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Clifford Fawcett
Fawcett fills Business Dept.chairClifford Fawcett, DBA. has been named Chairman of the Dept, of
Business Administration ending a two-year search.Fawcett will leave his post at Loyola University at the end of the 1982-
83 academic year. His arrival here will allow Ron Walker, asst, prof.-jif Business, to return to full-time teaching. Walker has served as acting deÂpartment chairman since William Riter left in June. 1981.
Academic VP. Clifford Johnson stated. âCulminating a two-year search for a Department chairman, Fawcett is personable and enthusiastic about the prospects for business graduates who have a Biblical outlook.â
"Fawcett's expertise in business theory arid-research is splendid," Johnson commented on the reason for choosing Fawcett for the position.
The two-year vacancy will end in September when Fawcett will asÂsume his new responsibililties. which include administration and instrucÂtion.
Fawcett received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland in Engineering. Following study at George Washington UniÂversity and John Hopkins University, Fawcett received an MBA from American University in Washington, D.C.
George Washington University granted Fawcett's DBA in 1976. Faw- cettlists the Management of Science and Technology as his primary eduÂcational emphasis.
Fawcett has taught at Charles County Comm. College, Anne Arundel Comm. College, George Washington and The Pennsylvania State UniÂversity. He has held his current post at Loyola since 1979.
Fawcett is expected to move to the area during the summer with his wife, Lydia, and sons Clifford and Bradley. Two of Fawcettâs sons, Glenn and Jeff, are Cedarville alumni.
Volume 27
Dramatists slated for April 8and characters into theatrical plays mance which inclues her starring which move, enlighten and enter- role as Corrie Ten Boom in the film tain. . . ." "The Hiding Place."^sosscceoooooeoooooooocooeoocooecoocsosoosoes^'
The A.D. Players also will act in a drama seminar, covered on page 11.
jo so o o o o o so o o o o o o o o o o o e o e o G OProducer Jeanett Clift Georg<
"supervises all of (he Pi avers
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sfatlewts as well as businessmen
"Entertaining original plays ilÂlustrating Biblical truths in.every- day lifeâ will be presented by the After Dinner Players here April 8.
This Artist Series production is the first of its kind to appear on campus, according to Myron Youngman. Campus Activities Dir. Y'oungman reports that the ââroup comes highiv recomÂmended.
Their brochures describe the A. D. Players as "a Christian theatre company dedicated to sharing Godâs work and Word through the medium of drama.â Their current portfolio includes nearly twenty plays ranging in duration from five to 45 minutes
They claim the Bible to be their manuscript from which . they âtransfer Biblical truths, stories
work from audition readings and script interpretations to final reÂhearsal runs," states one brochure. Mrs. George founded the organiÂzation in 1967 to "involve drama students in the Word of God and to express to others the validity of the Bible today."
The producer claims a backÂground in stage and film perfor-
and women, mothers and teachers, all with vary ing degrees of experiÂence and training in theater.
During their visit the company also will be involved in a drama seminar which Y'oungman exÂplains is an attempt to involve Art- jst Series programs with other deÂpartments.
Soviet exile to address studentsGeorgi Vins. a Soviet Union-
born believer exiled in 1979. will speak in chapel April 11-12.
Vins. born in 1928 in Siberia, lost his Soviet citizenship and sufÂfered banishment to the United
-States after eight years of imprisÂonment in concentration camps for active ministry as Secretary GenÂeral of the Council of Evangelical
Georgi Vins
Baptist Churches.Now residing in Elkhart. Ind..
with his family, who were allowed to join him in an agreement beÂtween President Carter and the late
President Brezhnev. Vins estabÂlished the International RepresenÂtation for the Council of Evanagel- ical Baptist Churches of the Soviet Union. Vins represents these beÂlievers by telling Christians in the west about the true plight of Soviet believers.
According to the newsletter published by Vins' group, tens ot thousands of Evangelical Christian Baptist (ECB) have been killed beÂtween 1929 and 1973. From 1-92Ì - 1941. 25.000 believers were arÂrested and 22.000 died in prison From 1945-1973, 20.000 sutlered arrest and sentences of length} prison terms.
Vins represents pastors in the Soviet Union who allegedly te main under constant attack and opÂpression. many spending from three to twenty years in prisons. Even after serving their sentences: they cannot truly consider themÂselves to be free citizens because
some are not allowed to live athome and others are not given resi- Dorothy Gilbertson and Fee group's dramatizations. dence permits. Walker appear in one oj the
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Insights on the lives of two of Cedarville s most delightful friends, Ernie and Martha White, page 4.
team New York City Open Air Campatners and Ft. Lauderdale Beach team ministry efforts chronicled, page 6.
2 Cedars-March 31, - editorial
Professors reply to editorial
Faculty and students occasionÂally have distinctly different views on some issues.
Shortly after we published an editorial urging a single, unified stylebook for the college, profesÂsors Rex Rogers and Charles Dolph contacted us about printing a faculty perspective on the issue.
We are proud to present their thoughts, even though we remain convinced that one specified manÂual of style for research papers is preferable to the current system.
Ironically, the only changes made in the manuscript presented to us by Rogers and Dolph are those conforming it to our style manual, the Los Angeles Times Stylebook.
An editorial appeared recently in the Cedars arguing for the inÂstitution of a single stylebook for use in writing research papers. The article suggested that the present stylebook diversity leads to confuÂsion, frustration, needless expense and even lower grades.
The editors contended that the institution of a single manual would be easier to handle, reduce costs, allow more time for writing and editing and free professors from the drudgery of correcting style errors.
We are quite sensitive and em- pathetic to the âprocessâ difficulÂties stemming from Cedarvilleâs stylebook status quo. Both of us have only too recently survived the ravages of four years at Cedarville, two or three years dedicated to achieving a masterâs degree and some four years devoted to docÂtoral study and dissertation work.
We openly confess that there were times when we felt confused. Trustrated and poor as well as a few periods when we faced the trauma of a lower than desired grade. As more than one sage has noted, âHigher education is 80% perseÂverance and 20% intelligence.â At best, âIt ainât easy.â
A suggestion designed to elimiÂnate one more hassle deserves careful attention. In this light, we believe it is appropriate to recogÂnize and discuss a number of negaÂtive factors associated with a move toward one stylebook.
First, educational consideraÂtions might include a re-examina- tion of one of the fundamental obÂjectives of a four-year liberal arts program. Traditionally this experiÂence has been designed to broaden the studentsâ horizons by exposing them to as many new and challengÂing ideas as possible.
Broadened horizons are inÂtended to produce valuable characÂter traits such as openness, adaptaÂbility and competence. Graduate and professional schools still reÂquire a diversity of research, inforÂmation gathering and organizaÂtional skills. Introduction of single stylebook; while âeasier to han-
(continued on page 7) BOOST FOR TOUWSIA...."
Media abuses demand viewer, reader reactionIt demands a reaction.Right now, the American news
media may be the single most inÂfluential force on our shores. In the early evening preceding Johnny Carson, in the early morning and now throughout the night, the netÂworks bombard the airwaves with their brand of news.
Daily, local and national newsÂpapers boast headlines of the day's events. Magazines, ranging from the quasi-conservative U,S. News to the left-wing The Nation, offer more in-depth perspectives of the nation's key events.
But the media is not a neutral, purely observational force. It canÂnot remain entirely balanced on some issues. It refuses to censor itÂself. in short, it demands a reacÂtion.
March 4. Anniston, Ala. A desÂperate man. Cecil Andrews, teleÂphones WHMA-TV, Channel 40.
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the 29.500 pop. community's sole television station. He says to them, "If you want to see someone set himself on fire, be at the square in Jacksonville in ten minutes.â
Two WHMA personnel, cameraman Ron Simmons and 18- year-old technician Gary Harris, responded after phoning JacksonÂville. Ala. police no less than three times,. Their goal, according to Simmons, was to get video of the police subduing this apparently disturbed, drunk, unemployed roofer who wanted to make a stateÂment about the plight of the unÂemployed.
Andrews, on the third try. igÂnited his clothing. After 37 secÂonds. the camera ..stopped, police nowhere in sight.
Within seconds. Andrews was doused by a volunteer fireman aided by the camera workers.
The station used about two secÂonds of the footage on their 11 p.m. broadcast.
Five days later, March 9, The New York Times front-paged the incident. That night, all three netÂworks used large portions of the grotesque footage. On March 14, ABCâs Nightline used all of the footage; as they asked some very pointed questions about the inciÂdent. Those questions demand an answer.
