Ohio Independent Baptist, June/July 1938

eping Up With Our Schools Cedarville College and , a hip it a hr i ti an During May the edarvilJe College tuden t had the privilege of hearing Dr. Henry Morri peak. Dr. Mo.rri pr ently i Profe or of Hydraulic Engineering and head of t>he Depart– merrt o f Civil Eng,ineering at the irginia Polytlec:hn.ic Institute. llis Ph .D . i from the University of Minne ota. He has authored a number of book including - "Applied Hy– draulic in Engineer~ng," "The Bible and M 1 odern Science," "That You Might Believe," "The Twlignt of Evolution," and "The Genesis Flood" which was co-authored with Dr. John C. Whitcomb of Grace Seminary. Thi year the college, in tead of hav– ing a Baccalaureate ervice, gave a enior-honoring banquet. Commence– ment exercises were held on June 8th. Dr. Carl Elgena poke at both the e occa ions. This 1968 graduating cla s i the large t ( 157) in Cedar– ville' hi tory. An honorary degree of Doctor of Divini ty was conferred upon Rev. Wm. Hopewell by the College. Rev. Hopewell received h ils B.A. from Wheaton College ,in 1941 ; hi s B.D . from F aith Theological Seminary in 1944; his Th .M. foom Winona Lake in 1964. During World War II he erved as a Chaplai n in the U.S. . avy. He h a~ served as a mi ionary m both h ile and the Philippine T_s la~d and_ i the .author of a pub– licatio n entitled The M issionary Em– phasis of the G.A.R.B.C. Only recently he res igned a A - s?ciat~ P rofe or of Mi ions at Bap– tist Bible Seminary wihere he erved fo~ eleven years to become the Depu– tation Secretary of the A ociation of Baptists fo r World Evangeli m. 6 JUNE-JULY, 1968 faith Baptist Bible College round i b ing prepared for the aith Bapti t Bible ollege Library to be read fo r u e by the fall se– m ter . The Library Building will be 140 fe t long 7200 quare feet, the same ize and interior a the present Ad– mini tration Building. Initially, a part of the building will be set aside for cla room pace until a o1assroom building i avail,abJe. Estimated co t of the Library is $150,000. The col 1 lege is trusting the Lord to upply thi through outright giving. The Library had over 10,000 books completely accessed as school started last fall and will be adding over 700 dur.ing this chool year. A we]] equipped library with adequate study facilities is indi pen able rto llhe life of a college. A total of 24 students were gradu– ated foom Faith Baptist ,Bible Colilege on June 7th. Of thi number one re– ceived a Th.B. degree, eleven a B.S. degree, seven a B.A. degree and five the three-year diploma. Immediately following graduation, the FBBC Choralaires, accompanied by Mr. Richard F1leming, Jeft for a month-long tour which will include their slinging at the GARBC Confer– ence ;i n Roche ter , New York. They will al o appear in ohurohes in Wi - con in, Ohio, Michigian and Iowa. The College will be holding i Summer Bible Conference at Clear Lake Camp, Iowa - July 27 through · August 2. Main ,sipeaker for the week is to be President David Nettle– ton . Speciail mu ic has been planned ~or the ~ntire conference. The open– mg evenmg will be a musical under the direction of the Mu ic Faculty. Western Baptist Bible College The Accrediting Commi sion for Senior Colleges and Universities of the We tern College A sociation has approved the accreditation of WBiBC. . This action followed 1a period of f ive years during which W,e tern Bap– tist Bible College ha 1been under self-analysis, self-development, and upgrading. During tihe past three y,ears, the College has held t,he status of "Recognized Candidate for Ac– creditation." While bhe !Jege look upon thi~ recognition a an achievement of ig– nifioance, it i but a mile tone along the way. here remain much ,to be done in the development of Western a we eek to provide our youth with a high tandard , hri t-centered Bible-based education for life and service. Los Angeles Baptist College and Seminary Word has it from LABC that the College Chorale 1had. a most success– ful tour. They covered ,three states pre enlling 15 ooncerts in 13 days. Graduation ervices were held May 18th with Rev. Kenneth K. Elgena of Flint, Michigan as Commence– ment peaker. The College graduated 25 students with Baohelor of Art degree. Seven student were gradu- 1 ., ated from the eminary. Six of these ' were with ,a Bachelor ,of Divinity de– gree and one with the Mal5iter of Religious Education degree. Student Norman Scheib was award- l ·· ed the Presrident's Cup for the Athlete ·' of the Yeair at the recent Athiletic Awards Banquet .and Mi Jackie Padget, a senior, wa elected as Spring Sport Queen by the oom– bmecl athletic teams. Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College and Seminary An agreement has been reached between the School and We tern 1 Michigan Univer ity whereby tu- J dents studying on our campus for three year may transfer 1:o We tern · and in four years receive their A.B. J degree and teacher's certiiiicate. Stu- 1 dents from our churches intere tecf in teaching may in this way receive the benefit of a Christian Education and without the loss of any time be fully qualified to teach. The · chool is thankful for the confidence that i thus hown in its standard and ac– oompli hments. <?n April 11 during the chapel penod a ground breaking ervice was , conducted by the President, Dr . W. W. Welch, on the ite of the new multi -<purpose building. Construction is now under way on thi tructure which will house needed cla · rooms offices, auditorium, and gymnasium '. Tt is hoped that ,the work on thi building will be . completed bv Fall of 1968. , THE OHIO INDEPENDENT aAPTIST