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Season's  Greetings! 

During  this  holiday  season,  we  extend 
our  '.warmest  greetings  to  our  alumni  and 
friends. 

Through  the  years  you  have  supported 
Southern  College  in  so  many  ways.  God 
has  certainly  heard  your  prayers  and 
blessed  us  abundantly.  We  encourage 
and  salute  you  for  your  prayerful  support. 

When  there  has  been  a  financial  need, 
it  has  always  been  met.  In  the  toughest 
of  economic  times,  you  have  rallied 
behind  us  and  beat  the  challenge  of  the 
dollar.  Some  of  our  sister  colleges  have 
not  been  so  fortunate  and  they  failed  to 
reach  their  BECA  goal  this  past  year, 
but  Southern  College  is  proud  to  let  you 
know  that  the  alumni  and  friends  of  this 
college  came  shining  through. 

Your  support  of  the  college,  prayerfully, 
financially,  and  morally  is  a  witness  to 
students  who  are  currently  attending 
Southern  College.  The  faculty  and  staff 
are  committed  to  this  generation  of 
students,  just  as  it  was  committed  to 
your  generation.  Thanks  to  you,  that 
same  quality  of  Christian  education  that 
you  enjoyed  is  now  being  enjoyed  by 
others. 

During  this  holiday  season,  we  think 
of  you  and  thank  you  for  the  generous 
support  that  you  have  given  to  Southern 
College,  a  school  of  His  plannmg. 

Blessings  in  this  holiday  season, 


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Alumni  President's  Message 


If  You  Think  Education  Is  Expensive, 
Try  Ignorance 

by  J.  W.  Henson  III 

A  short  time  ago  I  stood  reading  a  local  merchant's 
marquee.   Again,  I  read  the  words,  "If  you  think  education 
is  expensive,  try  ignorance!" 

Education  is  expensive  .  .  .  very  expensive!  In  dollars 
certainly,  but  I  am  more  concerned  with  the  time — the 
years  involved.  The  pursuit  of  an  education  is  the  prime 
occupation  of  people  between  six  and  20-30  years  of  age. 
In  the  Chicago  area  elementary  schools  alone,  there  is  an 
average  daily  expenditure  of  time  equal  to  four  70-year 
lives  invested  in  the  educational  process.  We  believe  the 
future  is  worth  the  investment. 

However,  I  do  not  like  to  think  of  education  as  years 
spent  in  "preparing  for  life."  These  students  are  living 
their  lives.  All  learning  should  be  done  against  a 
backdrop  of  quality  living.  The  young  people  are  to  be 
taught  to  thrill  daily  at  the  sight  of  the  natural  beauty 
around  them  and  to  accept  willingly  the  duties  that  are 
theirs  to  perform. 

The  quantity  of  life  can  come  later,  but  the  quality  mu 
be  ever  present  lest  at  the  end  they  find  that,  instead  of 
full  rich  life,  a  hollow  form  of  existence  has  been  their  , 
lot,  even  if  lived  in  wealth. 

I  wish  that  each  of  you  could  have  an  opportunity  to 
walk  your  campus  again,  chat  with  the  students,  and  see 
them  at  worship,  study,  work,  and  play.  You  would  leav 
with  the  comforting  knowledge  that  all  is  well — that 
Southern  College  is  maturing  gracefully — that  most  of  its 
products  are  staunch  Seventh-day  Adventist  young  peopl 
ready  and  willing  for  the  challenges  of  the  uncertain 
future. 

Sure,  education  is  expensive,  but  should  we  ask  them 
to  squander  their  lives  in  ignorance?  Our  sincere  thanks 
to  you  for  your  continuing  prayers  and  support  for  the 
School  Of  Standards. 


Mailbag 


Dear  SOUTHERN  Columns  Staff 

Shame  on  you!  I  hope  you  get  many  letters  from  othe:. 
four-year  nursing  students  like  myself.  In  the  article  aboi 
Dr.  Knittel  in  the  special  presidential  issue,  it  was  stateci 
that  "The  nursing  program  grew  from  a  two-year  progra 
to  a  two-plus-two  program.  Did  you  not  remember  the 
existence  of  a  straight  four-year  program?  Had  you  state 
that  the  nursing  program  grew  from  separate  two-year  a 
four-year  programs  to  a  two-plus-two  program,  the 
statement  would  have  been  more  acceptable  and  accurate 

We  from  the  final  years  of  the  four-year  program  grev 
used  to  being  ignored  and  forgotten,  but  I  certainly  did 
not  expect  the  SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  to  forget  us  also. 

In  general,  may  I  say  that  your  publication  is  very 
good.  Thank  you  for  your  hard  work  on  it. 

Sincerely, 

juanita  R.   Miles,   '77 

Arden,   NC 


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to  inform  us  of  any  recent  news  of  significance  relating  to  where- 
abouts, family  and  job  promotions. 

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ADMISSION  to  Southern  College  is  granted  irrespective  of  race, 
color,  national  or  ethnic  origin,  sex  or  handicap. 


Dear  Elder  Thurber: 

I  just  received  the  last  issue  of  Southern  Columns.  I 
wish  to  second,  and  to  add  to  something  DoUy  Fillman 
said  in  her  letter  regarding  Lynn  Wood  Hall. 

I  well  remember  Lynn  Wood  when  he  was  principal  of 
Southern  Training  School  in  Graysville,   and  I  often  visited 
them  when  they  retired  at  Loma  Linda.  The  last  time  I 
saw  him  he  asked  me,  "Where  were  you  when  the  girls' 
dormitory  burned  at  Graysville?"  My  answer,  "I  was  right 
there."  * 

I  came  to  Collegedale  in  the  fall  of  1923;  I  helped  dig 
the  trenches  for  the  foundation,  and  helped  pour  the 
cement  for  Lynn  Wood  Hall.   When  it  was  completed  it 
was  the  center  of  all  campus  activities— President's  office, 
classrooms,  chapel,  piano  studios,  recitals,  marches  on 
Saturday  nights,  and  church  services,  as  well  as  the 
activities  Dolly  Fillman  mentioned. 

Long  Live  Lynn  Wood  Hall! 

Merrill  O.  Dart,  M.D.,  '25 
Englewood,  CO 


Dear  Editor: 

Today  I  sat  in  church  and  listened  to  the  reading  of  the 
Week  of  Prayer.  I  do  not  remember  much  about  what  was 
said,  but  I  was  impressed  by  the  admission  of  our  leader 
that  the  gospel  commission  given  in  Matthew  will  not  be 
fulfilled  by  Seventh-day  Adventists  alone,  unless  by  an  act 
of  God. 

I  sat  down  while  my  wife  was  preparing  lunch  to  read 
your  magazine.  I  was  delighted  to  see  two  letters  with 
references  to  the  fact  that  there  are  wonderful,  loving 
Christian  individuals  of  other  faiths.  Then  I  read  Dr. 
McGill's  article  on  "Groupthink.  "  I  believe  that  "there  is  a 
desperate  drive  for  concensus  at  any  cost  which  involves  a 
non-deliberate  supression  of  dissent  and  a  cluster  of 
related  phenomena  of  social  conformity,"  and  that  "  group 
members  tend  to  be  amiable  and  seek  complete 
concurrence  on  every  important  issue,  with  no  bickering 
or  conflict  to  spoil  the  cozy  'we  feeling'  atmosphere." 

I  am  reminded  of  a  statement  by  Dr.  Paul  Toumier  in 
his  book  The  Violence  Within  (Harper  &  Row  1982),  page 
29.  "It  is  important  to  say,  however,  that  the  worst  thing 
is  not  being  wrong,  but  in  being  sure  one  is  not  wrong. 
Nothing  is  more  dangerous  for  us  than  to  believe 
ourselves  to  be  the  authentic  interpreters  of  divine  will. 
This  is  the  source  of  all  illuminism,  of  all  brutal 
intolerance,  of  all  proselytism  and  fanaticism." 

May  God  grant  us  a  spirit  of  tolerance  and  forgiveness, 
and  to  allow  Him  to  be  the  judge  and  not  us! 

John  L.   Adams,  D.D.S. 
New  Port  Richey,  FL 

Dear  Dr.  McGill  — 

Just  a  note  today  to  say  how  much  I  enjoyed  your 
article  in  Southern  Columns  on  Groupthink,  and  after  42 
years  serving  on  denominational  boards  and  committees  I 
really  believe  that  you  have  hit  the  nail  on  the  head  in 
several  areas. 

We  have  a  wonderful  system  but  many  employees  of 
the  church  who  sit  on  committees  will  not  say  anything 
in   the  committee  that  disagrees  with  the  chairman  in  the 
meeting.   When  they  get  out  of  the  meeting  they  then  will 
express  their  sentiments. 

With   best  wishes  and  thanks  for  a  good  article. 
Yours  very  truly, 
S.   E.   White 
Hendersonville,  NC 


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r\  lumni  Homecoming  on  the 
weekend  of  October  8-10  brought 
to  the  campus  of  Southern  College 
several  hundred  of  its  former 
students. 

Some  came  as  far  away  as  West 
Germany,  others  came  from  as  far 
back  as  the  1904  graduating  class. 
Homecoming,  as  always,  gave  an 
opportunity  to  revive  old 
friendships,  relive  past  school 
days,  and  reflect  on  the  ultimate 
goal  of  all  Southern  College 
alumni — Heaven . 

The  weekend  began  Friday 
afternoon  with  the  registration  of 
he  alumni  who  had  returned 
'home"  for  the  special  event. 
;  Zherie  Smith,  coordinater  for  the 
_ -egistration,  said  approximately 
"l50  alumni  registered  for  this 
/ear's  Homecoming. 

Following  registration  was  a 
S'espers  service  featuring  John 
:)veplinger,  a  1943  graduate  of 
siouthem  Junior  College  and 
Retired  SDA  Army  Chaplain  and 
1  Vrmy  Reserve  Colonel.   In  his 
jiessage,  titled  "Divine 
Jlandiwork,"  Chaplain  Keplinger 
i  sed  the  Biblical  experience  of 
Raul's  shipwreck  to  admonish  his 
i  steners  to  stay  by  the  "Gospel 
hip"  in  order  to  be  saved. 


Chaplain  Keplinger  also  related 
several  incidents  which  show 
God's  leading  in  the  lives  of 
people  he  helped  during  his 
ministry  as  an  Adventist  Civilian 
Chaplain  at  the  Frankfurt,  West 
Germany,  SDA  Servicemen's 
Center. 


Former  General  Conference 
president,  Elder  Robert  Plerson  (right) 
spoke  for  the  early  church  service. 

To  accommodate  the  large  group 
of  alumni  visiting  the  Southern 
College  campus,  two  church 
services  were  required  Sabbath 
morning.   Speaking  for  the  8:40 
a.m.  service,  titled  "This  is  The 
Day,"  was  Elder  Robert  Pierson, 
'33. 

Elder  Pierson,  former  General 
Conference  president  and  author 


of  26  books  and  over  1,000 
articles,  centered  his  sermon  on 
Revelation,  a  book  he  believes  to 
be  a  "complete  gospel." 
Emphasizing  the  dual  message  of 
warning  and  encouragement 
contained  in  Revelation  for  the 
last  days  of  God's  church.  Elder 
Pierson  admonished  his  listeners 
to  heed  its  words.   In  his  closing 
remarks  Elder  Pierson  said, 
"Revelation  is  preparing  us  for 
the  Great  Homecoming." 


Jl  he  11:15  a.m.  church  service 
was  presented  by  Bob  Bretsch, 
class  of  '73,  currently  senior 
pastor  of  the  SDA  church  in  San 
Diego,  California.  Understanding 
and  doing  God's  will  was  the 
central  point  of  Pastor  Bretsch's 
sermon,  titled  "Beyond  God's 
Will."  Drawing  from  the 
experience  of  Moses,  Pastor 
Bretsch  illustrated  how  God  can 
use  people  when  they  completely 
give  their  lives  to  Him.  "It's  so 
easy  to  be  committed  to  God's 
will  but  so  difficult  to  get  out  of 
God's  way,"  stated  Pastor  Bretsch. 
In  closing  he  said  God  wants  two 
things  from  his  church — leaders 


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that  give  all  to  Christ  and  people 
who  bow  down  and  worship. 

After  the  worship  services  was 
a  potluck  dinner,  attended  and 
enjoyed  by  several  hundred 
alumni  and  their  families  and 
friends. 

For  many,  the  highlight  of  the 
weekend  came  Sabbath  afternoon 
with  a  sacred  concert  by  the 
world-famous  Christian  singing 
group.  The  Heralds,   formerly 
known  as  The  King's  Heralds. 
The  "Gospel  Celebration" 
presented  by  The  Heralds  was 
well  received  by  the  vast 
audience.  The  current  members  of 
The  Heralds  include  first  tenor 
Don  Scroggs,  second  tenor  Jerry 
Patton,  baritone  Jack  Veazey,  bass 
Jim  Ayars,  and  pianist  Jim  Teel. 

A  light  supper  of  sandwiches 
and  salads,  hosted  by  the 
Collegedale  Alumni  Chapter, 
followed  The  Heralds'  concert. 
Elder  Wayne  Thurber,  '48,  gave  a 
tribute  and  held  interviews  with 
the  members  of  this  year's  Honor 
Classes  which  were  1923,  1933, 
1943,   1958,   1973,  and  1978. 
Sabbath  closed  with  a  brief 
meditation  program  presented  by 
Robert  Lebard,  '58,  who  is 
currently  principal  of  Santa  Cruz 
Junior  Academy  in  California. 


Next,  an  alumni  business 
meeting  welcomed  alumni 
president-elect  Robert  A.   Lorren, 
'57,  to  his  new  office.  Other 
business  included  a  farewell  to 
John  Duricheck,  '58,  who 
faithfully  completed  his  six-year 
term  in  the  Alumni  Association's 
presidential  office.  Also  included 
in  the  meeting  was  a  special 
recognition  for  Rochelle  Kilgore,  a 
former  student  of  Southern's 
original  Graysville  School  in  1904. 
This  former  teacher  and  principal 
of  that  school  was  honored  as 
Alumna  of  the  Year. 


EM.  onored  as  Alumnus  of  the 
year  was  Robert  Pierson,  '33. 
Since  his  graduation.  Elder 
Pierson  has  served  the  church  in 
areas  such  as  Texas,  Southern 
Asia  Division,  Trans-African 
Division,  Inter-American  Division, 
and  more  recently,  in  the  General 
Conference. 

Saturday's  full  day  of  fellowship 
and  programs  ended  with  a  pops 
concert  presented  by  Southern 
College's  Division  of  Music. 
Groups  performing  in  the  concert 
were  the  Southern  Bel  Canto,  Die 
Meistersinger,  Concert  Band, 


Symphony  Orchestra,  and  the 
Chorale.  This  event  was  well 
attended  and  drew  much 
appreciation  from  the  listeners. 


The  Die  Meistersingers  performed. 

On  Sunday  morning,  several 
events  were  held  to  entertain  the 
visiting  alumni.   After  a  breakfast 
meeting  of  the  Alumni 
Association  Executive  Committee 
was  a  riverboat  cruise  down  the 
Tennessee  River.  The  more 
energetic  and  athletic  alumni 
participated  in  golf  and 
racquetball  tournaments. 

The  Student  Missions  Club  of 
Southern  College  held  an 
International  Food  Fair  Sunday 
afternoon,  which  ended  the 
festivities  for  this  year's  Alumni 
Homecoming. 


WR.  GILBERT 


Professor  Orlo  Gilbert  was  surprised  at  the  pops  concert  when  his  symphony  orchestra 
of  Happy  Birthday. 


6  •  SOUTHERN  COLUMNS 


Southern  Update 


Energy  Grant 
Awarded 

Southern  College's 
Energy  Conservation 
Program,  which  began  last 
spring,  is  aimed  at 
effectively  managing  the 
use  of  energy  on  campus 
and  is  now  well  underway 

After  an  assessment  of 
each  building  on  campus 
by  engineers  from 
Chattanooga's  Campbell  & 
Associates  Inc.,  this 
program  was  devised  to 
help  Southern  College  cut 
energy  usage  by  25  to  30 
percent.  The  major  thrust 
of  the  program  calls  for  the 
installation  of  a  computer 
control  system  and  the 
insulation  of  certain 
buildings  and  steam  lines. 

This  energy  management 
program  will  be  paid  for 
partially  by  a  grant 
awarded  to  the  college  by 
the  Department  of  Energy. 
Over  the  next  three  years 
the  college  will  match 
those  funds  with  the 
money  saved  by  the  new 
program. 


rhird  Annual 
nternational  Food 
-air  Held 

Southern  College's 
itudent  Missions  Club  held 
heir  third  annual 
nternational  Food  Fair 
lunng  Alumni 
4nmecoming  Weekend  on 
unday,  October  9,  at  the 
palding  Elementary  School 
n  Collegedale. 

Authentic  and  exotic 
>ods  from  several 
luntries  were  served, 
Tcluding  foods  from  India, 
idonesia,  Italy,  Japan, 
orea,  and  Mexico, 
ntertainment  for  this 
oar's  Food   Fair  included 
lusic  by  several  string 
istruments,  vocals,  a  brass 
nsemble,  and  a  slide 
resentation  depicting  areas 
here  last  year's  student 
lissionaries  visited. 

Proceeds  from  the  Food 


Fair  are  used  to  help 
defray  the  transportation 
cost  of  Southern  College's 
student  missionaries,  who 
volunteer  to  donate  a  year 
to  travel  and  work  in  any 
of  several  countries  around 
the  world.   According  to 
Karen  Wilcox,  coordinator 
for  the  Food  Fair,  an 
estimated  1,200  people 
attended  this  special  event, 
many  of  whom  were 
visiting  alumni. 


The  College  Press 
Phototypesetter 
Now  Interfaced  with 
HP-3000  and 
Microcomputers  via 
Floppies 

Although  the 
phototypesetter  at  The 
College  Press  has  been 
accepting  output  from 
Southern  College's 
computers  for 
approximately  seven  years, 
it  was  not  until  recently 
that  this  could  be 
accomplished  without  the 
use  of  punched  paper  tape. 

A  new  interface  system 
has  been  installed  which 
now  accepts  input  from  a 
microcomputer  equipped 
with  floppy  disk  drive. 
This  is  the  first  step  in  a 
program  to  offer  a 
typesetting  and  printing 


service  using 
customer-supplied 
keyboarding,   and  will 
enable  almost  anyone  with 
access  to  a  microcomputer 
with  floppy  disks  and  a 
word  processing  program 
to  set  copy.   Equipment  on 
order  will  read/write  either 
8"  or  51/4"  disks  from  80 
different  computers. 

The  new  interface  was 
first  used  with  an  index 
for  the  recently  published 
book,  James  Count\/-A  Lost 
County  of  Tennessee.  The 
desired  contents  of  the 
index  was  keyboarded  by 
the  Word  Processing 
Department,  sorted  on  the 
HP-3000  computer  and 
output  to  a  KayPro  II,  and 
then  sent  to  the  interface 
and  typesetter.  Indexing 
books  by  a  computer  has 
given  The  College  Press 
the  edge  with  customers 
with  a  book  to  be  printed. 

A  convenient  guide 
explaining  how  to  set  copy 
for  phototypesetting  with 
the  necessary  codes  will  be 
supplied  to  those  interested 
in  this  printing  service. 
Customers  should  indicate 
computer  being  used. 

It  is  anticipated  that  this 
type  of  interfacing  wiO 
increase  because  of  this 
new  system.  Service  to 
companies  having  catalogs 
or  price  lists  on  computers 
will  probably  also  increase 
since  output  from  larger 


One  of  the  many  booths  at  the  food  fair. 


computers  can  often  be 
processed  by  the  HP-3000 
to  floppy  disks. 


Sauder  Named 
Public  Relations 
Director 

Vinita  Sauder  has 
recently  accepted  the 
position  of  Director  of 
Public  Relations  at 
Southern  College  of 
Seventh-day  Adventists  in 
Collegedale,  Tennessee. 


Mrs.  Vinita  Sauder 

Mrs.   Sauder  was 
previously  the 
Communications  Editor  for 
Public  Relations  at 
Kettering  Medical  Center, 
an  acute  and  tertiary  care 
650-bed  teaching  facility  in 
Dayton,  Ohio.  She  also 
served  as  the  Art  Director 
for  Dayton,  the  city 
magazine  produced  by  the 
Greater  Dayton  Chamber  of 
Commerce. 

Mrs.  Sauder  has  been 
the  recipient  of  numerous 
professional  awards, 
including  three  Quill 
Awards  of  Excellence  from 
the  District  7  area  (Ohio, 
Indiana,  and  Michigan)  of 
the  International 
Association  of  Business 
Communicators  for 
outstanding  achievement  in 
publication  production  and 
design.  She  has  also 
earned  the  1983  "Best  In 

SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  7 


The  East"  award  from  the 
Virginia  Society  of  Public 
Relations,  and  the  First 
Place  award  for  magapaper 
publication  from  the  Ohio 
Society  of  Hospital  Public 
Relations. 

Before  leaving  the 
Dayton,  Ohio,  area,  Mrs. 
Sauder  was  nominated   to 
be  the  Outstanding  Young 
Woman  of  Dayton. 

Her  previous  professional 
experience  also  includes  a 
term  as  managing  editor 
with  the  Palm  Beach 
Chronicle  in  Palm  Beach, 
Florida. 

She  was  a  cum  laude 
graduate  in 

Communications/Journalism 
from  Southern  College  in 
1978. 


33  Students  Listed 
in  Who's  Who 

The  1984  edition  of 
W^Ri's  Who  Among  Students 
In  American  Universities  and 
Colleges  will  include  the 
names  of  33  students  from 
Southern  College  who  have 
been  selected  as  national 
outstanding  leaders. 

Campus  nominating 
committees  and  editors  of 
the  annual  directory  have 
included  the  names  of 
these  students  based  on 
their  academic 
achievement,   service  to  the 
community,  leadership  in 
extracurricular  activities 
and  potential  for  continued 
success. 

They  join  an  elite  group 
of  students  selected  from 
more  than   1,500 
institutions  of  higher 
learning  in  all  50  states, 
the  District  of  Columbia 
and  several  foreign  nations. 

Outstanding  students 
have  been  honored  in  the 
annual  directory  since  it 
was  first  pubUshed  in 
1934. 

Students  named  this  year 
from  Southern  College  are; 
William  Eugene  Barrett, 
William  David  Brannon, 
Linda  Ann  Bromell,  Joseph 


Harmon  Brownlow, 
Gregory  Dean  Carlson, 
Jeffrey  Lyn  Coston,  Rose 
Ann  Crawford,  Gregory 
Kent  Ellis,   Leanne  Adonna 
Facundus,  Kathleen  Ann 
Fillman,   Devin  Eugene 
Fryling,  Norman  Duwayne 
Gamer,   Donna  Denise 
Gray,  John  Christopher 
Hale,  Brenda  Jones,   Lonnie 
Wayne  Kerbs,  Christopher 
Paul  Klinvex,   Mary 
Michelle  Kurzynske, 
Patricia  A.   LaBrosse, 
Carmen  Wilson  Lau,   David 
John  Libdan,  Laurie 
Kathleen  McKee,   Malinda 
S.   McKee,   Roland  Gilbert 
Ringer,  Carolyn  Louise 
Rolfe,   Kenneth  Daniel 
Rozell,  Sandra  Lee  Schiau, 
Steven  Paul  Schmidt, 
Carolyn  Gay  Schoonover, 
Barry  Scott,  Terry  Douglas 
Shaw,  William  Stephen 
Tankersley,  and  Sheryl 
Lynn  Tony. 


Cost- Effective 
Physics  Teaching 

The  General  Conference 
Board  of  Higher  Education 
released  a  report  in  1982 
which  compared  the 
cost-effectiveness  of  various 
departments  of  10  North 
American  colleges.  Separate 
data  were  presented  for 
upper  and  for  lower 
division  instruction.  The 
Physics  Department  of 
Southern  College  ranked 
first  (most  cost-effective)  in 
both  classifications;  the 
only  department  of 
Southern  College  sharing 
this  effectiveness  was  the 
Office  Administration 
Department. 

