The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1962

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It i e pected that thi recon truction work will co t appr ximately 10.000 when com- pleted. tentative date of ov. 1 was et for the completion of the t age; ho,\·ever, the entire auditorium will not be fini bed until the latter part of January. College Constructs Observatory The fact that Cedarville College is pending 2.500 for the con truction of an a tronomy ob ervatory was re– , ·ealed in a recent interview with Mr. L. Bert Frye, in tructor in phy i– cal cience. fr. Frye explained that his depart– n1ent i expecting a ten-inch reflecting te]e cope to arrive soon which will come equipped with a focusing attach– ment with five eye piece capable of a maximum of 450 power. An electric clock drive apparatu will be a ttached to the telescope to allow automatic tracing of a tar once a f ix has been taken. The ob ervatory will be built on the area northwe t of the pre ent a thletic field and the expected com- p le tio n date is ov. 15. Artist Series Glea on Ledyard, formerly a mi - io nary to the Eskimos and veteran p ilot in the Canadian Artie, poke a t Cedar ville College on Oct. 22 in the Alfr ed f emorial Auditorium. H e sho\\ 1 ed colored slides of hi recently completed even and one-half months tour of the world which took him through mor e than 40 countrie . Armed with cameras, Ledyard walk– ed through miles of jungle, wamp, a river . and rode in a Land Rover over hundr eds of miles of primative Page 8, N'ovember 1962 It\ ii, in igl'l'ia ,111<.I 1crra r c nc. He atlll his \\ 1fc , 1,1tccl a lcpcr\a r1t1111 in \ 1ct a111 \\ l1crc ~11ortly after three 1111,,1 r1, ric, ,, ere captt1rctl l1 the ' or11n1t1n1~l\. fr . 1 cti 'ard. at1thor f five book relating t hi\ c pcricncc in the Arc t– ic. ha .. \\ ritten a new b k ba ed on the live.. and work of the na tive who arc reaching their own people with the 10 .. pcl. Led ard i convinced that un– enlightened area will have to be evange lized by loca l people trained in the Wo rd of God. WCDR • FM A report from the F indicate tha t the new Cedarville College radio ta tion will have WCDR-FM a call letter . The tran mitter has been ordered from the Gate Radio Co. in Quincy Ill . and has been hipped. The operation of the tation i ex– pected to tart within a few week . Student will operate the station un– der the direction of the radio com– mittee. Omaha Baptist Bible College News Enrollment at the Omaha Bapti t Bible College is growing! - 188 tud– ent were registered this fal l ! Of cour e 67 were new here. The tudent breakdown by classes i a follows: Pre hmen .............................. 67 Sophomore . .......................... 47 Junior ................................. .. ... 3 2 Senior .... ... ... ...... ... . .............. 25 Po t-graduate and Th.B. program .. .... .. .. . . . . 11 Undergraduate taking limited work ... ........... . .. ...... 10 Students from the Omaha Baptist Bible College come from twenty-one tate . The br eakdown is as follows: Iowa, 66 · N ebra ka 38 · Kansas, 13 · Montana, 11 · Washington, 8; and Colorado, Wisconsin, and Illinois, 7 each. Minne ota and New York each ha 5 · Missouri, 4; Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, 3; Alaska, California, Idaho, 2; and Arizona, Florida, In– diana, Michigan, and Wyoming are a lso repre ented. Grand Rapids calls man for stewardship promotion The Grand Rapids Baptist College and Seminary is plea ed to announce that Mr . Marion Burnett is now as– sociated with the school as As istant to the President in the field of stew– ard hip promotion. Mr. Burnett brings con iderable experience to the sch(~cll in tl,i sr>ccin li zc<.I fi clll, l1aving hccr1 associa tcc.l ,vith the Moo<.ly Bible l n st i t t I r c for so 111 c I 5 y cars i n a s i r11- i Inr ca r>aci ty. 11c 1J cv1 11g thnf ll1c sc hool is filling a very clcf1nitc place in the training of ' hr1s lt a n youth , especia lly those trai ning fo r "pccific(I area~ of hri st– ian servi ce. l1L1t a l~o th a t it J rovidcs a vital n1ini stry in behalf of its con– s titue ncy i11 thi \ whole Midwest a rea . the ccutivc Board of the c hool can now off er as~istance to tho ·e concerned a bout planning c tatcs, developing living trusts in the light of ever -changing tax laws, or any oun e l on planning a ound fin an– cial future. Dr . Wilbert Welch, pre ident, an– nounce that pre ent enrollment in the Bible College and Seminary stand at 280. '"fhi i a 90 per cent in– crea e in the las t three year . Pro– gre continues to be made on the development of the new 64-acre cam– pu ite with final designs for the first two units now on the architect 's drawing board. Statement given by trustees of Baptist Bible Seminary The fall semester began on a high level at Baptist Bible Seminary in Johnson City, New York. Dr. Frank Waaser , Dean, brought challenging messages to over 400 students in the chapel services. Dr. Donn Ketcham (class of '52) stirred the hearts of tudents and faculty alike as he told of the Lord s leading in the life of hi family as they look forward to er vice in Ea t Pakistan. Rev. Doug– las Christen, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, spoke in chapel for two days on the occasion of the 30th an– niversary of Baptist Bible Seminary. The meeting of the Board of Trus– tee was another highlight of the fall pr ogram. The Trustees voted to cre– a te a development committee to plan for the expans ion of the Seminary. A re olution rededicating the Semin– ary to its original doctrinal and ethi– cal tandards was adopted. The Board al o voted a resolution of congratula– tions to Dr. Robert T. Ketcham on the occas ion of his 50th anniversary in the mini try. Another resolution of confidence and appreciation was vot– ed which reads as follow : ' Recognizing that certain criticisms have been made of the pre ent ad– ministration of Baptist Bible Seminary and of the relation hip of the Semin– ary to First Bapti t Church of J obnson City, ew York, we hereby declare our elve in full accord with the Administration and to be deeply ap– preciative of the cooperation of First The OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST