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It@ jJlt@~ j@ff ~1'O)171i1rrOlfii) when she was here. In those times we have found comfor!. Of len, members of the Houghton com munlty have felt ou r distress and consoled us w1th their pily and sympathy. We thank you for that. I speak for her fTlends, also. when I say that Beaver's life Is a grE!/jler influence upon us than her death. Her persislen l allempts to make lis more hOliest and more carlng did not end at her funeral College Bulletin She knows how much farther we hi,ive yet to go, (USPS 252·220) however, and we often Imilglne her urging us on. II March 1989 Vol. LXI No.2 helpsl I speak for myself when I s~y thai !'I vein of sorrow Editor runs throughout everything In my life since her Dean Liddick death . As I feel her loss in rnor~ areas the sorrow In creases · yet I live, I love, 1 enjoy most everything I Editorial Assistant enjoyed before. I have found some "Integration" Cynth ia Ma chamer through the events surrounding her death. That Is. whlle many occasions In life used to be sweet, ilnd Sports m2.lll y others used to be bilter: tlearly ~II of them are Wf/fiam Greenway now biller-sweet. that Is Integration of a sort. I can live Ihls way, and as long as I do, Beaver will live on Editoria l Consultant as well. Richart! Wing I am 51111 ambivalent though , I recall some lines from a poem by Edna 5 1. Vincent MUl3Y : Houghton M/lleu Is the magllzlne of Hough "Down, ton College. Houghton, NY. Second Class Down, Postage Paid at Houghton, NY 14744·9989, Down, Postml'lster. send form 3579 to Houghton InlO the grave . College, Houghton, NY 14744·9989. Milieu I know. 1$ published for alumni and friends of the. col· BUll do not approve," lege fi ve times yearly, In January, March, And then also I remember a conversallon [ had June, October and December. with Rich Perkins when we were talking about pray Letters. alumni news, unsolicited manu Ing to God. Rich posed the question (without ran scripts. lind black and while photos are cor), "You mean pray to the One who didn't heal welcomed for possible Induslon In the maga Beav although I asked constantly? Pray to that zine , Address these lind changes of addnas5 to One? That's the One?" As we sa t there weepIng, I the magazine In care of the editor at the ad· heard myself say, " Yes, that's the One." I have dress above. Written permsslon Is required to come to believe those words. and my losl con re:produce Houghton Milieu In whole or In part. fid ence In life ha s been replaced with hope. Houghton College admits students of any And so, Beaver's death continues 10 reverberate through our lives, have had no Irouble at all rac(! l color end national Of ethnic origin. the We college does " 01 discriminate on these bases, realiZing thai, " The Lord giveth : and the Lord l or on the basis of sex In any co ll ege-lI d ~ taketh . ' By His grace, and by the luminous exam ministered program. ple of Beaver's life, we lif e finding the ability to say as well, " Blessed be the name of the Lord." Brian Sayers (F) INSIDE: Whatever Happened to Atoms for Peace? / A Nation Bent on CASTtNG HIE FIRST DEAD CAT? Self·destructlon/ Three Months of Dear Editor: Dump Thoughts/Rural Life and Had a group of American students and faculty In Nuclear En ergy/ A S lice of Frosh a foreign nallon engaged In anything like the type of supercilious pu l-down of their host n~lIon Indulged Students J oi n Habitat for Humanity In by your Canadian respondents ("Houghton's Alumni In Action/ Hig hlander Sports CMi'ldlan Connec ti on, Milieu , JMlIary, 1989), I Campus News/ Carousel am sure that those "Ugly AmerIcans" wou ld have been burled In the dead cats thrown Ci t them. Bul Canadian's Seem Immune to such censure: "Amprlcllt1 students Ireat colle9c as em experience . CMadlans are here for an educ~lIon . " "Americans LETTERS arc notoriously !g n or~nl." " All1erlc~ns lire super ficially morc friendly than Canadians." "Canada's IN MEMORY OF BEAVER academic slllndards are higher thnn those in the U.S." Indeed , Dear Editor: While I won't Impose upon your limited space to Beaver Perkins died about a year ago now (Feb. delll with these assertIons, I might Inquire, as an 25, 1988) . 1 speak for her friends when 1 say that erstwhile professor of history In the Ontario system since that awful lime we have been unoa-ble to rm the void which her death left In our lives. We hoa-ve tried! of higher ed uca tion (the unlversllles of Waterloo Sometimes we have been desperate and we have lind Guelph, as well
2l Mllleu - March 1989 Whatever happened to "Atoms for Peace?" by Brt:nda Hariman Brown UCLEAR POWER Is not a new the federal government's mandate In disposal. Such areas Include federal and N issue-nor is the issue of its waste. 1985 that each slate must either build a state protected lands, Indian reserva But the ongoing arguments and debates storage plant for its own waste, or co tions, areas with primary aquifers, and about radioactive waste came charging operate with another state in constructing areas with a populatlon density of more into Allegany County on December 20, a common site. New York opted for its than 1,000 persons per square mile. 1988, when New York Slale's Low-Level own waste facility . The state faces a 1993 2. Screening of the remaining areas to Radioactive Waste Siting Commission federal deadline to have the plant opened identify ten candidate areas with the announced Houghton College's home and accepting waste currently shipped to greatest potential to host the waste facili· turf as one of ten areas In New York be Barnwell, S.C. In 1987, Governor ty. Some factors considered were ground ing considered for a "low-level radioac Cuomo appointed five members as the movement, depth of geologie unit , sur· tive waste facility," "Siting Commission," responsible for face water quality and extent, precipita Five possible locations for the plant in screening and selecting one or more si tes tion , low population densities, and prox Allegany County are the townships of for the waste facility. According to the imity to waste generators. Allen, Granger, Ward, West Almond, Siting Commission's report, this process 3. Detailed screening of the candidate and the eastern side of Caneadea-all involves these four steps: areas including on-site observation to within an estimated 25 miles from 1. Statewide screening to eliminate narrow the ten sites to eight. Houghton, the latter within four miles. large areas prohibited by law or regula 4. limited on-site studies of remaining The whole siling process siems from tion for low· level radioactive waste potential sites to eliminate any that have