The  Physics  Department 
of  Southern  College  has 
always  had  the  goal  of 
providing  cost-effective 
quality  instruction,  says 
Dr.   Ray  Hefferlin,  professor 
of  physics.   "The  extent  to 
which  this  goal  has  been 
achieved  with  our  staff  of 
two  attests  to  the  blessing 
of  God  on  our  planning 
based  upon  this  one  goal," 


Dr.  Kuhlman  and  Dr.  Hefferlin  teach  physics  at  Southern 
College. 


he  comments. 

Can  a  department  that 
costs  less  provide  quality 
instruction?  One  way  of 
measuring  quality 
instruction  is  by  the 
progress  which  the 
graduates  of  the 
department  make  in  their 
careers. 

Many  graduates  with  a 
physics  degree  from  SC 
have  gone  on  to  pursue 
advanced  sciences. 
Thirty-one  of  51   graduates 
have  received  advanced 
degrees  from  schools, 
including  MIT,  the 
University  of  Indiana,   and 
Stanford.  This  includes 
eight  graduated  who  have 
earned  their  M.D.  or 
D.D.S.  degrees. 

Another  way  of 
measuring  quality 
instruction  is  by  the 
loyalty  of  alumni  to  their 
major  department.  Some  38 
of  the  51  graduates 
communicate  with  the 
Physics  Department  on  at 
least  a  yearly  basis,  and 
Dr.  Hefferlin  reports  that 
the  department  also  hears 
from  about  the  same 
number  of  students  who 
studied  only  part  of  their 
physics  at  Southern 
College,  or  who  were 
minoring  in  physics. 

In  various  other 
measurements  of  quality, 
such  as  GRE  scores  and 


the  physics  section  of  the 
MCAT  test,  the  Physics 
Department  ranks  high. 

"The  pursuit  of  such  a 
departmental  goal  often 
involves  painful  decisions,'' 
says  Dr.  Hefferlin.  Even  ir 
times  when  money  was 
more  plentiful,  the  Physics 
Department  consciously 
elected  not  to  purchase 
complex  pieces  of 
equipment  (which  often, 
because  of  lack  of  faculty 
time  on  a  small  campus, 
merely  serve  as 
showpieces).  Courses  are 
offered  in  alternate  years 
in  a  manner  carefully 
tailored  to  meet  the 
students'  course  strategies. 

The  physics  faculty  hav( 
concentrated  their  time  on 
course  content  and  its 
communication  to  student; 
and  on  involving  students 
in  an  ongoing  research 
program  to  explore  the 
validity  of  the  Periodic 
System  of  Diatomic 
Molecules  (Systems  for 
larger  molecules  have  also 
been  constructed.) 
Undergraduate  students 
are  regularly  co-authoring 
articles  in  science  journal' 
such  as  the  Journal  of 
Chemical  Physics,   and 
co-authoring  papers,  such 
as  the  two  presented  in 
Berlin  during  this  last 
summer.  They  participate 
in  highly  advanced 


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computer  work,  such  as 
the  production  of 
projections  of 
four-dimensional 
architectures  using  a 
printer  not  at  all  designed 
for  graphics  and  they  make 
surprising  discoveries,  such 
as  locating  an  error  in  a 
worldwide  compilation  of 
standard  data,  or  the 
prediction  of  properties  of 
molecules  containing 
superheavy  elements. 

This  participation  of 
students  in  the 
departmental  research 
program  has  side  benefits. 
"The  students  work 
shoulder  to  shoulder  with 
us,"  says  Dr.  Hefferlin, 
"much  as  they  would  if 
we  were  all  engaged  in 
harvesting  a  crop  of  com; 
problems,  hopes  and 
dreams  can  be  shared.  This 
benefit  is  followed  by 
another:  the  advantage 
iwhich  such  students  reap, 
compared  to  their  peers  in 
more  impersonal 
environments,  is  being 
able  to  submit  better 
'esumes  to  advanced 
schools  or  employers  after 
laving  successfully  carried 
)ut  frontier  work  in  a 
?asic  research  area." 

The  Physics  Department 
lopes  to  continue  to  serve 
iouthem  College  students 
vith  quality  instruction 
;  mder  strict  economy,  as  it 
f  ,ias  done  for  decades. 


tobertson  Chairs 
lASM  Meetings 

November  20-22,   1983, 
)r.  Marvin  L.   Robertson, 
-hairman  of  the  Division 
f  Music,  attended  the 
nnual  National  Association 
f  Schools  of  Music 
,.  ,<ASM)  Meeting  in 
■  I'earbom,  Michigan,   where 
'  e  was  chairman  of  the 
heetings  for  church-related 
hools.  Southern  College 

been  accredited  by  the 
ASM  since  1%8,  The 
liusic  Division  was  just 
ven  its  second   ten-year 


full  membership 
re-accreditation  in  June  of 
1983. 

Musical  programs  coming 
up  during  second  semester 
are:   February  11 — SC 
Concert  Band  sacred 
concert,  Collegedale  church; 
March  21-24 — Southern 


Dr.  Marvin  Robertson 

Union  Music  Festival  on 
campus;  April  6 — SC 
Chorale  home  concert, 
Collegedale  church;  April 
7 — SC  Concert  Band  home 
concert;  April  15,  16, 
17 — Chorale  musical 
production;  April  21 — Die 
Meistersinger  home 
concert;  April  22 — SC 
Symphony  dinner  concert. 


Staley  Lecture 
Series  Begins 

Dr.  Jay  E.   Adams 
initiated  the  Staley 
Christian  Scholars  Lecture 
series  at  Southern  College 
on  Tuesday,  November  29. 
The  series  is  sponsored 
and  financed  by  the 
Thomas  F.  Staley 
Foundation  of  Delray 
Beach,   Florida,  a   private, 
non-profit  institution 
dedicated  to  presenting 
outstanding  Christian 
scholars  on  college  and 
university  campuses  across 
the  country. 

Dr.   Adams,  a  graduate 
of  Johns  Hopkins 


University  and  the 
University  of  Missouri, 
spoke  on  the  topic 
"Christian  Forgiveness: 
What  it  is  and  how  it 
works  within  a  student 
community."  Dr.   Adams  is 
a  frequent  lecturer  at 
ministerial  and  Bible 
conferences  and  his 
published  works  include 
Competent  to  Counsel,  The 
Big  Umbrella,  Christian 
Living  in  the  Home,  Pulpit 
Speech,   and  The  Time  Is  at 
Hand.   He  has  authored 
about  50  books  and  is 
presently  serving  as  a 
counselor  at  the  Christian 
Counseling  and  Educational 
Foundation  in  Hatboro, 
Pennsylvania. 

The  benefits  of  the 
Staley  Lectures  will  be 
appreciated  at  Southern 
College  for  another  four  or 
five  years.  This  gives 
Southern  the  opportunity 
to  bring  to  our  campus 
some  of  the  most 
outstanding  biblical 
scholars  and  speakers  of 
our  time. 


Nursing  Class 
IVIeets 

The  B.S.  nursing  class  of 
1973  met  for  their  10-year 
reunion  the  weekend  of 


July  29-31  at  Cohutta 
Springs  Adventist  Center. 
Dr.  Gary  Patterson, 
President  of  the 
Georgia-Cumberland 
Conference,  spoke  for 
church  at  this  first  formal 
reunion  for  the  class.  The 
class  attributed  their 
success  at  keeping  in  touch 
with  each  other  to  their 
annual  Christmas  letter, 
which  is  circulated  to  each 
graduate.  There  were  18 
alumni  present  of  the  30 
who  graduated.  Including 
their  families,  70  people 
attended  the  reunion.  Four 
nursing  instructors  were 
also  in  attendance:  Geneva 
Bowman,  Miriam  Kerr, 
Doris  Payne,  and  Judy 
Winters. 

In  the  picture  from  left 
to  right,  front  to  back  are: 
Lynn  Carpenter  Noth, 
Donna  Stone  Spurlock, 
Winsome  Gallant  Croker, 
Carol  Hamm  Sommerville, 
Jeannie  Benedict,  Idella 
Camaham  Piffer,  Brenda 
Lett  Peterson,  Bobbie 
Kabanuk  Anderson,  Kathy 
Brown  Bricker,  Gail  McKay 
Oh,  Karen  Edgar  Fishell, 
Cheryl  Carara  Murphy, 
Caryn  Carmen  Grimaldi, 
Marie  McNeilies  Ostrander, 
Beth  Adams  Jedamski, 
Janie  Ballard  Schneider, 
Eileen  Walper  Oakley,  and 
Judy  Fieri  (not  pictured). 


B.S.  nursing  class  members  from  the  class  of  1973. 

SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  9 


My  Favorite  Teacher 


by  Cheryle  A.  Chisholm,  '66 
Macon,  Ga. 

The  tributes  to  a  favorite  teacher, 
penned  by  various  alumni,   have  been 
a  particular  inspiration.  They're 
indeed  reflective  and  moving. 

All  my  professors  v^fere  "favorites" 
with  me  while  at  SMC.   But  I 
remember  one  who  sparked  just  the 
joy  and  confidence  1  needed  at  the 
right  moment.   Perhaps  this  reflection 
of  Dr.  Clyde  Bushnell  will  call  to 
mind  in  others  of  his  academic  family 
many  more  cherished  mementos  of 
him. 


Memento  of  a  Loved  Professor 

I  remember  you,  senor, 

Across  a  span  of  timeless 
Hours;  and  as  I  do,  my 

Heart  breaks  out  in  smiles 
That  dry  the  insistent  tears 

Of  missing  you. 

I  remember  splashes  of  joy 

Like  sunstreams  zoarming 
The  room  where  you  entered. 

And  the  clear  rush  of  your 
Laughter  pouring  over  us 

In  class. 

I  remember  people,  places,  and 
Words  we  learned  together  — 

But  perhaps  more,  the  sweet 
Emotions  wrung  from  them 

And  woven  skillfully 
Into  our  lives. 

I  remember  the  fun 

In  your  boyish-blue  eyes 
That  predictably  turned  out  catching. 

And  a  curious  aura  of  mischief 
Shadowing  close  at 

Your  heels! 

I  remember  youthfulness 

Uniquely  yours  to  liven 
Every  chapter  of  our  learning 

And  an  effervescent  wisdom 
That  taught  us 

Unawares. 

}  remember  quick  concern 

That  saw  beyond  stated 
Limitations,  and  a  spirited 

Determination  to  put  feet 
To  the  impossible  for 

One  young  scholar. 

1  remember  you.  Dr.  Bushnell, 

My  teacher,  my  friend. 
■\nd  as  I  do,  a  burst  of 

Happiness  reminds  me 
Now  i  f. 'n;.'!  more 

Of  love. 


by  George  A.  Miller,  '65 
Ooltewah,  Tenn. 

A  few  years  ago,  the  demise  of  an 
outstanding  aviator  moved  a  writer  in 
a  national  aviation  magazine  to 
simply  indicate  the  man's  name  and 
then  concluded  the  item  with  the 
laconic  phrase:   "Enough  said."  Such 
respect  for  the  late  Clyde  Bushnell  is 
certainly  warranted.  Any  writer  with 
the  audacity  to  expound  on  the 
virtues  of  that  fine  man  probably 
leaves  the  question  of  the  writer's 
sanity  open  for  appraisal. 

When  one  talks  to  those  who  knew 
Clyde  Bushnell,  they  always  mention 
his  ever  present,  effen,'escent,  and 
contagious  smile,  and  his  willingness 
to  give  of  his  time.  When  this  writer 
heard  of  the  recent  death  of  Dr. 
Bushnell,   his  mind  immediately 
flashed  back  to  20  years  ago  when  he 
first  sat  in  Bushnell's  Western 
Civilization  class  and  discovered  that 
history  was  more  than  names,  dates, 
and  places.   Bushnell  used  a  lively. 


bubbling,  vivacious,  and  kind 
approach.   One  could  tell  he  loved 
and  people,  and  his  enthusiasm  for  I 
proliferating  that  fact  permeated  thej 
atmosphere  everywhere  he  went. 

