The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1971

Cedarville College News Grier Slabaugh Mr. James Grier, Assistant Professor of Philosophy has been named Faculty Member of the Year for 1970-71 by the student body at Cedarville College. Chosen by the student body as their pick for honor among faculty this year, Mr. Grier has contributed much to his role at Cedarville. Mr. Grier received his Bachelor of Theology from Baptist Bible Seminary in 1957. In 1960 he received his Master of Divinity from Grace The– ological Seminary and graduated mag– na cum laude. He is presently candi– date for Master of Theology from Westminster Theological Seminary. Mr. Merle Slabaugh, a member of the Maintenance Crew at Cedarville College, has been named Outstanding Staff Member of the Year for 1970- 1971. Mr. Slabaugh was employed as a policeman in Mishawaka, Indiana, for 21 years and upon retiring came to Cedarville in 1965. Mr. Slabaugh h.as been active in student life iince he c a m e to Cedarville. Shortly after coming here, he assumed the advisory of the evangelistic group Swordbearers with the vision of or– ganizing street evangelism, house-to– house visitation, Bible Clubs, and churches. Since that time the group has grown to be the largest such group on campus. Each week groups of stu– dents work in this type ministry. The end result of the visitation house-to– house has been the starting of two new churches. During the 1971-72 school year, Swordbearers of Cedarville College will be sending out gospel teams each weekend. These teams consisting of college students will be available for youth rallies, youth seminars, Sunday services and some canvassing. Their main emphasis is working with young people and their problems on a con– cerned, individual basis. The team program will include special music, testimonies and a gospel message. As of this writing, they have the 10 AUGUST, 1971 following dates for the coming school year still open. October 2-3 October 9-10 October 30-31 December 4-5 January 8-9 January 22-23 January 29-30 Those churches that are interested in having a team come to their church may write to SWORDBEARERS, Cedarville College, Cedarville, Ohio - 45314. Summer school this year at Cedar– ville evidenced the largest enrollment in the school's history. Nearly 230 in– dividuals profited from one or both sessions from June 15 to August 18. This year's enrollment surpasses the previous record enrollment by at least 50 individuals. Two 1971 Cedarville graduates have been named to appear in the 1971 edition of OUTSTANDING COLL– EGE ATHLETES OF AMERICA. Don Atherton and Jim Buzzard, both physical education majors, will have their biographies appear in the edition published in July. Atherton was rec– ognized for his significant contribu– tion to baseball and basketball while at Cedarville; Buzzard was outstanding in soccer and golf. Cedarville College was represented at the National Association of Inter– collegiate Athletics national meet in Billings, Montana, during June this year. Ernie Welborn, a junior physical education major from Mentone, Ind– iana, was one of only three repre- sentatives from the State of Ohio at the meet. Having earned the position as a number one 880 yard runner in the All-Ohio meet, Ernie entered the 880 yard run at the nationals. Al– though he did not place in the top few, he made a good showing and profited by the stiff competition. Cedarville College's FM radio sta– tion WCDR traveled to Winona Lake this year for live broadcasting of the 9:00 p.m. messages each evening. This is the first summer for such an en– deavor as this is the first summer the stereo station WCDR has been able to remain on the air. Finances have been provided by interested listeners so that the station might continue on a year– round basis instead of the 9 month schedule as before. The Cedarville area heard messages from Rev. Joseph Bower, Dr. Harold Scholes, Dr. Joseph Stowell, Dr. John Whitcomb, Jr., and Rev. Lawrence Rowland. Delayed broadcasting o f taped messages of Dr. Joho Balyo, Dr. William Kuhnle, Dr. Robert Ketcham, and Rev. Merle Booth were also aired the next week. Administrators of the College as well as numerous faculty, staff and students were on hand for many of the conference meetings. Cedarville Student Drowns In Ecuador Mr. James Bucholtz, 20, and a re– cently completed sophomore at Cedar– ville College, drowned Saturday even– ing, July 3, 1971, in Quito, Ecuador, where he was participating in Cedar– ville College s Missionary Internship Program. A spokesman for the College said Mr. Bucholtz had been in Ecuador since the dismissal of school in June a n d was working at radio station HCJB in conjunction with their music programming and reproduction. He anticipated a return to the states at the end of August. A group of persons had set up a tent in preparation for Sunday's meet– ings and decided to go swimming in a river nearby, where they had been swimming before. Mr. Bucholtz ap– parently stepped into a hole and the rapid current carried his body down– stream. The body was recovered Monday. He had completed his sophomore year at Cedarville College as a music major. An accomplished organist and pianist, he carried a 4.0 grade point average and was pianist for Choral– aires, a college singing group. He was planning to continue his music study at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music this coming September. Born October 1, 1950, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bucholtz, Arcanum, Ohio, Route 2. Burial was in Ecuador. Memorial services were conducted in the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Greenville, Ohio, July 25, 1971. THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST