Vol. 61, No. 1 | October 1985

Bridgewater College BC Digital Commons Bridgewater Magazine Journals and Campus Publications 10-1985 Vol. 61, No. 1 | October 1985 Bridgewater College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu/bridgewater_magazine BCA Expands to the Orient B Volume 61 Number 1 October, 1985 Brethren Colleges Abroad Expands to China 3-5 Schwender Looks for Alumni Involvement 6 Richardson Heads Business Campaign 7 1985-86 Concert Schedule 7 Elmer Gertz is Row Lecturer 8 An Ounce of Prevention 9 Cooper Publishes Theology Book 9 f The W. Harold Row Memorial Endowment 10 pg. 13 Contributed Support Exceeds $3 Million 10 Impact/91 Update 11 The Anna B. Mow Endowment 11 Alumni Giving-1985-86-A Challenge 12 Largest Group Ever Enjoys Dinner Theatre 13 Enthusiasm Is Key For Eagles 14-15 Volleyball Team Jumps Out to 11-4 Record 16 Freshmeh Boost Cross Country Team 17 Garland Miller Shows The Way 18 Sesquicentennial Involves Many at B.C. 19 Wood Named New Controller 20 Anna Mow Dies 20 Class Notes 20-23 pg. 17 COVER: While on his trip, President Geisert photographed this building that is a part of the Summer Palace. Kristin E. Whitehurst, '81, Editor Director of Public Information This is a newsletter of the Bridgewater publication series (064-960) published four times a year: October, December, March and June, by Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia 22812. Bridgewater College is a member of the Council for Advancement and Support for Education. Second class postage paid at Bridgewater, Va. Volume 61, Number I, October, 1985 Change of Address: Notice of a change of address should be sent to: Bridgewater Alumni Magazine, Box 33, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Ya. 22812. pg. 18 BCA Expands to China A new Brethren Colleges Abroad ex The ocean, beaches and recreational/ change program with the Dalian For sports facilities are nearby, but there is eign Languages Institute in Dalian, little night life and curfews are enforced. People's Republic of China, has been There is strict segregation of the sexes in approved and will begin in early 1986. living units, and those in the program Bridgewater anticipates that it will host will be required to live by the rules of the one of the two Chinese students to come Institute. to the United States during the first Prior to the addition of China to the exchange this spring, but details are not Brethren Colleges Abroad program, op yet known. portunities were available for students The Dalian Foreign Languages Insti only in Europe. The Study Abroad Pro tute is a university for international, gram previously provided for a year of area and language studies with 1,000 res undergraduate study at the Philipps ident students and 2,000 part-time stu U niversitat, Marburg/Lahn, West Ger Dr. Geisen and Dr. Dee/er pose al !he Dalian Foreign Languages lns1i1u1e. dents. It is one of eight elite colleges for many; University of Strasbourg, Stras bringing China into the modern world bourg, France; or the University of The subways in Hong Kong are a of international affairs and commerce. Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Students sight to behold and a delight to ride. Th� Dalian is a city of 1.2 million people could study for either one or two semes trains move rapidly and on schedule. located in Liaoning Province (Man ters at St. Mary's and St. Paul's College The tracks are smooth and so are the churian peninsula). in Cheltenham, England. stainless steel seats in the cars. The seats Students interested in being a part of Brethren Colleges Abroad is a coop are so smooth and shiny that it is diffi the Brethren Colleges Abroad program erative program sponsored by Bridge cult to hold one's position when the cars in China may apply for either a semester water College and five other colleges are not crowded and the trains acceler or year exchange. The program pro affiliated with the Church of the Breth ate or decelerate rapidly. When the cars vides for immersion in the Chinese cul ren. are crowded, there are no such prob ture with courses taught in English on In February and early March, Presi lems-for then no one can move at all! China Today and American and Chinese dent Wayne F. Geisert and Dr. Allen Dr. Deeter and I had the unique expe History and Literature, and courses in Deeter, Coordinator of the Brethren rience of being on a suburban train French, German, Spanish, Russian and Colleges Abroad Program, spent sev which carried us through Kowloon and Japanese languages and area studies. eral weeks in Europe meeting with stu out into the New Territories toward the Independent studies may also be ar dents currently