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apparent " fatal flaws." Four sites from the The statement reso lved that " the ad waste into th e environment. A recently eight will be selected . ministration of Houghton College 'lrges surfaced concern is that the Siting Com As of las I December, the Commission its fa culty, staff. and sludents to resist, at mission neglected to acknowledge th e has completed steps one and two. The every turn. any and all efforts by the State Genesee Ri ver as a high-yield ground ten candidate areas, which collectively of New York to locate said radioa ctive water aquifer in it s consideration of the encompass 1,125 square miles (2 per waste facllily within the boundaries of ten potential sites. cent of State's area), are th e counties of Allegany County" Despi te these concerns , the Siting Allegany, Cayuga, North and South Since the announcement of the poten Commission designa ted Allegany County Chenango, Clinton, Cortland, Mont tial waste si tes, popular opposition has as a good choice to host th e radloaclive gomery, Orange/ Ulster, Oswego, and been organized and articulate. One argll waste fa ci lity. It concluded that the Washington. The facility itself requires ment against the waste site has been that geologic co nditions in th e area (d iscussed one square mile, if the waste were distributed proportion in step 2) are highly favorable for above Now the Siling Commission has held ately according to production (Orange ground/ below-ground disposa l methods, public mee tings In all ten of the candidate County prod uces 68 percent of the state's although it acknowledged that this area Is areas in which the Commission presented radioac tivity) Allegany County would hilly and prese nts some potential for ero sion, and also that there are a number of their in tentions and received questions receive none ; t oo~ All ega ny Countls reforestation lands. Both factors will be from concerned citizens. This summer, distance from the producer sit es Increases the Commission will select the eight th e risks of accidents In the co mmunities considered as on-site screening begins potential sites and announce conceptual through which th e waste is transported. and the selec tion process narrowS. designs for the method of disposal. In the Again, this area relies heavily on dollars from recreation and hunting. A waste site Brenda HarIman Brown Is a senior wr/Ung major fall, they will choose four communities could damage this economic plus. Alle In terning with the public lriformatlon oJflce. She with the fina l decision of one site expected gany County is filled with marked and has researched and written articles on tile by July of 1990. The fina l design and ac radlooctlue waste controversy Jor tile student unmarked oil and gas wells which, If quisilion of the land are due the first eight newspaper, and wrlttenJor Houg hton Headlin es. lea kage were to occ ur! co uld channel the months of 1991, and construction Is scheduled to begin In the faU of 1992, On Thursday, January 26, 1989, the people of Allegany County spoke out at a A nation bent on self-destruction public meeting held by the Siting Com by Bernard J. Plersma mission at Belfast, NY, Central School. An estimated 5,000 people attended. The commiSSioners called it the largest 'The World is too much with us; late and soon, getting and and best mannered crowd they had see n. spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in nature (Angry and unruly crowds greeted the that is ours; we have given our hearts away, a sordid boon." Commiss ion at the Cayuga and Cortland meetings.) - William Wordsworth Among the many prepared sta tements of opposition to siting the dump In MERICA appears to be a nation bent last ten years, worldwide, as much oil has Allegany County which the commission A on self-destruction . We have turned been taken fro l11 th e ground as had been heard that night, was one prepared by our backs on God, relinquished steward in the previous 120 years . Of the known physics professor Dr. Fred Trexler, which ship of His creation and lusted after mam U.S. 01 1 deposits that can be recovered , outlined Houghton College's reasons for mon . We have become th e world's great 80 percen t have already been used up . opposing the slling here : est debtor nation with. national debt that We are mortgaging the future of our - the co llege recognizes a commitment has almost tripled In the la st eight years. children's children to sa tisfy' our appetite to the preservation and care of the people One thing this generation has accom for electrical energy that doubles every and land of Allegany County, plished Is to guarantee th at our gra nd ten years, - th ere is a demonstrated inability of children will sacrifice to pay for our debts. In addition to exhausting this precious th e authorltles to ensure against en~ In the 20th century while th e U.S. resource) th ere are olher unavoidable vironmentallhreat, poplilation has tripled , our energy use consequences; smog) acid rain . the - a waste fac llily in the co unty could has increased by a fa ctor of ten . Thus six greenhouse effecl. . In its Slate of the jeopordize the willingness of facuity, staff. percent of the world's p op ul~ tion con World 1989, th e World wa tch Institute parents of studen ts, and st udents them slimes about 40 percent of the world's reports, "The deterioration of the Earth's selves to locate in thi s area, energy outPll!. physical condition that we have -there is co ncern that the selecti on Wonder why we are a debtor nation? documented in past volumes is now ac may be based on the inability of a lightly About 93 percent of that en ergy is sup celerating. And Ihere is nothing In pro populated, economically-disadvantaged plied by non-renewable hydrocarbon spect that will reverse il in the fo reseeable area to coordinate effective resistance . fu els (i.e. oil, coa l and nalural gas) . In th e future , W e are now In a race to stop en-
tJ / MlI!eu- March 1989 smoke. (Ironic. I thought.) The chair· man, Eugene Hennard, of the Fillmore Three Months of Mill , read to the audience from Siting Commission documents. Next day I got my own copies of the documents. I was Dump Thoughts horrified. The proposed dump was worse-far worse- than anyone else seemed to recognize. (Dear Lord. let me "Why condemn pristine lands to acl responsibly!) Here seemed to be the perfect recipe eternal radioactille coniamination?" for biological disaster. First. choose a nice, clean cauldron with a one-square by Irmgord K. Howard mile base. Into this container put all the radioactive medical waste from hospitals. Dr. Howard (It took only a few phone calls to find out that such medical waste is not routinely N EARLY JANUARY , someone-I've graduate school?) I was even more re sterilized and thus may contain all the I forgotten who-told me that Allegany lieved to learn thai the specific designated pathogens that made patients sick in the County was a candidate area for New townships were across the Genesee River first place.) York Stale's new Low-Level Radioactive from Houghton. My relief had a very Second, mix in DNA-altering chemi Waste Site. While I did not like the words short half-life. cals with and without radioactivity, "New York Slale's new. . Radioactive When I saw a bulletin in the bank about biochemicals from molecular biology Waste Site," I was somewhat pacified by a meeting of "concerned citizens," J went. labs, radiopharmaceutical leftovers, dead the term "Low-Level." (After all, hadn't I The meeting was held in the Fillmore Fire animals, hazardous chemicals (and ones worked with low-level radioisotopes in Hall , and the air was thick with cigarette (continued on next pcge) vironmental deterioration before it plants and Congress passed the Price In the early 1970s the brief energy becomes unmanageable, before it leads Anderson Act assuming primary respon crisis, generated by a drastic cut in foreign to economic decline and social disruption . sibility for nuclear liability. i.e .. for us the oil made available to the U.S ., stimulated Unless the threats of climate change, ozone taxpayers. electric utilities to enthusiastically endorse depletion, soil erosion, deforestation and nuclear power and to move ahead with population growth are brought under large numbers of nuclear projects. Be control soon, economic decline is in tween 1970 and 1985, almost 100 evitable. Time is not on our side." nuclear power plants were put into What about the nuclear alternative? operation, although plans called for 220 Splitting atoms under controlled condi plants to be constructed. tions in nuclear reactors promised d ean and relatively-cheap energy. Didn't it? Perhaps we should have sensed a prob· "But when a choice has to lem in the 1950s when insurance com be made, it is almost inuariably panies refused to Insure nuclear power made in a way that brings a quick return on somebody's