Why was WHMA so willing to give a deranged man a suicidal forum? Why did the networks
Sympathy...As tragedy again strikes our
campus in form of the death of Tom Blackburn's mother, we are reminded of the miraculous promÂise of Godâs strength being made perfect in our weakness.
As spoken in a recent WednesÂday night chapel message, we realize that, when all we have is washed a<Vay in the tide of distress, we must bring all that we haveâour faith in Godâand fay that at the feet of our Fortress. We extend our sympathy and encouragement to this student and his family.
deem it appropriate to use the footÂage five days later? Is the AmeriÂcan media too powerful in this reÂgard? Would incidents like- this occur without video coverage ?
Whatever else can be deterÂmined from the outcome of the Jacksonville/Anniston incident,several things are readily apparent.
First, there are times when it is simply inexcusable for a jourÂnalist-print, audio or video-to reÂmain a passive observer to a situaÂtion. This is an example of total abÂrogation of the overriding human responsibility of saving a life.
Second, the serious question of "What is Newsââ is raised. Time asked stations to determine when it would be appropriate "not to treat an appalling but meaningless event as if it were news.â
Finally, a very personal, not- too-loudly asked question seems appropriate. How do we and how should we react to media that inÂsists on this type of inexcusable sensationalism?
These questions intensify further in light of a television
drama, "Special Bulletin" aired by NBC-TV on March 20. This dramatization of .the destruction of Charleston. S .C .. by five terrorists who were given a national forum by a network TV reinforced the poÂtential influence of disturbed indi- viduals'by the national media.
In "Bulletinâ five terrorists deÂmanded the decomissioning of over 900 warheads in the CharlesÂton area through a feed from an imaginary network affiliate in Charleston.
Eventually. Charleston was desÂtroyed by the nuclear bomb conÂstructed by the terrorists from stoÂlen plutonium. The realistic porÂtrayal of fictional events brought a great deal of criticism from NBC- News. as well as causing the necessity for multiple audio and viÂsual disclaimers during the broadÂcast .
The dramatization's effectiveÂness reinforces the questions alÂready asked and intensifies our need for reaction to apparent and potential media abuses.
(continued on page 6)
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Love m o tiva tes coup le to open hom eWhile the outside of the house
on Creamer Drive may not appear particularly striking, inside reside three people full of love for college students. Health Center Dir. Betty Bertschinger and her parents, Ernie and Martha White, better'known as âGramps and Gram,â live there.
Students who go there regularly claim that their love is evident. Gram and Gramps say that love is their primary motivation for conÂtinually opening their home to stuÂdents. âWe count it as a ministry,â Gramps explained, adding that many who come need someone to talk to or need a âspiritual lift-up.â
A number of students visit them regularly to relax and talk, each with their own stories about Gramps. Linda Ford describes Gramps as the âboisterous, opinionatedâ one, Grams as being more quiet and Mrs. Bertschinger as âwise.â
Evenings at this âhome-away- from-home,â as Gramps terms it, vary depending on the people there, which could be anywhere from one to thirty. Sara Bumes, who also visits regularly, noted that she always finds popcorn and drinks and sometimes television, games or just talk.
âWe donât have anything fancy,â Gramps remarked, âIt doesnât amount to a great deal of money.â
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Miss Bumes explained, though, that they are âvery generous,â and âgiving of anything they have.â
Of course, thereâs the red chair. Gramps explains that many couples meet from his matchmakÂing on the red chair, and his daughÂter agreed to his success in this
area. When a guy and girl he would like to see together, both come, he introduces them and makes sure that they sit together in his red chair.
Then thereâs Charlie, the large black rubber spider which Gramps likes to hide in the ice bin or drop over unsuspecting shoulders.
Miss Bumes, Miss Ford and other regular visitors talk about Grampsâ âcorny jokes.â Theyâre not even funny, and he knows theyâre not!â Miss Ford explained. âBut he tells them anyway,â claims another.
âI steal their youth,â Gramps quipped.
In the winter a fireplace crackles often; when warmer weather arÂrives the swimming pool opens. Splitting wood for the fireplace and keeping the pool clean provide opportunities for students to give some of their time to the family. Miss Ford noted that they often help clean the house and do other chores for Gram.
âIf I need help Iâve got a bunch I can call on,â Gramps asserts. In reÂturn. Gram noted that men often bring sewing for her to do or come to use tools.
Most become acquainted with
Gram and Gramps through friends who take them over. Gramps reÂmarked that he doesnât know by name many of those who come, but he âloves them all anyway.â
The Whites have lived in Cedar- ville for ten years. Before they re-
"G ramps"tired, they lived in Martinâs Ferry, Ohio a small coal and steel mill town near the Ohio River, where they worked in Sunday School
Grier describes n e w positionTeleological suspension of the
ethical. Epistemological self-conÂsciousness. Anti-revelational scheme of the Kantian noumenal.
These are just a few examples of the terminology which was quite common to Cedarville College until this year because they are philosophical terms which presupÂpose instruction in philosophy.
Until the 1982-83 academic year James M. Grier filled the post of assoc, prof, of Philosophy at Cedarville College. At the close of that school year, Grier accepted an offer of the position of Dean of Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Another case of âProf, leaves small college to move on to bigger and better things, never to be seen again,â right? Wrong.
Grier recently returned to camÂpus, Feb. 15-17, lecturing in the Staley Foundation Distinguished Christian Scholar Lectureship. He presented âA Christian Philosophy of Apologetics.â Student reaction varied from, âIt was greatâ to âover my headâ to âwho is this man?â
The major change which Grier faced as he assumed his new posiÂtion at the seminary was increased administrative duties. Grier stated that he is involved in budget planÂning, acquisition of faculty and deÂvelopment and refinement of curÂriculum, all of which provide âan excellent challenge.â
Grier seemed especially pleased that he is involved in working with a very mature faculty at the westÂern Michigan seminary. He speaks highly of their ability to make wise decisions based on group counsel and discussion.
Grier explained that because "any decision that has to be made in which others will be involved guarantees that [all concerned parÂ
ties] will have a part in the decision making process.â
Grier admits that he is in the midst of a learning process. He would like to see further developÂment and curriculum refinement, especially in the area of philosophical theology.
He also would like to see the stuÂdents wed academic excellence with practical performance. Through this he hopes to leave a heritage from which future generÂations may build and benefit.
Throughout his career, Grier has been directly involved in the GARBC. Through college, semiÂnary, pastoral and teaching experiÂences, he has identified several needs with the Association. He arÂticulated three primary goals through which these needs could be met.
First, he would like to see a betÂter educated ministry with men who can competently exegete Scripture. Second, he would like to see the GARBC make a solid contribution to theological scholÂarship which would include the production of good exegetical works in defense of their stance on eschatology and separatism.
Third, Grier desires to' see in men a willingness to serve Christ and do Kingdom-work regardless of any extrinsic financial factors;
he wants men to serve God for the sake of obedience and not for monÂetary increase.
All in all, Grier is very comfortÂable yet challenged at Grand RapÂids Baptist Seminary. Since there are more than thirty Cedarville graduates at the seminary he also feels quite at home. He views Cedarville College very positively and plans to continue cordial reÂlationships.
Grier related that he and his wife Shirley completed the move to Grand Rapids with relative ease, becoming accustomed to the area quickly. Since his wife has a sister living in the city, Grier remarked on the âimmediate in-built social relationshipsâ existing when they settled into their lakeside home.
Grier enjoys the cultural advanÂtages of living in Grand Rapids. Opportunities abound to enjoy art, music, lectures and a wide variety of other stimulating cultural acÂtivities.
Grier has not been immune to the ânew-kid-in-townâ syndrome, thbugh. Being a new face, he says,
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He speaks with deep appreciaÂtion for the genuine Christian grace with which he and his wife have been treated since they made their move.
Grier remarked that teaching at the seminary level is a challenging task, primarily because the stuÂdents are much more serious in acÂquiring skills for the ministry than they are on the college level. He reÂported an increased level of interÂaction with students asking quesÂtions which are not always easy to answer. Grier attributes this to the fact that most of the students are well-read and that they have a thorough acquaintance with the subject being taught.
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with teen-agers. âą When they moved, Gramps explained that they were afraid that they wouldnât be able to continue their involveÂment with young people, but soon learned otherwise.
