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TAYLOR UNIVERSITY Vol. 4, No. 3 Upland, Indiana January, 1967 Annual Youth Conference Slated March 31 - April 2 The annual Youth Conference will be held March 31 — April 2, when Taylor students will host approxi mately 1,000 visiting high school and college age students for a weekend of inspiring services, discussion ses sions and fellowship. Speakers will be Dr. Robert Finley, president of International Students, Inc., and Jay Kesler, vice president of personnel for Youth for Christ International. A Taylor graduate, Kesler has traveled throughout the U.S. and in several European countries, challeng ing young people with the ministry of youth evangelism. Dr. Finley, who holds that "the ulti President Milo A. Rediger (center), holds the letter of invitation from the mate destiny of all mankind is being Associated Colleges of Indiana as Dr. E. Sterl Phinney (left), academic dean, decided on U.S. college campuses," and Dr. Gordon Zimmerman, director of development, look on. heads an evangelical agency that as sists and presents a Christian witness to foreign students in the U.S. TAYLOR BECOMES MEMBER While a student at the University of Virginia, he became middleweight OF ASSOCIATED COLLEGES intercollegiate boxing champion in 1944. Prior to his present work, he Taylor University has been invited a pioneer in furthering cooperation was a missionary to China. to become a member of the Associ between business concerns, citizens, For Conference reservations, please ated Colleges of Indiana effective and independent higher education. write to Mr. Don Schar, Swallow September 1, 1967. Also elected to Prominent business executives provide Robin Residence Hall, Taylor Univer membership was St. Mary - of - the - leadership for the Associated Colleges sity, Upland, Indiana. 46989. Woods College of Terre Haute. of Indiana on its Board of Governors President Milo A. Rediger was noti of which the Chairman is Carroll H. fied of this decision following the fall Blanchar, president of Public Service faculty, friends and students. We shall meeting of the member colleges of Indiana. do our best to continue developing the organization consisting of Ander All of the member colleges are fully Taylor's program and to contribute son College, DePauw University, accredited by the North Central As all we can to the improvement of Earlham College, Evansville College, sociation and other accrediting boards higher education in Indiana." Franklin College, Goshen College, for appropriate fields. Landrum R. Boiling, Associated Col Hanover College, Indiana Central Col In accepting membership in the As leges of Indiana President and Presi lege, Manchester College, Rose Poly sociated Colleges of Indiana, Taylor dent of Earlham College, welcomed technic Institute, St. Joseph's College, President Rediger said, "I am sure that the two new colleges and stated that Valparaiso University, and Wabash this action of the association and the he is confident that the addition of College. confidence expressed by the presi Taylor and St. Mary-of-the-Woods will The association, first of its kind to dents of the other colleges will be a add strength to the association and be formed in the country, has been great encouragement to our trustees, independent higher education. Mr. John Lobsiger, manager of the Sears store, Marion, Ind., presents to Pres. Rediger a check to the college from the Sears Foundation. Businesses, Foundations Present Gifts and Grants Several nationally-known business firms and foundations recently pre sented scholarships and student aid grants and unrestricted gifts to the college. The Reader's Digest Foundation, Pleasantville, N. Y. and the Presser Foundation, Philadelphia, presented scholarship grants, and the Saginaw Bearing Co., Saginaw, Michigan, gave The Rev. Geo. Gardiner Dr. Rob Finley Dr. Kenneth Kantzer Spiritual Emphasis Week Youth Conference Reade Lectures the college a student aid grant. Unrestricted gifts were received from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenncr and Smith, New York City, N.Y.; Household Finance Co., Chicago; Ford Meter Box Co., Wabash, Indiana; and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation, Chicago. In addition, the Division of Dental Health of the Indiana State Board of Health presented Taylor's Education al Media Center with an excellent audio-visual teaching kit. Also re ceived were unrestricted matching gifts from the Upjohn Company and National "Teacher of the Petro