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The  Magazine  of  Southern  College  of  Seventh-day  Adventists 


Volume  40,  No.  1,  1988      ^"-tt. 


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Alumni  Association  Officers  1988-1990 
JAN  0.  RUSHING,  '58  President 

HOWARD  KENNEDY,  '57  President-Elect 

ROBERT  LORREN,  '57  Past  President 

Executive  Committee  Members 


FRANCES  ANDREWS,  '49 
WAYNE  BARTO,  '67 
K.  R.  DAVIS 

J.W.  HENSONIII,'54        - 
RUTH  JACOBS,  '29 
HOWARD  KENNEDY, '57 


ROBERT  LORREN,  '57 
JACK  McCURTY 
JAN  0.  RUSHING,  '58 
VERLE  THOMPSON, '69 
DAVID  WINTERS, '71 


DONALD  SAHLY 
FLOYD  GREENLEAF,  '55 

KENNETH  SPEARS,  '66 
WILLIAM  WOHLERS 
JACK  McCLARTY 
RON  BARROW 

DEAN  KINSEY,  '56 

DORIS  BURDICK  D 

KENNETH  R.  DAVIS 


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>  Vice  President  for  Finance 

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2  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  T,  1988 


Dear  Fellow  Alumni: 

When  the  Lynn  Wood  Hall  restoration  project  was  first 
discussed,  there  were  arguments  on  both  sides  of  the  issue. 
Bill  Taylor  felt  that  a  survey  of  the  alumni  was  necessary 
to  find  out  how  much  support  we  could  expect  from  those 
who  wanted  to  see  this  building  restored  and  made  useful 
again.  Of  those  who  responded,  65  percent  wanted  to  see 
the  building  preserved  and  25  percent  said  they  would 
support  the  project  financially.  A  budget  was  established 
for  the  basic  restoration  and  as  you  can  see  from  the 
picture  on  page  18,  work  is  progressing  nicely.  When 
looking  at  the  financial  picture,  however,  things  have  not 
gone  as  well.  Of  the  total  budget  of  $350,000  only  $27,500, 
or  8  percent,  has  come  from  alumni  solicitation. 

The  benefits  of  the  restoration  to  the  college  are  many. 
The  auditorium  will  seat  about  300  and  will  be  very  useful 
for  college  activities  as  well  as  groups  who  use  the 
Conference  Center  Much  of  the  college  memorabilia  will 
be  displayed  in  the  museum  section.  The  third  floor  will  be 
available  for  future  use.  We  are  to  the  point  that  funds  are 
needed  badly.  If  you  haven't  sent  a  donation,  now  is  the 
time.  We  are  hoping  to  have  everything  ready  for  a  grand 
opening  during  Alumni  Homecoming  in  October. 

There  are  some  special  needs  that  were  not  included  in 
the  original  budget  that  would  be  a  nice  project  for  many 
of  you.  The  following  is  a  partial  list: 
1.  Stage  curtains  for  auditorium 
Stage  lights  for  auditorium 
Clock  for  hall 
Landscaping 
Elevator 
Sound  system 
Piano 

Window  treatment 

Meeting  room  furnishings 

Restroom  redecorating 

If  any  of  these  items  catch  your  attention,  please  contact 

Helen  Durichek  in  the  business  office  of  the  college  and 

get  more  information.  Helen  is  coordinating  the  project  foi 

the  alumni  and  college. 

If  you  have  pictures  of  yourself  or  classmates  taken  at 
Lynn  Wood  Hall  and  you  are  willing  to  share  them,  please 
send  them  to  Howard  Kennedy  in  care  of  the  Alumni 
Office.  Howard  is  coordinating  the  proposed  grand  opening 
ceremony  for  October. 

Make  this  a  priority  item  and  give  support  to  the  projec 
right  away  so  that  the  work  can  be  done  and  our  project 
completed  on  time. 


With  best  regards. 


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COVER 

Bill  and  Jean  lies  are  people  who  care  about  the  college.  For  24 
years  Bill  served  the  Committee  of  100  as  president.  This  year  the  PE 
center  was  named  for  him.  (Photo  by  Scott  Kinsey) 


COVER  STORY 


PE  Center  Named  for  Bill  lies 


Recalling  his  position  as  final 
speaker  at  groundbreaking 
ceremonies  for  the  physical 
education  building  in  September 
1963,  Bill  lies  responded  with  charac- 
teristic wit — describing  himself  as 
"strolling  down  redundancy  lane" — 
to  conclude  the  special  convocation 
at  which  the  facility  was  designated 
the  William  A.  lies  Physical  Educa- 
tion Center. 

Not  an  alumnus  of  Southern  him- 
self, though  a  board  member  for  23 
years,  lies  explained  that  he 
graduated  elsewhere  "in  the  half 
that  made  the  upper  half  possible." 
Yet  Alfred  C.  McClure,  board  chair- 
man, in  his  tribute  to  Bill  and  Jean 
lies  described  him  as  "a  mover  and 
a  shaker,"  and  "a  man  who  has  a  vi- 
sion, a  man  who  can  dream  big 
dreams  and  make  them  happen." 

A  resident  of  Orlando,  Bill  lies  is 
assistant  to  the  president  of  Florida 
Hospital.  Concluding  24  years  as 
president  of  the  Committee  of  100  for 
SMC,  Inc.,  he  retired  this  year  from 
that  post.  William  J.  Hulsey,  presi- 
dent of  Collegedale  Casework,  re- 
placed him  as  new  president  of  the 
committee. 

Since  that  advancement  group  was 
established  May  7,  1963,  it  has  con- 
tributed $6  million  to  the  college,  in- 
cluding rental  income  from  build- 
ings it  funded.  Gymnasium  construc- 
tion was  the  first  project.  Others 
which  followed:  Mazie  Herin  Hall, 
the  nursing  building;  Fleming  Plaza; 
Brock  Hall,  the  humanities  and  busi- 
ness building;  Conference  Center  im- 
provements; the  upper  campus  prom- 
enade; and  renovation  of  the  chapel 
in  Lynn  Wood  Hall. 

TTie  PE  Center  opened  on  Sep- 
tember 30,  1965.  The  complex  now 
contains  four  racquetball  courts,  a 
quarter-mile  track,  eight  lighted  ten- 
nis courts,  ball  fields,  an  olympic- 
size  swimming  pool,  and  weight 
room.  During  the  school  year  the 
gymna.sium  is  open  14  hours  a  day. 

Charter  members  of  the  Commit- 
tee of  100  who  participated  in  the 
special  convocation  honoring  Bill 
and  Jean  lies  and  the  Committee  of 
100  included  O.  D.  McKee,  chairman 


of  the  board  for  McKee  Baking  Co.; 
Eugene  Anderson,  chairman  of  the 
board  for  Southern  Saw  Co.,  Atlanta; 
and  Charles  Fleming,  Jr,  business 
manager  emeritus  at  Southern  Col- 
lege. The  Committee  of  100  has  a  cur- 
rent membership  of  130  and  wel- 
comes new  members  at  any  time.  An- 
nual dues  are  $500.  The  committee 
usually  raises  approximately 
$60,000  annually  for  various  proj- 
ects. I 


\'    ill',.* 


President  Sahly  presents  plaque. 


These  Are  Decision-Makers 

The  Souttiern  College  Board  of  Trustees  provides  governance  and  guidance  for 
ttie  college.  Its  function  is  to  know  ttie  needs  and  wishes  of  constituents  and  to 
formulate  policies  and  elect  administrators  and  teachers  who  will  provide  for  these 
needs.  The  group  is  pictured  at  its  February  meeting. 

First  row,  left  to  right:  Edythe  Cothren,  Tom  Werner,  Don  Sahly,  Chairman  Al 
fvlcClure,  WardSumpter,  Secretary  Floyd  Greenleaf,  Jim  Epperson,  BonnieWilkens. 

Second  row:  C  E.  Dudley  Richard  Center,  Ellsworth  McKee,  Bill  Hulsey  Bill 
Geary,  E.  A.  Anderson,  Ben  Wygal,  J.  A.  Edgecombe. 

Third  row:  Oscar  Johnson,  Richard  Hallock,  fi/lalcolm  Gordon,  Tom  Campbell, 
Clinton  Shankel. 

Fourth  row:  Denzil  McNeilus,  Ben  Kochenower,  R.  R.  Hairston  (since  replaced 
by  Ralph  Peay),  Robert  Folkenberg,  Jan  Rushing,  Ken  Spears,  Winton  Preston. 

Not  pictured:  Mardian  Blair,  Cecil  Coffey  Bill  lies,  J.  C.  h/lcElroy  Bill  McGhinnis, 
Harold  hAoody  Harvy  Murphy  Robert  Murphy  Earl  Richards,  Lin  Richert,  J.  H 
Whitehead.  Honorary  trustees:  Chick  Fleming,  O.  D.  McKee,  Forrest  Preston, 
Martha  Ulmer 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  3 


David  Gates  and  his  father  in  Pei 


Life  can  take  unexpected  turns.  Yet 
God  is  never  taken  by  surprise.  In  His 
infinite  wisdom  and  love.  He  refines 
gold  by  heat  and  produces  diamonds 
under  pressure. 

Governments  are  getting  serious  in 
the  war  against  drugs  and  we  ap- 
plaud their  sincere  efforts.  Here's  the 
story  of  one  alumnus  who  inadver- 
tently found  himself  accused  of  being 
on  the  wrong  side  in  that  war. 


by  Jim  Huenergardt 


4  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


t's  happened  to  others.  Paul  and 
Silas.  Joseph.  Daniel.  Good 
people  accused  of  evil.  More  re- 
cently, it  happened  to  David 
Gates,  '80. 

On  June  9,  1987,  David  Gates,  an 
administrator,  nurse,  and  pilot- 
mechanic  with  Mission  Projects  In- 
corporated, was  returning  to  Bella 
Vista  Adventist  Clinic  and  Nursing 
School  in  southern  Mexico  in  the  mis- 
sion's Cessna  185.  His  childhood 
dreams  of  mission  service  had  come 
true.  And  his  childhood  sweetheart, 
Becky   Duerksen,   '80,   his   wife   of 


eight  years,  was  waiting  for  him  o 
the  ground  along  with  their  thre 
small  children.  Now  he  checked  th, 
landing  strip  near  the  clinic.  Tc 
much  rainwater.  Well,  he'd  just  ha\ 
to  land  on  a  nearby  gravel  road. 

At   7   o'clock   the   next   momin 
Gates  was  summoned  by  soldiers 
identify  his  airplane. 

David  felt  assured  because  tl 
night  watchman  had  slept  in  tl 
plane  all  night.  This  shouldn't  tal 
long.  With  him  went  the  conferen 
secretary  of  education,  Vicente  Agi 
lar,  who  had  flown  with  him  the  di 
before. 


After  showing  the  major  the  air- 
lane's  papers,  Gates  was  asked  if  he 
'as  a  certain  other  individual  who 
'as  wanted  for  drug  trafficking.  The 
lajor  called  Mexico  City  on  his 
hortwave  radio,  then  Gates  was  told 
)  fly  to  a  nearby  cavalry  base.  Gates 
nd  Aguilar  sat  up  front.  The  major 
nd  his  submachine-gun  toting  sol- 
iers  sat  behind  them. 

As  the  two  stepped  out  of  the  plane 
tiey  were  handcuffed,  blindfolded, 
nd  taken  to  the  back  of  a  brick  build- 

ig- 

"I  wondered  why  I  was  to  be  shot 
nly  a  year  and  a  half  after  I  had 
tarted  being  a  missioneiry,"  he  later 
scalled.  All  he  could  do  was  pray, 
he  submachine  guns  remained  si- 
;nt. 

David  could  hear  tools  being 
tirown  around  as  the  airplane  was 
jm  apart  in  the  search  for  drugs, 
iter  about  30  minutes  Gates  and 
iguilar  were  taken  by  car,  still 
lindfolded  and  handcuffed,  to 
nother  building.  David  exercised 
is  knowledge  of  the  Spanish  lan- 
uage  and  Mexican  law  during  five 
ours  of  interrogation.  The  major  in- 
)rmed  them  that  if  he  had  believed 
hey  were  guilty  they  would  have 
een  beaten. 

"Being  led  around  like  criminals 
ave  me  a  glimpse  of  how  Jesus  felt," 
aid  Gates. 

Gates  and  Aguilar  were  trans- 
orted  to  another  base  for  the  night. 
IThen  they  were  taken  to  a  cell,  the 
lajor  ordered  that  the  door  be  left 
nlocked.  The  jailer  asked  if  they 
rere  really  prisoners.  Gates  said  the 
lajor  knew  they  were  innocent  and 
[lis  was  his  way  of  telling  them. 

Every  four  hours,  the  soldiers 
sked  if  they  wanted  anything  to  eat. 
>avid  had  ordered  food  for  the  major 
nd  his  hungry  soldiers  before  their 
light  from  Bella  Vista.  His  "bread 
pen  the  waters"  was  already  retum- 
ng  to  him. 

Within  24  hours  of  Gates'  arrest, 
ne  of  the  conference  workers  called 
is  father,  Richard  Gates,  '77,  in  Ten- 
lessee. 

"We  were  not  terribly  alarmed.  We 
}lt  from  past  experience  that  God 
rorks  things  out,"  said  the  elder 
rates,  himself  a  veteran  missionary. 

After  the  phone  call,  the  Gates 
imily  had  prayer  and  asked  the  Lord 
0  prevent  anyone  from  planting 
rugs  on  the  plane  to  produce  the 
ppearance  of  guilt.  That  Sabbath 
!lder  Gates  presented  a  mission  talk 
n  the  Collegedale  Church  and  asked 
nembers  to  pray  for  his  son.  The  fam- 
ly  feels  these  prayers  were 
inswered. 


The  next  morning,  the  military 
turned  Gates  and  Aguilar  over  to 
civil  authorities.  After  a  few  hours 
of  paperwork,  authorities  assumed 
the  two  men  guilty  of  drug  traffick- 
ing. Under  questioning,  a  drug  traf- 
ficker had  earlier  claimed  he  sold 
drugs  regularly  to  the  operators  of 
the  mission  plane.  They  were  to  be 
held  in  a  maximum  security  prison. 

Inside  the  prison  were  480  inmates 
staring  at  the  unlikely  newcomers. 
That  night.  Gates  and  Aguilar  were 
put  into  a  room  with  56  other  prison- 
ers. 