When they arrived they found their daughter had been having stuÂdents visit her at her apartment, so they quickly got involved. RealizÂing the apartment was too small, Gramps bought their present
âą home.âWeâve got a greater relationÂ
ship with young people than weâve ever had,â Gramps stated.
âWe donât invite anyone, they just come,â noted Gram. Gramps added that the house is closed to no one as long as they behave like Christian young men and women... and if they, donât. Iâll get them!"
Miss Ford noted that they aren't afraid to discipline if that is whatâs needed. âThey donât always tell you what you want to hear,â she explained. âThey tell you what you need to hear, but always in love.â
Visitors are reminded to keep their feet off the furniture and clean up spills, and Gramps controls the television viewing.
âYou know that they love you,â Miss Ford and others reiterate.
Many of the regular attenders are athletes, especially soccer players, but Mrs. Bertschinger quickly explains that no one is singled out. Gramps explained that the soccer players usually help him close the pool after soccer camp and then just keep coming back.
Gram remembered times when they have been out-of-town and have bumped into some of these friends. âWeâve got kids all over the country in everything,â Gramps "noted. âThe kids donât forget us.ây Besides Mrs. Bertschinger, the Whites have three other daughters, 16 grandchildren and two greatÂgrandchildren, whose pictures in the hall they eagerly point out.
âWe donât do it to get rewards,â Gramps claims. âI just get a bang out of it.â
âWe really do it because we love kids,â Gram concluded.
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Linn, Branham recitals exemplify difficult preparationA word exists that possesses the power to strike unÂ
surpassed tension and anxiety in the hearts of its. vicÂtims.
This single noun, but its mere utterance, leaves its hearers senseless and numb with fear.
Cedarville College students encountering this phenomenal subject react most often with terror and avoidance. The word------Recital.
Despite this pandemonium of anguish, the CedarÂville College Music and Speech Communications Depts. require their students to perform a major recital their senior year, although speech majors can opt to do a major research paper. Nonetheless, most students emerge from this experience generally unscathed. Some even eventually report enjoyment resulting from their recitals.
On April 9 at 8 p.m., two Cedarville students will ascend the stage to display the culmination of their college training. They exhibit typical experiences of music and speech majors as they prepare for next week's events. Roseanne Branham plans a trumpet reÂcital to be held in the James T. Jeremiah Chapel. Faith Linn works toward a speech recital to be performed in Alford Auditorium.
This taught me that once you start a piece you have to finish it... no matter what!
Roseanne Branhamâs recital fulfills the requireÂments for her major in music with a proficiency in trumpet. Under the direction of Charles Pagnard, asst, prof, of Music, Miss Branham began working last quarter.
â1 picked my major piece, which is fifteen minutes long and then started filling in with the shorter pieces,â she reported, adding, âWe donât have to memorize our music, so thatâs why I can start later."
Miss Branham then continued to explain the variÂous aspects of her recital. â(Pagnard] wanted a repreÂsentation of different style errors,â she began, âso we have a lot of different things. It wonât be solely trumÂpet.â Her accompaniment will include cello, organ, voice, piano and trombone.
In preparation for this event, Miss Branham reports that she practices about two hours a day, not including work with the other musicians and a vocalist. She further states that Spring Break Brass Choir Tour helped her get ready.
Even though she reports the recital has taken long hours to perfect. Miss Branham believes she gains new insights through her toil. âThis taught me that once you start a piece you have to finish it, work at the problem, no matter what!"
She explained, âWhen I first got the major piece, there were some points that scared me to death. But by working through them Iâve learned to be a little cohfi- dent.â She added laughing, âIâm still nervous about being nervous.â
"Another thing Iâve learned is that when you make one mistake it doesnât ruin the music,â she affirmed. Miss Branham confessed that in all probability she will not execute perfectly every note during her reciÂtal. âIt is important to just go on and realize that one mistake does not ruin the entire piece,â she reiterated.
Other truths Miss Branham believes sheâs reafÂfirmed include the importance of patience and depenÂdence on God and others. âSometimes I get frustrated when the Lord will not open up time and let me know how things will end up.â She confessed, âIâve learned patience and just trust in Him. I have to depend on the Lord, because I canât do this alone."
Reviewing her years at Cedarville, Miss-Branham remembers, âwhen I first came to school, I could not play in front of people. I thought I could never do a re- citaL In fact, I failed my sophomore reviews. I was crushed, because the trumpet was the most important thing to me.â
âThen the summer between my sophomore and junior years I got some counseling, 1 came back and passed my sophomore reviews.â She went on to disÂclose, âEveryone thought I was different, but I didn't feel anv different on the inside.â
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Then. Miss Branham remembers a life-changing event. She conveyed that when she faced her philosoÂphy of life speech, a requirement for Fundamentals of Speech, she realized that she could not give it to the class. "I didnât believe in a personal relationship with Christ,â she stated, âbut through the experience with the speech. Dr. Phipps led me to the Lord.â
âAfter that, the end of my junior year, I dropped all my music classes, searching for happiness." Miss Branham relates, âThen I thought the recital was an impossible task, something Iâd never do. I thought the Lord would take the trumpet away. But, the more I used the trumpet, the more confident I became." She then stated with resolve, âI have to give it back to Him. If I use it for the Lord, things will come out okay."
Faith Linn also faces a recital on April 9. She works toward a degree in Speech, emphasizing platform arts. Upon graduation Miss Linn plans possibly to pursue a masters in oral interpretation.
A great deal of time and effort goes into preparing a speech recital. Miss Linn reports. âFirst, you have to find a piece. I read stories, indexes to plays, watched movies on T V and asked people their favorite stories and plays."
After searching through reams of plays Miss Linn stated that she picked Anastasia, a story of a Russian girl during the end of the period of the czarâs. Her task at hand then entailed perfecting an hour-long perforÂmance in which she constitutes the entire cast.
âI had to spend time getting familiar with the play, just reading it and getting to know it,â she said. âThe next step was research. I researched the history of the fime period, the culture and the socio-economic backÂground of Russia and Berlin.â This accumulated reÂsearch fulfilled another part of the recital requirement, a research paper of the particular play chosen.
To continue the work. Miss Linn stated that she cut the play to an hour in length, completed analysis on the seven characters, began memorizing and working with her director, Sharon Biddle, and practiced the script, developing the characters.
"Now, Iâm planning the reception, gathering the music, working with staging, lighting, costumes and setting, and just perfecting and polishing the play.â
Like Miss Branham, Miss Linn believes that she learnefd some valuable lessons through her work. âIâve learned how important it is to really concentrate on the task at hand,â she began. âYou have to put energy into what you are doing. Positive attitude is important also,â she added.
Iâve learned how imporÂtant it is to really concenÂtrate on the task at hand.
Tâve learned a lot about characters and characteri- tion,â she stated. âHaving four male characters I have had a very difficult time portraying them, so Iâve had to learn about body movement and voice inflection.â She then included, âIâve learned all that goes into the making of a play: costumes, staging, setting. . . .â
Along with these principles, other truths impressed Miss Linn through her work. âA verse that has been really special to me is II Corinthians 12:9 which says âMy grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. â A lot of times, I havenât had the strength. When Iâm weak, His strength is there. He has supplied the perseverance, the energy. Iâll have to lean on His strength in these next few weeks.â
âThrough the tough times, friends have been very special,â Miss Linn revealed. âThey offer to help me and, when I need-extra strength, God sends the friends along.'1â
To future recital givers. Miss Linn offers these words of-advic.e: "Start early! Pick your piece when you are a junior. When you have enough time, there is nothing to be afraid of.â She further affirms, âGet on the ball. Persevere, and let it be a learning experience. And, even though this may sound ironic, you can enjoy it!â
Crisis Pregnancy Center offers âdifferentâ kind of counselingThe Crisis Pregnancy Center
presents an unusual outlook on a painfully familiar problemâunÂwanted pregnancies.
Since November. 1982 Joan Roher and other concerned women, have tried to help preÂgnant women contemplating aborÂtion. The staff members of the Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC) are, trained to counsel women about the various alternatives to abortion and the risks involved in deciding to have an abortion.
The center staff believes both that the misconception of abortion being âsafe and easyâ is false, and
that the pregnant woman is often pressured into having one because of the sociological fear of judgeÂment and rejection.
The center exists "to provide that clear point of referenceâ to the pregnant woman which she so desÂperately needs.
The center does not limit its serÂvices to helping only the pregnant woman, but also attempts to aid the womanâs family members and parÂticularly the childâs father.
