, Dale ). Townsend, Michael N. Wood, and Roger D. Woodruff.

DID YOU KNOW that address changes sent from the postal service cost the COLUMNS 25 cents each (up from 10 cents last year)? Please help us save your money by sending your mailing address change to us — at least four weeks ahead of your move.

SOUTHERN COLUMNS, Alumni Association, Southern Missionary College, Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315.

McKee Bakery Wins National Award

The McKee Baking Company has been named this year's recipient of the American Legion National Handicapped Award, an honor be- stowed annually on the one com- pany in the state which best meets the needs of handicapped indi- viduals through a variety of job as- signments.

Ellsworth McKee, '54, president of McKee Baking Company, ac- cepted the award and said, "We are always looking for handicapped persons who can be utilized in our operations. We pledge to continue to do all we can to help the hand- icapped, believing it is not only morally right, but a good business practice."

The company at present employs 64 handicapped workers.

DEATHS

OAKES

Mildred Eadie Oakes, 58, former director of Health Service at SMC, died at Florida Hospi- tal on December 6, 1976. She was the wife of William Warren Oakes, '49, director of per- sonnel at Florida Hospital. The Oakes' taught at Madison College, and then were calledto mission service in Uganda and Kenya. From there they returned to Madison until they were called to the Florida Hospital. Mildred's last place of employment was as director of the School of Practical Nursing at Florida Hospital.

LUDINGTON

Louis C. Ludington, 56, thoracic and car- diovascular surgeon, died at Loma Linda, on December 15, 1976. He served for more than 10 years as a surgeon at the Bangkok Hospital in Thailand, as well as at Loma Linda Univer- sity. He attended SIC and was graduated in the class of 1940. His mother, Mrs. Mildred Ludington, still lives in Collegedale.

PATRICK

lanice Marie Patrick, 26, died on lanuary 31 , 1977, in Chattanooga, from injuries received in an automobile accident. She was a teacher at Craysville Seventh-day Adventist church school. She was a graduate of SMC in the class of 1973, and is buried in the Collegedale Cemetery.

Plan Now to Attend

HOMECOMING '77

Honor Classes:

1927, 1952, 1967

October 14, 15, 1977

• Special Mission Service

• Special Honors - Committee of 100

• Special Entertainment:

Ferrante and Teicher Duo-Pianists

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Letters

Dear Brother Taylor:

Yesterday I received a copy of the history of SMC. I just want to thank you very much for remembering me with this lovely book. I have already read much of it and shall always love and cherish it.

Collegedale will always have a very warm spot in my heart. My wife and I were the first couple married in the old college chapel. That was more than 50 years ago. I helped to build the old Ad. Bldg. as well as Prof. Wood's cottage and several other buildings.

Jere D. Smith, '24 10722 Mead Lane Loma Linda, Calif. 92354

Dear Friends,

In 1938 I graduated from S)C. At that time cir- cumstances didn't allow me to purchase the yearbook. The Triangle.

With the passing of years I more and more wish for one. Do you think that somewhere there may be a copy that would be available to me? I will gladly pay what it is worth. Sometimes even the students got more than one copy, if one just knew how to find such. Can you please give any help? Thank you.

Miss Mary R. Cowdrick

Box 1164

Madison, Tenn. 37115

(Ed. Note — Can our faithful Alumni help? We're sure Miss Cowdrick would like to correspond with her classmates.)

Dear Alumni:

Greetings from Southern California! Some weeks ago Walter Clark, '27, Winslow Randall, and Glee Bird Smith organized an old-timers get-together for students and faculty during the administrations of Presidents Wood, Thiel, and Hamilton. Seventy-four of us met for lunch, conversation, and reminiscing. Nineteen others sent greetings. Seven out-of-staters journeyed to Loma Linda for the reunion.

Some interesting facts emerged. Ten were former fac- ulty members, including Mrs. Lynn Wood. There were 50 former students and 14 were spouses or friends. There were 43 members in the Class of '24 and 12 of these were present, including three of the four officers. Five class presidents attended : Ralph Watts, '24; Donald Hunter, '25; Walter Clark, '27; John Speyer, '29; and Lowell Byers, '35.

There is a real spirit of allegiance to SMC among its alumni of those bygone years. One expressed our feel- ings by saying that though many of us have finished our college work in other schools, none could replace SMC in our hearts and loyalties. We wish the best for "Our College" and for its alumni throughout the world. Donald W. Hunter, '25 LLU Campus Representative Loma Linda University Loma Linda, Calif. 92354

(Ed. Note — We would encourage others of the Alumni to plan similar gatherings and write us about them.)

Dear Friends:

Greetings from the Far North! We hate being so far away from our children and family, and all our "southern friends," though we have found it an interesting change to see this part of the world.

Charles is working hard with the music activities here. About the only free evening he has is Thursday evening. Last week he was at the college every night from Sunday until Saturday night. His choirs meet nights, and he has his community choir on Sunday night. Right now he is on a five day tour of British Columbia with one of his choirs.