When  David  knelt  for  prayer,  all 
eyes  were  on  him.  Someone  asked 
him  if  he  was  religious.  This  un- 
leashed a  torrent  of  questions  around 
the  room  and  for  the  next  two  hours 
he  answered  them.  To  sleep  on  a  mat- 
tress cost  $3  per  prisoner.  Gates  slept 
on  the  floor 

On  Friday  night,  David  prayed  and 


'Yet  I  really 
knew  God 
had  a  plan 
for  me' 


asked  God  to  reduce  his  stress 
enough  so  he  could  help  the  prison- 
ers. 

"I  didn't  feel  like  doing  anything 
to  help  anyone.  There  were  times  I 
thought  I  was  going  to  be  here  for  14 
years.  Yet  I  really  knew  God  had  a 
plan  for  me  in  prison.  I  would  have 
to  accept  it  and  trust  God,"  he  said. 

The  next  day  Gates  gave  a  health 
talk  and  Aguilar  talked  about  educa- 
tion. About  300  of  the  480  prisoners 
and  some  guards  listened.  The  pris- 
oners learned  about  the  eight  nat- 
ural remedies — nutrition,  exercise, 
water,  sunshine,  temperance,  air, 
rest,  trust  in  God — concepts  the  pris- 
oners could  use  where  they  were. 

An  Adventist  brought  big  bags  of 
food,  enough  for  the  two  men  to 
share. 

As  time  went  on,  prisoners  started 
coming  to  Gates  for  medical  atten- 
tion. But  he  lacked  equipment  to 
help  them.  Prison  officials  opened 
the  infirmary  and  he  treated  about 
20  patients  a  day.  Several  patients 
needed  minor  surgery  and  it  was  ar- 
ranged for  the  doctor  at  Bella  Vista 
to  come.  In  one  day  he  did  25  opera- 
tions. 


After  that  day  of  surgery,  the 
prison  doctor  came  to  David  with  re- 
ligious questions.  He  gave  her  his 
Bible  and  other  books  and  she  prom- 
ised she  would  read  them. 

Suspicions  of  drug  trafficking  were 
finally  dropped  for  inadequate  evi- 
dence, and  because,  as  Gates  later 
learned,  the  medical  work  he  and  the 
doctor  were  doing  was  reported  to  the 
court. 

David  believes  that  God  used  his 
prison  experience  to  aid  other  prison- 
ers in  special  ways.  Another  local  Ad- 
ventist, falsely  accused  of  complicity 
in  drug  trafficking,  had  also  been  in- 
carcerated and  Gates  helped  to 
achieve  his  release.  No  one  at  church 
headquarters  knew  the  man  was  in 
prison. 

During  his  imprisonment  Gates 
became  acquainted  with  a  North 
American,  also  an  inmate.  The  two 
discovered  that  their  fathers  had 
both  been  Adventist  missionaries  in 
South  America.  The  man,  now  69, 
had  attended  an  SDA  college  in  the 
United  States  and  later  earned  a  doc- 
torate in  education.  After  a  number 
of  years  in  Adventist  education,  he 
had  turned  his  back  on  the  Lord,  left 
his  wife,  moved  to  the  Caribbean, 
and  smuggled  drugs  for  20  years.  As 
he  told  his  story,  he  said  this  was  the 
first  time  he  ever  felt  guilty.  Gates 
has  since  learned  that  children  of 
this  new  acquaintance  have  begun 
to  attend  an  Adventist  church. 

A  month  after  David's  release  from 
prison,  the  conference  tried  to  get  the 
airplane  back.  About  the  same  time, 
a  conference  vehicle  was  stopped  at 
a  checkpoint  and  a  guard  noticed 
that  the  vehicle  was  registered  to  the 
Adventist  Church.  He  told  the  driver 
that  Gates  was  going  to  be  re- 
arrested when  he  came  back  to  sign 
for  his  bail. 

With  this  warning,  which  he  be- 
lieves to  be  providential,  David  and 
his  little  family  left  the  country.  Last 
fall  students  at  a  FViday  night  ves- 
pers at  Southern  College  heard  him 
share  his  story  in  person.  Now?  David 
still  believes  that  the  safest  place  to 
be  is  in  the  path  of  God's  leading. 
Today  under  General  Conference  as- 
signment, he  is  the  director  of  com- 
puter services  for  the  Inca  Union  in 
Lima,  Peru. 


I 


Jim  Huenergardt,  '87,  earned  a 
B.S.  in  computer  science,  then  re- 
turned to  complete  a  B.A.  in  public 
relations.  He  edited  the  Southern  Ac- 
cent this  past  year. 

SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  5 


Do  we  have  time  for  the  arts?  This 
is  the  question  we  put  to  Dr.  Ashton, 
professor  of  music  at  Southern  and  a 
gifted  artist  in  his  own  right.  This 
essay  is  his  response. 


to  Live,  to  Sing,  to  Create 


by  J.  Bruce  Ashton 


In  an  address  at  Capital  Univer- 
sity commemorating  the  birth- 
day of  Martin  Luther  King,  Jr., 
James  Farmer  reviewed  an 
event  central  to  the  Civil  Rights 
movement  of  the  1960s.  On  the  his- 
toric bus  ride  from  Selma  to  Jackson, 
Hank  Thomas,  a  senior  at  Harvard, 
fought  his  fear  for  his  personal  safety 
by  breaking  into  song;  and  erelong 
every  traveler  in  the  vehicle,  heed- 
less of  color,  gender,  or  age,  had 
joined  in:  "Travelin'  Down  Freedom's 
Main  Line." 

Nor  was  that  incident  an  isolated 
one.  Music,  Farmer  explained,  was 
vital  to  the  entire  movement.  "We 
sang  and  we  sang.  We  drove  our  jail- 
ers wild  till  they  threatened  to  take 
away  our  mattresses.  So  we  sang 
'Jailer,  come  take  my  mattress  away. 
I  still  have  my  soul.'  When  we  sang, 
you  see,  we  were  alive." 

"When  we  sang,  we  were  alive!" 
How  long  has  it  been  since  you  ex- 
perienced such  vitality  in  your  soul 
that  the  urge  to  sing  could  not  be 
contained? 

Biblical  history  echoes  richly  with 
the  songs  of  its  leading  figures.  Paul's 
stirring  elucidation  on  Mars  Hill 
brought  less  visible  results  than  did 
his  midnight  psalm  in  a  Philippian 
prison.  David's  dramatic  downing  of 
the  mighty  Philistine  thrilled  Israel, 
but  his  gentle  lays  which  sought  to 
soothe  the  mad  Saul  may  have  done 
as  much  to  preserve  the  peace  of  the 
nation.  (It  is  certain  that  the  women's 
chanting  of  the  shepherd  boy's 
praises  contributed  greatly  to  the 
king's  irritation!)  From  the  jubilant 
anthem  of  the  Morning  Stars  wel- 
coming another  world  into  the  sister- 
hood of  inhabited  planets,  to  the 
exultant  chorus  of  the  redeemed  on 
the  sea  of  glass  celebrating  an  eter- 
nally secure  universe,  the  power  of 
melody  has  caught  the  attention  of 
writer  after  writer.  And  while  there 
has  been  (regrettably!)  sex  discrimi- 
nation in  this  field  as  in  virtually 
every  other,  women  have  neverthe- 
less shared  their  expertise  in  the  arts 
to   the   edification   of  all.   Witness 


Miriam's  company  of  dancing  sing- 
ers, Deborah's  magnificent  epic  of 
triumph,  as  well  as  Mary's  canticle 
of  submission  which  signaled  a 
lifetime  of  tribulation  for  herself,  but 
the  genesis  of  eternal  hojje,  not  only 
for  her  people,  but  for  all  whom  sin 
had  contaminated. 

Whence  comes  this  lyrical  impulse 
in  the  human  heart?  Shall  we  view 
it  as  a  gift  uniquely  bestowed  upon 
certain  souls  predestined  to  enrich 
the  lives  of  their  fellows;  or  is  it  a 
part  of  the  makeup  of  our  species  cor- 
porately  as  well  as  individually?  If 
we  truly  consider  that  man  was 
formed  in  the  image  of  God,  then  to 
be  human  is  to  create.  Further,  if  all 
that  God  made  was  only  good,  good, 
and  very  good — if  this  planet,  fresh 
from  the  Maker's  hand,  was  indeed 
exceedingly  beautiful,  then  to  be 
richly  human — to  "reflect  the 
Creator's  glory"  with  "every  faculty 
of  mind  and  soul"  {Education, 
p.  20) — is  to  create  beauty. 

Strangely  enough,  Christianity 
and  the  arts  have  not  always  enjoyed 


'When  we  are 
truly  alive, 
we  will  sing/ 


a  comfortable  rapport.  (Neither,  for 
that  matter,  have  Christianity  and 
science,  whether  "pure"  research  or 
"applied"  technology.)  To  the  extent 
that  it  is  religion's  goal  to  restore,  to 
point  dwarfed  and  crippled  souls  to- 
ward a  complete  restoration  of  whole- 
ness in  Christ,  then  the  Church 
ought  to  encourage  aesthetic  creativ- 
ity within  a  totally  Christian 
worldview.  There  is  more  to  artistic 
vision  and  artistic  purpose  than  pro- 
viding "nice"  flannelboard  figures 
for  Sabbath  School  illustrations  (al- 
though these  somewhat  commer- 
cialized uses  of  art  should  be  done 
with  creative  integrity  and  inspira- 
tion). There  is  more  to  poetry  than 
doggerel  for  our  periodicals,  more  to 
drama  than  sentimental  skits  for 
Thirteenth  Sabbath  programs,  more 
to  music  than  campfire  songs,  attrac- 


tive and  useful  as  any  of  the  above 
may  be.  Bach  was  no  less  devout 
when  composing  his  "secular"  Bran- 
denburg Concerti  than  when  produc- 
ing his  weekly  cantata  for  the  wor- 
ship services  of  Leipzig.  In  the  act  of 
crystallizing  a  unique  beauty  which 
had  never  before  been  heard,  he 
exemplified  a  higher  level  of  the 
human  experience  than  many  of  us 
have  ever  thought  of. 

Of  course  there  are  problems  with 
which  the  Christian  must  deal.  Of 
course  the  perversity  of  self-serving 
taints,  sometimes  in  extremely  sub- 
tle ways.  Just  because  music,  like 
verbal  communication,  is  a  gift  of 
God,  it  does  not  follow  that  all  mus- 
ical expression  meets  divine  ap- 
proval, any  more  than  all  uses  of 
speech  reflect  our  Maker's  purpose. 
In  fact,  since  ballet  and  opera, 
sculpture  and  acrylic,  ballad  and 
haiku  speak  even  more  intensely  to 
our  souls  than  daily  banter,  these 
aesthetic  experiences  must  be  ap- 
proached with  even  greater  care  than 
that  with  which  we  guard  our 
tongues.  Yet  it  is  possible  to  serve 
(jod  through  the  avenue  of  human 
creativity;  and,  with  careful  evalua- 
tion, to  be  uplifted  by  our  enjoyment 
of  that  which  our  fellows  have  be- 
queathed to  us.  (For  some  cogent 
guidelines  by  which  to  evaluate,  the 
author  highly  recommends  Francis 
Shaeffer's  excellent  pair  of  essays 
published  as  Art  &  the  Bible  by  Inter- 
Varsity  Press,  Downers  Grove,  IL 
60515.) 

"When  we  sang,  we  were  alive!"  It 
may  be  equally  well  said,  "When  we 
are  truly  alive,  we  will  sing."  We  will 
sing  to  and  with  one  another  in 
psalms  and  hymns  and  spiritual 
songs,  as  Paul  outlined;  we  will  sing 
with  our  instruments  no  less  than 
with  our  voices;  we  will  sing  the 
Lord's  song  secure  in  His  kingdom, 
though  sojourning  in  this  strange 
land;  we  will  sing  the  vitality  of  life 
in  the  finest  combinations  of  tune 
and  tone  which  artists  of  today  and 
of  earlier  days  can  mold.  In  whatever 
tongue,  we  will  willingly  offer  to  the 
Lord  our  "Jauchzet  dem  Herm,"  our 
"Jubilate  Deo,"  our  "joyful  noise  unto 
the  Lord,"  because  in  Him  we  are 
free  to  be  fully  human,  fully  creative, 
fully  alive.  ■ 


6  •  VOLUME  40,  No.  1,  1988 


Dr.  Bill  Rictiaras.  Judy  Glass 


Dr.  Jeanette  Stepanske,  Scott  Kinsey 

Graduation — A  Time  of  Joy 

Teachers  share  in  the  celebration  when  their  students  receive  diplomas. 
May  1  was  that  "time  of  joy"  for  214  graduates  of  Southern  College. 

Class  president  Shauna  McLain  and  Wilma  Zalabak  shared  the  distinction 
of  graduating  summa  cum  laude  as  Southern  Scholars.  About  40  others  also 
were  honored,  including  a  third  Southern  Scholar,  Julio  Narvaez. 

At  commencement  teachers  also  were  recognized.  Distinguished  Service 
Medallions  (based  on  a  sustained  record  of  outstanding  performance)  were 
awarded  to  Bill  Richards  and  Judy  Glass. 

Ray  Hefferlin  was  recognized  as  the  first  occupant  of  the  newly  endowed  Ray 
HefFerlin  Chair  for  International  Research  in  Physics.  Wayne  VandeVere  was 
designated  as  the  first  Ruth  McKee  Professor  of  Entrepreneurship  and  Business 
Ethics. 

Three  teachers  received  the  Thomas  and  Violet  Zapara  Awards  for  Under- 
graduate Teaching  Excellence.  Instituted  this  year  at  Seventh-day  Adventist 
colleges  in  North  America,  these  awards  include  $1,000  cash  to  each  recipient. 
At  Southern  Jan  Haluska  was  chosen  for  the  award  in  the  humanities  discipline, 
Ray  Hefferlin  in  the  sciences,  and  Ed  Lamb  in  the  professional  discipline.    ■ 


Dr  Ray  Hefferlin,  Dr  Don  Sahly 


Dr  Wayne  VandeVere 


Ed  Lamb,  Dr  Ray  Hefferlin,  Dr  Jan  Haluska, 
congratulated  by  Dr  Don  Sahly  and  A.  C.  McClure. 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  7 


Southern  Update 


College  Designated 
SDA  Study  Center 

Southern  College  is  now  an  E.  G. 
White-SDA  Study  Center,  thanks 
to  the  persistent  efforts  of  Lois 
Doherty,  supervisor  of  the  McKee  Li- 
brary SDA  Room. 