Tex Chemical Corporation. the Year," Mrs. Mona Dayton, left, of Tucson, SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS WEEK Arizona, and President Rediger visit with guest SCHEDULED FEBRUARY 5-12 public school educators following the Master- Guest speaker for the annual spring Teacher Convocation Spiritual Emphasis Week will be the November 11. Rev. George Gardiner, pastor of the Christian Tabernacle, Dayton, Ohio. He conducts a weekly radio program heard by 50,000 and is past president The science building is now enclosed, permitting interior of the Evangelical Ministers Associa work to continue on schedule. The $1,250,000 3-story tion. structure contains a full basement for laboratory functions and a total floor space of 55,000 square feet. Completion His church maintains an outstand ing missionary program, and has sponsored three Christian Higher Education Conferences in which Tay lor has participated. Final figures of the Upland com munity drive held in the fall reached a total of $50,340 in cash gifts and pledges, while the faculty- staff drive resulted in gifts and pledges totaling $105,188, making a grand total of $155,528 from the two groups. Because of this excellent re sponse, the Taylor development office has been asked to prepare a story about the project for Techniques, the official journal of the American College Public Re lations Association. Prof. Ross Snyder, director of the Educational Media Center, and student Dave Phillips inspect new dental hygiene teaching kit. NOTED THEOLOGIAN TO GIVE THADDEUS READE LECTURES The Thaddeus C. Reade Lectures will be held Jan. 26-27 with Dr. Ken neth S. Kantzer, Dean of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, bringing three major addresses. The noted theologian and writer will present lectures on Jan. 27, Mr. John Lobsiger, Pres. RecLiger Dave Phillips, Prof. Snyder Thursday, at 7 p.m. and on Friday at 10 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Dr. Kantzer is consulting editor of Following a luncheon, businessmen from Marion and His magazine, book review editor for Hartford City heard a stimulating discussion on national the bulletin of the Evangelical The and world problems by B.F. "Sandy" Coggan, U.S. ological Society, and contributor to defense official who visited the Campus November 28. numerous theological publications. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Education, and Who's Who in the Middle West. A graduate of Ashland College, Dr. Kantzer holds the M.A. degree from Ohio State University, the B.D. and S.T.M. degrees from Faith Theological Seminary and the Ph.D. degrees in philosophy and religion from Harvard. Ministers and other interested per sons are invited to all sessions. U. S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL GIVES LECTURES Mr. B. F. "Sandy" Coggan, noted industrialist and special consultant to the U.S. Defense Department, was the Convocation speaker on November of the project is expected by June. The east side of the 28, and lecturer to several classes. liberal arts building is at far right, and the cupola of East He also spoke to groups of business Residence Hall can be seen beyond the center section of men from Marion and Hartford City the science building. during a noon luncheon and in the evening. Speaking on "Hot Spot of the World" the noted defense expert dis cussed the dramatic developments which, "woven together, form a matrix which will truly challenge the intel lect of mankind." He cited the pressures that have built up in the Far East and Asia, the growing pressures in East Africa, the inherent struggle for prestige be tween Russia and Red China, the resurgence of France and her nuclear program and the war-like attitude of Red China. "We must face problems on the face of this earth...that well might dictate the basic future of mankind," Coggan challenged. Eight Businessmen Named To Taylor University Associates INVEST Eight prominent business and pro Taylor Trustee, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; fessional persons have been appointed Mr. John McDougall, Assistant Gen to the Taylor University Associates, eral Manager, General Parts Division, In President Milo A. Rediger has an Ford Motor Company, Birmingham, nounced. New members include Mr. Mich., Dr. Alfred A. Whittaker, Presi- Taylor University H. Clay Conner, Jr., owner, Clay d e n t, Bristol-Myers International Conner Insurance Agency, Indianap Corporation, Westfield, N. J., and olis; Mr. James E. Kelly, owner- Mr. Matt R. Ruohoniemi,