Discussions at the center include alternatives - to abortion, facts about abortion and what is inÂvolved. A moral lifestyle and helpÂ
ful moral standards are encour- *aged.
âOne of our main goals is to also share Christ with the women, even when Christian girls come," states Mrs. Roher. âThereâs still a lot of Christians out there that don't have set standards of morality.â
Free services are available inÂcluding, a 24-hour hot-line (296- 0173), open for those who need counseling. The center office is loÂcated at 1563 E. Dorothy Lane, Kettering, Ohio, no. 210.
Pregnancy tests, which are 97%
accurate, are provided among their many services. Mrs. Roher comÂments that the 3% inaccuracy causes a great fear that the center may âcome up with an inaccurate pregnancy test."
Besides the testing, the center also provides aid in finding a place to live, medical care, social serÂvices, legal assistance, clothing, childbirth instructions and assistÂance. But providing friendship and loving concern tops their list.
Trained by the National ChrisÂtian Action Council, the centerâs staff members disapprove of aborÂtion and strive to educate those who come to them about the realisÂ
tic information and evidence of the various methods of killing the fetus.
Their alternative to abortion inÂcludes carrying the child full term and then either keeping him or putÂting him up for adoption. They are associated with Christian adoption agencies which assist in placing the baby in a good home.
Above all things, the center places Christ .first and shares His love and concern with all that visit, not only hoping that the clients will be able to see abortion as Christ would see it, but that they would accept Him as Saviour and go on to li.ve a rewarding.life for Him.
'ars- March 31,1983 - feature-spring tours
ring break ministries spanChorale sings in nationâs capital
The muted strains of the pre-serÂvice organ and piano duet drift through the room in which choir members are prayerfully preparing themselves for the eveningâs perÂformance.
In a few more minutes they will move to the rear entrances of the auditorium and line up for the proÂcessional number. As they assemÂble, the air becomes electric with their excitement and anticipation of their opportunity to minister.
This describes the pre-service atmosphere at any of the various churches in which the Cedarville College Concert Chorale minisÂtered during spring break. At each of the many stops the Chorale made, there existed an intense desÂire to minister the Gospel to those in attendance. One member comÂmented, âWeâre on tour to minisÂter, not to perform.â
Lyle Anderson, Chorale ConÂductor, explained, âSpring tour is a time of spiritual enrichment, both for the Chorale and to those who are ministered to.â
The Choraleâs spring tour began on March 12 with an evening conÂcert in Strongsville, Ohio. That evening was typical of nearly every concert. One member realized shortly before the concert that his tuxedo was still in CedarÂville. The Bangkok flu, which was to haunt the Chorale all week, made its first appearance in a dramatic way, forcing a member to make a trip to the local hospital.
Sunday morning, the Chorale sang at Akron Baptist Temple, givÂing a short performance in front of the adult congregation and local television audience before moving to the College and Career church for a more complete service.
Plum Borough, Penn, was the slated stop for Sunday evening, as the choir began its trek east.
The tour continued throughout the week with'stops in Petkasie, Penn.; Lynchburg, Va; and a three-day concentration in the
Washington, D.C. area.The days in Washington were
viewed as special highlights by many group members; a full day of touring the nationâs capital brought a heightened sense of their AmeriÂcan heritage as well as a close look at modern government.
While in Washington the Chorale gave a concert at the Arabic Baptist Church. This cross- cultural experience was extremely enriching as the bond of Christ was
experienced by both groups though at times oral communication was impossible.
âViewing the-zeal and love for Christ that the ÌArabic people posÂsessed was truly an exceptional exÂperience." Anderson said.
Andersonâs goals for the tour inÂcluded the artistic goal of striving for that perfect performance; this goal was superceded by the effort made to extol true Biblical worship in music and to encourage the churches and the chorale to devel-
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Lauderdale began with a 9 a.m. deÂvotion time with the intent of hitÂting the beach within an hour and a half. From that point on the memÂbers were to reach who they could, for four hours hopefully sharing the salvation plan with those they met.
There was1 no checklist of how many people each was to meet, amount of time to be spent, number of decisions to see made or a turnover ratio. The emphasis of the team was to meet and reach out.
Kirk Keller, who has since been called to teach in a Christian school in Ft. Lauderdale, and Rob Freeman both experienced their first Beach Evangelism trip this Spring break. Freeman stated that when he reached the beach, he felt like, âWhere do I start?â
It might seem implausible that a team of 28 people would ever have an impact upon the crowds of an entire beach in one month, much less in one week.
Keller agreed that Ft. Lauderdale had a morally corrupt, âcarefreeâ atmosphere. He and Freeman as well a s ' the rest of the team nevertheless found the people reÂceptive to their efforts. The people they met did not necessarily conÂform to the statistical 19-25-year old secular college student.
Keller tells of a forty-year-old Mormon man with twenty years in theological training. Reflecting upon this unexpected encounter, Keller described Florida as a chalÂlenge for those coming from a Bible-believing atmosphere.
Keller would advise âbrushing up on your theologyâ to prepare for atrip like this.
The team realizes that, because of the nature and location of their evangelism, they may encounter criticism, the conjecture from some students that the Beach Team might be shallow and unnecessary surfacing occasionally. Keller and Freeman acknowledged the preÂsence of subtle assertions, and both agreed on one point: âyou make the trip what you want it to be.â
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op true heart worship. Anderson also stated that the development of a servantâs heart in the lives of Chorale members was an imporÂtant goal
One of the mosFprofitable areas of this yearâs spring tour was the daily devotional time. Chorale ofÂficers decided before tour that a study of a particular spiritual topic would be. of extreme value in preÂparing the attitudes of members.for their daily ministry.
The officers chose to study holiÂness, using Jeff Bridgesâ Pursuit o f Holiness- as a devotional guide. Each day a certain portion of the book was assigned to be read, and almost every evening the portion was discussed before the service to prepare the proper spirit for perÂforming. Several members stated that this study opened their eyes to important concepts, and all saw this study as a special highlight of the tour.
As the members of the Chorale reflected back on all that took place over tour, humorous as well as spiritual memories come to mind. The male members of the choir disÂtinctly recalled the seemingly conÂstant loading and unloading o f the bus.
Many members remember countless Rook games which were played while traveling. Others reÂported the forging of special friendships which may last through college.
Abusescriticized
(continued from page 2)Franky Schaeffer in his latest
book says, âThere are times in which anyone with a shred of moral principle should be proÂfoundly angry. We live in such times.â Schaeffer's attack on the media includes these types of abuses. »
Aâsecond reaction is skepticism. Not a disbelief of all media, but a healthy skepticism about truths and intermixed opinion, a healthy skepticism about the role of senÂsationalism from the media.
A final appropriate reaction is action. All of us have equal action alternatives. We can speak up to the media: tools include letters to editors, phone calls to TV stations and letters on the topic when a staÂtion's license is being reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission.
' The most sensible action seems to be the easiest as well. When the media engages in abuse, in this or any other way. we can turn the page or change the channel.
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âTo proclaim the righteousness of God and salvation through His son, Jesus Christâ was the theme of the New York City evangelism team.
The Cedarville team of 13 memÂbers joined with five students from Word of Life and 11 others from the Unique Opportunity Program, a one-year Bible school in Liberty Comers, N.J. This team then joined with Open Air CampaigÂnersâ evangelists Chris Schroeder, Art Williams, George Nagy and Chuck Williams.
The ministry in New York \yas three-fold: street meetings, subÂway meetings and children's meetÂings. The nature of this ministry was sowing the Word of God more than actually reaping, and because of this nature, team leader. Dean Johnson, said that âunity was esÂsential and needed to be built'so that they could rely on each other.â
The evangelism was concenÂtrated into Short periods of time. The basis for the preaching was I Corinthians 15:3-4 with follow-up to be done by the Open Air Cam-
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die," may not develop broadly preÂpared graduates.
The use of several stylebooks helps students develop an interÂdisciplinary perspective. This is one means by which a liberal arts college may combat the drift in American society toward inÂcreased specialization and an âivory tower mentality" among professionals. Indidivuals become so preoccupied with their own specialties that they lose sight of valuable new developments and perspectives outside their own disÂcipline.
Writing according to a stylebookâs conventions is a way for students to put on the âspectaÂclesâ of a professional and subÂsequently to think, research, orÂganize âand write from the viewÂpoint of that discipline. A good unÂdergraduate education should enÂcourage students to look through the "spectaclesâ of several discipÂlines and to try different communiÂcation styles.