Since  the  E.  G.  White  Estate  de- 
veloped guidelines  for  establishment 
of  EGW-SDA  Study  Centers  in  1986, 
McKee  Library  has  been  acquiring 
the  designated  resource  materials. 
Procurement  in  May  of  the  Question 
and  Answer  File  material  from  EGW 
Estate  completed  requirements. 
Donna  Holbrook,  a  former  Col- 
legedale  resident,  spent  two  weeks 
at  White  Estate  in  Washington,  dup- 
licating the  Q  &  A  material  for 
McKee  Library. 

Other  resources  held  include  Gen- 
eral Conference  Bulletins  (1863- 
1980),  Review  and  Herald  (1850- 
1966),  Signs  of  the  Times  (1874-1915), 
Youth's  Instructor  (1852-1915),  all 
currently  published  and  out-of-print 
E.  G.  Wliite  books,  materials  relat- 
ing to  Adventist  history,  both  current 
and  out-of-print,  a  60-reel  35mm  mi- 
crofilm collection  on  the  Millerites 
and  Early  Adventists,  audio-visual 
materials  relating  to  SDA  history, 
E.  G.  White  manuscript  releases, 
E.  G.  White  laser-disk  concordance, 
and  the  Biblical  Research  Institute 
papers  and  books. 

McKee  Library  is  expanding  its  re- 
sources in  other  areas  as  well.  It  has 
added  the  ERIC  (Educational  Re- 
sources Information  Center)  data- 
base on  CD-ROM  and  is  seeking 
means  to  acquire  other  specialized 
databases  on  CD-ROM,  such  as  busi- 
ness, nursing,  religion,  and  the  so- 
cial sciences.  The  on-line  catalog  is 
being  debugged,  and  should  soon  be 
performing  so  well  that  the  circula- 
tion system  could  be  added  in  the 
near  future,  according  to  Peg  Ben- 
nett, director  of  libraries. 

ANGEL,  a  separate  entity  operat- 
ing under  the  umbrella  of  McKee  Li- 
brary, now  serves  the  entire  South- 
east. It  offers  professional  selection 
and  processing  of  library  materials 
for  Southern  Union  elementary  and 
secondary  schools. 

In  addition,  SC's  library  has  im- 
pact in  the  Chattanooga/Cleveland 
community  in  a  number  of  ways. 

The  college  library  is  constantly 
trying  to  update  and  improve.  Visits 
from  alumni  are  always  welcome!    ■ 

8  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


Long-Term  Health  Care  Gets  Gift 

A  $10,000  check  from  Adventist  Living  Centers,  Hinsdale,  III.,  a  memtjer  corporation  of 
Adventist  Health  Systems,  brings  smiles  to  the  faces  of,  left  to  right:  Dr  Wayne  VandeVere, 
chairman  of  the  department  of  business  administration;  Dan  Rozell,  associate  professor  of 
business  administration;  and  President  Don  Sahly  Southern  College  has  about  35  long-term 
health  care  administration  majors,  in  addition  to  150  business  majors  studying  management 
and  85  emphasizing  accounting. 


Talge  Hall  Improvements 
Need  Additional  Funding 


As  "landlord"  to  nearly  500  men. 
Southern  College  is  continuing 
its  quest  for  funds  to  revitalize  their 
dwellings. 

Efforts  to  improve  the  men's  resi- 
dence, Talge  Hall,  continue  step  by 
step  toward  a  goal  of  total  refurbish- 
ment. Except  for  a  58-room  wing 
built  in  the  early  1970s,  Talge  had 
had  virtually  no  renovation  in  its  26 
years  until  the  current  project  began 
a  few  months  ago. 

The  238-room  structure  needed  a 
lot  of  reworking,  for  esthetic  comfort 
as  well  as  safety  and  energy  effi- 
ciency. Rooms  are  receiving  insula- 
tion and  new  sheetrock,  heaters  are 
being  rewired  on  individual  circuits 
to  end  overloading  and  fire  hazard 
problems,  and  old  air  conditioners 
are  being  replaced  or  overhauled. 
New  cabinets,  sinks,  carpet,  lighting, 
beds  and  desks  will  add  the  finishing 
touches. 

To  date,  over  $150,000  has  been 
raised  for  the  project.  A  student  fund- 
raising  campaign  which  concluded  in 


March  brought  in  $7,000.  Reports 
from  the  Development  Office  say  the 
money  received  so  far  puts  the  project 
"about  a  quarter  of  the  way  there." 
Hopes  are  high  in  that  office  for  fund- 
ing of  a  $200,000  grant  proposal  now 
in  the  hands  of  a  foundation. 

Some  improvements  already  com- 
pleted include  new  roofing  and  re- 
placement of  worn-out  hallway  car- 
peting. Old  (and  often  inoperable) 
laundry  equipment  has  been  ex- 
changed for  new  washers  and  dryers. 
The  lobby  area  is  also  benefiting 
from  a  pleasant  makeover. 

Ron  Qualley,  dean  of  men,  feels 
comfortable  living  is  paramount  to 
student  satisfaction.  "From  a  dean's 
standpoint,"  he  says,  "I  feel  we  need 
to  give  our  students  the  best  living 
quarters  we  can.  Dorms  are  the  hub 
of  life  on  any  campus."  Qualley  main- 
tains, "If  we  keep  our  students  com- 
fortable and  happy  with  life  in  the 
dorm,  it  goes  a  long  way  tow£u-d  keep- 
ing them  here  and  maybe  even  bring- 
ing their  friends,  too."  HI 


Symphony  Guild 
Sponsors  Dinner 

An  Evening  in  Central  Park"  was 
as  close  as  the  dining  hall  for 
music  lovers  attending  the  annual 
spring  dinner  concert  sponsored  by 
the  Southern  College  Symphony 
Guild. 

Park  lamps  and  benches;  candles 
and  blue  tablecloths;  red,  white,  and 
blue  carnations  and  flags;  trees 
sprinkled  with  small  lights;  and 
ferns  helped  set  the  tangible  mood. 
Orchestral  works  ranged  from 
Strauss,  Mozart,  and  Grieg  to  Orto- 
lani's  "More"  and  Michel  Legrand 
selections.  Manhattan  cream  pie 
topped  off  a  festive  menu  of  edibles. 

What  really  topped  off  the  evening 
for  eight  students,  however,  was  the 
presentation  of  Symphony  Guild 
scholarships.  Four  $500  scholarships 
went  to  these  college  students:  Ndala 
Gooding,  violin;  Karen  McKinney, 
flute;  Gavin  Bledsoe,  principal  bass; 
and  Steve  Johnson,  horn. 

Academy  scholarship  winners  re- 
ceived $300  each:  Kara  Pennington, 
violin;  Dawn  Scoggins,  viola;  and 
Barry  Janzen,  violin.  Two  elemen- 
tary violinists  each  received  $100 
awards:      Deborah     Herman     and 


Pictured  at  the  dinner  concert,  left  to  riglit,  are:  Ctiick  Fleming,  program  emcee:  Pauline 
Pierson,  outgoing  guild  president;  John  Odom,  incoming  president,  and  Myrna  Odom.  out- 
going treasurer 


Shawn  Pellington.  Funds  are  raised 
primarily  by  conducting  two  annual 
flea  markets  and  collecting  dues. 

The  orchestra  as  a  whole  and  its 
director,  Orlo  Gilbert,  also  were  on 
the  receiving  end.  The  Symphony 
Guild  presented  the  orchestra  with 
a  stage  skirt  for  tour  use.  "This  will 
go  on  my  1913  Overland  very  nicely," 
was  Professor  Gilbert's  response  to 
the  bulb  horn  he  was  given. 

Emcee  Chick  Fleming  commented 
in  conclusion  that  Guild  president 


and  Dinner  Concert  coordinator 
Pauline  Pierson  had  "expended 
enough  energy  for  this  event  alone 
to  heat  and  light  the  whole  commu- 
nity of  Collegedale  for  at  least  a 
year."  After  two  successive  terms  at 
the  helm,  Mrs.  Pierson  "put  out  a 
child  for  adoption"  and  turned  over 
the  presidency  for  1988-89  to  John 
Odom.  Helen  Bledsoe  is  the  new  vice 
president;  Carol  Kendall,  secretary; 
and   Mary   Lou   McCandless,   trea- 


Students  Improve  Community  With  Paint 

Fourteen  Southern  College  students  devoted  an  April  Sunday  to  housepainting  in  cooperation  with  Chattanooga  Neighborhood  Enterprise, 
a  non-profit  organization  working  with  the  City  of  Chattanooga  to  make  all  substandard  housing  fit  and  livable  within  a  decade. 

A  grateful  letter  on  behalf  of  the  CNE  and  the  low-income  homeowner  describes  the  students  as  "cheerful,  industrious,  and  thoroughly 
delightful  to  work  with.  In  addition,  they  did  an  excellent  paint  job! .  .  .  Southern  College  can  be  extremely  proud  of  Karen  Carter,  Robin  Williams, 
llena  Chavez,  Laura  Clough,  Lenawene  Murray  Brenda  Roberts,  Greg  Covrig,  Robbie  Vinglas,  Jim  Brandenberger.  Clark  Larrabee,  Ashley 
Hopwood,  and  Muja  Wenzel.  They're  the  greatest!" 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  9 


FM  90.5 


Soaring 
to  New 
Heights 


by  Gerald  D.  Peel 


We  were  so  delighted  upon  moving 
to  Morganton  [Georgia]  to  find  a  pub- 
lic radio  station;  not  only  that,  but 
one  that  played  classical  music.'  It  is 
not  only  the  classical  music  on  your 
station  that  we  are  pleased  with,  but 
the  family  oriented  programming  in 
general.  My  husband  is  a  priest  of  the 
Anglican  Church  of  North  America; 
therefore  we  have,  I  think,  very  little 
in  common  with  Seventh-day  Advent- 
ists.  The  differences  that  we  hear  are 
conducive  to  discussions  of  religion 
in  our  family  (we  have  a  nine-year- 
old  daughter) ,  and  the  similarities 
provide  important  reinforcement.  An 
almost  ideal  situation  as  far  as  we 
are  concerned! 

This  letter  of  thanks  is  one  of  many 
that  WSMC  has  received  over  the 
past  year.  Not  all  of  the  letters  touch 
on  religious  issues.  There  are  listen- 
ers who  are  merely  appreciative  of 
the  public  service  provided  to  them 
by  Southern  College. 

WSMC  is  now  on  the  air  24  hours 
per  day.  The  station  employs  five  full- 
time  staff  members  and  15  students, 
and  manages  a  corps  of  volunteers 
besides.  Broadcasts  include  approxi- 
mately 126  hours  of  classical  music 
and  35  hours  of  news  per  week. 
WSMC  was  responsible  for  nine 
hours  of  satellite  programs  featuring 
the  Anton  Heiller  Memorial  Organ. 
These  programs  were  available  to 
over  300  stations  on  the  National 
Public  Radio  system,  and  were  actu- 


ally broadcast  by  200.  One  of  the  pro- 
grams was  the  very  first  Seventh-day 
Adventist  church  service  to  be  broad- 
cast in  its  entirety  via  satellite!  In 
January  of  1989,  WSMC  will  provide 
a  13-program  series  to  National  Pub- 
lic Radio  featuring  the  Heiller  organ. 

There  are  many  ways  to  speak  for 
the  Lord.  It  is  not  the  primary  pur- 
pose of  WSMC  to  reach  or  satisfy  the 
already  converted  Adventist,  nor  the 
casual  listener.  The  purpose  is  to  fol- 
low the  counsel  of  E.  G.  White  in 
Christ's  Object  Lessons,  pages  229- 
230,  and  to  "reach  out"  to  the  busi- 
ness and  community  leaders,  the  cul- 
turally and  educationally  inclined, 
the  affluent,  and  to  form  bonds  of 
friendship,  letting  these  people  know 
that  Christ  loves  them. 

WSMC  is  encouraged  by  a  recent 
survey  showing  that  its  listeners  are 
indeed: 

•  more  than  twice  as  likely  as  the 
average  person  to  be  college  educated 

•  three  times  as  likely  to  have  a 
professional  occupation 

•  three  and  a  half  times  as  likely 
to  be  a  community  or  business  leader 

WSMC  is  now  working  closely 
with  a  General  Conference  commit- 
tee. The  Adventist  Approach  to  Con- 
temporary Culture.  This  committee 
is  stud5ring  new  ways  to  build  bridges 
to  religion  for  those  who  feel  self-suf- 
ficient and  sense  no  need  for  Christ. 
It  is  WSMC's  responsibility  to  ad- 
dress the  felt  needs  of  these  individ- 
uals. 

WSMC  is  now  embarking  upon  a 
project  that  will  extend  and  improve 
its  signal  throughout  the  tri-state  re- 
gion. The  fund-raising  campaign  for 
the  project  has  been  dubbed,  "Soar- 
ing to  New  Heights"  because  the  re- 
sult will  add  approximately  450  feet 
to  the  tower.  To  achieve  this,  the 
tower  must  relocate  from  White  Oak 
Mountain  to  the  Signal  Mountain 
area.  The  cost  of  such  a  move  is  esti- 
mated at  $179,000. 

Readers  who  would  like  more  infor- 
mation about  WSMC,  its  tower  proj- 
ect, and  the  current  efforts  to  be- 
friend the  unconverted  secular  mind, 
may  write: 

Soaring  to  New  Heights 

FM90.5  WSMC 

RO.  Box  870 

Collegedale,  TN  37315 


At  a  festive  reception  for  tfie  $179,000  tower  relocation  project  179  balloons  were  launctied 
and  WSMC  named  a  capital  campaign  chiairman.  Pictured  from  left:  Ctiattanooga  Commis- 
sioner Pat  Rose:  WSIi/IC  General  Manager  Doug  Walter;  WSMC  board  member  Steve  Eady: 
Campaign  Ctiairman  Z.  Cartter  Patten  III;  and  Commissioner  John  Franklin. 


Gerald  D.  Peel  is  the  program  director 
for  FM90.5  WSMC. 