Along  with  this  extremely  cheerfuf 
countenance.  Dr.  Bushnell  is 
remembered  by  those  who  knew  an 
loved  him  as  a  man  of  great 
intellectual  capacity.   With  degrees  ii 
foreign  language,  a  doctorate  in 
history,  and  the  skiU  to  communica 
that  knowledge,  he  held  his  own  w  h 
the  most  esteemed  that  Southern 
College  has  harbored.  Those  who 
knew  him  and  those  who  studied  i 
his  hands  will  reserve  a  grateful  an 
pleasant  place  in  their  memor\'  for 
him. 

Editor's  Note:  Clyde  G.  Bushnell  icas 
Associate  Professor  of  Modern  Langua  .- 
and  English  from  1953-1965  and  agait 
from  1970-1973.  Professor  Bushnell 
resided  in  the  Collegedale  area  and  di 
there  in  March  of  1983. 


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If  you  are  like  most  people,  when  you 
go  to  college  you  will  need  financial  help, 
and  a  lot  of  it. 

At  Southern  College  our  free  fourth 
summer  session  program  is  one  attempt  to 
reduce  your  college  expenses.  You  will  be 
able  to  earn  up  to  four  hours  of  college 
credit  and  stay  in  our  residence  halls  for 
free.  The  only  items  that  you  have  to  pay 
for  are  food  and  books,  which  usually 
run  about  $150.  That  is  cheaper  than 
staying  at  home. 

The  cost  to  attend  Southern  College 
remains  among  the  most  affordable  of 
Adventist  Colleges.  There  are  many  funds 


available  to  supplement  those  in  need,  and 
our  goal  is  that  you  will  not  be  denied  a 
Christian  education  at  Southern  because 
you  do  not  have  enough  money. 

Admission  to  Southern  College  is  granted 
irrespective  of  race,  color,  national  or 
ethnic  origin,  sex  or  handicap. 

For  more  information  write:  Director  of 
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A   MICROCO 


BUYER'S 


by  John  Beckett 
Director  of  Computer  Services 


Many  of  our  alumni  are  currently 
considering  microcomputer 
purchases.  It  is  difficult,  however,  to 
get  unbiased  information.  If  you  are 
looking  into  a  computer,  your  first 
mvestment  should  be  in  a 
subscription  to  a  good  magazine. 
Personal  Computing,  InfoWorld.   and 
Popular  Computing  are  examples. 
Buy  copies  of  several  different 
magazines  at  new^sstands.  Pay 
attention  to  the  advertising/editorial 
content  ratio    If  the  magazine  is 
primarily  advertisement,  you  can 
know  that  the  editors  will  be  slow 
to  explain  difficulties  you  might 
have  with  the  equipment  they  are 
descnbmg.  Invest  in  a  subscription 
to  the  magazme  that  appears  to  be 
the  best  help  to  you 

After  a  few  months,  some  of  the 
jargon  wiU  begin  to  make  sense. 
Don't  begin  selecting  a  brand  or 
model,  however,  until  you  have 
answered  the  most  important 
question:  "What  are  we  going  to 
use  it  for?"  This  will  to  a  large 
extent  determine  what  you  will 
need.  It  will  also  determine  things 
such  as  the  required  reliability  and 
available  service.  You  should  not, 
for  instance,  buy  a  Commodore  or 
Atari  at  the  local  K-Mart  for  use  m 
a  critical  inventory  or  scheduling 
application.  You  simply  won't  be 
able  to  get  it  fixed  or  otherwise 


adjusted  quickly  enough  when  a 
problem  occurs. 

If  you  want  the  computer  to 
organize  some  part  of  your  life  that 
isn't  already  organized,  spend  the 
money  on  something  else. 
Computers  can't  organize  people 
who  aren't  already  organized.  They 
can  reduce  the  work  being  already 
done  by  people  who  are  organized, 
however.  The  exception  is  a 
situation  in  which  you  have  a  lot 
($10,000-up)  of  money  to  spend  on 
custom  programming  to  meet  your 
unique  needs  and  problems. 

If  you  wish  to  keep  any  kind  of 
records,  you  will  need  a  disk    Don't 
be  fooled  by  advertisements  that  for 
a  hundred  bucks  you  can  get  a 
computer  to  keep  track  of  your  tax 
records.  It  will  cost  you  at  least 
$700  to  get  a  system  which  will  be 
less  work  to  use  than  pencil  and 
paper.  The  CPU  (Central  Processmg 
Unit)  may  cost  $200  or  less,  but  a 
disk  drive  and  printer  are  necessary 
and  will  cost  at  least  $250  each. 

Realize  that  an  important  part  of 
your  investment  will  be  your  time 
spent  m  learning  how  to  operate 
the  computer.  Don't  waste  time 
learnmg  to  program  m  BASIC— you 
need  to  learn  how  to  handle, 
format,  copy,  and  otherwise  manage 
disks  and  the  files  on  them    You 
also  need  to  learn  how  to  use  the 


application  programs  you  get  to  us< 
on  the  computer. 

So,  what  can  that  jewel,  which 
just  came  down  to  $150  from  the 
original  price  of  $400,  do?  Quite  a 
bit— if  you  want  to  learn: 

1.  It  can  run  educational  softwar 
(which  is  rarely  included  in  tl 
purchase  cost)  to  help  you  or 
your  children  on  certain 
repetitive  learning  projects  sue 
as  math  or  English. 

2.  It  can  expose  you  to  the  worl 
of  computer  programming  by 
letting  you  write  your  own 
programs,  probably  in  BASIC. 
Beware:  many  machines 
include  only  a  low  level  of 
BASIC,  and  much  you  might 
want  to  do  requires  "Extende 
BASIC"—  which  will  set  you 
back  another  $100  or  so. 

3.  A  low-cost  personal  computer 
if  it  has  good  graphics,  can  1 
a  fantastic  video  game.  Its 
most  important  feature  is  tha 
you  can  v\n:lte  your  own  gam 
or  get  them  for  very  little  cos 
through  magazine 
advertisements.  Just  like  TV 
programmmg,  however,  you 
will  need  to  pay  attention  to 
what  the  game  accomplishesi 
for  you  (or  your  children)  and 
learn  to  control  it.  P~ 


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Apple  lie  An  excellent  choice  if  you  wish  to  use  programs  someone  else  has 
written.  Most  new  forms  of  video  games  appear  first  on  the  Apple.  Can  be  adapted 
to  most  purposes  for  which  a  microcomputer  can  be  used,  but  adaptation  can  be 
expensive.  The  Franklin  Ace,  a  copy  of  the  Apple  II,  appears  to  be  as  well  built  as 
the  original. 

TRS-80  Model  IV  If  you  wish  to  have  access  to  the  vast  library  of  Model  III 
programs  as  well  as  CP/M,  (the  vast  array  of  CP/M-based  business  programs)  this 
could  be  your  computer.  It  is  too  bad  Radio  Shack  abandoned  Tandon's  disk  drives 
in  favor  of  a  poorer-built  brand. 


Kaypro  ll/IV  Originally  intended  to  compete  with  the  Osborne,  the  Kaypro  model 
is  a  tremendous  value  for  a  person  who  doesn't  mind  learning  some  "computerese," 
has  no  need  for  graphics  or  video  games,  and  doesn't  mind  a  slightly  small  screen. 
This  is  the  machine  we  use  at  SC  for  administrative  work.  Since  it  runs  CP/M, 
virtually  any  commercial  software  on  the  market  can  be  obtained  to  run  on  the 
Kaypro.  New  software,  however,  is  being  developed  mostly  for  the  IBM  PC  and 
similar  machines. 


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IBM  PC  Not  to  be  confused  with  the  XT,  this  computer  is  an  excellent  choice  for 
somebody  who  doesn't  want  to  be  left  behind.  Most  of  the  software  available  for  the 
PC  (personal  computer)  is  really  converted  from  CP/M  computers  like  the  Kaypro. 
This  means  that  it  requires  at  least  128K  memory  but  delivers  only  64K  of  value. 
But  the  next  generation  of  software  we  expect  to  be  far  better  and  faster,  and  will 
only  run  on  the  PC.  I  would  probably  not  buy  a  software  package  for  the  IBM  PC 
if  I  also  saw  it  advertised  for  CP/M.  It  may  be  a  hasty  conversion. 

Hard  Disk  We  don't  recommend  any  machine  with  a  hard  disk  unless  you  can 
make  a  copy  of  everything  on  that  disk  in  five  volumes  or  less.  If  your  backup 
medium  is  a  floppy,  you  can't  do  that.  The  problem  is  that  you  are  guaranteed  at 
least  once  every  five  years  a  major  catastrophe  in  terms  of  data  loss — probably  at  a 
time  you  won't  find  convenient,  like  while  an  audit  is  pending!  If  you  have  to  use 
floppy  disks  for  backup,  it  is  unlikely  that  you  will  have  done  it  when  you  needed  it. 
Solution:  cartridge  tape,  VCR  interface,  or  removable  hard  disk. 

Commodore  64  This  computer  is  selling  heavily.  It  is  an  excellent  value,  but  is 
not  substantial  enough  for  business  use.  The  disk  drives  are  just  too  slow.  Judging 
from  the  number  being  sold,  I  expect  to  see  a  lot  of  educational  programs  available 
for  it  at  reasonable  cost. 

Radio  Shack  Color  Computer  Tandy's  answer  to  the  Commodore  64,  it  is 
beloved  by  many  owners  (myself  included).  To  be  equivalent  to  the  Commodore  64, 
however,  you  have  to  buy  the  64K  machine  with  Extended  BASIC.  A  poor  connector 
for  disk  drive  expansion  means  that  it  will  never  be  a  serious  contender  for 
business  data  processing.  Owners  of  this  machine  are  almost  a  cult. 


Atari  If  Atari  ever  figures  out  which  computers  it  is  selling  and  what  features  they 
have,  they  may  begin  to  make  money.  The  old  machines  with  a  flip-top  lid  for 
options,  however,  are  a  time  bomb.  Every  month  or  so  somebody  brings  a  dead 
one  in.  The  contacts  on  those  modules  need  periodic  cleaning.  Atari  machines  are 
noted  for  their  graphics  (translation:  video  games.) 


Timex/Sinclair  This  brand  of  equipment  is  for  people  who  are  desperate  for  some 
understanding  of  computers  and  don't  care  how  much  trouble  it  is  to  use  what  they 
are  getting.  If  you  are  a  touch-typist,  this  machine  will  be  amazingly  frustrating  to 
use. 


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MAKING  PERSONAL 


ERS  MORE 


Two  years  ago,  a  student  who 
had  purchased  a  microcomputer 
came  to  me  with  a  request;  that  he 
be  allowed  to  connect  it  directly 
(not  through  a  slow  telephone  line) 
to  our  HP  3000  computer  on 
campus.  Since  we  had  no  hnes  to 
the  dormitories  in  our  network  at 
the  time,  and  ports  (outlets  for 
plugging  in  terminals)  on  the 
computer  were  considered  scarce 
and  expensive,  the  request  was 
denied. 

In  April  of  this  year,  however, 
this  situation  changed.  The  cost  of 
ports  came  down  to  a  third  what  it 
had  bean,  and  we  ran  out  of 
physical  lab  space  in  which  to  put 
more  terminals.  The  result  has  been 
a  plan  that  may  be  unique  in 


higher  education:  an  organized 
program  m  which  student-owned 
microcomputers  are  directly 
connected  to  a  college-owned 
central  computer  facility. 

The  Deal  we  are  offering  students 
is  this:  If  a  student  who  enrolls  m 
six  hours  or  more  of 
computer-related  classes  has  a 
microcomputer  or  terminal  capable 
of  being  used  for  his  homework  on 
the  HP  3000  computer,  we  will 
provide  the  connection.  If  the 
student  is  in  Talge  Hall,  we  can 
provide  fuD-speed  service  through 
the  lines  being  installed.  If  the 
student  is  in  the  village  or  Thatcher 
Hall,  we'll  lend  them  a  modem 
which  will  connect  through  any 
standard  telephone. 


Response  has  been  what  we  had 
hoped  for.  Sixteen  students  have 
registered  for  ports  m  Talge  Hall, 
many  of  whom  have  already 
purchased  the  required  equipment. 