Learning to communicate in an effective and professional manner is another result of familiarity with several styles. The quintessential element of print communication is simply learning to write for the auÂdience, Whether, writing a letter home, an article for a professional journal, newspaper or popular rag, a term paper or a business report, one must be able to utilize different communication tools.
For example, in both of our disÂciplines^,, k now 1 edge of several
paigners.The team members gathered
people for the childrenâs meetings and handed out tracts. Sometimes the team found the opportunity to relate the plan of salvation to indiÂviduals.- Second-year team member Jane Sparling said that going to New York made her aware of weak points-in her life and challenged her to be more diligent in Godâs service when not on a team.
Similarly, Joy Hart, a first-year member, found growth in boldness and in learning that sharing the gospel makes one less scared.
Expressing her frustratoin with the time situation, Miss Hart reÂmarked, âI saw, their need for Christ and realized that they needed more time that what we had to give, but even if only one person was interested, it was worth it!â
Team members were Cicero Mukes, Dean Johnson, Rob Thim- mes, Tony Pepe, Bob Entwistle, Joy Hart, Jane Sparling, Deatra Huffman, Jane Adams, Cheryl Robbins, Lisa Swanson, Marth Johnson and Martha Jewell.
stylebooks is required in order to be professionally active. In addiÂtion, there are numerous other parÂticularized requisites for publicaÂtion. Some journals want the artiÂcle in duplicate, some triplicate or even four copies; some require the original, others copies; some limit pages, others speak in terms of maximum words; some demand endnotes, some footnotes and some no notes; some want an abstract, others not; some a biogÂraphy or references and some a vita.
One journal summarizes the issue by rather bluntly stating that "the editors are the final arbiters. .. .â Maybe it is not such a bad idea to have undergraduates become familiar with âprocessâ diversity. Although confusing, possible even frustrating, experience with sevÂeral style manuals develops, comÂmunication skills.
A third reservation in regard to a single manual policy forces us to offer some societal observations. We live in an organizational sociÂety. Outside our homes, we play, work, study and worship in organiÂzations. In recent years virtually every aspect of our lives has been touched by terms like centralizaÂtion, consolidation, professionaliÂzation, standardization and buÂreaucratization.
Some individuals have even voiÂced the concern that Cedarville College is becoming a "bureauÂcracy." Whether o râ rno t. this
On March 11 eight students left Cedarville College for a nine-day ministry in southeastern Texas. Teaching in childrenâs Bible clubs, canvassing the town and fellowÂshipping with other college stuÂdents, the Texas team spent the break both ministering and being ministered unto.
thought is valid must be left for another time but we do not believe our college has escaped unÂtouched.
The proliferation of regulations and standardized, formal proceÂdures are classic characteristics of. developing bureaucracies. We tend to view the institution of a single stylebook policy as another such questionable âformalism.â Does the student body really want a sort of synthetic boredom or do they favor professors with some inÂdividuality and variety? Do they desire academic homogeneity or diversity?
Certainly professors become weary correcting style errors, but if escaping this tedium means sacÂrificing our preference and our proÂfessional standards, we must demur.
Finally, we close by observing that cost containment and effecÂtiveness are worthy,, if not mandatÂory goals. We realize that students face a financial crunch. NevertheÂless, accomplishing a task by the cheapest and speediest method is not always the best approach. Other values should be considered like the ones we have suggested above.
We know what it is like to be "book rich and coin poorâ-while in school we scrimped, we used the library, we borrowed, and we barÂtered. But best of all, though "penÂniless.â we learned.
In' summing the trip up one member asserted, âI think a lot of seeds were planted.â
The team consisting of Ken Bandy, Angela Cooke, Dave EnÂglish, Irene Farley, Leslie GoodÂman, Lorain Haladay, Becky MilÂler and Carlene Terlouw, started out on Friday afternoon on what was to be a 25-hour trip to the FelÂlowship Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. The team traveled in two cars. On Saturday morning, the group stopped at McDonaldâs for breakfast which of course involved brushing teeth and washing hair in the restrooms to revive itself for the rest of their journey. The team continued traveling until they arÂrived at their destination around 4:30 p.m.
Upon arrival the teamâmembers first met with the families with which they would staying and then set up in the church and rehearsed a readersâ theater for the next day.
Some team members felt a slight apprehension at first but, Dave EnÂglish, group leader stated, âIt wasnât so bad because you knew that the Lord was going to work it out.â The days ahead were to bring many opportunities to âlet the Lord work it out.â
Teaching the nearly thirty chilÂdren was a special challenge beÂcause of the varied backgrounds and the wide age span. âThere were toddlers to ten-âyear-olds,â reÂlated Angela Cooke, continuing that some had been raised in the church and others whose parents came from entirely unchurched backgrounds.
Miss Farley expressed regrets at having to leave the site of the ministry; âI would have liked to have stayed on,â she reminisced. Sunday afternoon the team left Austin, arriving at Cedarville at 4:30 Monday afternoon - just in time for supper and a shower beÂfore reporting to chapel for the first meeting of the Spring Enrichment Conference.
After the first day, the children were divided into smaller groups and were taught using a variety of methods including magic and pupÂpets.
v The puppets were managed by Ron Hobar, a 1982 graduate who traveled with last yearâs summer puppet team and lives in Austin where he works with a puppet ministry in the church. Assisting him were team members Becky Miller, who also traveled on last yearâs puppet team, and Angela Cooke, of this yearâs summer pupÂpet team.
The children were on the whole âvery receptive,â recounts Dave English, who adds that he apÂpreciated seeing the transparency of the newly saved young people in the church. âChrist,â he remarked, âreally means something to them.â
Irene Farley, another team member commented that âsincereÂnessâ and âopennessâ of children is what she liked most about teaching them, and also the fact that âTheyâre not afraid of disclosing what they think.â
Team members agreed that seeÂing growth in their own lives, as well as in the lives of those they ministered to, was a thrill, espeÂcially benefiting from the ministry of pastor Bruce MacDonald, a former Cedarville student.
One member explained that MacDonald made real the idea of lifestyle evangelism. âThe people, in the church not only knew Christ but they lived Him from their hearts,â he stated.
[MacDonald] really made the trip for me,â another member added âI knew he was special when he said at the beginning, âI know itâs your spring break so I want you to have fun.ââ
Having fun included afternoons off and a day to go sight seeing. Sight seeing for the men meant a four-hour trip to Dallas for a look at the city and a tour of Dallas Theological Seminary, while the women visited San Antonio.
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Professors reply to editorial
8 Cedars - March 31,1983 - sports - NCAA rule changes
NCAA toughens academic standards for athletes(CPS) - The top college football and basketball teams in the country this year say they would still be comÂpeting for national championships even if the NCAAâs (National ColÂlegiate Athletic Association) new, tougher academic standards for athletes had been in force this year.
College Press Service asked athÂletic directors and coaches of teams ranked in the final Top 10 Associated Press football poll and in the Top 10 of the AP basketball poll the last week of January, 1983 if a significant number of players would be ineligible under the new rules.
Some said the new rules, which set higher admission standards and require that athletes do well in cerÂtain language and science courses, would not affect their standings at all.
Others say they would have afÂfected them a little. The athletic diÂrector at a predominantly-black colÂlege says they are all lying.
Most major conferences are now surveying their member schools to see how many current athletes would be disqualified. Results so far are sketchy.
But the Big Eightâs completed study said that 10 to 27% of its white athletes might have been disÂqualified, while 60% of its black athletes might not have met the NCAAâs standards.
That presents marked contrast to what athletic department officials at some of the Top Ten teams reÂported.
âThe proposal would have no efÂfectâ on UCLAâs basketball team, asserts UCLA faculty representaÂtive Douglas Hobbs.
The Memphis State, Virginia, Missouri and St. Johnâs basketball lineups would also be unchanged, sources at those schools contend.
Indiana does âhave an athlete on the basketball team who would not meet the requirements as written for the SATs (Scholastic Aptitute Test),â reports Anita House, an academic counselor for athletes.
âBut SATs donât measure deterÂmination or self-discipline,â she adds.
Indeed, most department spokespersons qualified their estiÂmates of the rulesâ effects someÂhow.
UCLAâs Hobbs, for example, notes the new standards would have no effect on the basketball team âbecause we have no freshmen on the team, and the proÂposal only deals with freshmen.â
Everyone will be affected,,, flatly states Tom McCullough, a spokesman for the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Some, however, will be affected more than others.