10  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


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I  -^H*  Proposed  - 


Addition  Planned  for  Churcli  on  Campus 


A  $3  million  expansion  project 
that  will  enlarge  the  Col- 
legedale  Church  of  SDA  by  40,000 
squEire  feet  and  provide  a  new  youth 
center,  fellowship  areas,  offices,  semi- 
nar rooms,  and  additional  parking 
has  been  approved  by  its  members. 

Building  will  not  start  until  more 
than  half  the  cash  needed  is  in  hand, 
according  to  Dr.  Gordon  Bietz,  church 
pastor.  A  156-week  "Arise  and  Build" 
stewardship  program  has  just  begun, 
with  a  theme  of  "Not  equal  giving 
.  .  .  but  equal  sacrifice." 

Church  members  have  discussed 
the  idea  for  years  and  have  identified 
certain  needs.  Among  them  are:  the 
desire  to  bring  Sabbath  School  divi- 
sions into  the  church  structure,  re- 
lieve congestion  in  the  foyer  and 
stairwells,  increase  office  space,  pro- 
yide  additional  restrooms,  add  a  fel- 
lowship hall,  and  improve  poor- 
weather  access. 

Some  $1.4  million  is  anticipated 
from  sources  outside  the  Collegedale 
Church  (Georgia-Cumberland  Con- 
ference, Southern  Union,  etc.)  leav- 
ing $1.6  million  to  be  raised  by  the 
church.  According  to  Chick  Fleming, 
chairman  of  the  building  committee 
and  business  manager  emeritus  of 
the  college,  "A  church  should  be  able 
to  raise  in  three  years  an  amount 
equal  to  one  year's  tithe.  Our  tithe 
last  year  was  $1.9  million." 

According  to  Mr  Fleming,  when  a 
church  expands,  tithe,  membership, 
and  involvement  increase.  Said  Pas- 
tor Bietz,  "Reflecting  on  our 
stewardship,  we  need  a  stewardship 
project  for  our  own  spiritual  benefit 
whether  we  build  the  addition  or 
not." 

Addressing  financial  concerns,  Mr. 
Fleming  related  the  church  to  the 
tabernacle  built  by  the  children  of 
Israel  and  commented,  "If  we're  a 
church-related  school  it  would  be 
nice  if  the  church  were  the  nicest 
building  on  campus." 

Costs  for  the  addition  to  the  23- 


year-old  church  are  projected  to  not 
exceed  $60  per  square  foot.  The 
church  building  committee  pre- 
sented general  plans  to  the  church 
board  in  February.  A  church  business 


meeting  held  March  28  gained  ap- 
proval for  the  general  concept  with 
a  vote  of  190  to  43.  June  25  was  pro- 
jected as  Victory  Sabbath  for  commit- 
ments. H 


The  Spanish-American  Church  a:  an  earlier  stage. 

Second  Campus  Church  Almost  Ready 

As  the  Collegedale  Church  begins  a  building  project,  the  Collegedale  Spanish- 
American  Church  on  the  same  campus  is  nearing  the  completion  of  its  own. 

Located  on  the  west  side  of  Industrial  Drive,  behind  Herin  Hall,  the  new 
church  is  a  long-time  dream  of  Pastor  Ivan  Ruiz.  Ground  was  broken  in  May 
1985.  Since  that  day  work  has  progressed  only  as  money  has  come  in,  so  the 
church  should  be  debt-free  when  completed.  Some  $70,000  is  still  needed  to 
complete  the  interior  and  provide  furnishings,  piano,  etc. 

More  than  $50,000  in  construction  labor  has  been  donated,  and  contractors 
have  sold  supplies  at  cost  and  worked  at  heavily  discounted  prices.  Though 
church  membership  is  between  80  and  100,  the  new  church  will  seat  about  250. 
Translation  will  be  provided  by  broadcast  via  headphones. 

Members  currently  attend  church  at  the  Collegedale  Academy  auditorium. 
The  Southern  College  student  body  includes  about  70  Hispanics,  some  of  whom 
prefer  to  worship  with  Spanish-speaking  church  members  in  the  area.  Students 
enrolled  in  Spanish  classes  also  can  take  advantage  of  participating  in  the 
Spanish-American  Church. 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  II 


■  Twelve  advanced 
photography  students 
recently  captured  much  of 
campus  life  on  black  and 
white  film. 

Their  teacher,  Billy 
Weeks,  is  a  photographer 
for  the  Chattanooga  Times. 

A  majority  of  the  pictures 
here  are  selected  from  the 
results  of  their  24-hour 
assignment  on  April  21. 


12  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


TO  KNOW  AND  LOVE  HIM 


Identification: 

Steve  Lake  studying  in  thie  library. 

Anissa  Housley  practicing  the  cello,  witt)  Shadow. 

Laura  Lewis  photographing  Laura  Lewis. 

Barry  Daventx)rg  missing  the  ball. 

Hershel  Sims,  50-year  veteran  at  Supreme  Broom, 
working  for  the  joy  of  it 

Laura  Putnam,  Richard  Moody,  and  Kim  Robertson 
in  front  of  Talge  Hall. 

Ted  Huskins  awaiting  his  laundry. 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  13 


in  the  Life  of  Southern 


Identification: 

Dr.  Jack  Blanco  giving  a  friendly  greeting. 

Keith  Krause  concentrating  on  Strawberry 
Festival. 

Mike  Fulbright  enjoying  friends. 

Debbie  Crane  in  nursing  lab. 


14  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


A  REVELATION  SEMINAR  was 

conducted  by  students  Bob  Joseph 
and  Robin  Jester  this  spring.  Other 
classmates  helped  with  organiza- 
tional duties.  The  theology  seniors 
held  their  meetings  in  the  Chat- 
tanooga suburb  of  Red  Bank.  Timed 
to  coincide  with  numerous  seminars 
coordinated  by  the  Greater  Chat- 
tanooga Evangelistic  Council,  the 
students  began  the  series  with  19 
non-Adventists.  "We  loved  doing  it," 
says  Robin  Jester.  "The  seminars 
were  the  most  valuable  thing  I've 
done.  There's  nothing  that  beats 
hands-on  experience." 

THREE  GRADUATE  PRO- 
GRAMS are  in  the  conceptual  stage, 
prompted  in  part  by  the  prospect  of 
Tennessee's  requiring  a  fifth  year  for 
teachers  and  certified  public  account- 
ants. Areas  being  considered  are  ac- 
countancy, education,  and  jour- 
nalism. The  Board  of  Trustees  has 
authorized  negotiation  with  the 
Southern  Association  of  Colleges 
and  Schools.  Once  negotiation  be- 
gins, a  year's  study  of  staffing,  cur- 
riculum, library,  etc.,  must  precede 
approval. 

THE  EARLY  MUSIC  FESTIVAL 

held  June  5  to  10  attracted  about  50 
pip)e  organ  and  string  enthusiasts  to 
the  campus.  Organist  Harald  Vogel 
and  violinist  Thomas  Albert,  both 
from  West  Germany,  conducted  daily 
masterclasses  and  presented  con- 
certs each  evening.  The  workshop 
also  included  improvisation  in  the 
style  of  the  17th  century  and  sessions 
on  the  harpsichord  and  clavichord. 
Judy  Glass,  associate  professor  and 
organist,  coordinated  the  festival. 

A  CAST  OF  50  presented  the  musi- 
cal "Annie"  under  the  direction  of  Dr. 
Marvin  Robertson,  chairman  of  the 
music  department,  and  Dr.  Don  Dick, 
professor  of  communication,  on  two 
April  evenings.  The  two-hour  produc- 
tion "depicts  America's  mood  in  the 
early  19308"  according  to  Robertson, 
and  "shows  how  one  person  with  a 
buoyant  outlook  can  change  people." 
The  16-member  orchestral  group  par- 
ticipating was  directed  by  Orjo  Gil- 
bert, professor  of  music. 

GYM-MASTERS,    Southern's    30- 


member  gymnastic  team,  capped  the 
year  with  their  annual  home  show 
soon  after  returning  from  a  tour  to 
Mississippi  and  Florida.  They  also 
entertained  some  600  prospective 
students  visiting  the  campus  for  Col- 
lege Days  '88  in  April. 

COST  CONTAINMENT  KEEPS 
TUITION  LOW  at  Southern— low- 
est among  SDA  union-operated  col- 
leges in  North  America.  Trustees 
have  pegged  tuition  for  the  coming 
school  year  at  $5,800,  or  $800  below 
the  national  SDA  average.  Five  col- 
leges will  be  charging  $7,000  or  more 
for  a  full  load  of  classwork,  according 
to  Ken  Spears,  senior  vice  president 
for  finance.  "By  focusing  on  effi- 
ciency, we  are  determined  to  keep  ex- 
penses down  while  reinforcing  qual- 
ity," he  said.  A  strong  work  program 
and  a  growing  scholarship  endow- 
ment make  it  possible  for  students 
to  attend  who  cannot  afford  the  full 
"sticker  price."  Meanwhile,  philan- 
thropic   funding    of   new    endowed 


chairs  and  instructional  equipment 
helps  protect  academic  quality. 

THIRTEEN  ORGAN  CONCERTS 

will  be  aired  by  National  Public 
Radio  beginning  in  January,  thanks 
to  an  Atlanta  businessman  and 
board  member.  Digital  tapes  in  the 
E.  A.  Anderson  International  Organ 
Series,  produced  by  WSMC  on  cam- 
pus, will  be  uplinked  from  Atlanta 
to  satellite  for  the  use  of  more  than 
350  NPR  stations.  Mr.  Anderson 
funded  costs  of  production  and  satel- 
lite time.  Producer  is  Gerald  Peel 
and  narrator  is  Tom  Glander. 

IRELAND  AND  ITALY,  TRUK 
AND  THAILAND  are  destinations 
for  some  of  the  twenty  Student  Mis- 
sionaries taking  time  out  from  their 
studies  for  overseas  service.  Though 
several  left  the  U.S.  in  June,  most 
depart  on  August  11  for  teaching  as- 
signments in  the  Far  East.  An  addi- 
tional four  students  have  volun- 
teered for  Taskforce  service  at 
academies  in  the  U.S. 


Vegetarian  Gourmet  Olympics  Held 

Three  students  from  each  academy  were  eligible  to  compete  in  the  Vegetarian  Gourmet 
Olympics  1988  conducted  by  the  Home  Economics  Department  at  the  time  ol  College  Days. 
Participation  involved  preparation  of  a  complete  meal  in  the  foods  laboratory  at  Summerour 
Hall.  Winners  ol  the  gold  medallion,  plus  $100  to  tx  shared  among  the  students  and  their 
sponsor,  were  the  team  from  Georgia-Cumberland  Academy  Calhoun,  Ga.  On  the  team 
were  Liz  Theus,  Alan  Connelly  and  Cathy  Connelly  sponsored  by  Chana  Kostenko.  The 
silver  winners,  sharing  $50,  represented  Pine  Forest  Academy  in  Chunky  Miss.  These  winners 
were  Rhoda  Davis,  Julie  Marlow,  and  Robin  Sullender,  sponsored  by  Hazel  Mishleau. 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  15 


SOUTHERN  PEOPLE 


Gepford 


Bledsoe 


Minnick 


New  SA  Officers  Chosen 

Mark  Waldrop,  editor  of  the  1988  Southern 
Memories,  has  been  elected  as  Student  Association  pres- 
ident for  the  1988-89  school  year.  He  is  a  junior  long-term 
health  care  major  from  Augusta,  Ga.  Other  officers 
elected  include:  Steve  Kreitner,  executive  vice  presi- 
dent, junior  history,  Wellsboro,  Pa.;  and  Young-Mi 
Kwon,  social  vice  president,  senior  music,  Winnipeg, 
Man. 

In  addition,  SA  appointees  are:  Holly  Holweger,  sec- 
retary, senior  business,  Chatsworth,  Ga.;  Greg  Willett, 
treasurer,  senior  accounting,  Kettering,  Ohio;  Ann 
Owen,  public  relations,  sophomore  elementary  educa- 
tion, Holly  Springs,  N.C.;  and  Jim  Jordan,  parliamen- 
tarian, junior  business,  Miami,  Fla. 

Publications  editors  for  the  new  year  are:  Kevin 
Waite,  Southern  Accent,  senior  communication,  Col- 
legedale;  Kevin  Gepford,  Southern  Memories,  senior 
business,  Hinsdale,  111.;  and  Gavin  Bledsoe,  Joker, 
senior  history,  Collegedale.  Strawberry  Festival,  a  multi- 
media wrap-up  of  campus  life,  will  be  produced  under 
the  direction  of  Randy  Minnick,  senior  communica- 
tion, Oglethorpe,  Ga. 


■  After  24  years  in  student 
finance  and  aid.  Laurel 
Wells'  responsibilities  are 
being  eased  due  to  her 
health.  Ken  Norton  is 
joining  the  faculty  as 
director  of  student  finance. 
He  has  most  recently  served 
as  principal  of  Far  Eastern 
Academy  in  Singapore.  He 
and  his  wife,  Sherrie 
(Watkins),  have  a  married 
daughter  and  a  son. 

■  Dale  Walters,  '80,  is 
returning  to  his  alma  mater 
as  an  assistant  professor  in 
the  Department  of 
Technology.  He  comes  from 
Great  Lakes  Adventist 
Academy  in  Cedar  Lake, 
Mich.,  where  he  headed  the 
auto  mechanics  and  auto 
body  program  for  six  years. 
He  holds  an  M.A.  from  East 
Tennessee  State  University. 
He  will  be  teaching  in  the 
automotive  and  metals 
areas  and  assisting  in  the 
auto  body  certificate 
program.  He  and  his  wife, 
Lezlee  (Caine),  '81,  have 
two  children. 

■  Bradley  Hyde,  '71,  will 
be  chairing  the  computer 
science  department.  For  the 
past  ten  years  he  has  been 
with  Intel  Corporation.  He 
has  also  worked  in 
applications  marketing, 
training,  and  software 
engineering.  His  experience 
includes  two  and  a  half 
years  in  educational 
computing  at  Pacific  Union 
College,  and  a  year  as  a 
volunteer  teacher  at 
Pakistan  Adventist 
Seminary.  While  studying 
at  Southern  he  served  as 
chief  engineer  for  WSMC- 
FM.  He,  his  wife,  Sylvia 
(Dunn),  '72,  and  their  two 
children  are  moving  from 
Yamhill,  Ore. 