How  is  It  differenf?  Whereas  othei 
colleges  have  either  required  that 
students  buy  all  the  required 
equipment,  or  purchase  and  install 
equipment  themselves.  Southern 
College's  system  brmgs  college 
resources  together  with  student 
interest  (as  expressed  by  their 
purchasing  of  equipment)  to  deliver 
better  service  than  either  could 
obtain  with  the  same  amount  of 
money.  The  student's  investment 
can  be  less  than  $500,  or  more 
than  $5,000,  depending  on  the 
features  the  student  wants  and  can 
afford.  No  terminals  go  unused 
because  of  lack  of  interest.  Cost  of 
maintenance  is  much  reduced 
because  all  equipment  physically 
available  to  students  is  owned  by 
them. 

Another  difference  is  that  our 
system  is  based  on  software  being 
developed  by  a  small  group  of 
advanced  students  (Ken  Priddy  and 
Thomas  Nelson)  workmg  together 
with  the  college's  Systems 
Programmer,  John  Kendall.  Their 
work  IS  making  inexpensive 
microcomputers  such  as  the 
Commodore  64,  Atari,  Apple,  and 
Kaypro  into  terminals  that  would 
cost  thousands  of  dollars— without 
sacrificing  the  functions  for  which 
these  micros  were  originally 
designed. 

The  benefits  are  not  restricted  to 
students  who  can  afford  to  buy 
equipment.  By  moving  their 
homework  into  dormitory  rooms,  th(| 
economically  privileged  students 
make  more  termmals  available  in 
laboratories. 


14  •  SOUTHERN  COLUMNS 


Ask  the  Staff 


Question:  Dr.  Ott,  can  you  explain  the  biblical  concept  of  man  and  its 
implications  for  the  educational  task  of  the  church? 


Dr.  Helmut  Ott  recently  received  his 
doctoral  degree  at  Andrews  University. 
Pictured  from  left  to  right  is:  Myrna  Ott, 
Dr.  Helmut  Ott  and  Dr.  George 
Akers — doctoral  committee  chairman. 

In  my  recent  doctoral  dissertation,  I 
made  a  systematic  study  of  the 
biblical  concept  of  man  and 
elaborated  on  some  of  its  most 
significant  implications  for  Christian 
religious  instruction.   My  findings  are 
both  theological  and  educational  in 
nature  and  provide  basic  information, 
principles,  and  guidelines  for  the 
formulation  of  a  philosophy  and  for 
the  actual  practice  of  Christian 
religious  instruction. 

I  divided  my  findings  into  two 
major  sections.  The  theological  section 
investigates  the  biblical  concept  of 
man  from  three  general  perspectives, 
namely,   man  as  he  was  initicdly 
created  by  God,  man  in  his  present 
condition  as  a  sinner,  and  man  as 
redeemed  in  Christ.  The  educational 
section  discusses  the  implications  of 
the  previous  section  for  Christian 
religious  instruction. 

The  Origin  and  Initial  Nature  of  Man 

.Man   was  brought  into  existence  by 
a  deliberate  creative  act  of  God  on 
the  sixth  day  of  creation  week.  He 
was  formed  of  dust  of  the  ground 
and  made  in  the  image  of  God.  The 
righteous  order  God  instituted  at 
creation  was  an   ideal  setting  where 
man  could   realize  his  high  destiny  as 


a  happy,  healthy,  and  holy  being 
living  under  God  next  to  his  fellows, 
and  ruling  over  the  earth. 

Because  he  was  morally  perfect  and 
lived  spiritually  united  with  his 
Creator,  man  had  not  the  slightest 
inclination  toward  evil  and  was  both 
willing  and  able  to  render  flawless 
obedience  to  God's  perfect  will.  He 
could  do  only  what  was  true  and 
right  and  loving. 

Man's  Fall  From  Righteousness 

According  to  Scripture,  man  fell, 
not  because  he  degraded  his 
humanity  by  reaching  down  toward 
something  evil  and  wicked,  such  as 
killing,   stealing,  or  committing 
adultery;  man  fell,  rather,  when  he 
sought  to  rise  above  what  he  was  in 
God  and  to  achieve  equality  with 
God. 

The  first  human  sin  betrays  man's 
unwillingness  to  accept  God's 
sovereign  lordship  on  the  one  hand, 
and  his  own  dependent  creatureliness 
on  the  other.  It  was  a  presumptuous 
attempt  to  transcend  the  limitations  of 
his  subordinate  status  as 
man-in-the-image-of-God,  and  to 
attain  to  the  status  of 
self-determination  and  auto-sufficience 
that  belongs  to  God  alone. 

Man's  first  sin  had  radical  and 
far-reaching  consequences.  It  broke 
man's  spiritual  union  with  God,  thus 
separating  him  from  the  Source  of  his 
being  and  existence.   Now  humans  are 
bom  in  bondage  to  the  sin  that 
incites  them  from  within  and 
prisoners  to  the  sin  that  assails  them 
from  without.   And  since  they  cannot 
transcend  or  outgrow  their 
sinfulness — they  cannot  change  their 
sinful  nature  nor  stop  behaving 
sinfully — they  are  totally  incapable  of 
restoring  their  broken  relationship 
with  God.  The  end  result  is  that  they 
are  totally  lost,  entirely  dependent  on 
God's  grace  for  salvation. 

The  Man  of  Faith 

There  are  two  sequential  and  closely 
interrelated  aspects  to  God's 
reconciling  work  in  Christ.  The  first 
is  the  objective  and  universal 
redemption  God   provided  through  the 
incarnation,  earthly  ministry,  and 
atoning  death  of  his  Son.   Through 


the  Christ-event,  God  reconciled  the 
world  to  Himself. 

The  second  aspect  of  reconciliation 
is  its  effective  application  to 
individual  persons.  This  happens 
when,   in  response  to  God's 
providences  and  the  Spirit's 
promptings,  the  sinner  accepts  Jesus 
Christ  as  his  personal  Savior.  When 
the  believer  comes  to  God  through 
Christ,  the  Father  revokes  his 
condemnation  and  pronounces  him 
righteous  in  Christ;   He  adopts  him  as 
a  son,  and  makes  him  a 
faith-participant  in  His  spiritual 
kingdom  of  grace. 

Discipleship 

Three  significant  facets  of 
discipleship  are  transformation, 
steadfastness,  and  assurance.  The 
transformation  the  disciple  experiences 
while  he  grows  as  a  son  of  God 
affects  both  his  being  and  his 
conduct.  The  changes  he  experiences 
by  the  enabling  work  of  the  Spirit 
embrace  all  aspects  of  his  life;  they 
are  gradual  and  progressive  and, 
consequently,   are  never  completed  in 
this  life. 

That  is,  man  never  outgrows  his 
sinful  nature  or  achieves  a  sinless 
condition  this  side  of  glorification. 
Until  his  sinfulness  is  removed  at 
glorification,  the  believer  is  never 
righteous  in  himself  by  nature  but 
can  be  righteous  only  in  Christ  by 
faith.  In  Christ  he  is  perfect  even  as 
his  "heavenly  Father  is  perfect"  (Matt 
5;48),  because  by  faith  he  partakes  of 
the  absolute  righteousness  of  Christ. 

Should  he  ever  lose  his  hold  on 
Christ,  the  believer  would  revert  to 
the  state  of  lostness  and  be  subjected 
to  the  old  order  of  sin  in  which  he 
was  before  his  reconciliation  took 
place. 

It  is,   therefore,   imperative  that  the 
believer  not  only  initiate  a 
faith-relationship  with  Christ  but  that 
he  continue  in  it  to  the  end;  that  he 
live  constantly  depending  on  Christ's 
substitute  righteousness  for  a  right 
standing  with  God.  (See  Col.  1:21-23 
RSV)  Only  when  his  eternal  destiny 
is  decided  and  permanently  fixed  at 
the  pre-advent  judgment — and  the 
judgment  itself  is  declared 
finished — will  the  believer's 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  15 


faith-relationship  with  Christ  as  his 
mediator  and  substitute  have  achieved 
its  complete  redemptive  purpose. 

Since  the  believer  remains  a  sinner 
by  nature  to  the  end  and   therefore 
can  be  righteous  only  in  Christ  by 
faith,  his  assurance  of  eternal  life 
must  be  based  strictly  on  the  fact  of 
his  faith-relationship  with 
Christ — what  Christ  is  and  what  He 
does  for  him  in  the  presence  of  the 
Father  in  heaven. 

Restoration 

The  second  advent  is  God's 
supernatural  intervention  by  which 
first  the  believer  and  then  the  world 
will  be  restored  to  the  same  state  of 
perfect  righteousness  they  enjoyed  as 
they  came  out  of  the  Creator's  hands 
in  the  beginning.   At  the  second 
advent,  two  major  redemptive  events 
take  place.  One  is  the  resurrection  of 
"the  dead  in  Christ";  the  other  event 
is  the  transformation/glorification  of 
the  living.  Those  who  are  still  living 
by  faith  in  Christ  when  he  comes 
will  be  restored  to  sinlessness  of 
nature  and  to  unhindered  spiritual 
union  with  God  so  that  they  may  be 


Dr    Helmut  Ott  presented  a  copy  of  his 
doctoral  disertation  to  Charles  Davis, 
director  of  libraries  for  Southern  College. 

able  to  live  perfect  lives  in  a  perfect 
world. 

Thus  what  was  lost  through  sin  will 
be  recovered  and  restored  through 
God's  redemptive  work  in  Jesus 
Christ.   And  the  Creator's  plan  for  a 
sinless  world  inhabited  by  sinless 
beings  will  become  a  true  and 
permanent  reality  for  the  redeemed 
who,   from  that  moment  on,  will 
worship  only  God   in  spirit  and  in 
truth,  love  their  neighbors  as 
themselves,  and  rule  the  earth  in 
righteousness. 

Religious  Instruction 

A  relationship  exists  between  man's 


predicament  as  a  sinner,  the  salvation 
God  provided  in  Christ,  and  the  work 
of  Christian  religious  instruction. 
There  are  important  connecting  links 
between  the  theological  word  of 
Scripture  and  the  educational  task  of 
the  church. 

Christian  religious  instruction  is 
perceived  as  a  redemption-facilitating 
agency  whose  most  significant  task  is 
to  help  learners  experience  salvation 
in  Christ  in  their  personal  lives  here 
and  now.  Consequently,  its  success 
depends  on  the  degree  to  which  its 
objectives,  methodologies,  materials, 
etc.,  are  in  consonance  with  the 
learner's  real  spiritual  predicament  as 
a  sinner,  and  with  the  true  dynamics 
of  God's  redemptive  work  in  Christ. 

Since  man  can  be  restored  to  the 
initial  state  of  righteousness  only 
through  God's  redemptive/re-creative 
work  in  Christ,  I  have  concluded  that 
the  basic  objective  for  Christian 
religious  instruction  must  be  to  help 
the  learner  establish  and  maintain  an 
enlightened,  meaningful,  and  growing 
faith-relationship  with  Jesus  Christ  as 
his  personal  Savior,  the  only  source    ■ 
of  saving  righteousness. 


Former  Teacher  Receives  Doctoral  Degree 


Edythe  Stephenson  Cothren,  former  music  mstructoi  at 
Southern  Junior  College,  was  presented  with  the  Doctor 
of  Philosophy  in  Music  Education  degree  during  the 
commencement  exercises  at  Southern  CoUege  May  1. 

The  doctoral  hood  was  conferred  under  the  direction  of 
former  college  president  Dr.  Frank  Knittel.  along  with 
academic  dean  Cyril  Futcher.  This  degree  was  earned 
from  the  Columbia  Pacific  University  m  San  Rafael, 
California,  but  because  their  graduation  was  scheduled  on 
Sabbath.  Mrs.  Cothren  was  invited  to  participate  in  the 
exercises  of  Southern  CoUege  and  Dr.  Knittel  was 
authorized  to  award  the  degree. 