• SYRACUSE investment, and a permanent disaster for eueryone else. " ALBANY • - Thomas Merton HOUGHTON II":-m... OD Why hasn't the promise of "Atoms for Cl Peace" materialized? Could the partial • BINGHAMTON melt down at Three Mile Island in 1979 have anything to do with it? There is now almost unanimous agreement that Statewide. JO , ites are being nuclear fission is potentially the most oonsiderm for New York', "Low-Level Radloactlue Waste Slte~ so-called. Allegany hazardous of all sources of energy and County aud It. suggested ,lte are . hown within the circle. (co nrinued nexr page) NEW..... YORK Milieu - March 198915 Three Months of. .. Why use a si ngle dump site to concen· which would be toxic even without trate isotopes such as lodlne-129, a thy· radioactivi ty). Then in th e center of this rold toxin with a half· life of 16 million mishmash, place nuclea r power plant years?) resid ues-just about everything but the To me, the all·purpose dump site co n· fuel rods. (H ow co uld anyone call this cep t made no long-term sense. It was a stuff "low· level"?) Whot an Insa ne mix· quick fix , out·of·slght·out·of·mlnd, but· ture! What an Incredible amount- 3D we've-always-done-it· that-way answer . years of at least 85,000 cublc·feet·per· (Yes , I kn ow the hyphen Is being over· year of tlghtlY' compacted trash or In· worked.) The proposed dump wou ld be ..... cl nerated ash. dangerous even withou t radioactivity! • I wanted to scream- No! No! No! Not How could I exercise my Christian com In anybody's back yard! Why transport mitmen t to stewardship In th e dump'slte materials like th at across N ew York state issue? day after da y? (The Siting Commission I decided to act In every way possible to answer, I lea rn ed later, was that we were oppose the dangers of th e proposed • W ~ II ~vI !' ~ already transporting them much farther dump- writing to th e Siting Commission right now-to other states. In the Com· directl y; joining wit h Dr. Frederick Trex· missio n's view, hauling the waste ju st ler, Houghton College professor of phys · within New Y ork state would be a distinct iCs , a tec hnical co mmittee to express sci Improvement.) Why successively co n· entifically to the Siting Commission the problems with their dump; giving talks to Dump s ite tracts propsed Jor Allegany County. demn pristine lands to eternal radioactive Upper center tract borders th e Gene"ee Riller contamination? (The Siting Commission th e public about the "Irreversible and Ir· directly across from Houghton Col/ege campus. talks about "isolation for 500 years." retrievable" (Department of Environ· But some of the to·be·stored isotopes mental Conservation term s) commitment have half·llves In the millions of years. of resources; speaking on th e dangers of
A nation bent. .. vlronmentalists generally agree that there already been made wi th out my consent. must be operated with no technological Is no such thing as a secure landfill. Land· In The Wild Places, Thomas Merton or human failures. Surely a Chernobylln· fills slow down th e Introduction of waste writes, "But when a choice has to be cldent could not happen In the U.S., Into the enviro nment but do not reduce made, It Is almost Invariably made In the could It? the ultimate quantity of wastes flowing In· way that brings a quick return on some · And th en there Is the matter of cost. to the environment." (from LIving body's investment and 0 perm anent dl· Elec tricity produced by a nuclear power With out Landfills, M. Rlsnlkoff, p. 42, saster for everyone else." The nuclear plant now costs aboul three times that 1987) . Some of th e nuclear waste must power plants who generate (directly or In· produce d by a coa l·burnlng plant. be stored with absolute safety for much directl y) 99 percent of th e radioactive Finally, we have the question of longer than the entire history of man on waste stand to benefit from the Invest· nuclear waste. Apparently, that has not this planet. men t. Guess who will live with the per· been co nsidered a major problem until Do I want to see "low· level radioactive manent disaster? now , when no one wa nts radioactive waste" stored In Allegany County, waste Are there any alternatives? Well , no waste In his or her backya rd . Perhaps that is not low in quantity , low in ra dioac· and yes. In' th e short term, say 20·25 West Valley has been an Important tlvlty or low In hazard? Do I have any years, there Is no other energy source lesson. "Based on experience, en- choice? That choice Is being made or has th at can replace hydrocarbon fu els. We will have to live with th e resulting acid rain and smog and th e growing threa t of greenhouse effects. Perhaps the stra nge Speak;IIg for radIo listeners to the weather pattern s of the last year are the health deportment beginning signs of greenhouse problems me.e tlng at Houghton, to become more pronounced in the future. profe.ssor Trexler asks how local autllOrllles Nuclear power presen tl y supplies on ly would be traIned to handle five percent of our energy needs and It Is an acclden/. likely that this will not Increase. Should we then be concerned about disposal of nuclear waste? As a matter of fa ct, even more so since the decommissioning of a single nuclear plan t cou ld increase the nuclea r waste by a factor of 100. In the shari term, conservation and curbing our energy usage is the only answer , but not
6/ Mllleu - March 1989 storing radiobiochemicals-with radioac ~ worms and from there into a food chain. them to think through carefully the can· tivity too low to be detected by a Geiger Because the sale mission of the cluster fly sequences of an all-purpose dump and to Counter-which can easily enter living seems to be challenging the integrity of persuade New York State to do better. I organisms and alter their DNA ; painting manmade structures by crawling th rough pray that they listened. out the dangers of perpetually poisoning the smallest possible cracks, it is quite the one-square-mile with herbicides to likely that cluster flies would pose a Irmgard K, Howard /s part-lime auae/ote pro prevent plants from breaking through the serious threat to containment. jeuor of cheml.try, Dr, Howard Is also 0 church concrete cauldron. And now, it's March. Representatives organist, on amateur student oj Greek, mother oj of the State Health Department came last jOtJr ond on articulate m\"mber oj the ad hae And I've warned everyone about the technlcol committu to reu/elD scientific aspectl Allegany County Cluster Fly. (Do you night to tell us how to live with the dump, oj tl. e sltlllg commle,'olI'S reporu. Her pointed remember those nuisances from your I asked them how the transportation and obseruutioM about the un-wisdom oj m/.dng dif Houghton College experience?) Here is concentration of all the proposed wastes ferent killds oj w'llItn led off the Q oml A sellS/on the perfect biological vector to take radia would promote the health of the citizens. 0 / the r~e llt 'tate health deportment IrtfOl"ma tion _ 1011 held ot Houghton. lion, microorganisms, and toxic They didn', really answer, I challenged chemicals out of any Allegany County dump. Unlike the common housefly, these insects do not breed in sewage or Rural life and nuclear energy garbage. Instead they are parasitic in EN TOMBSTONES planted on the sold "Bump the Dump" buttons and a earthworms. Where there is a large earth T quad in front of Wesley Chapel, each young man in "radioactive" green shoes worm population, as in Allegany County, named for a county included among the slyly explained the virtues of his "Adopt a there is a large cluster fly population. Low Level Radioactive Waste Siting Drum" pla n, whereby dtizens could sign Eggs, larvae, and pupae are in the soil. If Commission's list of potential dump loca up for their own waste container and care these were contaminated, the larvae tions, greeted the 700 county residents for it as they saw fit. would carry the contamination into earth- and media representatives from as far as Executive director of college relations Rochester who attended a state health Wayne MacBeth welcomed the health a very popular answer. department information meeting March 9 panel and the audience and outlined a In the long haul. there are reasonable In Wesley Chapel. The state team was on course, "Rural life and nuclear energy: a alternatives to burning hydrocarbon fuels campus to discuss health implications of a heritage 211 risk?", which the college will and nuclear energy. but they aTe not proposed radioacllve waste dump in offer area high school sludents this cheap and wi ll require development. If Allegany County and answer questions, spring. (Detailed story on page 21). the warning signs that were given 20 the audience concentrated on gelling Locally Houghton College hosted the years ago were laken seriously, we could answers, the better to fight local siting. session as a public service and as a plat be in a much happier situation today. Aware that 5,000 had showed up for form to publicize Its own opposition to the If we continue. as a nation and as in the Siting Commission's session in Belfast potential for local citing . Beyond dividuals. In our worshIp of mammon some weeks earlier, the college campus Allegany County, the extensive coverage and disregard of God's mandale of was prepared for a similar turnout, with in this Milieu is Intended to foster ex responsible stewardship, I must con careful trafflc control plans in place, video amination of the wider issues of produc clude: 0 Lord, how great is your pa connections to several remote sites, and ing radioactive waste and the inadequacy tience? How long will you abide this wick gavel to gavel coverage on station WJSL. of storage and containment technology: ed and perverse generallon? But despite the lower turnout, this health and to alert readers 10 the magnitude of commission hearing had the best attend the nation's present and potential waste ikmord J. Pferllimo Is chemistry deportment ance of any to Ihal pOint In the series of problems, particularly the half of the col · head and projeuor oj physlcol chemistry ot 10 meetings statewide_ lege's alumni resident In New York Slate Houghton. SInce he came 10 '''oughto» 1111 971, After a brief presentation by the where the threat is imminent. he has directed the college's cordioc pocemaker eJ~ 'rode research, In 'he mld-J 970. he offered a panelists, county residents made state· jaculty le':'ure on "'he energy cris/s" that III ments and raised questions for nearly five manjl wujl8forl'shado.ved ,hi. piece with one 1m hours. Concerns expressed ranged from pottlll.t difference: ot 'hat time, Dr. Plersma's 111_ how an accident would be handled and dlctment oj expedIency ami greed In energjl pro duct/on WQuld not houe In cluded the nuclear In· whether site integrity could be main dUlltry. tained, to testimonials about the potential for radiation and bio-medlcal hazards. In style, comments ranged from the scholar ly to the emotional , A couple from near by Alfred brought 'heir severely han· dicapped 20-year-old daughter-brain damaged by radiation treatments for
cancer in early childhood. Projs, Leox ond Wolje to teoch CmJrse on nucleor In the chapel lobby concerned citizens energy. Milieu - Morch 198917 psychologist and foreign studenl advisor at Carlelon University In Ollaw., says that having been "a foreign student myself, I am able to bring personal experiences Into my role [here]." Barbara (Larson '61) Sterrlll says that though Houghton's she's been back In Ontario leaching since 1962, her Houghlon degree was not fully recognized Un Iii 1988. This forced her 10 accept 27 years of sub-standard pay. Now she says. "Free Irade, Canadian here we comel" Extrapolatlllg from survey responses , one may infer Ihal nearly half of Houghlon's Cana dian alumni came to Ihe coll ege from On Connections lario-where Ihe Wesleyan Church is strongest. Numerically, New Brunswick and Quebec follow , with a scattering from other provi nces_ More thiln half of Ihe sample learned of In 'he Jonuary Issue, MWeu profiled Houghton'lt present Houghton Ihrough their Wesleyan backgrounds, Canadian student. Gnd/aculty, Ihe rest primarily Ihrough other evangelical ell cll'ng candid comment, oj churches, via contact with Houghton alumni, or th eir perceptions of the United Ihrough visits. A few learned of the college whil e Stote. and Its cltltens. We also made a mall . uroey of alumnI attending other schools In th e Un ited States. arid other Collodion Jrlends Motivallon for chOOSing Houghton varied from parent, oJ our students among denominational loya lly or th e lack of Chrlsllan them- 81 Milieu - Marcil 1989 Canadians agreed in identifying two trOLlble~ Canada and its high taxes. In my business New states. Glen McKnight in some items-U.S. ignorance of or indifference York Is the place to be, and I can still do business Trenton, ON, wondered to the most rudimentary aspects of Canadian in Canada." New Brunswick native. Dr. Shirley when the U.S. public geography, culture or politics, and Houghton's Mullen '76, teaches history at Westmont College would show more fore· hIgh cost to Canadians. Perhaps half took in California. She says, "Sometimes I think we sight. Tim and Colleen American ethnocentricity In good humor, but want the best of both worlds. I still prefer Cana· (Kotchapaw '82) Ed· others found It shocking at the least, offensive 'at dian culture , but appreciate the greater wards '82 of Ajax, ON , worst The cost factor had several causes-the economic opportunity in the U.S,'· suggested '"a jOint com fact that Canadians in the U.S. lose scholarships. '·Just keep your Canadian citizenship," says mission of Canadian and while being limited in seeking compensating an '87 alumnus, while Joy (Cowan '50) McCul· American Houghton work in the U.S" and thE' present dollar ex lough of Scarborough observes. "This is so com· alumni to resolve the change differential. man that I don't think it matters to most people:' Issues of add rain. free A number of alumni noted that acceptance of "Expatriates make a Significant contribution to trade and the cleaning up Canadian grade 13 courses for college credit al American life:' opines Merrill ReSide, '50. of the Great Lakes!'