■  A  new  assistant  dean  of 
men,  Donald  K.  Mathis,  is 

joining  the  Talge  Hall  staff". 
Mr.  Mathis  had  been  on  the 
faculty  of  Fletcher  Academy 
in  North  Carolina  since 
1980,  most  recently  as  vice 
principal  and  work 
coordinator.  A  graduate  of 
Andrews  University  and 


three-year  member  of  the 
Andrews  Gymnics,  his 
majors  were  physical 
education  and  industrial 
arts.  His  wife,  June 
(Powell),  also  a  physical 
education  graduate,  will  be 
teaching  physical  education 
classes  this  year. 

■  Dennis  Pettibone  is 

joining  the  Department  of 
History.  Since  1980  Dr. 
Pettibone  has  been  at  the 
Aurora  (Colorado)  center  of 
Columbia  College.  He  also 
has  taught  at  Atlantic 
Union  College  and  on  the 
elementary  and  secondary 
levels.  His  writing  includes 
an  article  about  Savonarola 
which  won  first  place  in 
Liberty  magazine's  narrativi 
contest  and  is  tentatively 
scheduled  for  publication 
next  January.  He  and  his 
wife,  Carol  Jean  (Nelson), 
have  two  daughters,  Lori, 
16,  and  Teresa,  12. 

■  Replacing  Carol  Loree, 

'85,  as  a  recruitment 
adviser,  will  be  Douglas  K 
Martin,  '75.  He  has  been 
pastoring  the  Albemarle 
and  Concord  churches  in 
the  Carolina  Conference, 
and  previously  taught  at 
Spring  Valley  Academy  in 
Ohio,  and  in  Indonesia.  He 
and  his  wife,  Jeri,  have  fou 
children. 


■  Mike  Carrothers,  '88, 
from  Durham,  N.C.;  Brian 
Craig,  senior  from  Dunlap. 
Tenn.;  Ruth  Gififord, 

sophomore  from 
Massachusetts;  and  Laurie 
Malmstrom,  '88,  from 
Homosassa,  Fla., 
established  records  at  the 
1988  Cookie  Byrd  Swim 
Meet.  Races  held  were  100 
yard  (1:00),  quarter  mile 
(5:20),  and  mile  (24:15). 
Cookie  Byrd  of  Savannah, 
member  of  the  Committee 
of  100  for  SMC,  Inc., 
provided  $2,400  incentive 
money  for  the  meet  and 
record  boards  for  the  pool 
area.  Students  participatiu 
in  future  annual  meets  ms 
qualify  for  $500  when 
setting  new  records. 


16  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


SOUTHERN  PEOPLE 


Five  Pairs  of  Twins  on  Campus 

Twins  or  clones?  During  the  1987-88  school  year,  five  pairs  of 
twins  attended  Southern  College.  They  were:  Desiand  Lisa  House 
(pictured),  sisters  from  Killeen,  Texas;  Cheryl  (Good)  Rada  and 
Sherie  Good  from  Stanley,  Va.;  Kim  and  Kelli  Newball  from  Glen 
Arm,  Md.:  Sherry  and  Terry  Crumbly  sisters  from  St.  Petersburg, 
Fla.;  and  Michael  and  Michelle  Wing,  from  Hendersonville,  Tenn. 
The  latter  two  also  had  an  older  brother,  Billy,  enrolled  as  a  junior 

If  you're  counting.  This  is  a  record  as  far  as  I  know,"  says 
Sharon  Engel,  dean  of  women.  Nine  of  the  ten  resided  in  Thatcher 
Half 


M  Chosen  as  Adviser  of  the 
Year,  biology  professor 
Steve  Nyirady  was 
recognized  during  the 
annual  spring  awards 
assembly.  Students  and 
peers  made  recom- 
mendations for  this 
recognition.  "Dr.  Nyirady 
gave  liberally  of  his  time  to 
advise  not  only  his  own 
advisees  but  also  Dr. 
Woolsey's  for  the  first 
semester,  as  she  was  still  at 
Loma  Linda  University 
finishing  her  doctorate," 
noted  Mary  Elam, 
coordinator  of  advisement. 
Dr  Evonne  Richards, 
assistant  professor  of  office 
administration,  was 
similarly  recognized  last 


designated  the  FSU  physics 
department  as  a  regional 
site  for  undergraduate 
research. 

■  Wilma  McClarty, 

professor  of  English,  was  a 
participant  in  the  first 
seminar  to  be  held  by  The 
Institute  for  Christian 
College  Teaching.  The  ICCT, 
sponsored  jointly  by  the 
Seventh-day  Adventist 
Church's  Department  of 
Education  -and  Union 
College,  was  established 
through  a  lay  person's 
generosity.  The  June  14  to 
30  seminar  examined  world 
views  and  their  implication 
for  Seventh-day  Adventist 
educators,  then  focused  on 
the  integration  of  faith  and 
learning  in  general 
academic  areas. 


year.  Academic  advisement 
is  an  important  part  of  the 
educational  process  at 
Southern.  Students  are 
assigned  a  faculty  adviser 
who  can  guide  them  in  their 
course  selection,  provide 
them  with  information  on 
student  services,  and  visit 
with  them  throughout  the 
year 

■  Chris  Hansen,  senior 
physics  major  from  Clark, 
Mo.,  is  recipient  of  a 
summer  Junior  Fellowship 
Award  in  undergraduate 
research  at  Florida  State 
University  in  Tallahassee. 
The  program  is  funded  by 
the  National  Science 
Foundation,  which 


■  Ray  Hefferlin,  professor 
of  physics,  has  completed  a 
book  on  the  rapidly  growing 
field  of  periodicity  in 
molecular  data.  It  describes 
the  work  of  Southern's 
physics  department,  and  of 
scientists  in  America  and 
three  other  countries.  One 
chapter  is  contributed  by  a 
mathematician  from  the 
Soviet  Union;  one  by  a 
chemist  from  the  People's 
Republic  of  China;  one  by 
an  engineer  who  did  his 
work  on  the  philosophy  of 
engineering  in  the  Soviet 
Union;  and  the  rest  of  the 
book  is  written  by  Dr. 
Hefferlin.  The  work  of 
students  at  Southern  and 
at  three  other  campuses  is 
represented.  Publisher  is 
Edwin  Mellen  Press. 


Wilma  McClarty 


Ray  Hefferlin 


SOUTHERN  COLUMNS  •  17 


Phonathon  Helps 
Toward  Goals 

This  year's  BECA  (Business 
Executives'  Challenge  to 
Alumni)  fund  drive  was  scheduled  to 
close  June  30,  with  the  phonathon 
segment  concluding  about  June  15. 

According  to  Dean  Kinsey,  as- 
sociate vice  president  for  alumni,  the 
phonathon  is  important  to  the  col- 
lege for  at  least  two  reasons:  (1)  It 
gives  the  college  the  opportunity  to 
meike  a  personal  contact  with  many 
of  its  alumni.  Out  of  that  contact, 
questions  about  the  college  are 
answered  and  the  college  gets  infor- 
mation for  Southern  Columns, 
and  (2)  it  gives  alumni  the  opportu- 
nity to  make  an  on-the-spot  pledge 
of  support  to  their  alma  mater. 

"In  the  main,  these  contacts  are 
very  pleasant,"  says  Kinsey,  "be- 
cause we  really  are  interested  in  our 
alumni  as  people.  Sometimes  it's 
easy  to  think  that  the  college  only 
wants  a  donation,  but  that  is  just  not 
the  case.  We  want  our  alumni  to 
know  about  their  college  and  to  sup- 
port it  because  of  that  knowledge." 

Southern  has  reached  its  ever-in- 
creasing BECA  goal  each  year,  and 
a  good  measure  of  that  support  has 
been  generated  by  the  phonathon. 

The  BECA  program  has  benefited 
Adventist  colleges  since  1980,  and 
especially  Southern.  Dean  believes 
that  Southern's  alumni  have  re- 
sponded well  to  the  challenges  given 
to  them  through  the  BECA  program. 
In  1979-80,  the  base  year,  alumni  of 
Southern  gave  $25,760.  Last  year 
they  gave  $177,400  in  the  BECA  pro- 
gram. Last  year's  percentage  of 
alumni  giving  to  Southern  had  risen 
to  36  percent  versus  an  initial  6  per- 
cent. This  year  marks  the  last  year 
of  this  BECA  sequence. 

"Southern's  strategy  will  be  to  con- 
tinue to  solicit  alumni  financial  sup- 
port for  the  college.  In  fund-raising 
circles,  the  number  of  alumni  con- 
tributors is  often  as  important  to  get- 
ting a  large  donation  as  is  the  num- 
ber of  dollars  alumni  donate.  That  is 
why  many  small  contributions  in  the 
$5  to  $50  range  are  important.  A 
m5rth  that  BECA  has  helped  us  dis- 
pel is  that  small  donations  don't 
count.  The  truth  of  the  matter  is  that 
they  are  very  important  and  ap- 
preciated," said  Kinsey.  ■ 


Alumni-faculty  Mary  Elam,  Helen  Durichek,  Floyd  Greenleaf,  and  Dean  Kinsey  recall  their 
ctiapel  seating  in  LWH. 

Lynn  Wood  Hall  Renewal  Under  Way 


Lynn  Wood  Hall  renovation  is  pro- 
ceeding on  schedule  according  to 
Helen  Durichek,  '58,  assistant  vice 
president  of  finance  and  chair  of  the 
committee  managing  this  project. 

Initial  plans  called  for  restoration 
of  the  original  administration  build- 
ing in  at  least  three  phases.  The  first 
phase  included  a  new  roof,  replace- 
ment of  siding  where  necessary,  in- 
stallation of  new,  weather-tight  win- 
dows, and  renewal  of  main  floor  and 
chapel  interiors.  The  other  two  floors 
will  become  phases  two  and  three  as 
funds  materialize. 

In  a  recent  interview,  Helen  indi- 
cated that  all  of  the  exterior  work 
scheduled  has  been  completed:  roof, 
siding,  and  windows.  The  inside 
work  is  continuing  at  the  planned 
pace.  New  insulation  has  been  in- 
stalled on  the  main  and  top  floors, 
and  the  new  heating/air  condition- 
ing system  is  operational.  Partitions 
are  in  place  and  wiring  is  nearly  com- 
pleted. Presently  the  sheetrock  is 
being  hung  and  finished.  The  hard- 
wood floor  in  the  foyer  is  being  laid 
and  the  chapel  floor  repaired. 

"The  original  $300,000  that  was 
raised  for  the  first  phase  of  the  reno- 
vation should  finish  the  floors,  ceil- 
ings, and  walls  of  the  main  floor. 
Other  interior  work  is  needed  to 
make  the  building  usable,  but  we  are 
short  of  funding  for  these  projects," 
Helen  declared.  "They  include  refur- 
bishing the  restrooms,  finishing  the 
chapel  stage  with  curtains,  lights, 
and  sound  system.  Meeting  room  fur- 
nishings were  not  included  in  the 
original  estimate,  and  our  chapel 
seating  plan  has  been  revised  also. 
Preliminary  plans  called  for  refur- 
bished old-style  seating  at  about  $10 
per  seat.  However  we  discovered  that 
type  is  not  only  impractical,  but  al- 
most impossible  to  procure.  And  be- 
cause of  the  sloping  floor,  folding 
seats  cannot  be  used.  So  one  of  our 
most  urgent  needs  is  for  donations 


to  provide  the  seating — about 
$35,000.  If  we  have  the  seats  in 
stalled  by  Homecoming  '88,  we  mus( 
place  the  order  soon." 

Renovations  of  the  building's  soutt 
endure  creating  space  for  a  Southern 
College  museum  while  north  end 
rooms  are  designed  for  workshops 
seminars,  and  classes  not  in  the  reg 
ular  college  schedule.  ■ 

Alumni  Directory 
Is  Planned 

In  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Alumn: 
Executive  Committee,  the  group 
voted  to  sign  a  contract  with  the  Har 
ris  Company  to  print  an  alumni  di 
rectory.  Southern's  administrativj 
council  gave  its  approval  soon  after 

The  Harris  Company  is  a  nation 
ally  known  publisher  of  directories 
Its  staff  promise  total  confidentiality 
for  the  college's  alumni  lists,  an( 
have  explained  to  the  college  thei 
system  of  ensuring  its  integrity.  Ac 
cording  to  one  company  executivt 
Harris  can  tell  immediately  if  somt 
one  in  an  organization  is  using  th 
directory  inappropriately  to  contac 
alumni,  and  will  take  court  action  t 
stop  it,  if  necessary,  since  the  boo 
is  copjTighted. 

According  to  the  productio 
schedule,  the  book  will  be  ready  fo 
distribution  in  the  fall  of  1989.  In  th 
meantime,  each  alumnus  on  the  co 
lege  database  will  receive  a  questioi 
naire  from  the  Harris  Company.  Thi 
is  scheduled  for  December  1988.  I 
the  late  spring,  1989,  the  compan 
will  contact  alumni  by  phone  to  u 
date  and  verify  information. 

The  production  of  the  directoi 
does  not  cost  the  college  or  tl 
Alumni  Association  anything,  h\ 
the  Harris  Company  recovers  its  co 
and  makes  its  profit  from  the  sale 
the  directory  to  alumni  choosing 
purchase  it.  I 


18  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


^lums  Invited 
Home  October  28 


f  you  miss  Homecoming  '88,  you'll 
be  missing  one  of  the  great  mo- 
lents  of  your  life,"  according  to  Jan 
ushing,  '58,  Southern  College 
lumni  Association  president. 
"Your  executive  committee  has 
sen  working  since  December  1987 
I  assure  that  this  year's  homecom- 
ig  weekend  will  be  one  of  the  best 

2t." 

The  annual  event  is  scheduled  to 
Kcially  begin  on  Friday,  October 
3,  £ind  end  about  noon  on  Sunday, 
ccording  to  Dean  Kinsey,  '56, 
lumni  director,  it  will  highlight 
mnions  of  graduates  whose  year 
as  an  "eight"— '78,  '68,  '58,  '48,  '38, 
nd  '28  plus  reunions  of  the  25-year 
ass — '63  and  5-year  class — '83.  Fol- 
iwing  the  practice  begun  with  last 
jar's  broom  factory  reunion,  this 
iar  will  feature  three  special  reun- 
ins — former  student  employees  of 
(cKee  bakery,  Nicaragua  Mission 
reject  participants,  and  former 
"chestra  members.  The  reunion 
•chestra  will  be  an  important  part 
the  Sabbath  morning  worship 
irvice. 