There are some compensations. We had a marvelous garden. It is truly unbelievable how things grow here. They are quite slow getting started because of the cool weather but once they start they fairlv jump out of the ground. We have a root cellar full of potatoes, beets, and carrots. Of course being inexperienced gardeners we made a few errors. We had enough lettuce and radishes for the whole college community!

The weather has been beautiful, and you can't believe the lovely sunrises and sunsets. I guess we were in Takoma Park so long we really forgot there were such things. We have really only had a few cold days.

We invite all our friends to stop to see us when they are in Canada. We are onlv about 60 miles from Banff and Lake Louise.

Charles and Bea Pierce '51

Box 407

College Heights

Alberta, Canada, TOC OZO

(Ed. Note — We believe Canada had a warmer winter this year than Collegedale!)

Dear Friends,

just to maintain my good standing as a member of the SMC Alumni Association, I had better inform you that I have moved to the address below on Java, Indonesia, after my graduation with an MBA from Andrews Univer- sity. I am the head of our Business Administration De- partment at this college, with almost 300 students in the dept.

Until now we have offered a major in accounting, but from next year we expand and will offer both major in accounting and management. So we are going into a very promising time under God's blessings. If you need a rewarding project, please consider our need for sup- port to build a bakery to provide more labor for our students and income for the college.

I am the chairman of the committee for that project. We have almost 500 students but cannot offer labor enough to help all those who cannot pay for all their studies.

God bless you all from day to day.

Thorkild B. R. Pedersen, '73

Institut Theologia & Keguruan Advent

(Indonesia Union College)

Kantor Pos Cipaganti

Bandung, Indonesia

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Southern Missionary College's new nursing education building was formally named Mazie Herin Hall duringchapel ceremonies held October 26, according to Dr. Frank Knittel, SMC president.

The structure was named after a former chairman of the SMC de- partment of nursing in recognition of her years of service to SMC and to the Seventh-day Adventist church.

The building was dedicated in April because of the presence on campus at that time of the college board and the Committee of 100, which financed a large share of the construction costs, but the special naming ceremony was delayed until Ms. Herin could arrange to visit the school.

Mazie Alice Herin attended SMC while it was still known as Southern Junior College, graduating from a two-year program in 1937, prior to taking nursing, which she com- pleted at New England Sanitarium and Hospital Melrose, Mass., in 1940. She earned the B.S. degree from Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, Md., in 1944. In 1948 the University of Colorado con-

Nursing Building Named for Mazie Herin

Mazie Herin

ferred the Master of Personnel Service degree upon her.

Ms. Herin has worked as staff nurse at New England Sanitarium and Hospital; at White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles; at Wash- ington Sanitarium and Hospital, Takoma Park, Md.; and at Quincy City Hospital, Quincy, Mass.

She was assistant director of nurses and a nursing instructor at SMC from 1944-1947. She was in- struction coordinator and later chairman of the department of nurs- ing, Union College, Lincoln, Ne- braska, from 1947-1956. In 1956 she returned to SMC to serve until 1960 as chairman of the nursing depart- ment.

Ms. Herin is presently employed as an associate secretary of the de- partment of health of the General Conference of SDA's and as a con- sultant for the Nursing Education and Nursing Service department.

Her duties include visiting the church's 36 schools of nursing and 300 hospitals throughout the world, coordinating activities and giving counsel on programs in nursing and nursing services. Some 800 nurses graduate annually from these schools.

$300 Awarded Nursing Student

Mrs. Sharon I. Meyer, an as- sociate degree nursing senior at Southern Missionary College, has been awarded a scholarship grant in the amount of $300 from the local branch of Reach to Recovery, an organization under the auspices of the American Cancer Society.

Meyer was selected on the basis of academic achievement, financial need, and, primarily, her interest in oncologic (cancer) nursing. She was nominated by Mrs. W. C. Star- key, the Reach to Recovery dele- gate, Mrs. Ina Longway, director of nursing at SMC, and Mrs. Christine Shultz, assistant director of nursing at the college.

Meyer, who will graduate in June, traces her interest in nursing cancer patients to her previous employment as an aide in cancer wards, and the loss of a niece to the disease.

Biology and P.E. Departments Offer Summer Courses in Minnesota

The Biology and Physical Educa- tion Departments are jointly teach- ing four courses this summer in Northern Minnesota. Registered students will receive four credit hours.

They may take three hours of Wilderness Survival and one hour of Biology (selected topics), or three hours of Ecology and one hour of Physical Education (special problems). The course is open to twenty students on a first come, first served basis. The expedition leaves Collegedale May 9, and is scheduled to return on the 26th.

Total cost will include tuition at a reduced rate of $50 per hour, $75 for round trip transportation, as well as food (to be planned, pur-

chased, and prepared individually) and pocket money.

Since the $75 transportation fee must be paid in advance, a $10 de- posit is required to be on the list. An additional $40 must be paid be- fore March 1, and another $25 be- fore April 1. These amounts are re- fundable within reasonable limits. Four hours credit for a total of $275 plus board is a significant savings over the normal rate of $324 plus room and a cafeteria bill.

All interested persons should contact either Dr. Lovejoy of the P.E. Department or Dr. Steen of the Biology Department for further in- formation about course content and reservation details.

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