Based on preliminary results of the SEC survey, for example, McCullough thinks âbasketball will be affected more than footÂball.â
Football teams, however, will be hurt.
âA number of our players do come in on special admissions, perhaps 15 or 20%,â says Don James, head football coach at the University of Washington.
âBut there would be no major efÂfects, except on perhaps four or five players, and most would still qualify on the SAT scoresi"
Ten to 15% of the University of Georgiaâs athletes are currently enÂrolled in developmental studies,â according to associate athletic diÂrector Lee Hay ley.
UCLA would have lost two of the three freshmen football players, on last fallâs squad to the new course requirements, Hobbs says.
Fred Hobdy, assistant athletic director at Grambling, finds it all hard to believe. Hobdy says he reÂcruits against the top schools all over the country, and that if they would not be affected by the new rules, âthen weâre getting the wrong academic informationâ on potential recruits.
âIn Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta, itâs all the same,â he says. âIn one section the schools are excellent, in other sections there are boards instead of doors.â
âThe effects of the proposal will really depend on the individual school,â NCAA spokesman Tom Yeager observes .
Thirty-seven percent of MisÂsouriâs black athletes would be inÂeligible to play intercollegiately under the new rules, according to the Big Eight survey.
It is on black athletes that the rules will fall most heavily, mostf critics seem to agree. âą,
The new rules require an SAT score of 700 or an ACT (American College Testing) score of 15, but such standardization tests have long been criticized as culturally- biased toward white, middle-class students.
Many athletic directors seem to have joined the critics. âI do think the SAT requirement has racial bias,â Cerra says.
âThe test is weighted against minorities, especially rural minorities,â says Memphis State Athletic Director Charles Cavag- naro.
Advocates of the new rules seem to feel the losses may be worth it. âSomeone has to tell the Ralph Sampsons right now how imporÂtant it is to get a degree,â says VirÂginia Athletic Director Dick Schultz.
At the NCAA January convenÂtion, which adopted the new rules, Penn State coach Joe Patemo asÂserted black athletes can compete on the SATs as successfully as they do on the field.
Paternoâs remarks, however, drew a lot of flak, and now a Penn State athletic deparment spokesÂman says the rules are âtoo conÂtroversialâ to comment uponr
The controversy continues. âI think we could skin the cat some other way,â says Memphis State's Cavagnaro.
Gramblingâs Hobdy is sure the rules will change before they beÂcome effective in 1986 because âtoo many people are making a livÂing and feeding their families on the black athlete for the NCAA to make the proposal stand as it is.â
âThere are three more convenÂtions before the proposal goes into effect,â agrees the NCAAâs Yeager, âand a real possibility the test will be optional.â
Cal Ian expects tougher competition with new rules
While the new NCAA rules won't affect Cedarville College directly, âIt will make it tougher for us athletically,â stated Don Callan, Athletic Dir.
He explained that he expects to see strong high school athletes, who would previously have gone to larger NCAA schools, coming to smaller colÂleges. Because of tougher academic standards high school graduates with low grades will no longer be permitted to play at NCAA schools.
Callan foresees them enterÂing smaller NAIA schools, inÂstead. where grade rules aren't
as rigid. This will probably strengthen the quality of NAIA athletics.
NAIA (National Assn, of InÂtercollegiate Athletics) rules, under which Cedarville operÂates, Callan continued, simply, specify that a student athlete must graduate from an accreÂdited high school and be acÂcepted by the college at which he is playing.
The NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Assn.) rules which also apply to Cedarville closely parallel the NAIA rules, Callan added.
Athletes here are admitted and continue in school on the same basis as all other students, the coach noted, explaining that this means maintaining passing grades in at least 12 credit hours per quarter. The situation, CalÂlan remarked, âintends that a student be making normal progÂress toward a degree:â
He also noted that only two or three Cedarville students each year must discontinue competiÂtion due to low grades.
Besides gaining better athletes, Callan also foresees the new rules helping the enrollÂment problem in smaller colÂleges.
While he does not believe the NAIA will raise its academic standards in the near future. Callan admits that Cedarville would probably be better able to compete if they were raised. âIt would guarantee that we were playing student athletes," he concludes.
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The baseball team just-couldnât get the weather to cooperate over spring break - in Florida or back at home.
The weather was still less than satisfactory as the squad returned home. The first regular season game ended in a 5-5 tie after ten innings against Bluffton College- on a very cold day.
The Jackets then went on to top a doubleheader with Olivet Nazarene, who lost the first game, 3-I. and the second, ll-2 , at a home 'game last Saturday afterÂnoon.
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Wrestlertriumphsby Dave English, varsity wrestler
The season began in the early weeks of October. Prior to the acÂtual mat-work, team members conÂditioned bv running. One imporÂtant item was missing - a coach.
Then, as if out of the blue, the team gained a coach, Matt Kunkle. With the addition of Kunkle, the team was ready to begin the seaÂson.
The wrestling team had lost sevÂeral veteran wrestlers including Joel Taylor, Dan Bloom, Rod Lut- trell and Rich Dunn, but a crop of experienced freshmen came in to fill the spots. Three such students were freshmen John Bennet and Tom Christopher and transfer stuÂdent Alvin Tucker.
Kunkel worked the wrestlers hard and the team came out on top in their first match against Ohio Wesleyan.
Early in the season the Yellow Jacket grapplers traveled to HunÂtington, Ind., to participate in an annual . tournament. Several wrestlers placed in this tournament which included some stiff compeÂtition. Captains Dave English ^nd Ron Comfort placed first and third, respectively. Veteran wrestler Jim Howe finished with a second place, whTle John Bennet finished with a third place and freshman John Christopher with a third.
Christmas break provided the wrestlers relief from the routine practices and matches. The new quarter dawned with some major disappointments for the grapplers. The team lost four varsity wrestlers. Despite the setbacks, the team continued to work hard for the seasonâs remaining two months.
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Injuries and further difficulties hindered the teamâs progress so that only three wrestlers repreÂsented the Yellow Jackets at the NAIA District tournament at WilÂmington. Six teams participated in the 24 match tournament: many classes held only three contenders. Ron Comfort came'away with a
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Womenâs softball splits doubleheader, 0-3, 7-4
The Cedarville womenâs soft- ball team began its seaon last Saturday, splitting a double header with Marietta. They dropped the first game, 0-3, but came back in the second to a 7-4 win.
Assessing the teamâs strengths and skills, coach Elaine Brown stated, âWe're much stronger with this group of girls than the last. We have essentially replaced all [graduating] seniors with incomÂing freshmen. We will exhibit depth and versatility.â Depth, coach Brown explained, means that each play is capable of playing more than one position. âThe players realize that they will play in the position that will benefit the team the most,â she continued.
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Cedars - March 31,1983 - entertainment
by Jane Owen
Briefcases fascinate me. You can tell a lot about a person by looking at the inside of his briefÂ
c a s e .Find a Greek scholar in the liÂ
brary and stand behind him so you can look at his opened briefcase (their briefcases are always open). Youâll see the most organized, efÂficient and impressive array of texts, lexicons, papers and the inÂevitable Greek New Testament tucked into their own exact slot, pocket, or space.
For light reading, he may have a copy of Ugaritic for You and M e . tucked in a cranny. No papers ever have to be crammed in. Nothing is ever crumpled. Its beautiful preciÂsion makes IBM look like a dating service.
You know by looking at that briefcase just what his desk looks like. You also know that his bunk is always made within two minutes of his getting up and that he waters his plants exactly when he is supÂposed to. He probably went to Boysâ State in high school, graduated in the top ten of his class
Ampersand
Thurs., Mar. 31Registration closes today for the Badminton Tournament. Divisions for men and women at every skill level.Menâs tennis vs. Kentucky Wesleyan at 1 p.m. Home. Menâs baseball vs. Wilmington College at 2 p.m. Home.
Fri., Apr. 1Classes dismissed at 5 p.m.
Mon., Apr. 4The golf team hosts the 2nd Anual Cedarville College InviÂtational at the Locust Hills Golf Course at 12 noon.Womenâs soiftball vs. Northern
Kentucky University at 3:30 p.m. Home.
Tues., Apr. 5 Classes resume.The men's track team competes with six other schools in the Cedarville Relays beginning at 3 p.m. Home.Men's tennis vs. Wilmington at 2 p.m.-Away.Womenâs tennis vs. WilÂmington at 3 p.m. Away. Women's softball vs. Otterbein College at 4 p.m. Away.
Wed., Apr. 6.Women's softball vs. WilÂmington College at 3 p.m.
and has as his pet peeve people who stand behind him staring at his briefcase. -
Slide down to the middle of the â spectrum and there you should find the scholar who is both academic and extra-curricular minded. His briefcase is a little less neat but no less organized. While he may seem to have a disarray of papers, texts and appointment books, he actuÂally could locate anything he needed within a minute or so.
Ask him for the notes from yesÂterdayâs Baptist History class, and he will dig for only a brief moment through the jungle, neatly pull out stacks of papers and finally extriÂcate his biology book, open it to page 74, and say, âAh, Just where I left them!â,â
You know that this individual usually has a neat closet with his shoes in perfect order. His desk is a series of neat piles. His sweaters ate color-coded in the drawer. He likes âLeave It to Beaverâ re-runs and his roommate, and loves french fries (at McDonaldâs, of course) and âDoonesbury.â
Neither of these descriptions of briefcase-carriers is rigid or absoÂlute; variations always occur, but these models anchor down two of the three points on our linear specÂtrum.
Then thereâs my briefcase. I would say it anchors down the
have to admit that the only thing my case could anchor without squashing it would be an ocean liner.
Iâd like you to meet my briefÂcase. I began trying to be elegant and call it my attache. That quickly deteriorated as several comedians on campus named it informally âthe trunk,â which since has gone downhill to âthe suitcase."
I wish I could leave you with the impression that Iâm terribly orÂganized and fanatically efficient simply because I carry a briefcase- -but thereâs a commandment against lying. I really do try to be perfectly organized but some link of the chain' has snapped someÂwhere .
A friend suggested naming my trunk âąGarfield" because, he avows, it gets fatter every time he sees me carrying it.
Several individuals will peer curiously into Garfield and ask gently, âJane, isnât there someÂthing you could take out? Do you have to carry all of this?" They will never understand, but I have reasons for keeping every one of those items in there. The reasons may be quite illogical but they are reasons.
I have multiple notebooks, texts and file folders which all have some specific purpose; unfortuÂ
nately Iâve forgotten those purÂposes, but I keep hoping Iâll reÂmember themâhence a very overÂcrowded, off-balance briefcase.
I suppose I should do something about the trunk. Iâm tired of people challenging all the things 1 carry and saying theyâre unnecessary. They just donât understand how vital is every item to my equilibÂrium as a student and an-upcoming career woman. Of course, I supÂpose I could take out the teddy bear or the peanutbutter and jelly sandwich or the crayons. .
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entertainment - March 31,1983 - Cedars 11
Former studentsâ song cut on Grant albumLiterally hundreds o f unsoÂ
licited press releases pass through the Cedars office each quarter. Many deal with nuclear proliferaÂtion, strange job opportunities or the activities o f the Red Cross.
Occasionally, a press release, like this one from Miami Valley Christian Televison, station, TV 26, seems particularly o f interest to us.
Former Cedarville students Steve Millikan and Rod Robison are finding that the long hours spent hammering out just the right words and music to their songs are beginning to pay off.
One of their songs, âFat Babyâ, for which Robison wrote the lyrics and Millikan wrote the music, is featured on the Grammy award winning album âAge to Ageâ by recording artist Amy Grant.
This past February the LP was voted âBest Gospel Contemporary Albumâ of 1982 at the annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The top selling inspirational album of last year, it has been at the number one spot on the charts for over eight months.
The song almost missed being on the album according to RobiÂson, who is promotion director at Springfieldâs Channel 26. Robison explained, âSteve was producing an album by another former CedarÂville student named Becky Embro.' Fat Baby' was the title cut. A pubÂlisher named Gary McSpadden happened to come by the studio, heard the song and asked if we would be interested in having it published.â
That wasthe first step in getting the song to the public. Usually, finding a well-known recording artist who will listen to the work of a writer, not to mention record the song, is quite another, according to Robison.
â It was almost too easy.â he said. âI had always admired Amy as a singer and thought she would do a good job with the song. So, I suggested to our publisher that he contact her.â
As Robison understands the story, Ms. Grant and her producer had been looking for a ânovelty- typeâ tune for the new album but
had not found one they were satisÂfied with. The two began praying that the right song would come along. âAbout that time our pubÂlisher walked in with âFat Babyâ, Robison said with a smile. âThey heard it and said, âThatâs it!â
The song, which takes its inspiÂration from the fifth chapter of Hebrews, pokes light fun at people who are satisfied with, as Robison puts its. "wearing the name âChri- tianâ but not the commitment.â He
added, âItâs always easier to see 'ou r faults when we can laugh at them. We all need that occasionÂally.â
From all indications a lot of people have been hearing the mesÂsage of âFat Baby.â So far, the album has sold upwards of a quarÂter of a million copies. The song itÂself is getting airplay on several stations nationwide including two Columbus area gospel stations,
The two songwriters first
A.D. Players featured in weekend sem inar
April 8 and 9. Cedarville College will host its third annual Christian Drama Seminar, coordinated by Dave Robey, asst. prof, of Speech and Drama.
The participants in this year's seminar will view the work of the After Dinner Players, a repertory theater company which strives to present the message o f Christ through drama. Robey, who has seen the Players perÂform several times and hosted them in a church in Tennessee, lauded the company as "exceptionally good.â
On April 8, the A.D. Players will present a complete program as part of the Artist Series. During the seminar on Saturday they will answer such questions as where to find good material. where to get ideas for new mateÂrial, how to present a play on a small platform and how to get a cast to energize a Christian drama.
Robey believes this seminar will be very beneficial .for all attending and is offering it to students at no cost. He elaborated. âChristian drama is a powerful ministry in the church that has been too long overlooked. Dramatization of people making. . .decisions for the glory of God has been and should be used appropriately to challenge people with the claims of Christ.â
Thirty people coming from Michigan, Wisconsin. Illinois, Tennessee and New York have registered for the seminar. Any student may attend, but must register first with Robey.
Thurs., Apr. 7Racquetball - Cut-throat TourÂnament! Register in Campus Activities by 5 p.m. Games will be on each Monday eveÂning from April 11 to May 16. Menâs and women's divisions. The golf team hosts Clark Tech and Wilmington at I p.m. at the Locust Hills Golf Course. Menâs tennis vs. Mt. Vernon at 3 p.m. Home.Gary Rousterâs Senior French Horn Recital at 8 p.m. in the James T. Jeremiah Chapel. Baseball vs. Wilminton at 2 p.m. Away.Women's softball vs. WittenÂberg University at 3:30 p.m. Away.Women's tennis vs. Capital University at 3:30 p.m. Away
Fri., Apr. 8Trustees' meeting Men's tennis vs. Ashland at l p.m. Home:The After DinnerPlayers, a repertory theater company, present their drama program with the spotlight on the gospel of Christ at 8 p.m. in the James T. Jeremiah Chapel.
Fri., Sat., Apr. 8,9The After Dinner Players diÂrects the Drama/Speech SemiÂnar along with David Robey, and Wes and Rebvecca Baker. Registration is April 8 at 6:30 p.m. with the seminar from 9 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.. March 9.
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teamed up while students at CedarÂville College in 1974. Since that time their tunes have been reÂcorded by a number of recording artists.
Rod Robison, who in addition to his duties as promotion director, also is a featured soloist at Channel 26. Steve Millikan lives in Atlanta, Indiana where he is a musician and producer/arranger at recording studios in that area.
alendarTues., Apr. 12
Coed Putt-Putt Golf.Baseball vs. Tiffin University at 1 p.m. Home.Women's track vs. Wittenberg at 3 p.m. Home.Menâs track vs. Wittenberg and Capital at 3 p.m. Home. Womenâs softball vs. Capital University at 3:30 p.m. Home.
Wed., Apr. 13Kite Flying Contest at 3 p.m.- 5 p.m. by the lake.Men's tennis vs. Bluffton at 3 p.m. Away.
Thurs., Apr. 14Baseball vs. Earlham College at 1 p.m. Home.Women's softball vs. Bluffton College at 3:30 p.m. Home. Archery tournament behind the Science Center at 4:30 p.m. Advanced and novice divisions for men and women. EquipÂment available.The Sophomore Class sponsors the film, "Heavenly Deception" in the James T. Jeremiah Chapel at 8 p.m.The golf team vs. Sinclair Community College at 1 p.m. at the Kittyhawk Golf Course in Dayton.Women's tennis vs. Wittenberg at 3 p.m. Away.