"We  are  not  only  trying  to  create 
lore  exciting  reunions,  but  we  are 
Iso  trying  to  solve  some  problems 
•eated  by  the  tremendous  response 
I  Alumni  Weekend,"  says  Jan.  "We 
re  adopting  a  new  plan  which  we 
Dpe  will  resolve  the  crowded  situa- 
on  at  Sabbath  dinner.  We  also  plan 
t  have  specific  times  and  places  for 
Dnor  classes  to  get  together  and  a 
notographer  to  take  pictures  at 
lose  times." 

Executive  Committee  member 
'ayne  Barto  chairs  the  committee 
lanning  the  McKee  Baking  Com- 
iny  reunion,  John  Durichek  is  co- 
■dinating  the  Nicaragua  reunion, 
id  Orlo  Gilbert  is  organizing  the 
•chestra  reunion. 

Many  of  the  popular  regular  fea- 
ires  of  Homecoming  will  be  con- 
nued.  These  include,  but  are  not 
mited  to:  mini-courses  for  CEU 
•edit  on  Friday  afternoon,  the 
lumni  basketball  game,  the  South- 
-n  Shuffle,  the  honor  class  break- 
i8t,  the  So-Ju-Conian  reunion,  and 
18  vespers/business  meeting. 
I  According  to  Dean,  more  detailed 
iiformation  will  appear  in  the  next 
i«ue  of  Columns  and  a  pre-regis- 
•ation  form  will  be  used  to  reserve 
ckets  and  space  for  weekend 
Kents.  ■ 


'Missing'  Alumni  in  Honor  Classes 

The  Alumni  Office  is  updating  fionor  ciass  information  for  Homecoming  '88. 

If  you  are  on  this  "missing"  list,  it  is  because  the  Alumni  Office  has  no  current 
address  for  you,  though  you  may  be  receiving  this  magazine  on  the  basis  of  living  in 
the  Southern  Union. 

If  you  have  addresses,  phone  numbers,  or  other  helpful  information  concerning 
yourself  or  someone  else  on  this  list,  please  write:  Alumni  Office,  Southern  College. 
Collegedale,  TN  37315-0370. 


Class  of  1928 

All  accounted  for 

Class  of  1938 

Lester,  Vesta 
Morphew,  Raymond  L. 
Ruskjer,  Violet 
Westbrook,  Pauline 

Class  of  1948 

Black,  Elmer  Lee 
Coble,  Wendell  Lloyd 
Linderman,  James  Thomas 
Lysek,  Theodore  Michael 
Wilson,  John  Allen 

Class  of  1958 

Andrade,  Helen 
Belz,  Richard  J. 
Bushnell,  Vinson  Clair 
Collins,  Bob  L. 
Haight,  Sally  Daugherty 
Harden,  Ella  Hyde 
Higdon,  Gwen 
Johnson,  Anne  Boothe 
Noel,  Yvonne 
Paston,  Anne  Shroyer 
Pierce,  Elmer  Dean 
Roberts,  Jeanette  Hostetl 
Roberts,  Myrna  Lou 
Thompson,  Georgianna 
Williams,  Fred 

Class  of  1963 

Beale,  James  Rupert 
Begley,  Charles  Thomas 
Berger,  Fred  Howard 
Caswell,  Edward  Joseph 
Cooper,  Jo  Ann  Miller 
Darnell,  Edwina  Jenkins 
Farmer,  Donald  Clay 
Fillman,  L.  Noel 
Fristad,  lla  Mae 
Heckle,  Andrew  Hamilton 
Noyes,  Carol  Smith 
Pendleton,  Richard 
Phillips,  Judy  Henderson 
Stnjkoff,  Robert 
Swanson.  Edward  Alfred 
Ulloth,  Dana  Royal 
Weiss,  Josef  G. 
Wilkinson,  Carolyn  Jeanet 
Williams,  Jon  E. 
Winkler,  Jo  Ann 

Class  of  1968 

Ahl,  Ernest  T. 

Baker,  Carol  Janette 

Comp,  Byron 

Dennis,  Edward  Lamar 

Herbert,  Cheryl  Petty 

Herbert,  Loren  Paul 

Hermann,  Arlene  Mortone 


Hickok,  Walter  Ernest 
Keiser,  George  Allen 
Krueger,  Jeannette  Faye 
Kuna,  Barbara  Byrd 
Landers,  Elizabeth  M. 
Lewis,  Freda  Ruth 
Medford,  Lucy  Rascon 
Moore,  Parlia  Archie 
Morrow,  Jacquelyn  Dardeau 
Mui,  Paul  Ting-Kai 
Parks,  Suzanne  Wintter 
Penz,  Suzan 
Piland,  Sylvia  Kallam 
Player,  Mary  Patricia 
Reiber,  Ramona  Kathleen 
Robinson,  John  Edgar 
Roscoe,  Sharon  Elaine 
Sherrill,  Barbara  T 
Sivley,  Harriet  Elizabeth 
Smith,  Nancy  Strang 
Stark,  Vivian  Lawton 
Stephens,  Ronald  Dale 
Straley,  Anita  Faye 
Thrall,  Catherine 
Torres,  Ramon  L. 
Villarreal,  Estela 
Wiik,  Alfred  Dewain 
Woods,  James  Dean 

Class  of  1978 

Ashlock,  Richard  Mark 
Bahr,  Petra  Maria 
Barrett,  Alfred  P 
Baskin,  Sheila  Frances 
Benwell,  Deirdre  Ann 
Benwell,  Ginette  Hcizel 
Bergherm,  Bnjce  Allen 
Bullington,  Rose  Marie 
Canther,  Dennis  Alan 
Canther,  Kristi 
Chase,  Timothy  Vernon 
Clapp,  Lloyd  Wayne 
Cox,  Burton  Dale 
Crews,  Patrick  R. 
Dalupan,  Elizabeth  Vallejo 
Davidson,  Tommy  Lee 
Day,  Randy  Leiand 
Deer,  Bonnie  Rapert 
Dickerson,  Belinda  Delashm 
Driscoll,  Victoria  Lynn 
Parson,  Rebecca  Jo 
Foote,  William  Dean 
Garibaldi,  Beth  Kunsman 
Garrison,  Jay  Arthur 
Groves,  Daniel  Stephen 
Gustavsen,  G.  Laila 
Gustavsen,  Solveig  Furulund 
Hickman.  David  Eugene 
Hild,  Pamela  J.  Stott 
Hood,  John  Richard 
Hunt,  Harold  Richard 
Kirby,  Deborah  Boyer 
Linsley,  Becky  Minder 
Linsley,  H.  Edward 
Martin,  Terril  Huff 
McMillan,  Robert  Lee 


Moore,  Brian  Dennis 
Nafie,  April  Everts 
Page,  Deborah  Lynne 
Rahming,  Diane  Bennett  Bartley 
Rub,  Laurel  S.  Schremp 
Sarokas,  Pattie  Stein 
Shaw,  Kimberly  Vogel 
Shaw,  Stephen  Franklin 
Smith,  Dawn  Rice 
Stover,  Wendell  Adam 
Swatzell,  Susan  Lafave 
Sweeney,  James  Albert 
Vanderlaan,  Theodore  Curti 
Weise,  Lois  Evelyn 
Williams,  Barbara  Rae 
Wingo,  Terri  Laverne 
Woodruff,  Cheryl  Johnson 
Worthen,  Thomas  Franklin 

Class  of  1983 

Battle,  Deborah  Kay  Hevener 
Brooks,  Marta  L. 
Brown,  Candace  Nutt 
Buresh,  Edith  Mclntyre 
Carbaugh,  Cristal  Lynn 
Crews,  Paula  Irene 
Cross,  Brenda  Kay 
Davis,  Debbie  Waveney 
Dowell,  Michael  Paul 
Edwards,  Richie  Lee 
Erhard,  Paul  Alan 
Ferris,  David  Smith 
Fisher,  Richard  G. 
Fitts,  Ann  Elizabeth 
Freeman,  Berneice  Ann 
Gold,  Bonnie  Sue 
Haerich,  Paul 
Hallock,  Rhonda  Louise 
Halman,  Juliana  Basham 
Isaak,  Mary  Katherine 
Jimenez,  Diana  Luz 
Kenney,  Pamela  Jo 
Kim,  Lisa 

Leskinen,  Vuokko  Heidi 
Mauch,  Cynthia  Ann 
McKinney,  Maria  Benway 
Mock,  Eric  Leiand 
Monteith,  Mark  Kevon 
Monteith,  Sandra  Allison 
Orinda,  Meshack 
Pleasants,  Vicki  Maureen 
Price,  Melissa  Lynn 
Roman,  Frank  Glenn 
Smith,  Theodore  Glenn 
Steiner,  Martin  Wallace 
Styron,  Byron  K. 
Thomas,  Torri  D. 
Tourinan,  Rocio  Del 
Turner,  Andrea 
Turner,  John  Larry 
Uzelac,  Helen  Kata 
Walker,  Tanya  Lee 
Weidemann,  Faith  Anne 
Wentland,  Nancy  Renee 
Wuftke,  Teresa  Marlene 
Wyckoff,  Michael  Maurice 

SOUTHERN  COLUIVINS  •  19 


Those  Who  Walked  These  Halls 


Compiled  by 

Ann  Owen  and  Ingrid  Skantz 


1900's 


Ross  Williams,  now  94  years  old.  recalls  from  his 
home  in  Mansfield.  Mo.,  living  four  decades  ago  in 
GraysviMe  directly  across  the  street  from  the  early 
school  campus  there.  His  father.  George  A,  Williams, 
managed  the  Southern  Training  School  store,  and  Ross 
was  the  freight  hauler  and  delivery  boy.  He  also  at- 
tended church  school  there.  They  lived  in  Graysville 
from  late  1903  to  January  of  1909.  His  family  enter- 
tained General  Conference  presidents  G.  I.  Butler  and 
A.  G.  Daniells  in  their  home. 

In  1910  the  family  moved  back  to  Nebraska,  and 
there  in  Lincoln  as  lieutenant  governor  of  the  state 
Ross  Williams"  father  gave  away  the  bride  Rochelle 
Philmon,  al  her  mamage  to  Charlie  Kilgore.  As  he 
nears  the  century  mark.  Ross  Williams  thanks  his 
heavenly  Father  that  his  mind  has  stayed  bnght.  His 
first  wife  died  in  1985  on  their  68th  anniversary.  They 
raised  two  daughters  and  two  sons.  The  older  son  was 
killed  in  France  in  World  War  II.  He  married  again 
on  May  16.  1987,  and  describes  himself  as  "fiercely 
loyal  to  the  principles  and  truths  searched  out  by  the 
pioneers  of  the  SDA  Church  with  the  guidance  of  the 
God  of  heaven  through  His  special  messenger  Ellen 
White." 


1920's 


Eva  (Teed)  Beugnot,  "29.  and  her  husband.  Farris. 
live  in  Fellsmere.  Ra.  They  attend  the  Vero  Beach 
SDA  Church  and  are  enjoying  their  retirement. 

Ruth  (McMiller)  Gibson,  '24.  lives  with  her  hus- 
band, Fred,  in  Simi  Valley.  Calif.  They  are  both  re- 
tired now  and  have  spent  time  as  volunteers  in  Puerto 

Rico. 

Don  W.  Hunter,  '25,  lives  in  Riverside.  Calif. 


One  grandson  is  youth  director  for  the  Carolina  Con- 
ference, another  is  an  obstetrical  gynecologist  in 
Washington,  while  another  is  a  physician  in  Calhoun. 
Ga. 


1930's 


Mary  (Philmon)  Byers,  "34,  and  husband.  Doug- 
las, are  retired.  Mary  occupies  her  time  in  community 
service.  Their  daughter  had  twin  giris  in  December. 
and  they  went  to  Honolulu  to  help  out  with  the  babies. 
They  live  in  Riverside,  Calif. 

Alyce  Marie  Ivey,  '39,  of  Lansing,  Mich.,  retired 
last  year  after  worlting  for  the  Michigan  Conference. 
She  has  never  attended  alumni  homecoming  but  hopes 
to  attend  in  '89  (her  50lh). 


Carol  Randall 


M.  Silverstein 


Carol  C.  Randall,  '26  academy,  '32  SJC.  died 
March  2  at  the  age  of  80.  in  Aurora,  Colo.  His  career 
included  almost  30  years  of  teaching,  mostly  music, 
in  public  and  chureh  schools.  His  hobby  was  musicol- 
ogy  research.  He  retired  in  June  1970  after  teaching 
in  Aurora  for  15  years.  He  was  married  to  Myrtle 
Reinmuth  from  1936  until  her  death  in  1939.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  Eleanor  (Wliowell),  whom  he 
married  in  1955,  and  his  brother.  Winslow  B.  Ran- 
dall, "24  academy.  His  sister.  Marjorie  Randall  Sil- 
verstein, '30  academy.  *34  SJC.  died  m  1983  after 
30  years  of  teaching  church  school. 


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Greater  Orlando  Alumni  Meet 

Leading  ladies  of  the  Greater  Orlando  Alumni  Chapter  pictured  are:  Vicki  (Johnson) 
McDonald,  78,  new  chapter  president:  Leanne  Facundus.  '84;  Sandra  (Collier)  Kovalski.  62: 
and  Sylvia  (Fowler)  Marchant,  63,  outgoing  chapter  president.  With  them  are,  left.  Dean 
Kinsey,  SC  associate  VP  for  alumni:  center,  Jan  Rushing,  Alumni  Association  president:  and 
right,  Don  Sahly,  SC  president. 


1940's 


Jacob  L.  Atkins,  '49.  and  his  wife.  Beverly  (Hall). 

who  attended  SC,  are  living  in  Collegedale.  They 
have  been  working  for  two  years  in  a  reading  clinic 
helping  those  with  reading  problems. 

Evelyn  Britt,  '40,  has  retired  from  Loma  Linda 
University  as  associate  professor  in  speech  pathologv 
and  audiology  and  lives  in  Riverside.  Calif,  In  addi- 
tion, Evelyn  was  chairperson  of  the  department  and 
coordinator  of  the  master's  program  at  LLU. 