enrolled in the program, campus of the Chinese University of ranged. students wishing to enroll in BCA col Hong Kong only to become stranded Junior, senior or graduate students leges in this country, and with the presi because of electrical failure. After re having B or better grade point averages dents, resident directors and faculty maining in close quarters for an hour or and having proven skills in written and members at each of the four universities. more, our train moved us to our destina spoken English are eligible for the pro This past summer, Dr. Geisert and Dr. tion at the foot of the University cam gram. Students with previous success in Deeter visited Hong Kong, The People's pus. Following our conference there, we the study of foreign languages will be Republic of China and Japan in the discovered that the outage had delayed given preference. effort to establish a Brethren Colleges the trains to the point that the return Students in the exchange program in Abroad Program in the Orient. schedules were completely askew and Dalian will live either in small apart The adjacent article is an account by the crowds were enormous. We hitched ments or in international dormitories. Dr. Geisert of their trip. a ride with a very pleasant lady who picked up several women (graduate stu dents) at the edge of the campus and then whisked us to a bus stop from which we were able to obtain rides via a bus (really more like an U.S. airport limousine) back to Hong Kong. A delightful side trip from Hong Kong was to Macau. This trip became possible because of a one-day delay forced upon us by Chinese Airlines. Macau, with its Portuguese heritage, is at the very edge of the People's Republic of China. Thus, we peeked into China from Macau-just as we had from a point in the New Territories two days While in China, Dr. Geisert climbed along 1he Creal Wall. earlier. There are many interesting sights October, 1985 3 in Macau. Perhaps our most unique experiences there, quite in contrast to one another, were the noon luncheon, which we had in a very old but well preserved inn which dated from the days of the plantation presence of the Portu guese, and the visit to the casino, which occupies the basement level of one of Macau's largest hotels. In the latter, I was reprimanded for taking a "tourist's picture" of the proceedings. A great surprise of the trip was to find Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Sullivan of our community having breakfastin the same Furama Hotel (Hong Kong) restaurant and at the next table. Dr. Sullivan is an executive with Degesch America in Dr. Geisen meets a young American.from Anchorage. Weyers Cave and travels widely. He and paper and that she was welcome to it. revolution, the Institute was moved back I have served together on the Board of She had some difficulty readingEnglish. to its former campus in Dalian where it the Shenandoah Valley Educational After a little bit, she began asking me for now is rebuilding and expanding its Television Corporation for some years the meanings of several phrases. For facilities. now. Our chance meeting was most example, she said, "swing shut, what When I read and hear of the desire to pleasant and a good reminder of the does that mean?" I explained that it was prevent our purchases from the produc closely-knit nature of today's world. an expression used to describe the polit tivity of Japan and other parts of the Most tourists shop extensively in ical maneuverings in China and that it Orient, I cannot help but think of the Hong Kong. We did not find much time was posing the question of whether the very diligent people whom I saw this to shop there; most of our shopping was Chinese people would return to the days summer. Also, I cannot help but think in Beijing and Dalian in the People's of the cultural revolution and a closed of the fact that Japan is one of the very Republic and in Osaka in Japan. I think nation. She thanked me and continued leading markets for U.S. products. The my most unique purchases were the to read but eventually put the paper trade issue presents a real problem for Chinese briefcases for my sons and the down in a desire to discuss the article the United States, and it raises most Japanese dolls which I purchased for my with me. She insisted that "the door will interesting questions. Many of the solu grandchildren. They are weighted dolls not swing shut" and that it "must not tions suggested are not solutions at all. and they tend to move back upright swing shut." It turned out that she had It is true that Japan and many other after being tipped over by children.

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