· Houghton markedly reduced their first year Norm PaliOn '74. who owns and operates two Murray McKnight '58. costs-Brian Richardson was allowed 25 credits. businesses in Truro, N.S., adds, "Expatriates liv a one-time Houghton Others said the pattern of acceptance was Incon· ing in the U.S . are OK by me, I certainly trustee, urged that Ihe sistent. But. contrary to the Impression given in recognize that the U.S. is probably the greatest college encourage Cana the January Milieu. grade 13 is nOI universal in country on earlh. and I was impressed and at· dian students to seek a Canadian secondary education . It is only offered tracted by much of what the country offers while corporate identity, ob in Ontario. I was a studenllhere. But greatness Is no excuse serving, ;· Iat Houghton) While many respondents said they could no for Ig norance. That witl make a country weaker. Canadians often feel they longer recommend Houghton to Canadian rather than stronger." are in a 'no-man's land,' young people because of the cost. others felt any Peter Rigby gets the tongue~in·cheek last word not Americans, yet not sacrifice was worthwhile. Jack Bradley '76, who on expatriates. "1 recommend they be shot." he regarded as fo reign said he was the youngest of 20 children in his says, "but on the other hand. let me know if yoU students." He also en family , explained: "[ always recommend Hough· have any openings. I am working on a D.Min couraged that Canadian ton to students and have gone to great lengths to from Fuller and have pastored for 13 years."' student and alumni view· get students there. My wife and I even set up a Variety marked the alumni's concluding points be considered a trust fund fo r one studenL" Jack is completing a thoughts. Many were enthusiastic about the special resource for hn M.Ed. at Ottawa University. Janyce Smithiy prospects of free trade, others were apprehen provement Severa! adds, "I encourage Canadian young people to sive, with one caulloning, '"Don't mention that I alumni hoped for greater contact admissions and financial aid at voted against free trade .. consideration as alumni Houghton before they give up because of cost Etnest'39 and Thelma ~Harding '42) Swart· others offered theIr ser· Houghton has always been good to Canadians hout, now of Grimshaw, Alberta. Jerry Orr and vices as recruiters. finanCially ." Susan (Cooper "79) Hullon were among those dismayed by the hassle Canadians receive from Alumni were evenly split as \0 whether there Immigration personnel on both sides of the was academic or SOCial advantage to haVing border studied in the U.S. Some, like Barbara Sterritt. Susan said Milieu hadn't asked what she didn't have faced discrimination. Others say it ha~ not like at home in Canada, then enumerated her mattered . Several, like Gary Berner '61. a gripes: "Someone is always on strike~postal businessman living in Connecticut. said hiS high workers. the nurses, the teachers, garbage men." school compatriOts envied his going to an From the perspective of a southern Ontario resi American college, He adds, "At this lime, even dent she also cited high plices for housing, and with a Canadian dollar disadvantage, I feel one concluded. "I also think of Canada as being rather would get a much be Iter overa ll education at pagan. . !t's a real mission field-there is more Houghton or some other US college." challenge to being a Christian." Canadian alumni generally have very practical But speaking favorably of Canada's com attitudes toward expatriates living and working in prehensive health care. which she says no the u .S. $aid one , "We've not had patriotism government there would dare touch, Sue said drummed Into us the way they do in the states " thaI her American physician husband , Tim. feels Gerald Orr '70, sent a list of his own "leap-frog there Is more government control lin medicinel experiences." which includes schooling and in the U.S than in Canada. pastorates on both sides of the border. Currently Finally , the Canadians were unhappy about he directs pastoral care at St. Mary's General American apathy concerning the en· Hospital in Timmins, ON. vironment-acid rain and other industrial Gary Berner noles, "I am one who escaped pollutants carried across the border from the A Slice of Frosh Some answers to "Who's out there in that freshmen POW section?" by a pedagogue also of teaching methods , auiation history , pun manship, and magazine editin g. by RIchard L. Wing T'S TEN A . M. on Thursday , and I'm - not knowing what to expect. - trying 10 ge t a co mputer an d then I standing behind a large black science - the amount of lime the class will getting it to work. class teaching desk in the mosl remote take. - Ihat my mind always goes blank. fourth-floor classroom on ca mpus. This - Ihat in order to write creatively one By now I the expressions are changi ng a locale, perhaps novel for an English class, must think. Irifle, and on both sides of the barrier has been dictated by space turbu lence - writi ng about subjects I have ab perches th e queslion: " What have we durin g the construction of our cla ssroom solutely no interest in . here?" building. Facing me, in random array - trying to prod uce a crea ti ve master· With the item of prime curiosity thus among the room's 40·odd chairs, sit piece in a short tim e. identified - and after forty minutes of ad twenty-four fres hmen, a bit stony of - having to share essays with the class ministering aneslhetic through their visage and apprehensive of demeanor. without being forewarn ed. ears - I lay on the first assignment : "In a Each and all are new to th is: we are about - hav ing to write, rewrite . and rewrite letter to me (double-space, of course), in to share Our first session as secti on D of again. troduce yourse lf. Tell me about your POW (Principle of Writing, or, for Ihese, - thinking of a good interesting topic family, your major, your plans for ten Prisoners of Wing). to write about. years from now, and what else you'd ca re As the first task of the day, I ask them - meeting deadlines , to share , See you tomorrow. II to complete this: "The thing that bugs me -very stru ctured topics and formats. Being good freshmen, th ey arise, bo~ most about writin g cla ss is ..." They - trying to type my paper with few slightly, chorus "Yes, 0 SagaciOUS One, swiftly respond : mistakes . rearrange the room, and ex it in column 1O J Milieu - Morcll 1989 of twos for chapel. (A modicum of jocose • Five are preacher's kids or MKs. One Some voices from the assembl y: inveracity? Of course.) Then 1 follow , is a faculty dependent. Otherwise, family "I am not sure what direction 1 will perhaps in a foreshadowing of the enUre occupation, if identified, includes such take." course. things as leaching. farming, medicine, "I am thankful for my beautiful Chris Speaking of the course, let me digress carpentry, chemistry, and retirement. tian parents." a tad in benefit of those not immediately • Concerning their plans for a decade "I enjoy my studies more and more." familiar with Houghton's modern POW. from now, eleven see themselves tn "I'd like to follow in my Imissionary] I! is a four-credit freshman course, father's footsteps ." meeting four days a week for the "It's hard for anyone to say where they semester, and it is one of the few courses will be ten years from now." specifically required of all students. This " I'm not dismissing the possibility of be year, five POW sections in the fall and six ing a missionary." in the spring will serve about 275 of the "The thing that bugs "My high school didn't emphasize 320 freshmen, with the balance either writing." presenting an equivalent course from me most about "I want to be a missionary doctor." elsewhere , testing out through CLEP, or writing class is . . ." "I just learned that Jeremiah had a using the exceptional-SAT provision to horse named Isme: he used to say, 'Woe pass over the course and move directly is me'" into advanced composition_ "My parents are in the process of ob POW students are assigned to fall sec taining a divorce." tions by division chairs who act tem· "I would like to go to China as a porarily as frosh advisors; in the spring. tentmaker-witness for Chris!." students take a more active role in section "I plan to spend a year studying choice as they work with their assigned ministry or missions, ten In medicine. and overseas " mentors or advisors. (Since the 0 section seven as teachers. Three are "undecided ''I've always wanted to be a teacher, is sort of an add·on. I'll never know and seeking." Other plans mentioned: one of the most rewarding occupations whether my twenty-four are here as the fqreign language. administration, radiO, today." victims of planning or chance.) psychology, graphics and printing. and "I suppose you could include my girl· pastor's wife . Concerning the latter topic, Now it's 10 a.m. on Friday. and not