Torch, Spring 1987: Centennial Issue

1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1986 Dr. Paul H. Dixon 1978- Administrative computer operational. The James T. Jeremiah Chapel, built in 1976, is the focal poinr of the campus. Faculty and students attend Chapel daily, and the staff joins them on Mondays . Speakers from around the country chal– lenge the college family in their walk with the Lord. Additional sections of Lawlor and Printy dormitories constructed. Athletic Center constructed at cost of $2.7 million. Old gymnasium retrofitted to dining hall seating 800. Williams Hall remodeled into offices and classrooms. Third consecutive record enrollment 1657. Nearly 100 full- and part-time faculty. Four year nursing program introduced . Patterson Hall remodeled to Patterson Clinic . DEC VAX 11-750 academic computer operational. Willetts dormitory constructed. PC computer lab operational. BSN program accredited by National League for Nursing. New $4.2 million Library begun. Signing of agreement to supply teachers of English to People's University in Beijing, China. Eighth consecutive record enrollment 1821 . Over 30 majors . Faculty: 86 full time , 46 part time , representing 70 graduate schools . Dr. Don Tyler and The Bethesda Baptist Church If a Christian college is to be successful, it must have the commitment of many local churches. A church that has been loyally supportive of Cedarville College for over 25 years is the Bethesda Baptist Church in Brownsburg, Indiana. After graduating from Wheaton College in 1959, Don Tyler be– came pastor of Bethesda. Under his leadership the church has grown from 97 to 1400 members and has a Christian school of 300 young people in grades K-12. Pastor Tyler became interested in Cedarville College when Dr. Jeremiah spoke at Bethesda in 1960. A few years later Tyler was asked to serve on the college board of trustees - a ministry which he still continues. Convinced of the value of qual– ity Christian education, Pastor Tyler and his church have en– couraged their young people to attend Cedarville. The church contributes generously to the financial needs of the college, both to the general fund and to special projects. A number of pastoral students from Cedarville have interned at Bethesda,' and the majority of the teachers in the Christian school are Cedar– ville graduates. Cedarville College is thankful for churches like Bethesda Bap– tist that are committed to supporting its ministry. 1987 Jan. 26. Charter Day Centennial Celebration. 11