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Long before rhe visual display Terminal found o permanent place in rhe newsroom reporters finished rhe-last page of their story with'a "30 â indicating to the.editor that rhe story was complete. Thar's the- derivation of this column, which only naturally appears at rhe end of Cedars.
by Edd Sturdevant
Back by popular demand.OK, thatâs an overstatement.
Even so, there have been a number of people who have urged me to reÂprise âEdditorially Speaking" at least once this year.
For those new here this year, âEdditorially Speakingâ was a colÂumn regularly featured oh Cedars' editorial page last year. Each issue featured an allegorical treatment of a key issue. This new installment, then, is the brief return of âEdditoÂrially Speaking."
For John, Randall, Ric. Cullen and Brad: Always remember, the key is consistency.
â Finally, the church must not forget that it is to be a witness o f Christ to the community at large. Christians must reflect God in their reactions. As Francis Schaif- fer rights, the âfinal apologetic... is what the world sees" in the church. . . if a church. . .exhibitsa bad witness, we all lose.
-John Whitehead ___
The courtroom of William Reid is far from unknown here. Since he ascended the bench 14 year ago in 1888, stories of his decisions have traveled far beyond this Westmoreland County communiÂty-
To many. Reid has become kind of a state hero, somewhat a Pennsylvania legend. To others, the name William Anthony Reid strikes a fearful chord. To all.Reid is a strong-willed yet perceptive man. a judicate who weighs each piece of evidence in a decision with a keen, perceptive knack.
It is this keen comparison that serves as the basis of much of the grapevine scuttle about Judge Reid. In the eyes of many, he-is far too perceptive; he compares every detail with every other detail, searching out the slightest hint of
ing a contract. Marshall's claim is that Brownridge owes him $125 for the use of a wagon. Obviously Brownridge disagrees.
First, some background. Evan Marshall is one of the communiÂty's better off citizens. He's well liked; in fact many of those here in the courtroom came to express their support for Evan and his wife Lucy.
The Marshalls have been marÂried only five years; she was a widow. Evan married very late in life.
Jason Brownridge owns a small farm just outside a' town. He works hard and says little to few. More people see Tiis kids, Jason and Robert, than see him. The three Brownridge men have to work hard; it takes a lot more to make up for the lack of a woman's touch than most people realize.
Eva Brownridge passed on about six or eight years ago. leavin' Jason to try and manage the two boysâa handful in themselves.
Judge Reid has determined sevÂeral things so far. It appears that Jason Brownridge needed an extra wagon for the harvest last fall. His had broken down and without the money from the crops, he couldn't get it fixed. Jase figures that he'd probably have bankrupted without the wagon, particularly now that Jason Jr.âs old enough to run the plow animals.
Marshall says he offered to rent a wagon to the Brownridges for $125.- Beinâ a business man, MarÂshall insists that he made a fair deal with Brownridge. In fact, he's got with him two or three people he claims heard the deal with Jase Brownridge.
Brownridge on the other hand, spent only a few minutes talking to Judge Reid. He really said very litÂtle; thatâs Jaseâs style. All he said really was that without the crop money, âthing's was tight.â He says thereâs no vyay he would have agreed to the rent; it was âmore'n the repair bill wouldâa been.â
very good friends. He would never try tcLmislead either you or I one bit. That contract was made, plain and simple."
âAh see. How about you, Mrs. Spencer, did you hear this price be agreed upon."
âWell, yer honor, 1 heard Jase Brownridge tearing into Evan Marshall something fierce. He was whoopin' and a hollerin'. Sir. I
your gun that,killed Archie Thorn- kins?
It appears that Hicks is hedging, stalling.
âWell, your honor. I guess'n it mighta been mah gun that killed that youngin'. . .But. . .but. . ."
âBut what, Jesse?â''Well,â he replies, answering
and becoming more and more exÂcited, âI never planned to use those
mobile when we attempted to take it front hint."
âMr. Foster! Do you have the thirty-four dollars in question?"
âYes sir, your honor. I do.""Your honor, these men have no
right to my car. I don't owe them money for my car. . . ."
"Sir. I did not ask you for a stateÂment ot your accounts payable. 1 simply asked you why you chose to
lidge Reid was compeÂtent. He was firm. He was
wise. No one has reÂplaced him.
don't see how you could possibly believe a word Jase Brownridge says with an attitude like that."
âAh see. Thank vou Ma'ant."
II
The Borough vs. Hicks
This is a case where the borough is accusing a citizen of a crime, manslaughter. It seems that old Jesse Hicks, that geezer must be 72. by now, took a couple of pot shots at a trespasser on his property out on Smithville Road.
Despite old Jesse's poor eyesight, (astigmatism, you know) he hit the poor feller.
About two hours later the fellow died.
The police claim that Jesse was just itchinâ to shoot somebody.
an error or inconsistency on the part of either counsel.
-Today we bear the distinct pleasure of eavesdropping on Judge Reid's courtroom. We shall witness three cases before the HonÂorable Wm. A. Reid.
I.
Marshall vs. Brownridge
It appears that Mr. Marshall is suing Mr. Brownridge for breakÂ
Reid is listening very carefully. It seems that now that he s spent nearly thirty minutes listening to Marshall, the missus and the witÂnesses, heâs heard enough. It's surÂprising, even though Jase BrowÂnridge only talked for about three minutes, itâs Marshall's witnesses he wants to talk to again.
âMr. Johnson, sir. Did you hear Mr. Marshall and Mr. Brownridge talk about this. . .contract.â
âUb, sir. Mr. Marshall and 1 are
anybody. They figure that must be the case, seeinâ that old Hicks had 16 shotguns ahangin' on his wall.
Old Jesse's gun collection was pretty well known all through Westmoreland County. He'd been boasting for years that if anybody got near his house he'd load 'em with buckshot before they could say Jiminy Cricket. Looks like maybe he did this time.
â 'Well, Jesse. Is there any quesÂtion about whether or not it was
guns. That's why I told everyone I had 'em. I jest wanted to be left alone: didn't want no trouble. EvÂerybody knew I'd shoot if someÂone came too close. I never meant to. . .
Ill
-"âą..Land National Bank vs. Foster
Delbert Foster owes Land 'NaÂtional money. Neither he nor the
"bank's arguing about that. What they are arguing about is what to do now that Delbert's decided not to pay.
The accusations are flying. DeÂlbert insists that the bank can't take his car. The bank says that it is legitimate collateral. Delbert says itâs his.
Judge Reid seems to be talking with just the two lawyers. Now one of them is going to explain someÂthing.
" It is our position that Delbert Foster owes the Land National Bank $1256, thirty-four dollars of which was due on the seventh of last month. Mr. Foster, after being notified that hispayment was past due and that the bank would take legal recourse if payment was not made, placed the thirty-four dolÂlars in quesiion in an account at another bank. Both he and the bank concur on this point. It seems that Mr. Foster was unaware that his personal possessions fell under the jurisdiction of the bank for reposÂsession in the event of non-payÂment. It is our . . ."
âMr. Peters, please get to the heart of this matter."
"Yessuh. your honor. Mr. FosÂter chained himself to the autoÂ
retuse these men what rightfully falls w ithin their realm of authorÂity'."
Even now. nearly a century later, we can realize the wisdom of Judge William A. Reid. His keen sense of perception enables us to see our own idiosyncracies
He was able to judge the true thoughts and actions of two men. One was struggling,- the other, seemingly well off, retused to credit the first for anything.
Reid, on the other hand, found the inequality . He found the inconÂsistency. He realized that Evan Marshall had created a contract, but Jason Brownridge had not been a part of it.
Judge Reid was capable of deÂtermining the' worth of self deÂfense. He never questioned Jesse Hick's right to defend himselt from attack. Even so, Hicks was found guilty of manslaughter.
Judge Reid commended Delbert Foster on his convictions. He lauded the firmness with which Delbert defended his automobile. Judge Reid was far more sensible about the whole issue than Foster was. Reid assured Delbert Foster he had rights, but so did the larger organization. Reid ordered the $34 paid, and gave Foster a lecture on credibility, that sometimes fightÂing hard on petty issues while larger ones stand unattended isn't always best
Judge Reid was competent. He was firm. He was wise. Tragically, he was killed in a train accident in the 1920s.
No one.has replaced him.