The Sounding Board Vol. 27 No. 15

              
The
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Vol. XXVII,   No. 15,   February 14, 1980       GRACE COLLEGE, Winona Lake, Indiana 46590
McGillen To Fresent
Concert In McClain
College Enrollment Continues
by Barb Zimmerman
How does a college that
advertises less, has a smaller
staff, and offers fewer scholarships than any other school
the same size manage to have
a continually growing number
of students? Director of Admissions Ron Henry has offered
several possible reasons.
The students themselves are
one of the best reasons for
growth. Good students attract
other good students and Grace
students are good recruiters.
The students of the last two to
four years have been basically
happy with Grace and have told
their friends. The result of
which is seen in having 790
students enrolled this semester,
up 75 over a year ago, and a
15% increase is anticipated for
next fall. The applications are
still coming in. For example,
between   Feb.   4-7   the Admis-
To Increase
sions Office received 22 applications. You figure the rest.
Another reason for growth
is seen in the high standards
at Grace. The administration has
taken a stand for morals and
the faculty is always ready to
counsel and advise the students. Grace sees the need to
remain distinctive and true to
the Lord's purpose, and the
people in leadership must not
lose sight of that goal. Other
schools may use gimmicks to
attract students but Grace depends on the Lord's leading,
first and foremost, to pick
the students the Lord wants.
Colleges are no longer restricted only to a few, and students want to know what you
have to offer. Ron Henry tries
to be honest in recruiting,
rather than build the school up
beyond what "It is and have
disappointed students. Ron also
offers   continuity.   There   is   a
Personal Evangelism
Day At Purdue
Adventure and excitement
were the predominant; feelings
February 2, as over 115 Grace
College students travelled to
Purdue University to take part
in this year's first major "Personal Evangelism Day."
"It was my most exciting
college experience," commented
one student of the day-long
excursion, which began at 8:00
a.m.   with  the  loading  of two
diesel buses and three
school-owned vans. Training sessions, taught on the vehicles by
sophomores Tom Bennardo and
Ron Smith, freshmen Zerin
Crippen and Steve Garcia, and
Chaplain Kevin Huggins, prepared the participants for one-
on-one contacts, and upon
arriving at the Purdue campus,
the groups were on their own,
travelling  in  twos,  and witnes
sing to patrons of Purdue's
student union.
Results of the day's labors
were more than encouraging.
Fifteen people accepted Jesus
Christ as their personal Savior,
and over 30 others appeared
interested in learning more
about eternal life. In total, over
300 people were confronted
with the Gospel and approximately 100 more were left
with gospel tracts.
Purdue's Campus Crusade
group, as well as local Lafayette
churches, will be doing extensive follow up of the seeds
planted. The next planned
Personal Evangelism Day on
campus will be March 1, when
again the group will be travelling
to West Lafayette, to get the
Gospel to those who don't
know it. All are invited to
take part.
News and Notes
PROFESSORS' PUBLICATIONS
Two new publications in the
BMH Discussion Series will be
released this month. "Snatched
From the Storm: A Case for Pre-
Tribulationism" presents a brief
outline-defense of this doctrine
by Prof. Richard Mayhue, assistant professor of New Testament
and pastoral ministries. Dr.
Charles Smith, professor of
theology, New Testament, and
Greek, has written "The New
'Life After Death' Religion."
This evaluates the stories about
the life after death which are
being widely circulated by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and Raymond Moody.
GRACE JO URNALSCHEDULED
The first issue of the Grace
Theological Journal is scheduled
for mailing on April 1. It will
be published twice yearly under
the editorship of Dr. John C.
Whitcomb. In appearance and
format, it will resemble the
Journal of the Evangelical Theo-
constant turnover at state
schools in admissions work, but
Grace has been privileged to
have had Ron for 15 years.
He tries to have inquiries followed up within 48 hours.
The summer programs and
activities also reach many
people, especially through the
use of Grace graduates and
personnel. And the church support, through prayer and finances, helps to maintain the high
standards and goals.
