Taylor University Magazine (Winter 1985) Taylor University

Taylor University Pillars at Taylor University The aT ylor Magazine Ringenberg Archives & Special Collections Winter 1985 Taylor University Magazine (Winter 1985) Taylor University Follow this and additional works at: https://pillars.taylor.edu/tu_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Taylor University, "Taylor University Magazine (Winter 1985)" (1985). The Taylor Magazine. 166. https://pillars.taylor.edu/tu_magazines/166 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Ringenberg Archives & Special Collections at Pillars at Taylor University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aT ylor Magazine by an authorized administrator of Pillars at Taylor University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. W Jf X i-^^^Û TAYLOR POLICY OF SOSDISCRIMISA- TIO\: Taylor Vnkcrsitij docs not discriminate Taylor Magazine Winter 1985 against any qualified individual on the basii of race, color, sex, handicap, or national or ethnic origin in access to, or participation in its edttca- tional programs, activities, or employment policies as required by Title VI. Civil Rights .\ct: Title IX. 1972 Education .\mcndments: and Sec- tion 503-504 of the Rehabilitation .\ct of 1973. Direct inquiries to Dr. Daryl R. Yost. Pro- vost Executive Vice President. .Administration Taylor University Building. Taylor Univcrs-ity. Upland. Indiana. 469S9. 317-99S-5203. or to Director. Office of Civil Rights. D.H.E.W.. Washington. DC. Publisher Tavlor University Will Cleveland Upland. IN 46989 Taylor's Editor loved his work 3 Dr. Jay L. Kesler, President Board of Trustees Perimeter Trip Officers. 1985-86 Aches, pains, the daily routine 6 John McDousjall. Chairman and Carl \y. Hassel "50. Vice Chairman Jim Bushur '61. R. David Boyer God balances this student's world 10 Secretary Robert C. Gilkison '57, Treasurer Business Department National Alumni Council Releasing the Christian Tiger 12 Officers. 1985-86 Robert C. Larsen "63, On and Off Campus President Rainbows, Sounds, and the library 16 Wendell C. True "56, President Elect Art Deyo "62, Recording Class News Secretary Taylor University's alumni check in 23 David K. Sorensen "71, Past President Of Final Note Director of Publications Dr. Kesler void Kurt E. Bullock "81 fills management 28 On the Cover: jm \ 'U ^^^r ^ Perimeter Trip, page 6 Will Cleveland. 1924-1985. m> ' Z Efvl r^^"l^âH R^^ ^ Jim Btishiir, page 10 worked on his 85th and final BHBF Taylor Magazine this past Im I it^ spring; he passed away before S-'-j^ the publication was produced. Will Cleveland served Taylor University- since 1956 as public relations director, senior editor, and grant proposal i writer, publishing countless pamphlets, brochures, news- letters, Pre.ndential Progress Reports and Profiles, but he left his greatest mark as University Editor, in charge of the Taylor Magazine. A tribute to Will Cleveland, University Editor, begins on page 3, written by former staff Business Department, page 12 writer Barb Stedman. , Will Cleveland: He loved his work '''**l;*A^«-*<»***.- by Barb Stedman '80 At Honiecoming 85, Will Cleveland was honored as the Distinguished Alumtnis for Service to Taylor Uriiversity in recogiiition of his 29 years of labor for the college, most of them as University Editor. His colleagues had planned to save the honor for his retire- ment, expected to come in the next few years. But Will died of cancer on April 21 and the award was instead given to liim posthumously. Barbara Stedman '80 looks back on Will's life and career, and some of the many reasons that Will Cleveland was loved and respected by those who worked with him and those who read his publications. It seems only appropriate that Will Cleveland's office remains empty. Some men's shoes are hard to fill. For this man, it's the desk that can't be filled. Wilbur M . Cleveland, University Editor The man embodied Taylor publications Will served as her ''encourager' Most successful people can remember known. Will was the first to tell me I had appreciation each time my writing is the one junior high science teacher or potential as a writer. (He would just given some measure of recognition. Will eleventh grade drama coach who inspired laugh, and make me laugh at myself, Cleveland was never one to credit him- them more than anyone else. That when I seemed to prove otherwise.) The self, but he has a position of honor in my "encourager" always has a unique place free-lance opportunities I now enjoy life as a gentle yet persistent critic and in the heart of the one who was influenced began with the seed Will planted in my affirmer. and changed because of that person's mind. He gave tne granvnar and poetry extra attention and interest. books, along with the thickest thesaurus Laurie Robinson Tumow '77 So it is with Will Cleveland — exem- I had ever seen, and challenged me to do Freelance Writer plary editor, journalist, and friend — and my best. Former Assistant to me. The most patient man I have ever Now I have thoughts of gratitude and Will Cleveland From the desk in Will's office, one's eyesight can quickly pass from the table where countless publications were designed to the panoramic view of the campus spreading out beyond the office window. The countless actiiities and programs on the outside were carefully recorded and related in the publications Will Cleveland produced in.side his office. words in the right order. But when he finally entered Taylor, after four years in the Army Air Corps, it was to obtain a degree in psychology, not English. Nevertheless, Will's strongest impressions on Taylor were formed with the written and spoken word — in his leadership as senior class president, in his cheer leading at basketball games, in his editorship of the school's newspaper, the Echo, and in an £c/io parody called the Itch (which, by the way, was stopped by school officials mid-way through its press run and is now considered a priceless collectors' item by the proud owners of the few remaining copies). As his good friend and classmate (and, later, 'Taylor colleague) Elmer Nussbaum '49 recalls, "If a skit was called for, someone it to Will. His creativity would set Will first sat behind a Taylor desk in But those who worked with Will know assigned 1956 as Assistant Director of Public Rela- that he was much more than Taylor the stage for an evening program of fun. in tions. One year later he was named Alumni Magazine. He was the anonymous voice The male quartet, The Singspirators,' Secretary, a responsibility which quickly behind countless pieces of printed material which he sang, was much in demand." shifted to a role as University Editor, Soon that bore someone else's name. His was the One person particularly impressed by his he devoted himself wholly to publications office light that went back on after supper talent and humor was Alyce Rocke '48, and began crafting Taylor University so he could work on a layout or (in his who liked the fact that "he never quite fit Âagazine and Profile in the legacy these early days) all the pictures that needed the mold." She became his wife soon after publications represent today. developing. Will graduated in 1949, and they moved But he didn't simply produce publica- to Kentucky while Will worked on a master tions at publications, Taylor; he was and He was the comic poet for faculty/staff of religious education degree from Asbury though probably few readers realized it, Christmas dinners and the author of a Theological Seminary. Then it was on to they were getting to know not only a famous bird lecture that gave listeners Tennessee, where, with Alyce's help, he magazine and a college through the years, pieces of information that no ornithology served as Christian education director at a but a man as well. His editorials and teacher would ever dare divulge. Chattanooga church for five years. During choices of articles showed them the events He was the soft-spoken, humble, and the summers he studied journalism at the and issues he considered important. His caring man who made "integrity" and University of Iowa. And then came Taylor. choice of words in those articles and his "honesty" bywords for living. He was a cover designs showed them the humor and source of continuity and stability for the At first the invitation to work in public creativity he wielded. Even the most college. And he was a friend. relations didn't seem to match up with any tedious editorial decisions — paper qual- of his areas of experience and training. But ity, ink colors, the use of photographs and Will's love of words first emerged in his Will loved Taylor, and a visit back to the artwork, the way a page was put together high school days in Illinois, when an campus convinced him it was the right — translated a bit more flesh and blood English teacher recognized and encouraged move to make. When he finally made the into an 8' :-by-ll inch page. his gift for writing, for putting the right complete transition to publications. Will Taylor University Magazine In honor of Will's 29 years of service to Taylor i'niversity. a special display was arranged on the balcony of the Rediger Chapel/Auditorium during Homecoming, including pictures and mementoes of the I'niversity Editor's life and work at the institution. In addition. Will was honored as the Distinguished .Klumnusfor Service to Taylor I niversity. posthumously, during the Homecoming Banquet. authority; Will and Elmer both married college sweethearts, attended each other's weddings, rejoiced together in the Father's Room at a hospital while their second daughters were being born within a few minutes of one another, and celebrated 25th wedding anniversaries together, besides sharing in the simple ins and outs of everyday friendship over many years.) To put all this in perspective, let me repeat some earlier words I wrote about this man, my mentor and friend: Will was not bigger than life, and it is easy to say complimentary tributes after a person is gone, but the best tribute to Will is to repeat what others said of him while he was here.

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