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COLUMNS

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

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The Winter of 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?

F.E.A.

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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

Our old address was:

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City

State 7ip

Our new address is:

Name

Yr Grad

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Please mail this information to:

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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PAGE THREE

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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PAGE FIVE

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

Where Does an SMC Graduate Go?

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To

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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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PAGE SEVEN

Homecoming '76

Class of
1926

Class of
1966 fi

PAGE EIGHT COLUMNS

Mary Elam Named "Alumna of Year"

i

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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PAGE NINE

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

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Can you help us locate these former students? We are

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Cheryl Lynn Allen

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Mrs. Flonnie Anderson

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Helen Andrade

Lynnda Naomi Armstrong '72

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Mrs. Lenore Artress '38

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Bruce Allen Bacheller 75

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lames T. Backus '31

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Edward Sanford Bergholl '62

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JoyAnne Berkey '69
Betty Blodgett '70

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Larry Paul Bogar '68

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Donald )oel Bohannon '71

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Hans - Peter Boksberger '75

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Rhonda Huffaker Bolton 73

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Barbara Ann Botts '65

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Robert Leland Brannan 72

James D. Brighton 72

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lerald Edwin Bromback '51
Norman E. Brown '62

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Shirley Tice Bryne '58

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Bonnie Louise Burch 74

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Norman James Adelbert Burlingame 72

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Mei-Ying Ancy Choi 75

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Frieda M. Clark '40
)an Karl Artress '69

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Terrance Michael Duke 72
Charles David Scarbrough '67

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Vivian J. Bernard Thompson '68

John Jay Stiles '63

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Maximo Diaz Rojas '64

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PAGE ELEVEN

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
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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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