friend in my family." three of eight men mention marriage, as "One might find me in the Peace only are all twenty-four back but each has do eleven of sixteen women. One might brought the assigned letter. Here is what Corps." observe that Houghton students are com "I only seek. with God's help. to pur we have: fortable with traditional roles. • By sex : eight males and sixteen sue His will. one day at a lime." females (ten and fourteen would have approximated the current Houghton ratio.) Twenty·four freshmen - twenty-four • By state: ten are from New York. unique individuals whom we musl with two from New Jersey and OhiO, and assume are representative of their college one each from Maine, Connecticut, year-gToup- lwenty-four entities of clay Maryland. Virginia, North Carolina. to be shaped. smoothed, and (we hope) South Carolina. Georgia, and Florida. fired by the Houghton experience into Two have parents on the mission field, In wondrously· fin e vessels of service. Angola and Indonesia_ Wouldn', it be interesting to track these • By major: only three say they are tru· two dozen and, through reports at ten Iy undecided, Of the rest, eleven mention year intervals through their Itves. see this biology and pre-med, seven education, slice of fr osh in the long view? two math. Singles: Spanish. physics, communication , psychology, social SCie nce , business. • By name: there are no duplications in given names, and only six say they prefer some diminutive or nickname. • Average family size is 4.9, with the range from 3 to 8 , • Three mention parents as Houghton alumni; at least as many have siblings here or graduated. Milieu - Mtlr"h 1989 11 Translating laue into action Students join Habitat for Humanity by Alicia Becliford N ANY GIVEN SATURDAY morn O ing, a group of 5-15 Houghton students will not be found anywhere on campus from early morning until late at night. Instead of studying among the stacks In the library or chatting in the ca mpus ce nter, they are spending their day removing debriS, sa lvaging old equipment, building shelves, and replac I ing the caved-in roof of a warehouse in downtown Buffalo. These students are I working with Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit Christian organization head quartered in Americus. Georgia. "I am a person who likes to see transformation, and working with Habitat For Humanity is my opportunity to live out my Christian faith in a practical way." Habitat For Humanity isan internation al service organization whose vision is to eliminate ramshackle housing worldwide. Habitat was founded by Millard Fuller, a former millionaire and independent busin. ssma n, who, threatened with the prospect of losing his family because of his preoccupation with business. gave away his money and set out to affect the lives of others in a positive way. H e was encouraged by a minister friend who li ved on the Koinonia church farming overseas projects numbered 50. In 25 that would be 'supportlve of affiliate work community near Americus to consider co untries in 1987. (church and local group projects) in Buf finding better housing for the economically Today, local groups. organized by falo and Roches ter. Student Interest was disadvantaged families in the area. churches and private individuals, are form great enough that an official charter for Fuller and his friend se t up a corpora ing networks of volunteers motivated Habitat on Houghton campus was drawn tion whose donated capital would supply by goodwill and what Fuller calls the up in October, 1988. materials for the building of inexpensive "theology of the hammer"-living out Shannon Delay, a sophomore social homes. The houses were then sold at thetr Christian faith in real and tangible work major, currently serves as preSi their $6,000 cost. After a small downpay ways . Besides providing housing, these dent. sharing responsibility with David ment on the building, buyers paid $65 a groups teach the families how to cope Hills, vice president, Chris Spears and month and agreed to put four hundred with th eir responsibilities- a wholistic ap Marlon McNeil, secretaries, George hours of sweat equity into their own proach to nurturing the family. Cuffe, trea surer, and Tim Swauger, house and that of at least one neighbor. Mrs. Jeanne Ortiz, director of fundraiser . Jeanne praises the team for its By 1972, 27 families had new homes residence hall life at Houghton, was in motivation, vision and enthusiasm . Part with heat , indoor plumbing, and modern volved with Habitat in Buffalo before of her joy in working with Habitat here on kitchens. In 1981, Fuller's work had moving here with her family . Working ca mpus, she reca lls, has been "watching blossomed into 15 U.S. projects and 11 with th e campus chapter of Evangelicals the group rea lize that providing a place to overseas, Including 114 new homes In for Social Action. she looked into live is a real ministry, too , like a medical Zaire. U.S. projects numbered 241 and establishing a co llege chapter for Habitat ministry or a Vacation Bible School 12/ Mllicu - March 1989 • ,I I .; AIJor left; the Genesee Street warehouse Hough tonswdents hOIle begun cleaning out. Immediately left: one warehouse room partially elecred, ern otherawalls attention. Marion McNIel helps ;",1011 wIring 0/ on mrller Habllot projoct. Bill Tow",end has donated his lime as Habltol's Buffolo chapler V.P. and constrod/on coordinotor since the mId '80s. He gained expertise rehoblng aportments 0/1 his own. His wife, Pot. oj/en leaches anthropology ot Houghton's Buffalo campus. to share in the ministry of "the hammer:' and meet people very different from themselves who share the same vision. Meanwhile, student fundraiser and senior Tim Swauger has contracted wlth the Buffalo Bills to play basketball with the Houghton College faculty on Houghton's home "turf' on Friday evening, April 14. The night's proceeds will go 10 Habitat. The Bills, who play ball off-season to help various groups with fundraising, will field a team of eight 10 10 men. By actively taking part in the prOvision ministry." of a dream, while the warehouse restora of homes for the disadvantaged. Hough Habitat headquarters in Americ us re tion is ideal for skilled and unskilled ton students, along with other Habitat I cognized the heart for service evidenced students alike. The Board decided on the volunteers worldWide, are following by the student leaders, 100. They gave warehouse for Houghton's first project. Christ's example of ministering to the I Houghton a choice between two project Completion is hoped for during 1990. physical needs of others as a means sites in Buffalo: a house on Buffalo's East The college chapter leaders have a vi toward ministering to the needs of the Side needing carpentry work and general sion that in Houghton's near future, spirit. Opportunities for service come in renovation before occupation by a family, Habitat will also have a ministry in many forms . Says Jeanne OrtiZ, "I'm not a and, a warehouse with 8000 sq. ft. of Allegany County. For the immediate Sunday Schoolteacher, and I'm not a Bi space including a loading dock, 2nd, 3rd, future, Jeanne Ortiz envisions inviting dif ble Study leader, but [ am a person who and 4th floor apartments, and rooms full ferent campus groups to have their own likes to see transformation , and working of old, semi-salvageable equipment. a special Saturday trips to the warehouse. with Habitat For Humanity is my oppor property deeded 10 Habitat for storage of For example. there would be an East Hall tunity to live oul my Ch:istian faith in a supplies and eventual housing for the Day, an Administrator's Day, a Fresh practical way." homeless. men Class Day, an Alumni Day, or a The choice was a difficult one because Black Student Outreach Day, to name a AlicIa BeckJord is a junior communlca/lons mo jor Interning with the public lriformatlon off/ceo the home renovation option would have few possibilities. This would extend an She Is a member oj the college's Women and meant an opportunity to work side-by opportunity to those outside the core of Minorilies Committee, and active In the Block side with a family living out the realization people who go to Buffalo each weekend Students' Organlza/lon. Milieu - March 1989113 • ALuMNi iN ACTioN Joli n Reist (rom the pastorate In 1990. men! speaker. From 1974-76 he was parl·llrne 1920s, 30s & 40s '52 EDNA PRINSEU was recognized for 29 chaplain at the college. A former studen t years of mIssionary service and was awarded a charilcterlzcd him as "pallent, helpful. and In '28 H ELEN (KELLOGG) PECK wd les Ihal she cerllflca te and an OkInawa lacquerware plate at D credibly humorous ." She apprecia ted his excltlng ('and her husband, ages 83 ar,d 86, are happy rally there. She helped Slart seven churches In lectures on The Inferno, and noted that his "caring for their home In Vestal, NY, and being Japan since she began service In 1953, background In the ministry gave him " un!qu~ near their sons," They moved there In 1980. Their '53 CARL SCHULTZ has been made a Paul perspective on Illerature. life toget her has Included living In Addison, AI Harris Fellow In Rotary Internallonal (Harris was '58 EDWARD SAVOLAINE has been pro· mond. and Manchester (all in New York) , and I., Rotary's founder.) The designation results from moted to the position of prolesso!' of radiology al , Elk Lake , PA They have been acllvc In local monetary and service contributions to Rotary and the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo churches. lis com munity projects, Carl's service. Ir,clucled '36 HARRIET (SARTWELL) NORTON spearheading Rotary's Pallo Plus Drive In received the fourth Morlon E Spillinger award for Allegany County last Dec.ember, which raIsed 19605 dlst!ngulshed 5prvlce In classics October 21, 1988, over $40,000 toward the Rotary goal of In· from the Classical Assoclallon of the Empire noculating the world's children agaInst pallo, On '62 PAULINE (SCHWEINFORTH) FOX in' Siale, In recognition of her "Hfclon9 promotion of Ihe Houghton College faculty stnce 1965. Carl vited several music fllumnl to perform In her Latin through leaching and Involvement In prafes chairs the religIon and philosophy division and Is February q recital , part of her M.A . degree studies ~dona l organlzollons," She lives in Alb i~m y. NY, delln (or the Buffalo campus. tIt Marywood College (P Al . [n addition to '54 LOU KNOWLTON and his wife, MARY Paullne's piano so los. she accompanied (MILLER '56), had their home In Brazil robbed ensembles wllh JACQUELINE (GARMS '75) December 23. When the Knowlt ons arrived home FORBES, JOHN and DENISE (BROWN '84) that evening. the three armed men jumped out of ROSETI '84, and NORMAN FOX '62, ,II 01 hiding places and forced the Knowltons inSide whorn Uve In the Stroudsburg. PA. area and par· They write, "We spent the nexl two hours looking ticlpate In locallllusical events. T he special feature down Ihe barrel of a gun while they helped of the evening was the Classrc Concerto for PIOllo thef""lsclvcs to our possessions They threatened cmd Chomber Orchestra. written fOI' the OCCasion to kill us if they did nol find what they by Houghton'scomposer·ln-resldence Dr William wanlcd .. .Th ey finally left us, gagged and !led 10 a Allen . Among those att ending v..oere Dr Allen. his bed Ira me . locked In a bedroom, After they made wife . JANE (McMAHON '61), their daugli ler their getaway in our car, we managed to gel Becky, and GARY FORBES '76, ourselves unlled .. ,·· T he Knowhons lost $ 130 and '62 CAROLYN (MULLER) YOUNG and he< more than three thousMd dollars worth of husbar,d, with Iheir two boys, ar", serving In the The Day tOilS valuables from a computer to weddlllg rings . worl( of Bible tra r1slat1on, administering and editing. in Peru, South America. under the Wife, Aboul two-thirds of Ihe loss was equipment need '38 WilBER DAYTON and hiS Donna. auspIces of Wydlffe BIble Translators, ceJebr.'l,ed Iheh Golden weddir'9 annlvers('Iry on ed for their work. They held lillIe hope of recover· '63 DAVID CLEMENS Is Ihc author of a December 24, 1988, Some 75 guests allended a Ing stolen Items. published three·volume. six-book Bible cu r reception, hosted by theIr four children, In the '58 JOHN REIST has been r,amed one of the rIculum, titled, "Steps to Maturlty." The volumes Dayton's honor at the Wl:!sleyan Seminary Foun 10 best professors ever 10 teach at Norlh Cen tral have been tr6nslaled lnlo eight different dation buildir,gln Wilmore. KY. Since 19871hey College (IL) In Its 125-year history. {R eist Is now 16Ilguages hllve lived In Georgia and still wrHc, sp(Mk • teach academic vice presl(lent at H l1lsdt'Jle College (MI.) '~3 SUE EU.EN PORTER Is an Interim pastol Bible , and correspond with friends and former The selection was based on recommcndalions al Trinity Prebyterlan Church in San la CTlIl, CA students around the world "as the Lord leads." Irorn former studer1ls . Reist was a tenured pro· Her husband works at NASA '47 JIM PINNEO and his wife, Lois, left for lessor In the English department al North Cen tral, '65 ROBERT CARR became assistant vice Niger in January where Jim filled an urgent need a Methodist Church affilia ted college. from presIdent of di)1.;J services wilh the Law SchoQI for a doctor at Sudan h1terior Mission hospitdlln 1967·77 , In 1%9 he was the fIrst recipient of the Admission Services of Newtown. PA Before West Africa. They will be there ul'l1l1 the end of Sa ng Dlsllngulshed Teacher Award, 81ld In 1972, ch""gl ng jobs at the beginnIng the year , Bob April Jhn is praClicing in the general ou t·patient rhe senior class chose him a.s their commence- of clinic "under primitive condWons .. had been employed by the Michigan Department of Education for 13 years . His wife. JESSIE (SIIlCHARD '65), and their two SOilS, will remaIn in Michigan to arrange. for the sal(> of Ihelr home. 1950s Then Ihey will join Bob In Pt:!nsylvania. '50 RUDY RASE and his wI!",. EI'3:l'lnnr, 5ervpd After servIng In various slateslde mlnlstrles for in Indlb for 36 years with OMS Now at head· 20 y•• rs, WILLIAM .nJ VIRGINIA (CARVILL qUi.\rlers, Rudy is assistant editor of OMS '67) PERRY '65 are establishing BIble traIning Outreach , In Ihe November·December 1988 centers In Sou th East Asia under the auspices of Issue . he wrote an article titled, "Who'll Ileplace World Outreach , They live in Baqulo Cit y, Philip the Mlsslonarlcs in India?" He answers thar ques pines, wllh Ihelr two chIldren . ministering 01 LIfe lion in the article. and concludes . "Foreign mis School of Ministry, Bill ts International director. Sionaries are replaced by Indian missionaries, After 2 1 years of not louchlng a string bass. That's Ihe way 11 was planned, the way It should RICHARD KOCH '66 bough t one last year. Last be , and the way il IS To God be the glory!" summer he joined the SO· member Guilderland '51 DORIS (LARSEN) HAYES will relire from Town BMd (NY) They played thrce public con· teaching thl$ summer, She is a special leading ccrt s al the performing arls cenler located In the teacher In the Falmouth Elementary School (ME) lown park. An internal audllor at New York Her husband, CALVIN '48. anticipates refiring Edna Prlnsell 14l Milleu - March 1989 Daisy Guldenschuh Hepburn motivating women to take leadership roles , NE by five-eighths of an Incn in a car accident. The eventual in assigned to 18 months service with the O Daisy Guldenschuh Hepburn's surance settlement enabled her to join Citadel in