Inspire, Spring 1991

50 June 1,1991,is a red-letter day for the Class of 1941.Fifty years ago,this class walked the aisle to receive their long awaited degrees.Afew of the highlights planned forthis 50th year celebration are Friday dinner,Saturday breakfast,the excitement ofthe 95th commencementexercise,and aluncheon. John McGillivray,'70 physical education professor and men's soccer coach,was recently presented with the first ever Distinguished Merit Award by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Officials Association(OCSOA). This award honored Coach McGillivray for his outstanding sportsmanship during his 17 years at Cedarville. McGillivray stresses that how a player conducts himself during a game is the true final score. John is coach of the West Team in NAIA Senior Bowl, April 21, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. f!!11!777* 170 Only a few months remain in PARTNERS 90-91, this year's Annual Fund opportunity for alumni to become involved financially in the education of Cedarville College students. As of January 31, 1,383 alumni have given or committed $93,758. There is still time to join them. So get behind your class and become a PARTNER with the students of the College, helping meet this $1 million need. Send your gift or completed pledge to: Annual Fund Office Cedarville College P.O.Box 601 Cedarville,OH 45314-0601 SO,HOW'SYOUR CLASS DOING? (The Class Challenge as of 1/31) Class Year Gifts Received Gifts Committed Total Heritage $12,651.16 $ 485.00 13,136.16 1954 852.50 50.00 902.50 1955 1,825.00 -0- 1,825.00 1956 37.50 -0- 37.50 1957 815.00 35.00 850.00 1958 100.00 7.50 107.50 1959 285.00 7.50 292.50 1960 490.00 100.00 590.00 1961 207.50 55.00 262.00 1962 1,397.50 50.00 1,447.50 1963 1,242.50 532.50 1,775.00 1964 4,357.50 200.00 4,557.50 1965 605.00 285.00 890.00 1966 545.00 300.00 845.00 1967 719.19 427.50 1,146.69 1968 2,884.16 642.50 3.526.66 1969 2,315.00 478.00 2,793.00 1970 2,190.00 555.00 2,745.00 1971 1,090.00 373.00 1,463.00 1972 3,610.00 417.50 4,027.50 1973 1,530.00 540.00 2,070.00 1974 3,238.25 400.00 3,638.25 1975 1,003.33 695.00 1,698.33 1976 4,202.50 820.00 5,022.50 1977 1,310.82 510.00 1,820.82 1978 1,930.00 520.00 1,450.00 1979 2,216.30 405.00 2,621.30 1980 2,380.00 322.50 2,702.00 1981 3,090.00 1,122.50 4,212.50 1982 1,737.50 532.50 2,269.50 1983 4,023.50 589.50 4,613.00 1984 3,615.00 625.00 4,240.00 1985 1,698.10 620.00 2,318.10 1986 2,262.50 583.50 2,846.00 1987 1,462.64 1,145.00 2,607.64 1988 1,395.00 612.50 2,007.00 1989 1,700.00 480.00 2,180.00 1990+ 4,785.55 37.50 4,823.05 Wiliateir Sports UPDATE by Mark Womack '82 Sports Information Director I n men's basketball,the Yellow Jackets were seeking their fourth straight 20-win season as they finished the regular season with a 20-10 record. They qualified for both the NAIA District 22and NCCAA District II playoffs. The Jackets were the NCCAA national runner-up last year. Coach Don Callan's ball club pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in school history before a packed Parents' Night crowd on February 16. After trailing by 22 points with 15:30 to play, the Jackets stormed back for a stunning 78-77 victory over Tiffin University. The home team's only lead came on Ron Pierce's lay-up with five seconds left. The victory was a big one for the Jackets who had struggled since beating Rio Grande 89-86 on January 19 to go to 15-4. Cedarville had dropped six out of eight games before rallying to beat Tiffin. Cedarville averages 93 points per game with five players averaging in double figures. Sophomore guard Ken Rucker leads the team in scoring and rebounding at 14.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. The Jackets played in three tournaments early in the season.They won one and finished second in the other two. Cedarville captured the Wilfrid Laurier Tournament title in Ontario with Rucker being named the tourney MVP. The Yellow Jackets failed to win their own tourna- ment for the first time in six years, when the University of Western Ontario won the 13th annual event 109-100 over the host school. Missouri Western,ranked as high as number two in NCAA Division II, needed a despera- tion three-pointer at the buzzer to beat Cedarville 97-96 in the championship game of the Purdue Calument Tournament. Meanwhile,the Lady Jackets ended their roundball season with a 10-15 record overall and 1-6 in the Western Buckeye Collegiate Conference. Diane Rank,a 5'11"junior center, led the team by averaging 17.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. She became the fifth player in Cedarville women's basketball history to reach 1,000 points for her career, when she finished the year with 1,191. Amy Zehr,a 5'9" sophomore forward,scored a school-record 41 points in the 112-76 victory over Earlham College in the Athletic Center on February 14. The previous mark of 39 was set in 1979 by all-time leading scorer Vicki Butler. Zehr averaged 15.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. She led NAIA District 22 and the WBCC in field goal percentage at60 percent, which also ranked her 17th nationally. Shidents Mister ToThe Mlitary Students support troops in the Middle East by sending postcards. A little time and 19cents help encourage the men and women in the military. These students are writing during their lunch hour. A January 18th Xenia Gazette article stated, "At Wright State anti-war and pro-war demon- strators clashed, Antioch students protested, and Cedarville College students put up a 'wall of prayer'." Other newspapers were interested in the wall in the Jeremiah Chapel. Reporters from Spring- field and Columbus came to campus, and the Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News picked it up over the wire services. Responding to the events in the Middle East with prayer was typical of the Cedarville College family. They not only were supportive of the nation's president and the young volunteer army, but they also put into action what might well be one of the most intense and continuous prayer times the College has experienced. During the first three weeks of the conflict, 2,600 names of men and women in the military were written on the original 77-foot wall, along with requests for spiritual and family needs. Additional boards were added, with a special area for P.O.W.'s and M.I.A.'s. Common sights in the Chapel are students sitting quietly in prayer before the wall or copying names and information to take along with them. The College was in prayer long before the orange ribbons and flag displays became popular. Last fall, Student Government initiated early morning prayer meetings in the Chapel. Between 120 and 150 students gathered each morning to pray for their national leaders as well as their own loved ones. Members of Student Government distributed names to students as they entered the Chapel on Day of Prayer in February. Each name on the wall was prayed for at least once on that day. During Winter Quarter, Student Government also launched a letter writing campaign. They compiled and continually update a list of names and addresses of men and women in the military to distribute to students. Nate Misirian, a sopho- more and chairperson for SG's Auxiliary Services Committee,says,"I, personally, try to write as much as I can. The students are writing individually and in their service groups. One women's prayer group took 50 names." Student Government placed a photo collage in the College Center. It displays pictures of military personnel who are relatives of faculty and staff. Misirian says that SG's goals are to uphold the military deployed in the Middle East in prayer and to encourage them through letters. God has shed spiritual blessings on those who committed themselves to these tasks. Many of these blessings will be known only in eternity. 5 Spring '91