In  his  presentation  of  the  degree,  Dr.  Knittel  said, 
"Today  puts  the  finishing  touches  on  the  long  career  of 
Edythe  Stephenson  Cothren  in  the  field  of  music 
education  as  a  performer,  composer,  and  producer  which 
began  here  in  Collegedale," 

Mrs.  Cothren  taught  voice  and  chorus  at  Southern 
Junior  College  while  taking  advanced  training  at  the 
Cadek  Conservatory  in  Chattanooga,  and  it  was  on  the 
Southern  Junior  College  campus  that  she  first  met 
Frederec  Cothren,  whom  she  married  eight  years  later. 

While  Frederec  was  pursuing  his  degree  m  medicine  at 
Loma  Linda  University  (class  of  '42),  Edythe  continued 
her  musical  activities  as  choir  director  and  membership 
in  the  Los  Angeles  Civic  Chorus. 

In  1946,  the  Cotfiren  family  moved  to  the 
Madison-NashviUe.  Tennessee,  area  where  Dr.  Cothren 
practiced  family  medicine  for  34  years.  During  this  time, 
Edythe  received  a  bachelor's  degree  from  Madison 
College  and  did  graduate  work  at  Peabody  College  and 
the  University  of  Tennessee  in  Nashville.  She  also  taught 
music  in  the  public  school  system  of  Davidson  County 
and  at  Highland  Academy  while  maintaining  a  private 
voice  studio  in  her  home.  She  served  on  the  boards  of 
the  Nashville  Community  Concerts  Association,  the 
symphony,  and  the  Davidson  County  Medical  Auxiliary. 
Mrs.  Cothren  holds  membership  in  the  National 
Association  of  Teachers  of  Singing. 

The  "Doctors"  Cothren  are  retired  and  now  live  in 
Collegedale  on  White  Oak  Ridge. 


16  •  SOUTHERN  COLUMNS 


What  You  Should  Know  About 
I  Making  Out  Your  Will 

In  an  interview  with  SOUTHERN  COLUMNS,  John  C. 
Mooney,  attorney  at  law,  discusses  the  legal  aspects  of 
making  out  one's  will  and  testimony. 


Columns:  What  happens  to  my 
estate,  my  savings  and  checking 
accounts,  and  any  possessions  that 
I  may  have  if  I  have  no  will 
written  out  at  my  death? 
Mooney:  In  the  event  you  die 
without  a  will,  any  assets  which 
you  do  not  own  jointly  with 
another  person  with  the  right  of 
survivorship  will  pass  in 
accordance  with  the  laws  of 
intestacy  (dying  without  a  valid 
will)  for  the  state  in  which  you 
reside  at  the  time  of  your  death. 
In  such  event,  your  assets  will  go 
I  to  those  persons  designated  by 
I  law  to  receive  your  assets.  These 
I  persons  will  not  necessarily  be  the 
I  persons  to  whom  you  would  like 
j  for  your  assets  to  go  at  your 


death.  Furthermore,  in  the  event 
you  wanted  to  leave  any  of  your 
assets  to  a  charity,  no  portion  of 
your  assets  would  go  to  such 
charity  in  accordance  with  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Tennessee  if 
you  did  not  have  a  will.  There 
are  other  reasons  to~have  a  will. 
Without  a  will,  an  administrator 
would  have  to  be  appointed  by 
the  court  to  handle  your  estate. 
Such  an  appointed  person  might 
not  necessarily  be  the  person  that 
you  would  have  wished  to 
administer  the  assets  in  your 
estate  in  the  event  of  your  death. 
Furthermore,  without  a  will 
containing  a  provision  waiving 
the  requirement  that  a  bond  be 
posted,  it  would  be  necessary  to 


purchase  a  bond,  which  could  be 
quite  expensive. 

Columns:  Will  a  simple  statement 
written  by  my  own  hand  and 
witnessed  be  sufficient? 
Mooney:  A  will  written  entirely  in 
your  handwriting  and  signed  by 
you  is  a  binding  will  in  the  State 
of  Tennessee,  but  not  in  many 
other  states,  such  as  Georgia. 
However,  we  would  not 
recommend  that  you  write  your 
own  will  since  there  are  many 
important  provisions  which  need 
to  be  in  a  will,  and  most  lay 
persons  are  not  familiar  with  the 
technical  interpretation  of  the 
language  of  a  will.  There  are  also 
many  administrative  provisions 
which  are  normally  in  a  will 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  17 


John  C.  Mooney 

prepared  by  an  attorney  which 
you  might  overlook  and  which 
reduce  the  cost  of  administering 
your  estate. 

Columns:  Is  it  really  possible  to 
give  your  money  away,  yet  still 
have  it  (because  it  works  for 
you),  and  have  a  life-time 
income? 

Mooney:  It  is  possible  to  transfer 
money  or  assets  to  a  trust  from 
which  you  will  receive  the  income 
for  life  with  the  assets  remaining 
at  your  death  to  go  to  charity.  At 
the  time  you  transfer  the  assets  to 
the  trust,  you  will  receive  a 
charitable  deduction  for  federal 
income  tax  purposes  equal  to  the 
fair  market  value  of  the  remainder 
interest  going  to  charity.  The 
older  you  are,  the  higher  the 
value  of  the  remainder  interest 
going  to  charity  would  be. 
Columns:  What  are  some  of  the 
ways  that  a  person  can  give  and 
qualify  for  the  above. 
Mooney:  You  can  transfer  a 
remainder  interest  in  real  estate  to 


a  charity  and  retain  the  use  of 
and  income  from  the  real  estate 
until  your  death,  at  which  time 
the  use  of  the  property  and 
income  from  the  property  goes  to 
the  charity.   At  the  time  you  make 
the  gift  of  the  remainder  interest 
to  the  charity,  you  would  receive 
a  federal  income  tax  deduction  for 
the  fair  market  value  of  the 
remainder  interest  in  the  real 
estate  going  to  the  charity. 

You  can  also  establish  a 
charitable  remainder  annuity  trust 
from  which  you  could  receive  a 
fixed  amount  each  year  based  on 
the  initial  fair  market  value  of  the 
assets  transferred  to  the  trust.  You 
would  receive  this  amount  for  life 
or  for  a  designated  number  of 
years.  You  would  receive  a  federal 
income  tax  deduction  for  the 
value  of  the  remainder  interest 
going  to  the  charity  in  the  year 
that  the  transfer  is  made  to  the 
trust.  The  amount  of  the 
contribution  deduction  would 
depend  on  the  amount  to  be 
received  by  you,  your  age  at  the 
time  you  made  the  transfer  to  the 
trust,  if  you  are  to  retain  an 
amount  for  life,  or  the  number  of 
years  that  you  will  receive  the 
amount  prior  to  the  time  that  the 
charity  would  receive  such 
amount  if  you  were  not  to  receive 
the  amount  for  life.  The  lower  the 
amount  to  be  received  by  you 
each  year  and  the  shorter  the 
period  is  that  you  are  to  receive 
the  amount,  the  greater  your 
income  deduction  for  a  charitable 
contribution  would  be. 

You  could  also  establish  a 
charitable  remainder  unitrust 
which  is  similar  to  a  charitable 
remainder  annuity  trust  except 
that  the  amount  to  be  received  by 
you  each  year  is  based  on  a 
percentage  of  the  fair  market 
value  of  the  assets  in  the  trust 
valued  annually.  Accordingly,  if 
the  assets  in  the  trust  increased 
in  value,  you  would  receive  a 
greater  amount  each  year. 


Columns:  What  are  the  tax 
advantages  in  the  above  plan? 

Mooney:  The  tax  advantages  of 
the  transfers  discussed  above  are 
that  you  retain  the  right  to 
receive  income  from  the  property, 
but  receive  a  current  income  tax 
deduction  for  federal  income  tax 
purposes  for  the  value  of  the 
remainder  interest  which  decreases 
your  federal  income  tax  in  the 
year  that  the  transfer  is  made  in 
trust  for  the  benefit  of  a  charity. 
In  addition,  such  assets  are 
removed  from  your  estate  for 
federal  estate  tax  purposes. 

Columns:  Does  the  government 
cooperate  with  me  in  making 
plans  for  tax  savings? 

Mooney:  The  laws  are  written  to 
give  a  taxpayer  the  opportunity  to 
save  federal  income  tax  and 
federal  estate  tax  by  transfers  to 
qualified  charities.   However,  it  is 
left  up  to  the  individual  to  make 
these  transfers. 

Columns:  Mr.  Mooney,  would 
you  outline  in  simple  1,  2,  3, 
steps  what  you  would  counsel 
every  person  to  do  in  order  to 
plan  for  the  disposition  of  one's 
possessions. 

Mooney:  First,  you  need  to 
determine  exactly  what  assets  you 
own  and  how  the  assets  are 
owned.  For  example,  are  the 
assets  owned  in  your  sole  name 
or  is  ownership  jointly  with 
another  person? 

Second,  you  need  to  decide 
when  you  want  to  dispose  of 
your  assets  and  to  whom  you 
wish  to  transfer  your  assets, 
either  during  your  life  or  at 
death. 

Third,  you  need  to  consult  you 
attorney  to  assist  you  in  executinj 
your  plan  to  dispose  of  your 
assets  and  to  advise  you  of  the 
best  way  to  dispose  of  your  asset 
in  accordance  with  your  desires  t 
achieve  maximum  income  and 
estate  tax  savings. 


18  •  SOUTHERN  COLUMNS 


Southern  History 


by  Gary  Howe 


The  growing  campus  of  Southern 
Junior  College  in   1922  was  lacking 
one  essential  component.  The 
completion  of  two  new  dorms  was 
just  around  the  comer,  but  the  need 
for  an  administration  building  became 
mcreasingly  apparent.  This  $70,000 
project  was  going  to  be  an  uphill 
fight  for  the  young  junior  college. 
Where  would  the  funds  come  from? 
The  school  had  used  all  its  resources 
for  the  badly  needed  dormitories. 

In  April,   1922,   the  Spring  Council 
of  the  General  Conference  voted  to 
give  $25,000  to  Southern's  building 
project.   With  this  portion  of  the  need 
met,  the  young  junior  college 
proceeded  with  the  construction  of 
the  $70,000  administration  building. 

The  students'  sincerity  and 
willingness  to  support  this  important 
project  was  evidenced  by  the  amount 
of  work  they  contributed.  When  the 
time  came  to  finance  a  heating  system 
for  the  building,  the  student  body 
began  a  successful  $5,000  fund-raising 
program  on  their  own  initiative. 

Students  who  attended  Southern 
/College  in  1983  still  benefit  from  the 
sacrifice  of  those  who  helped  build 
Lynn  Wood  HaU  60  years  ago. 


Through  the  years,  Lynn  Wood  Hall 
has  served  many  purposes,  including 
classrooms  for  almost  every  subject 
taught  at  Southern.  Many  alumni 
remember  Lynn  Wood  Hall  as  the  site 
of  inspiring  chapels  and  rousing 
Student  Association  meetings. 
Whatever  the  memory,  Lynn  Wood 
Hall  can  be  thought  of  as  a  link 
between  the  roots  of  the  early  junior 
college  to  the  present  "School  of  His 
Planning." 

Some  of  the  purposes  of  viewing 
our  past  are  to  see  the  progress  of 
our  struggles,  and  the  answering  of 
our  leaders  prayers.  By  viewing  the 
past,  we  can  make  clear  the  future. 
The  current  construction  of  the 
Humanities  Building,  60  years  later  is 
a  witness  to  the  success  and  progress 
of  Southern  College.  The  new 
Humanities  Building  will  be  a 
successful  reality  through  the  same 
prayers  and  sacrifices  that  built  the 
beloved  landmarks  of  SC. 

One  of  the  early  leaders  and 
presidents  of  Southern  was  the  man 
who  designed  and  superintended  all 
three  of  the  original  buildings  on  the 
"Hill";  Talge,  Jones,  and  the  building 
that  was  named  in  his  honor,  Lynn 


Lynn  Wood  Hall  in  1962 


Professor  Lynn  Wood 

Wood  Hall. 

Professor  Lynn  Wood  has  been 
described  as  a  man  of  deep  spiritual 
insight,  a  man  of  vision.  Southern 
Junior  College  was  fortunate  to  have  a 
man  of  his  magnitude  during  early 
years  when  the  school's  survival  was 
unassured  from  year  to  year.  Through 
his  vision  the  college  made  the  move 
from  Graysville  to  CoUegedale, 
Tennessee.  Through  his  untiring 
work,  much  of  the  money  was  raised 
for  the  construction  of  those  early 
buildings  of  our  campus. 

President  Lynn  Wood's  success  as  a 
president  was  largely  due  to  his  close 
contact  with  the  students.  One  of  the 
early  traditions  of  the  college  was  a 
Thanksgiving  Day  hike  to  the  top  of 
Grindstone  Mountain  where  President 
Lynn  Wood,  an  amateur  cook, 
enjoyed  helping  prepare  the  meal  on 
an  outdoor  griUe.  Student-faculty 
interaction  was  the  type  of  ministry 
President  Lynn  Wood  believed  in. 
This  belief  helped  establish  Christian 
friendships  as  a  norm  for  Southern 
College,   a  norm  that  is  still  present  in 
1983. 

Those  who  knew  President  Lynn 
Wood  remember  him  as  a  friend.  As 
for  the  rest  of  us,  we  should  think  of 
him  as  a  "man  of  standards,"  a  man 
who  contributed  greatly  to  the 
richness  of  our  heritage  at  Southern 
College. 

The  SouTHF.KN  Columns  salutes 
Lynn  Wood  Hall  and  the  man  of 
vision  that  it  was  named  after. 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  19 


Tours 


Incomparable  Holy  Land  Tour  June  14 
through  26,  1984.  Sabena  Belgian  World 
Airlines  wide-bodied  jet  Atlanta/Brussels/Tel 
Aviv.  Best  connections  all  the  way.  First  class 
and  deluxe  hotels.  Two  meals  a  day  in  Israel, 
three  meals  a  day  in  Egypt.  Full  sightseeing 
itinerary.  $1,895.  Brochure  available.  Ralph  M. 
Hendershot,  P.O.  Box  466,  Collegedale, 
Tennessee  37315.  Telephone  (615]  396-2403. 

Adventure  in  Europe  1984  —  Royal 
pageantry  in  England,  spectacular  scenery  in 
Switzerland,  and  unsurpassed  history  in  Italy 
await  those  who  join  the  Southern  College 
European  Study  Tour.  Visit  beautiful  Bruges, 
romantic  Paris,  lyrical  Vienna,  and  picturesque 
Munich.  Enjoy  the  food,  go  hiking  in  the 
Alps,  and  make  friends  with  the  people  by 
participating  in  this  once-in-a-lifetime 
experience. 

Tour  Dates:     May  22  -  July  9,  1984 
Tour  Price:      $3,350 

For  more  information  write  Dr.  William 
Wohlers,  Professor  of  History,  Southern 
College  of  Seventh-day  Adventists, 
Collegedale,  TN  37315 


Attention  Forest  Lake 
Academy  Alumni 

REMEMBER  HOMECOMING— February  24 
and  25.  Registration  will  begin  at  6:30  p.m., 
Friday,  February  24  at  the  Music  Building.  At 
7:30  p.m.,  Friday  evening,  we  will  begin  our 
reunion  with  a  roll  call  of  all  classes  and 
members  present  with  history  highlights  from  the 
honor  classes  of  '34,  '44,  '54,  '59,  '64,  and  '74. 
Les  Pitton,  North  American  Youth  Ministries 
Director,  will  be  our  guest  speaker  for  the  11 
o'clock  Sabbath  Service.  Potluck  luncheon  will 
follow  at  the  Youth  Center  for  all  alumni  and 
their  families.  After  Sundown  Vespers, 
conducted  by  FLA  Alumni,  there  will  be  a  brief 
business  meeting.  Saturday  night  come  and  sit 
around  a  cozy  fire  at  our  Youth  Center  and 
enjoy  a  pizza  and  salad  supper  (for  a  minimum 
charge)  and  afterwards  a  great  FLA  Alumni 
Talent  Show  featuring  the  Kress  Trio.  Please 
come  and  renew  old  friendships.  Write  us  for 
additional  information  and  send  us  your  current 
address  and  last  year  you  attended  or 
graduated  from  Forest  Lake  Academy. 

— June  Loach  McGlawn  '47 
FLA  Alumni  President 


Twenty-four-year-old  Ruthi  Shafer,  SC  associate 
alumna  from  '77.  has  successfully  defended  the  tit! 
of  "strongest  woman  in  the  world"  in  the  1982  am 
1983  World  Poweriifting  Championships  held  in 
England  and  Australia.  At  each  of  these  world-clasE 
competitions.   Ruthi  gave  impressive  performances  t 
setting  three  new  world  records  and  leading  the 
United  States  teams  to  first-place  finishes. 

Ruthi,  who  works  for  Prudential  Insurance  in 
Portland.   Oregon,  set  the  newest  world  record  in 
October  with  the  squat  lift  at  510  pounds,  the  de< 
lift  at  545  pounds,   and  the  bench  press  at  225. 
registering  a  total  weight  lift  at  1,280  pounds. 
Although  Ruthi  is  a  trim  132  pounds,   she  has  not 
only  broken  records  for  women  lifters  in  her  own 
weight  class,  but  outstripped  records  of  women 
weighing  in  at  243  pounds,  effectively  lifting  more 
pound  for  pound  than  any  other  woman,   irregardles 
of  weight  class. 

Ruthi's  poweriifting  interests  began  over  four  an( 
half  years  ago  when  she  attended  a  lifting  meet  Wi 
a  young  man  who  was  a  weightlifter.  During  the 
meet,  they  held  a  contest  for  women  with  first-, 
second-,  and  third-place  prizes,  and  her  friend 
encouraged  her  to  enter.  Since  there  were  only  tw 
other  women  present  at  the  meet,  she  knew  that 
she  could  at  least  take  home  a  third  prize.  Much  I 
her  surprise,  she  won  first  place,  and  a  coach  the 
recognized  her  potential  and  encouraged  her  to 
become  a  serious  amateur  contender.  A  year  later 
she  became  the  northwest  champion  and  went  on 
her  first  national  and  then  world  event. 

"When  I  first  started  lifting,"  says  Ruthi,  "they   ,ld 
me  that  deadlifting  400  pounds  would  be  impossib(    ' 
for  me.  After  I  passed  400  pounds,  they  told  me 
500  was  out  of  reach.  Now  that  I've  passed  that 
my  goal  is  to  reach  BOO  within  the  next  year." 

Ruthi  is  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  E.j. 
Shafer  of  Kentucky,  where  her  father  is  the  pastr 
of  the  Frankfort  and  Gratz  churches.  Pastor  Shaf 
recalls  Ruthi's  childhood  and  certain  events  that 
indicated  her  amazing  and  unusual  strength. 

"We  would  play  ball  together  when  she  was  just  a 
little  kid,"  says  Pastor  Shafer,  "and  I  can  rememb' 
how  painful  it  was  for  me  to  catch  the  balls  she 
batted  because  she  hit  them  so  hard."  He  attribu  s 
her  strength  partly  to  good  inheritance,  commenti 
that  he  is  blessed  with  an  especially  good  set  of 
back  muscles  and  that  her  mother  is  an  excellent 
swimmer. 

Ruthi's  older  sister  Rose  Fuller,  a  '76  SC 
graduate,  taught  physical  education  at  Collegedale 
Academy  and  helped  Ruthi  get  started  in  gymnast  3 
as  a  child.  When  Ruthi  attended  Southern  College 
during  the  year  1376-1977,  she  was  one  of  the 
main  performers  on  the  college's  gymnastic  team. 

Sports  illustrated,  along  with  several  other 
publications,  is  currently  working  on  a  feature  art  e 
about  Ruthi's  achievements  and  the  milestone  it 
represents  for  women's  poweriifting.  Ruthi  is  also 
currently  authoring  a  column  in  the  Poweriifting  I  > 
magazine  and  working  hard  to  upgrade  the  image 
women  powerlifters  in  the  country.  She  has  recei  y 
spent  considerable  time  negotiating  with  the 
International  Olympic  Committee,  hoping  that  som  ia\ 
women's  poweriifting  will  become  an  event  in  the 
Olympic  games. 

"I  plan  to  win  at  least  10  titles  before  I  retire 
my  30's,"  says  Ruthi.  "At  this  point,  I  can't  imag  e 
losing  anything." 


20  •  SOUTHERN  COLUMNS 


the  World 


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SOUTHERN  COLUMNS 


Those  Who  Walked  These  Halls 


1950's 


James  Peel,  '58,  and  his 
wife,  Rae  Reta,  have  been 
in  public  evangelism  in  the 
Arkansas-Louisiana 
Conference  for  over  two 
years.  They  are  associated 
with  Buddy  Brass,  another 
SMC  alumnus.  James  is 
involved  with  the 
preaching  ministry  as  well 
as  the  musical  ministry. 

Donald  Wallin  Wilson, 
'59,  has  accepted  the 
presidency  of  Pittsburg 
State  University  in  Kansas 
as  of  December  1,   1983. 


1960's 

Donald  Eugene  Clark, 

'61,  now  lives  in  Fletcher, 
North  Carolina  and  works 
as  a  home  aide. 

Shirley  Anne  Kertz 
Clark,  '62,  recently  started 
teaching  at  the  Fletcher 
School  of  Nursing,  which 
she  is  enjoying  very  much. 
She  now  has  two 
daughters.  Sherri,  18, 
graduated  from  Fletcher 
Academy  in  1983,  and 
Cynthia,  15,  is  a 
sophomore  at  Fletcher 
Academy. 

Charles  Martin,  '64,  an 
SC  accounting  graduate,  is 
now  the  senior  vice 
president  in  charge  of 
acquisitions  and 
development  for  Hospital 
Corporation  of  America. 

Helen  Herring  Brown, 
'65,  is  currently  employed 
as  a  teacher's  aide  at 
Greeneville  Adventist 
Academy  in  Greeneville, 
Tennessee.  She  lives  in 
Midway,  Tennessee,  with 
her  three  children,  Kristy, 
17;  Ernest,  14;  and  Scott, 
10. 

Dana  Ulloth,  '63,  has 
been  busy  in  the  field  of 
mass  communication.  After 
graduation  from  SMC, 
Dana  went  on  to  obtain  a 
Ph.D.  in  Radio,  Television, 
and  Film,  in  1971,  and  has 


since  been  teaching  in 
colleges  and  universities 
along  the  eastern  coast.  In 
addition  to  teaching.  Dr. 
Ulloth  has  worked  as  a 
director  and  producer  for 
several  small  radio  stations 
and  one  television  station, 
and  has  produced  a  few 
public-related  films.   He 
also  has  co-written  and 
published  two  books 
concerning  the  media,  and 
is  currently  solely  writing 
two  other  media-related 
works.   While  obtaining  his 
minor  in  this  field,  Ulloth 
displayed  his  interest  in 
the  media  as  program 
director  of  WSMC,  our 
campus  radio  station. 

Elder  Earl  Roberson,  '67, 
has  been  the  pastor  of  the 
Porterville  SDA  Church  for 
the  past  couple  of  years. 
He  previously  pastored  in 
Georgia,  Tennessee, 
Delaware,  and  San 
Francisco.  He  and  his  wife 
have  three  sons.  Ted  is  a 
student  at  Monterey  Bay 
Academy  and  their  other 
sons,  Kevin  and  Dale, 
attend  Sierra  View  Jr. 
Academy. 

Edwin  M.  Shafer,  '68, 
director  of  development 
and  public  relations  at 
Bryon  Memorial  Hospital, 
has  completed  the 
requirements  to  become  a 
Certified  Fund  Raising 
Executive  of  the  National 
Society  of  Fund  Raising 
Executives  (NSFRE).  He  is 
the  only  Seventh-day 
Adventist  to  be  designated 
as  a  Certified  Fund  Raising 
Executive  by  the  National 
Society  of  Fund  Raising 
Executives  and  as  a  Fellow 
by  the  National  Association 
for  Hospital  Development. 

Rick  Wilkin,  '68,  recently 
finished  the  classwork  for 
his  doctorate  in  family 
ministries  at 

Colgate — Rochester  Divinity 
School  and  is  presently 
working  on  his 
dissertation.   He  and  his 
wife.   Ginger,  have 
accepted  a  call  to  the 
Tappahannock,  Virginia 
Church. 


Faye  (Dyer)  Brayton,  '69, 
is  presently  Assistant 
Director  of  Nursing  at 
Takoma  Adventist  Hospital. 
She  has  a  one-year-old  son 
which  also  helps  keep  her 
busy. 


1970's 

Carol  (Adams)  and  Gary 
Swinyar,  '73,  were  blessed 
with  their  second  child,   a 
little  girl,  who  was  born 
on  September  4,  1983. 
Gary  is  still  teaching  band 
at  Forest  Lake  Academy. 
Carol  is  teaching  music 
part-time  at  Forest  Lake 
Elementary  Education 
Center. 

Donna  Prelog  Roberts, 
'70,   and  her  husband 
Ronnie  have  been  living  in 
Greeneville,  Tennessee,  for 
the  past  seven  years  where 
Ronnie  works  with  a 
CRNA  group  at  area 
hospitals.  Donna  is 
working  part-time  at 
Takoma  Adventist  Hospital 
in  the  O.B.   and  the 
Physical  Therapy  Education 
Departments.  They  have 
three  children — Robin,  12; 
Bridgett,  8;  Jeff,  7. 

Heinz  Wiegand  Jr.,  '70, 
and  Rachel  (Thompson), 
'72,  have  a  new  son, 
Heinz  Adrian  Wiegand  HI. 
He  was  bom  October  14, 
1983,  in  Durham,  North 
Carolina.  Rachel  is  teaching 
grades  1-8  in  the  Durham 
church  school.  Heinz  Jr.  is 
a  graduate  student  at  UNC 
taking  Public  Health 
Education.  They  have  a 
daughter,  Misha,  age  3. 

James  A.  Cress,  '71,  a 
SMC  alumni  and  Tennessee 
native,  has  accepted 
Mid-America's  invitation  to 
take  up  duties  as 
Ministerial  Director.  He 
and  his  wife,  Sharon 
Wyatt,  '68-'70,  will  be 
moving  to  Lincoln 
immediately  to  begin  their 
work. 

Charles  Ferguson,  '72, 
and  his  wife,  Wanda 


(Brass)  live  in  Baton 
Rouge,  Louisiana,  where 
Charles  serves  as  pastor. 
He  is  beginning  work  on 
his  Ph.D.  at  Louisiana 
State  University  where 
Wanda  is  also  enrolled, 
taking  classes  towards 
becoming  a  registered 
nurse.  They  have  two 
sons,  Adam,  8,  and 
Carson,  6. 

Kenneth  Mathews  Jr., 
'72,   and  his  wife,  Cheryl, 
are  the  parents  of  Kenneth 
Milton  Mathews  111,  who 
was  bom  on  December  3, 

1982,  They  live  in 
Greeneville,  Tennessee. 

Steve  Torgerson,  '71 ,  anc 
his  wife,  Sharon  Clifton, 
'74,  have  moved  to 
Lackland  Air  Force  Base, 
Texas,  where  Steve  has 
begun  his  duty  as  a  new 
Air  Force  chaplain.  Sharon 
is  busy  working  as  a  nursf 
and  mother  of  three — 
Stephanie,  6;  Shane,  4; 
Sarah,  1. 

Robert  D.  Carney,  '74,  i 
presently  working  as  a 
project  superintendent  on 
some  apartment  complexes; 
He  and  his  wife,  Sherry 
(Blevins)  have  a  son,  Jasor 
who  is  one-year-old. 

Phil  Worley,  '76,  and  hi 
wife,  Debby  Howard 
Worley,  '75,  are  delighted 
to  announce  the  birth  of 
their  daughter,  Melissa 
Kay.  She  was  bom  on 
September  3,  1983,  in 
Sandpoint,  Idaho. 

Jeanne  Wilson 
Montgomery,  '77 ,  lives  in 
Greeneville,  Tennessee,  is 
enjoying  her  son  Eric  whc 
is  almost  a  year  old. 

Keith  Murray,  '79,  and 
his  wife,  Laraine,  (Purdie) 
'77 ,  live  in  Mountain  Lake 
Park,  Maryland.  He  has 
been  the  operating  room 
supervisor  at  Garrett 
County  Memorial  Hospital 
in  Oakland  since  June 

1983.  They  have  a 
two-year-old  daughter, 
Meghan  Lynette. 

Janice  F.  Wuerstlin 
Mayberry,  '77 ,  has  been 
working  at  Loma  Linda 
University  Medical  Center 


22  •  SOUTHERN  COLUMNS 


Alumni  —  send  us  your  news! 

The  Alumni  Association  is  anxious  to  receive  mail  about  what's  happening 
in  the  lives  of  former  students.  If  you  can  provide  information  about 
yourself,  your  family,  or  your  career  that  might  be  of  interest  to  your  former 
classmates  and  friends,  please  drop  a  card  or  letter  to: 


Those  Who  Walked  These  Halls 

%  The  Alumni  Association 

Southern  College  of  Seventh-day  Adventists 

Collegedale,  TN  37315 


for  the  past  three  years  as 
a  RN  in  the  Trauma 
Center —  ICU  unit.  She 
met  Randy  Mayberry,  a 
senior  dental  student  at 
LLU  and  they  were 
married  September  13, 
1981,  in  Silver  Spring, 
Maryland.  Just  recently 
they  moved  to  Guam  to  do 
dentistry.  They  love  it 
there  and  have  a 
three-year-term.  Janice 
works  at  the  SDA  clinic 
and  Randy  works  as  a 
dentist  in  Public  Health. 

Gail  (Connelly)  Pape, 
'78,  and  her  husband, 
Henry,  are  proud  to 
announce  the  birth  of  their 
first  child,  Joshua   Henry, 
bom  on  July  8.  They  are 
currently  living  in 
Hanahan,  South  Carolina. 
Gail  enjoys  staying  home 
with  Joshua  while  Henry  is 
employed  as  an  engineer 
with  the  department  of  the 
Navy.  She  is  eager  to  hear 
from  any  of  her  classmates. 

Ken  Rogers,  '78,  and  his 
wife,  Lynette,  have  recently 
accepted  a  call  to  the 
■  Northern  California 


Conference  in  Napa,  where 
Ken  will  be  the  associate 
pastor  for  youth  ministry. 
They  were  previously  in 
North  Carolina,  where  Ken 
served  in  the  Fletcher 
Adventist  Church;  and 
then  as  Bible  and  choir 
instructor  at  Mt.  Pisgah 
Academy.  They  are  the 
proud  parents  of  three 
sons,  Brandon,  4;  Brock,   1; 
and  Brent,  6  mos. 

Betsy  Burgdorff,  '79,  and 
her  husband  spent  time  as 
volunteer  missionaries  in 
Peru,  establishing  a  clinic 
in  the  jungle.  They  have 
been  in  the  states  for 
almost  a  year  now.  They 
have  two  beautiful 
daughters;   Heidi,  2,   and 
Kristen,  3  months.   Betsy  is 
not  employed  at  this  time, 
but  is  staying  home  with 
her  children  while  her 
husband  is  going  to 
school. 

Kristy  Kay  (Wiik)  Dolan, 
'79,  has  been  teaching 
9th-and   lOth-graders  in 
Greeneville,  Tennessee, 
since  her  graduation  in  '79. 
She  married  Gregory  Dolan 


in  December  25,   1980. 

Danny  Quevedo,  '79,  is 
in  his  senior  year  of  dental 
school  at  the  University  of 
Tennessee.  He  expects  to 
graduate  in  June  of  1984, 
and  then  move  to 
Indianapolis,  Indiana.  He 
and  his  wife,  Karen,  have 
a  one-year-old  son, 
Christopher  Daniel. 


1980's 


William  Noel,  '80,  and 
his  wife,  Anita,   recently 
moved  to  Newbury  Park, 
California,  after  serving 
three  years  in  the  Greater 
New  York  Conference  with 
the  Medical  Van  Ministry 
there.  He  presently  is 
editorial  assistant  in  the 
Public  Relations  department 
with  responsibilities  for 
writing  and  editing  various 
publications  for  "Faith  for 
Today." 

Ronald  Blane  Holland, 
'80,   has  been   involved  for 


the  past  four  years  in 
lecturing  on  the  special 
problems  and  needs  of 
persons  with  spinal  cord 
injuries.  He  has  recently 
written  a  book,  //  /  Could 
Ask  You  Anything,  which  is 
an  encouraging  story  of  the 
road  to  recovery  and  his 
adaptations  to  the  life  of  a 
quadriplegic.  Ron's  purpose 
throughout  the  book  is  to 
promote  the  rights  and 
privileges  of  all  disabled 
people.  He  directs  his 
efforts  toward  establishing 
an  understanding  of  the 
special  feelings  and 
sympathies  of  the 
physically  handicapped 
individual. 

Jeff  A.   Beasley,  '83,  is 
currently  pastoring  the 
Kingsport-Bristol  churches 
in  Northeast  Tennessee.  He 
and  his  wife.  Sue,  have 
two  children,  Jamie,  11; 
and  Michael,  8. 

Victor  Czerkasij,  '83,  and 
his  wife,  Rene  Nadine 
Albers,  '82,  live  in 
Pacifica,  California.  Victor 
is  the  associate  director  of 
the  Voice  of  Hope 
Ukrainian  Broadcasts.  Rene 
is  currently  teaching  3rd 
and  4th  grades  in  the  San 
Francisco  Junior  Academy. 

In  August,  the  Southern 
College  alumni  from  the 
Greater  Denver  area  SDA 
churches  coordinated  a 
potluck  picnic  in  the 
mountains  near  Conifer, 
Colorado.  They  made  new 
acquaintances  and 
reminisced  with  old  of 
college  days  at  SMC. 
Those  in  attendence  were: 
Glenn  Gohde,  '68-'76  (with 
breaks),  Winnie  Hoehn 
Gohde,  '72,  John  Loor,  '71, 
Susan  Spears  Loor,  '71, 
Chris  Lindsey,  '76,  Penny 
Anderson  Lindsey,  '78, 
Rhonda  Anderson,  '77,  Earl 
Pugh,  summers  of  '52,   '53, 
and  '58,  Evelyn  Pugh, 
David  Rikustad,  '81,  Jerri 
Rikustad,  Daryl  Meyers, 
'66,  Kerstin  Meyers,  '68, 
Rick  Stier,  '78,  Maria 
Young  Stier,  '78,  Greg 
Rumsey,  '74,  and  Shirley 
Voss  Rumsey,  '74. 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  23 


Business  careers  v\^ith  a 
Christian  perspective. 


That's  what  you'll  be  trained  for  if  you 
take  Business  Administration  at  Southern 
College.  Graduates  in  Business 
Administration  have  climbed  their  way 
from  business  managers  and  CPA's  to  top 
corporate  executives  in  a  variety  of  fields. 

Southern  College  offers  you  a  quality, 
Christian  education  in  a  number  of 
business  fields,  including  accounting, 
business  administration,  management,  and 
long-term  health  care  administration.  Each 
degree  program  will  give  you  a 
well-rounded  curriculum  which  includes 
other  areas  of  business  such  as  finance, 
auditing,  business  law,  marketing, 
economics,  quantitative  analysis,  and  more. 
You  will  also  receive  a  solid  computer 
background,  with  classes  in  computer 
business  language,  data  structures,  and 
business  systems  analysis. 

Not  only  does  a  business  education  at 
Southern  College  provide  a  quality 


foundation  to  launch  your  career,  but  it 
also  offers  you  the  security  of  job 
availability.  The  job  market  has  a 
surprisingly  high  demand  for  well  educated 
business  professionals — a  demand  that  is 
forecasted  to  continue  into  the  next  decade. 

We  would  like  to  send  you  more 
information.  Write  for  our  brochure  to: 
Admissions  Office,  Southern  College,  P.O. 
Box  370,  Collegedale,  Tennessee  37315,  or 
call  toll  free  1-800-624-0350.  Tennessee 
residents  call  collect  at  1-615-238-2051. 


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OF     SEVENTH-DAY     ADVENTISTS 


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HARRISON*  ARCHELLE  (SHELLY 


rniiF^-nALE.  TN  37315 


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