There are so many factors
for the continued growth of
Grace that you can not pin it
down to any one or two. There
are a lot of plusses going for us
through a well-trained and
strongly dedicated faculty, the
school's high standards, denominational support, thorough follow-up, and a high quality of
young people who attract other
outstanding young people.
by Vance Christie
Geoffrey McGillen, a successful pianist from the Ft. Wayne
area, will present a concert in
the McClain Auditorium on the
Grace College campus, Friday,
February 22. The concert, which
is a part of the Grace College
Cultural and Lecture Series, will
begin at 8 p.m.
McGillen has performed
throughout the central and
northern Indiana area. Formerly
from Anderson, he won several
local talent competitions before
competing successfully at a
statewide level.
He has appeared as an orchestral soloist on several occasions,
most recently in 1978 for
Camille Saint-Saen's "Carnival
of the Animals" with the Fort
Wayne Philharmonic. Besides his
recitals, he also has accompanied professional opera singers and also served as orchestra pianist for the Ft. Wayne
ensemble in 1976-77.
Mr. McGillen has had 21
years of piano study. Since
1971 he has been a student
with international concert artist
Pia Sebastiani. Under her leadership, Mr. McGillen has participated in various musical activities, including a solo recital
in Indianapolis for that city's
Matinee   Musicale,   Cincinnati's
AMSA music competition,
MTNA district semi-finals,
Society of American Musicians
contest, and many masters
classes. Besides Ms. Sebastiani,
Mr. McGillen has worked with
Pauline Marcelle, John Browning
and Jorge Bolet. McGillen is continuing his studies in preparation
for a competition this March in
Chicago.
His performance includes a
wide range of musical styles.
The two most famous sections
of his program are Scherzo in
B-flat minor by Chopin and
Three Preludes-Book I by Debussy.
Mr. McGillen received the
Bachelor of Science degree in
Music Education from Ball State
in 1974. In 1977, from the same
institution, he obtained the
Master of Music degree in Piano
Performance.
McGillen currently resides,
in Albion. He is in his fourth
year of teaching at Central
Noble Elementary School where
he directs two fifth-grade bands
and three choirs and instructs
approximately 650 students.
Two days a week he instructs
piano at Grace College. Mc-
Gillen's wife, Nancy, teaches
brass lessons in Churubusco and
Albion and plays in the Grace
College Woodwind Quintet.
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR AN ENCORE? (Photo by Greg Taylor)
logical Society and it will include articles on all areas of
Biblical and theological interest.
Most of the articles will be
written by Grace faculty members, though occasionally articles
will be solicited from other
sources. Articles in the first issue
are by Dr. Kent, Prof. James
Grier of Cedarville College and a
Th.D. candidate at Grace, Prof.
George Zemek, Prof. Ron Mana-
han. Prof. John Sproule, Dr.
Boyer, and others;
DR. ALCORN
CONDUCTS WORKSHOP
Dr.  Bruce Alcorn conducted
a workshop entitled, "A Look at
the Iowa Test of Basic Skills"
recently for the elementary
teachers of the Warsaw Community School Corporation.
He has also been appointed to
the Planning Committee for the
1980 convention of the Great
Lakes District of the Association of Christian Schools International.
ENROLLMENT UP
The registrar's office reports
the second semester enrollment
at 790 which is 75 more than
last year's second semester. With
the seminary's record 444 students, the grand total for the
semester is 1234.
DEAN ON EVALUATION TEAM
Dr. Vance Yoder was a member of the North Central Association evaluation team for Bethany Nazarene College in its
accreditation review February
4-6. The college of 1400 students is located in a suburb of
Oklahoma City and is seeking
renewal of accreditation at the
master's degree level.
COACH DIEHL AT
NSCAA MEETING
Coach David Diehl attended
the 40th annual meeting of the
National Soccer Coaches Association.of America in Philadelphia
recently.