Alice  (Perkins)  Kimber,  '47.  attended  the  World 
University  and  Round  Table  Conference  in  Madras. 
India,  in  December.  Alice  had  the  privilege  of  visiting 
many  other  countnes  and  cities  along  the  way.  Among 
them  were  Japan.  China,  Taiwan,  and  many  cities  in 
India.  She  lives  in  Sanford.  Fla. 


1950's 


David  Bauer,  '56.  is  president  of  the  Hinsdale 

Hospital  Foundation  and  on  the  Chicago  chapter  board 
of  the  National  Society  of  Fund  Raising  Executives. 

J.  D.  Bledsoe,  "53.  has  composed  two  hymn  ar- 
rangements being  published  in  the  Church  Pianist 
Magazine.  The  first  appeared  in  May  1988.  Bledsoe 
is  coordinator  of  the  Forest  Lake  Academy  music 
department.  He  arranges  music  for  two  academy 
choirs  and  his  organ  and  piano  students.  He  also  uses 
many  of  his  arrangements  as  head  organist  at  the  Forest 
Lake  (Thurch,  He  completed  his  master's  degree  at 
Vanderbilt  University  and  has  also  pursued  graduate 
studies  at  the  University  of  Southern  California.  He 
and  his  wife,  Margaret  Jo  (Urick),  '50.  live  in  Al- 
tamonte  Spnngs.  Ra 

Helen  (Hoover)  Burtnett,  '52.  is  director  of  med- 
ical records  at  Parkview  Memonal  Hospital,  an  Ad- 
ventist  hospital  in  Brunswick,  Maine.  Her  husband, 
Frank,  '57,  is  materials  management  director. 

Carolyn  (Hoofard)  Cooper,  '58.  teaches  English 
at  the  high  school  in  Wagoner.  Okla.  Her  daughter, 
Kim.  just  graduated  there. 

Richard  Lee  HufT,  '52.  is  living  in  Berrien 
Spnngs.  Mich,,  and  employed  as  vice  president  and 
general  counsel  for  Andrews  University. 

Harry  Hulsey,  '53.  past  SC  faculty  member,  is 
realtor-associate  at  Preferred  Properties,  Gallery  of 
Homes.  Harry  is  continuing  his  hobbies  of  photog- 
raphy and  woodworking  and  enjoying  Lehigh  Acres, 
Fla, .  with  his  wife.  Bemeice  (Johnson),  an  attendant 
of  Southern. 

Harold  Johnson,  '58.  was  honored  with  a  plaque 

on  December  15.  1987.  from  employees  at  Memorial 
Hospital  in  Manchester.  Ky,.  expressing  their  sincere 
appreciation  for  his  "unselfish  and  dedicated  service." 

William  E.  Jones,  *52.  loss  control  director  of  the 
Lake  Union  Conference  in  Berrien  Springs,  Mich.. 
has  been  elected  as  the  first  Seventh-day  Adventist  to 
serve  on  the  National  Safety  Council  Board. 


20  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


1960's 


Ed  Avant 


C.  Edward  A%aiit,  '67.  of  CoIIegedale,  has  been 
appointed  vice  president  and  general  manager  at 
McKee  Baking  Company's  future  production  facility 
in  Stuarts  Draft.  Va.  He  will  remain  in  the  CoIIegedale 
area  until  1990  when  he  will  move  to  his  new  position 
with  his  wife.  Diane  (Simmons),  "70.  and  their  three 
children. 

James  C.  Culpepper,  '62.  has  accepted  appoint- 
ment as  the  president  of  Memorial  Hospital  in  Boul- 
der. Colo.  Previously  he  was  president  at  Moberly 
Regional  Medical  Center.  He  has  also  held  adminis- 
trative positions  at  Walker  Memorial  Hospital  in 
Florida,  Ardmore  Advenlist  Hospital  in  Oklahoma. 
and  Porter  Memorial  Hospital  in  Colorado. 

Donald  James  Dykes,  "60,  works  with  cancer  re- 
search at  S<juthem  Research  in  Birmingham.  Ala- 
Donald  E.  Hall,  '61.  is  a  professor  of  physics  at 
California  Stale  University  in  Sacramento.  This  spring 
he  was  recipient  of  the  CSL'S  Outstanding  Scholarly 
Achievement  Award  This  includes  a  S2.5(X)  hon- 
orarium provided  by  the  Hornet  Foundation  He  gave 
a  public  lecture  on  "The  Shaping  of  Science  by  Com- 
munication. Technology,  and  Imagination"  at  the  pre- 
senution  ceremony.  He  is  the  author  of  two  b<K)ks 
aTMJ  over  two  do/cn  referred  articles  and  papers.  Dr 
Hall  is  also  an  organist  of  note  and  is  known  intema- 
ijonatly  in  the  field  of  acoustics  and  musical  acoustics, 

SosiMundy,  '66.  from  Angwin.  Calif.,  is  teaching 
German  at  Pacific  Union  College. 

Don  Piatt,  *67.  of  Silver  Spring.  Md  .  is  the  vice 
president  of  fiscal  services  at  Hadley  Memonal  Hos- 
pital in  Washington.  DC.  His  wife  Gwcn  (Young), 
'66.  has  her  own  busirtess.  TTwir  two  children.  Jen- 
nifer tgraduaitng  from  eighth  grade)  and  l>cs  (going 
into  fifth  grade),  attend  school  in  Takoma  Park. 

Ruth  (Bolton)  Prosser,  '66.  and  her  husband, 
Thomas,  arc  living  m  Hagcrstown.  Md  Thomas  is 
working  at  the  Review  and  Herald  Publishing  Associ- 
ation 

Lindley  Richert,  '63.  from  Andovcr.  N  J  .  has 

been  appriinted  to  the  Southern  College  Board  of  Trus- 

Mr  Richen  has  a  son  graduating  from  Southern 

M  year. 


Jim  Tucker,  "62.  and  his  wife.  Cilia,  *62.  of 
McDade.  Texas,  after  managing  the  Amencan  Birding 
Association  for  18  years  are  exploring  other  horizons 
They  have  their  own  yard  list  of  birds  adding  up  to 
116.  Jim  held  a  week  of  prayer  at  Little  Creek 
Academy  in  October. 

Gary  Gene  Williams,  '67,  works  with  the  North 
Carolina  Conference  and  is  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee  and  head  elder.  He  lives  in  Wilson.  N.C.. 
and  is  active  in  civic  work.  He  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Wilson  City  Rescue  Squad  for  21  years  His 
daughter  will  attend  Southern  this  coming  year. 


1970's 


Joan  (Mills)  Banks,  '76,  and  husband.  Robert, 
live  in  Leominster.  Mass.,  with  their  son,  Timothy 
Robert,  1 .  Robert  is  a  minister  in  Massachusetts. 

Wilson  Benggon,  '77,  was  selected  as  one  of  the 
Outstanding  Young  .Men  of  America  for  1987.  He 
and  his  wife  Margaret  (McCauley),  who  attended 
Southern,  live  in  Ronceverte.  W.Va. 

John  Boehme,  '74.  of  Winston-Salem.  N.C,  was 
pictured  in  the  Winston-Salem  Journal.  John  was 
shown  at  the  Bowman  Gray/Baptist  Hospital  Medical 
Center  demonstrating  AT&T's  new  CommView  com- 
puter system  to  Governor  James  G .  Martin  and  leaders 
of  the  Medical  Center  and  AT&T. 

Donald  Joel  Bohannon,  '71.  and  his  wife, 
Caroline  (Harold),  who  attended  SC,  have  two  chil- 
dren. Michael.  8,  and  David,  6.  Don  is  executive  vice 
president  and  chief  operations  officer  for  Florida  Hos- 
pital in  Orlando.  The  Bohannons  live  in  Sanford.  Fla. 

Susan  Lynn  Bosenberry,  '75,  lives  in  Asheville. 
N.C.  This  year  marks  13  years  of  elementary  teaching 
at  Mount  Pisgah  Academy. 

Timothy  Albert  Boundy,  '74,  is  living  in  Vienna. 
Va..  with  his  wife.  Barbara  (Harold),  '73.  Timothy 
will  begin  teaching  nintli  and  tenth  grades  and  assisting 
in  the  design  of  a  new  science  program  for  a  school 
in  Vienna. 

Betsy  (Duerksen)  Burgdorff.  '79.  lives  with  her 
husband.  Ted.  in  Chowchilla.  Calif  They  are  living 
on  a  ranch  with  Ted's  parents,  and  their  three 
daughters;  Heidi.  6.  Knsten.  5.  and  Kara,  1 '/:  Betsy 
is  at  home  this  year  teaching  their  oldest  daughter. 
Heidi 

Donna  (Farrar)  Clark,  '74.  works  as  the  financial 
manager  of  her  husband's  construction  company  in 
Murrayville.  Ga. 

Arthur  E.  Cone,  '79.  and  wife.  Sharon  (Alfaro), 
'78.  arc  living  in  Denver.  Colo.,  and  have  two  chil- 
dren, Jared.  4,  and  Stephanie.  1. 

Floyd  Melvin  Fincher,  '76.  lives  in  [.argo.  Ra. 
His  wife,  Lucy  (Weeks),  attended  Southern,  and  they 
now  have  two  children 

Terence  John  Futcher,  '70,  is  business  manager 
at  Bass  Memorial  Academy  Residents  of  Lumbcrton. 
Miss  .  he  and  his  wife.  Arlene  (West)  Futcher,  "70. 
have  two  children;  David,  who  will  attend  Southern 
in  the  fall,  and  Christy,  who  just  completed  her  fresh- 
man year  al  Bass 

Bradley  Galambos,  '71.  has  moved  to  Miami, 
Fla  .  lo  pastor  the  Miami  Temple  Church  His  wife 
Janke  (Gamblln),  former  student,  enjoys  working 


with    her   husband.    Their   daughter,    Connie,    has 
finished  the  fourth  grade  at  Greater  Miami  Academy. 

Richard  Clark  Hale,  '75.  and  his  wife.  Freda,  are 
living  in  Highlands  Ranch.  Colo.  Richard  is  now  the 
president  of  the  Littleton  Hospital/Porter,  a  new  facil- 
ity under  development  They  have  three  children: 
Brian.  1 1.  Amanda.  7,  and  Ken,  4  His  secretary  is 
Renee  (Middag),  '84,  wife  of  John  Brownlow,  '85. 
also  living  in  Highlands  Ranch, 

Pamela  (Maize)  Harris,  '75.  is  a  corporate  jour- 
nalist in  Chattanooga.  She  recently  won  two  awards 
for  advertising  and  journalism.  She  teaches  classes  in 
the  Journalism  Department  at  Southern  College  and 
lectured  in  SC's  Southern  Writers  Workshop.  Her 
husband,  Allen  Dortch  Harris,  is  a  dental  technician. 
They  live  near  Ooltewah  with  their  Doberman 
Pinscher  and  two  Himalayan  cats  and  enjoy  spending 
lime  in  the  mountains  of  North  Carolina. 

Samuel  Thomas  James,  "72.  of  Newport  News. 
Va..  has  been  hired  by  the  Jostens  Yearbook  Co.  He 
and  his  wife.  Gloria  (Patterson),  former  student, 
have  two  children.  Mark,  an  academy  junior,  and 
Chns.  in  church  schtwl, 

Arlene  (Potter)  Ludington,  '73,  and  husband. 
Darryl  Louis  Ludington,  "73.  are  moving  in  July  to 
Hawaii.  There  Darryl  will  be  teaching  computer  and 
music  classes, 

Barry  Mahomey,  '70.  and  his  wife  Sharryn 
(Hughes),  '69,  are  now  living  in  Pierre,  S.D..  where 
Barry  is  the  youth  and  education  director  for  the  con- 
ference. Sharryn  is  his  office  secretary.  Their  son 
Jonathan,  14,  attends  Little  Creek  Academy  in  Knox- 
vilie,  Tenn.  Their  other  child,  Chana,  12.  attends  the 
local  church  school. 


.  Eric.  8. 


Ben  Maxson  family 


Ben  Maxson,  '70.  and  his  wife  Mary  (Holmes), 

'70.  are  living  in  Matthews,  N.C,  Ben  is  (he  minis- 
terial director,  stewardship  director,  and  evangelism 
coordinator  for  the  Carolina  Conference.  Mary  assists 
Ben  by  working  with  the  conference  pastors'  wives 
and  part  time  as  a  conference  office  secretary.  Their 
two  children.  Laura,  13.  and  Benjie.9.  attend  Advent- 
isi  Christian  Academy  in  Charlotte, 

Jack  R.  McNeilus,  '79.  lives  in  Dodge  Center, 
Minn.,  and  works  for  McNeilus  Truck  and  Manufac- 
turing as  office  manager. 

l.ols  (Hilderbrandt)  Moore,  "72,  is  staying  busy 
as  a  homemaker  while  her  husband,  Robert,  '75, 
pursues  his  dcKtoralc  at  the  University  of  Georgia  in 
Athens.  Ga.  He  is  on  study  leave  from  Southern.  The 
Moores  have  three  children. 

Susanne  (Jackson)  Newman,  '73,  and  her  husband 
Fritz    Newman,    '72,    have    a    sign    business    in 


Fritz    Newman,    '72,    have    a    sign    business    in 
Washington.  DC,  They  have  two  children,  Eric 
and  lx>uis.  4. 


•Millie  \ja\.naivt  i '*."•••*• 

Newman,    '72,    have 
_     inglon.  "  "   '" 
and  lx>uis.  4 

Ken  and  Janet  (Nelson)  Penner,  '74.  have  moved 
from  Olympia  to  Auburn.  Wash.  This  will  save  Ken 
one  and  a  half  hours  of  commuting  each  day  lo  his 


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job  as  design  engineer  for  the  Boeing  Advanced  Sys- 
tems Co-  Janet  is  no  longer  teaching,  as  her  two  young 
daughters  keep  her  busy. 

Debra  (Ray)  Shaw,  '78,  and  her  husband,  Carl, 
living  in  Henderson,  N.C.  have  a  iwo-year-old  son. 
Debra  is  now  a  full-time  mother. 

Donald  Eugene  Stair,  '72.  and  his  wife,  Kay 
(Williams),  who  attended  SC.  live  in  Windsor.  Ohio, 
with  their  two  children.  Donald  is  administrator  of  a 
nursing  home 

Ron  Whitehead,  "78.  and  his  wife  Betty  Lou 
(Becker),  '78.  are  living  in  Denver,  Colo  Ron  is 
youth  director  for  the  Rocky  Mountain  Conference 
and  Betty  is  a  full-time  homemaker  canng  for  their 
kiddos:  Stacy,  5.  Heidi.  5,  and  Ryan,  4  Ron  and 
Betty  have  an  extra  bedroom  and  invite  all  of  the 
"old"  gang  to  visit  while  snow  skiing  in  Colorado 

Sarah  "Dolly"  Wickham,  '78,  is  living  in  Oviedo, 

Fla..  and  working  at  Florida  Hospital- 
Michael  N.  Wood,  M.D.,  '77.  of  Colton,  Calif,, 

IS  doing  a  cardioihoracic  fellowship  at  the  Loma  Linda 

Medical  Center. 

Phil  Younts,  '79.  was  ordained  last  November  21 
at  Camp  Kulaqua,  Phil  lives  in  High  Springs,  Fla,. 
where  he  is  the  director  of  Camp  Kulaqua  and  also 
the  Florida  Conference  associate  youth  ministries  di- 
rector. 


1980's 


Dawn  Austin,  '83.  has  left  Aurora.  Colo-.  and  is 
living  \n  Sydney.  Australia  In  January  she  started  an 
auditing  job  with  Price  Waterhouse  and  says  the 
weather  is  hot  and  humid 


Tom,  Rita,  and  Christina  Baez 


Tom  Baez,  '80.  and  his  wife  Rita  (StefTens),  '80, 
enjoyed  a  barrage  of  calls  from  "well  wishers."  after 
the  joke  played  on  them.  However,  they  wish  to  slate 
that  they  have  only  one  daughter,  Christina,  almost 
two  years  old.  bom  on  Sept.  15.  1986.  They  reside 
in  Douglasville,  Ga.,  where  Tom  is  a  pastor.  Rita  is 


working  as  a  nurse  and  has  not  had  "twin  boys  named 
Nevil  and  Newton"  as  was  previously  published — nor 
IS  she  expecting. 

Janice  (Schultz)  Beck,  '85.  is  now  in  law  school 
to  complete  her  degree.  Her  husband.  Ron  Beck, 
attended  SC.  and  the  couple  lives  in  Richmond.  Va. 

Evan  Chesney,  '83.  and  wife  Jan  (Dellene),  '82. 
live  in  Candler.  N.C,  and  work  at  Mount  Pisgah 
Academy.  This  is  Evan's  fifth  year  at  Pisgah.  He  is 
teaching  Bible,  algebra,  and  choir,  Jan  has  completed 
herB.S.  in  nursing  from  Western  Carolina  University, 

Sheila  Elwin,  '86,  is  wnting  a  short  handbook  on 
making  the  college  to  career  transition,  to  be  published 
by  Pacific  Press.  Sheila  is  living  in  Loma  Linda. 
Calif.,  and  working  on  her  MBA  degree  in  marketing 
while  employed  in  public  relations  at  Loma  Linda 
University.  She  is  correspondent  for  the  Schools  of 
Allied  Health  Professions.  Dentistry,  and  Nursing, 
for  LLU's  news  publication.  In  addition,  she  has  taken 
a  two-week  tour  of  the  United  Stales  with  the  New 
England  Youth  Ensemble. 

Pamela  K.  Eswein,  '83,  is  living  in  Tallulah.  La.. 

where  she  is  working  for  a  chiropractor  as  his  X-ray 

technician  and  office  manager- 
Judith  (AJtken)  Falsnes,  '85,  and  her  husband  are 

enjoying  life  in  Inuvik.  Canada.  Their  fourteen-  and 

fifteen-year-old  boys  help  out  in  the  family  cleaning 

business.  Judith  teaches  home  school. 

Don  Gates,  a  current  student,  won  a  competition 
in  Chattanooga  for  body  building  in  Apnl,  Don  is  a 
freshman  business  major, 

Tamara  (Schlisner)  Graham,  '85.  lives  in  Bir- 
mingham. Ala,,  and  works  for  the  Lehmann,  Ullman 
&  Barclay  firm.  Her  husband  is  employed  by  South 
Central  Bell  in  Birmingham, 

Charles  Warren  Hammer,  '84.  resides  in  Irmo. 
S.C.  His  wife,  Lora  (Chen),  attended  SC,  and  they 
have  a  son,  Charles  Shiang.  bom  in  December. 

Douglas  Milliard,  '84.  was  asked  by  the  Dakota 
Conference  Executive  Committee  to  be  the  new  treas- 
urer of  the  Dakota  Conference.  Douglas  has  worked 
for  the  conference  for  12  years,  Douglas  and  his  wife, 
Debbie,  have  three  children. 

Gary  Dean  Howe,  '86,  lives  in  Spartanburg,  S  C  , 
with  his  wife.  Bonnie  (Addison),  '85.  In  the  last 
year,  Gary  passed  the  examination  and  expenence 
requirements  for  his  CPA. 

Cheryl  (Reinhardt)  Jones,  '85.  and  her  husband. 
Steven  George  Jones,  '83,  are  living  in  Loma  Linda. 
Calif.  Steve  is  finishing  a  degree  in  business. 


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Deborah  Lynn  Kyzer,  '84.  was  married  to  Rick 
Alan  Lebowe  on  April  16  in  Spartanburg,  S.C.  After 
a  wedding  trip  to  Jamaica.  Deborah  and  Rick  reside 
in  Chattanooga, 

Timothy  John  Lale,  '86.  lives  in  Riverside,  Calif. , 

and  is  working  on  his  dissertation. 

Jane  (Duncan)  Mecozzi,  '81 ,  is  living  in  Vienna. 
Ohio.  She  IS  going  back  to  school  at  Atlantic  Union 
College  for  her  degree  in  elementary  education.  She 
has  a  baby  boy,  Philip.  2. 

Marty  Dean  Miller,  '83.  is  in  Loma  Linda,  Calif., 
teaching  the  seventh  and  eighth  grades.  Marty's  wife. 
Gale  (Covrig),  attended  SC  and  is  employed  as  a 
nurse.  They  have  a  son,  Jonathan  Allen.  1. 

Myron  Roy  Dean  Mixon,  '86,  and  Valorie  Gay 
Johnson,  '86.  were  married  on  March  13,  1988,  at 
Scamtt  Graduate  College,  Wightman  Chapel,  in 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

Joelle  (Crook)  Ringer,  '82.  is  living  in  Madison. 
Tenn.  Her  husband,  Brian,  is  finishing  his  MBA  and 
teaching  at  Tennessee  Chnstian  College.  He  is  also 
teaching  art  at  the  academy  and  adult  group  classes. 

Jack  Franklin  Roberts,  '84.  of  Madison.  Tenn.. 
passed  his  CPA  examination  m  October.  He  works 
for  Wentworth  &  Olson.  CPAs. 

David  J.  Shields,  "84,  graduated  from  Loma  Linda 
University  and  is  working  in  the  department  of  pathol- 
ogy at  the  Mayo  Clinic  in  Rochester.  Minn. 

J.  T.  Shim,  '86,  works  as  personal  communications 

representative  at  Motorola  in  Altamonte  Springs,  Fla. 
He  is  attending  Rollins  College  in  Winter  Park.  Fla., 
to  receive  his  MBA  degree  and  was  offered  the  Tup- 
perware  Scholarship. 

Iris  (Mayden)  Shull,  '81.  is  employed  by  the  Re- 
view and  Herald  Publishing  Association  and  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Hagerstown.  Md  Within  the  last  year.  Iris 
has  passed  the  tests  and  requirements  of  becoming  a 
certified  professional  secretary  (CPS). 

Robert  Smith,  "82,  and  his  wife  Susan  (Brown), 

'81,  are  living  in  Virginia  Gardens,  Fla.  Susan  is 
working  full  time  on  a  MSW  at  Florida  International 
University.  Bob  is  employed  by  Coral  Reef  Hospital 
in  Miami.  They  have  one  child.  Rachel  Lynn,  2. 

Brenda  Mae  Gabbert,  '87.  and  Ted  Theus,  "87, 
were  mamed  May  29  in  Keene.  Texas,  and  live  in 
Columbus,  Ga,  Ted  is  in  law  school  at  the  University 
of  Georgia  and  they  will  be  living  in  Athens,  Ga.,  in 
the  fall. 

Barry  Tryon,  "82.  was  ordained  at  the  Jennings 
Lake  Church  in  Florida  this  past  year.  He  is  pastor 
of  the  Cross  City/Jennings  Lake  district.  His  wife  is 
Lilly  (Boles),  '82. 

Claude  and  Becky  Visser,  both  '80.  have  a  new 
daughter.  Jacqueline  Nicole,  bom  November  24.  He 
IS  dean  of  boys  at  Great  Lakes  Adventist  Academy 
in  Cedar  Lake,  Mich.,  and  she  is  an  emergency  room 
nurse  at  Tn-Community  Hospital. 

Debra  Wickman,  '82.  of  Colton,  Calif..  Finished 
her  MS  degree  in  parent-child  nursing  from  LLU  in 
1985,  She  is  now  director  of  the  pediatric  department 
at  Loma  Linda  Community  Hospital  She  is  also  a 
member  of  the  San  Bernardino  Humane  Society's 
board  of  directors. 

C.  Garland  Dulan,  an  SC  faculty  member  between 
'75  and  '82,  has  become  the  vice  president  for  aca- 
demic affairs  at  Oakwood  College.  His  wife.  Jean- 
nette,  is  an  assistant  professor  of  education.  She  is 
working  on  her  dissertation  for  a  doctorate  in  special 
education.  The  Dulans  have  three  children:  a  son, 
Stanton,  and  two  daughters,  Staci  and  Shenan. 


22  •  VOLUME  40,  NO.  1,  1988 


At  Rest 


GEORGE  R.  PEARMAN,  construction  and  maintenance  supervisor. 
1943-55.  died  Oct.  19,  1987.  He  was  85.  and  had  recently  moved  to 
Angwin,  Calif.,  from  Salem.  S.C.,  where  he  operated  a  cabinet  shop 
from  1965-85.  After  leaving  Southern,  he  helped  build  Florida  Hospital 
and  Georgia-Cumberland  Academy.  George  Pearman  is  described  as  "an 
outstanding  builder  and  Christian  individual."  Major  buildings  erected 
while  he  was  at  Southern  were  the  science  building  (Hackman  Hall) 
and  music  building  (now  So-Ju-Conian  Hall). 

Business  manager  emeritus  Chick  Fleming  recalls  finding  Mr  Pear- 
man  straightening  up  the  shop  beneath  the  old  campus  store  on  a  Friday 
afternoon.  He  asked  Mr  Pearman  why,  since  on  Sunday  he  would  have 
to  get  evervthing  out  again  to  resume  his  tasks.  Mr  Pearman  replied, 
"Fve  often  wondered  what  the  carpentry  shop  in  Nazareth  looked  like 
on  a  Friday  evening."  i  Mr  Fleming  said,  "Thank  you."  and  went  upstairs 
and  cleaned  his  office.* 

Mr.  Pearman  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Grace,  daughters  Renie  Veltman 
of  Angwin  and  Wilma  Johnson  of  Berrien  Springs;  two  sisters,  two 
brothers;  five  grandchildren,  and  four  great-grandchildren. 

LEOLA  (CASTLE)  STARKEY.  home  economics  teacher.  '54  to  '55. 
passed  away  Dec.  10, 1987.  at  the  age  of  79.  Before  coming  to  Collegedale, 
she  had  taught  in  elementary  schools  and  academies,  primarily  in  the 
Northwest.  In  June  1955  she  married  Wythe  Clifton  Starkey,  who  had 
managed  the  College  Press  from  1921-32  and  subsequently  founded 
Starkey  Printing  Co.  in  Chattanooga.  The  college  and  many  individual 
students  were  among  the  beneficiaries  of  their  generosity.  He  pre- 
deceased her  in  November  1982. 

Survivors  include  her  granddaughter,  Glenda  S.  Salsberry;  a  great- 
granddaughter,  Frankie  Salsberr>'.  and  a  nephew.  Clem  Starkey. 

DWIGHT  S.  WALLACK,  director  of  de- 
velopment, '74  to  '77,  died  in  Mentone, 
Calif,  on  May  13,  1988,  after  an  ex- 
tended illness.  He  was  77.  He  had  pas- 
tored  in  Michigan,  Colorado,  and 
Arizona  prior  to  coming  to  Southern. 
While  here  he  described  his  special  in- 
terest as  "building  SMC."  Obtaining  a 
$50,000  grant  from  the  Kresge  Founda- 
tion for  construction  of  the  nursing 
building  was  one  of  his  achievements. 

He  and  his  first  wife,  Ann  (Willess). 
had  two  children,  Jere  and  Judith.  After 
Ann's  death,  he  married  Marijane 
Wohlers  in  1977.  They  lived  in  Col- 
legedale for  a  few  months,  then  moved  to  San  Clemente,  Calif,  where 
Dwight  became  involved  in  the  construction  of  the  Laguna  Niguel  SDA 
Church.  They  also  lived  in  Berrien  Springs.  Mich.,  for  a  few  years  and 
then  in  1982  moved  to  Mentone. 

Survivors  include  his  wife,  Marijane,  his  son  and  daughter,  three 
grandsons,  two  sisters,  and  two  brothers. 


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The  excitement  of  making  music  together, 
of  performing  great  and  fun  band  music,  of 
becoming  well  acquainted  with  one  another 
through  working  as  a  musical  unit — ^these 
things  draw  together  the  Southern  College 
Concert  Band,  directed  by  Patricia  Silver. 

Add  to  that  a  three-week  tour  to  the  Pacific 
Northwest  and  Canada  and  the  enthusiasm 


compounds.  On  graduation  day  about  70 
people,  trumpets,  trombones,  and  all,  headed 
across  the  country.  Under  an  arch  of  elk  horns 
at  Jackson  Hole,  Wyo.,  high-spirited  band 
members  in  their  blue  windbreakers  took  a 
bike  break  from  bus  riding  and  hauled  out  their 
Dixie  and  Canadian  flags.  The  group  per- 
formed in  Colorado,  Idaho,  Washington, 
British  Columbia,  and  Alberta. 


SOUTHERN  COLLEGE 

OF    SEVENTH    DAY    AOVENTISTS 

Coiiegedale  TN  37315 


Nonprodt  Organization 
US-  POSTAGE 

PAID 

Permil  No  6 
Coiiegedale.  TN  37315 


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