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A generation ago, appearing on
The Phil
Donahue Show
was the most “in the
public eye” opportunity in Dayton, Ohio.
By 1970, Donahue’s one-of-a-kind talk
show had been syndicated nationwide,
eventually broadcasting from Chicago,
then New York City. But back in October
1968, while still broadcasting from
WLWD, Channel 2, in Dayton, Donahue
featured Cedarville University and two
of its students, Dan Stevens ’69 and
Darlene (Murdoch) Fitch ’69. Cedarville’s
President, Dr. James T. Jeremiah, and
his wife, Ruby, also participated. They’re
pictured far right, facing Donahue from
the first row. Residence assistants, student
council members, and the men’s soccer
team were on hand as well. “The purpose
of the program was to expose what the
Cedarville College student really thinks
about his world, his school, and his Christ,”
the October 19 article in the
Whispering
Cedars
newspaper related. “Area ministers,
doctors, teachers were all talking about
the ‘Ville.’ Some even visited campus
to see if a place like this really existed.”
They found out that, in fact, it did exist.
And still exists. In the public eye. For
the Word of God and the Testimony of
Jesus Christ.
In the Public Eye: 1968
Cedarville Magazine
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