The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 1960

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D1t1tkin, Th .D ., President THREE YEAR BACHELOR OF DIVIN ITY DEGREE IN THEOLOGY THt<l::.E YEAR BACHCLOR OF DIVlhJITY DLGREE: 11\J /v\l~SIUI\IS TliREE YEAR BACHELOR OF DIVINITY DEGREE IN JE\l\'ISH MISSIONS FOUR YEAR BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN BIBLE OR HUMANITlcS A grou,ing grad1!atc, scliool of BaJ>tlst JJers1tas1011 in sun11u alifornia ..4ddress all correspondence to 560 Soutli St . T., ,11tts Street, I.,os A,tgeles 31, 'uli(or11ic1