Norwich. CT. likeness smiles up from page 92 of the him in Bamburg during 1952.) Leaving the Salvation Army. they 1950 Boulder. That's il : her sole picture There she taught Sunday School for returned to First Covenant Church in or mention In the book! The college military dependents and led seminars San Francisco for a year before moving registrar's slim file lis ts the courses she for the Protestant women of the chapel, to Minneapolis. where. for the next took her one year at Houghton. No one foreshadowing a ministry to come. decade. David served on the facul ty of a depending on those sources CQuid have When David completed military service Christian academy and organized predicted what Daisy would achieve in in 1953, they moved to California. He music and youth groups. There they the ensuing 40 years, or thai a continent became CE director for the Salvation raised their two children and Daisy away, she would receive a Distin Army's Lytton Home and School in So directed Covenant Bible Camps. During guished Alumni award from alumni noma County, which served some 130 this time she also began 10 develop director Richard Alderman during the neglected children . Daisy worked as printed materials and other resources February 11 San Francisco chapter secretary_ Four years later David re for ministry among women. meeting. but that's what happened. sumed his education. After completing By 1973 her Life With Spice Bible In 1896 a group of Salvation Army a degree he joined the staff of Evangel! Siudy materials had passed the testing officers sailed from England for mis cal Covenant Church In the city. stage with neighborhood coffee groups. sionary outreach to America. Among A year later they moved east for A core of seven Bible Study series them were Daisy's grandparents and the Salvation Army officer's training and a resulted. Scriptu re Press and Gospel grandparents of her future husband. A three-week crash course in Spanish light published her materials, and Daisy generation later. three hours from before being assigned to the Academia began to be in demand for workshops Houghton along the Susquehanna William Boolh in Puerto Rico. David and speaking engagements. Hepburns River in Towanda, Pennsylvania, Daisy taught grammar school while Daisy con returned to California in 1979, living was born into a Salvationist family. By duded Sunday Schools in Spanish, first in Mission Springs. then at MI. Her· 1941 her family was living in Syracuse. directed CE, worked among women mon , and for the past half-decade. in New York, she had become friends wah and visited barios. In 1967 they were reo San FranCiSCO, where David is president the extended Shea lamily, and her of Ridgemont Chri stian School. older sister was a Houghton frosh . As founder-di rector of The Hope of By 1949 the Guldenschuhs had Our Heritage Conferences, Daisy criss moved to Ml. Vernon, NY. Daisy crosses the nation as a conference and graduated fr om high school, and had retreat speaker. motivating women to fallen in love with David Hepburn. But take leadership roles in churc h and that fall, at Houghton, Daisy was community work- to the glory of God. among the first women to live in Her 1988 book, Glorious Liuing, is Maplecrest-a recently rehabilitated, billed as "an ordinary woman's guide 10 three-story barn. becomi ng God's ideal." "There were lots of mice," Daisy In presenting her the award . alumni recalled. but bonds of friendship formed director Alderman cited Daisy for "the that year, endure to the present. extraordinary service to our Lord Beyond the friendships , Daisy you've personally given and encour· remembers professor Ray Hazlett's aged in others by example and precept English class and beginning Spanish . .. highlighting anew that God doesn't with Dr. Allce Pool. Still, neither friends rely o n the evidence of yearbooks or of nor academic stimulation overcame her ficial records, but on the willingness of a loneliness for David Hepburn. So she surrendered heart." left Houghton in 1950, returned to Mt. Vernon and married him the next year. David was promptly drafted and sent to Germany as a military policeman wi thout her. (During Daisy's year at Houghton. David was seriously injured David Gild Daisy H~pbum Milieu- March 1989/ 15 • Telephone. Ri ch gave a 90·rnlnute presentatiOn, sylvl\tlfa 5 Keys10r If! Slate Readmg ASSOCIation '78 MARK CERBONE Is workIng CI!t (111 " ssis· " Integratlng Fraud AWMeness Into the Corporate and has had two articles published. Ian! to Duffy Robbins in the youth ministry depart lJhure ." at a national conference on business Atler complelil'9 a two·year program of French ment at Eastern College (PA) , He has begun his fraud It, Orlando. FL. IlISl September. st udies In Paris , RONALD BEABOUT '77 tlnd fi fth seme!iter "S a member of its dean of s!lJdents '69 SANDRA SHADDOCK h.s moved to his wife, CAROL (BEVERIDGE '77). arrived ht office, serving as an assistant residence han direc Alberta, Canada, from England , where she "at Abidjan. Cote d' Ivolre, West Africa. 10 begin tor. LlISI summer he attended his class's 10th Teu I, tcnded limitless musical concerts Md functions " leadership training and church development nlon at t'loughton lind wrlles, " II was a moving ex While there she wrote for the London Bridge ministries under CBFMS . WilliI'! working there perience to be re -urllled with so many friends who magazine and was edtlo) for the past one-and·i) with a church-planting team, Ron also ~rves on l' shared II crucIal part of my IlIe," hal( years She earned a diploma of journalism committee to develop curricula and write '78 JOAN (KOEHLER) LLOYD .nd he< hus· frOEn the London School of Journalism. She con materll'ls fOI' the mission's theologlc",1 college and band Daniel are full-lime master's degree students ducted a women's choralgrollp and gave several sltminary. Car(.ll works In editing lIIld transllllion, at ColumbIa Biblical Seminary and Graduate I'cclIals as vocal arllst or (lcC'ornpanlst Currently ilnclleaches Sunday School School of Mission, respectively, They are studying Sandra Is studying at the University of Alberta. '77 LINDA BROWN works for Texas teaching English as a foreign language and Inler American Bancshares, tnc. , as vice president ('I nd cultural studies, respecti vely, They graduo!Il e In controller over seven banks In the Dallas regIon , June, She Is working on an MBA In accounting at the In May ROBERT MILLS '78 received his University of Texas at Dallas, Additionally, she sat M Dlv . from Princeton Theological Seminary and for the CPA exam In November, has accepted the pastorate on Big Creek '78 KATHLEEN (CONFER) BOONE has had Presbyterltm Church (MOl His wife, MARGE her book published by the ~ t ate University of New (PLATTS 78), Is applying for graduate studies In York Press II is called The Bible Tells Th em So: psychology. The Discourse of ProteS/OIll Fundamentalism. In 1987 BRENDA (KELLER) NEWLAND had RICHARD MOUW '61. of Fuller Thcologiclli a play published by L.lllenlls, titled. " He Touches Se minary, has said of Ih ~ book, " 1 would certi:linly the H ct'l rt. ·· Include (this) stud y on CI list of Ihe mostlmporta!1l '79 CAROL (SNODGRASS ) BLESSING Is half clol.cn or so scholarly works QlIl\merlcfln fun . working on a Ph,D. In English at the University of damentalism .. Kathleen is a co un !> ~lor in the car1 allfornla, specializIng In renilISs<''ln::e drama. She smllu!l1 of Ihe Niagara Frontier collegi? program at and her husband George are youth leaders ITt their the Attica (NY) Correcllondl Filcil/ly church FOI three Or four yed!,!, 110,",' a blue Chevy Future Alumni Suburban. sparling the utlu:,uill license pictured Greg & ,JOal1l'a (DOllS '74) ASKins Andrew Paul 2· 19·88 "hove. has been seen J 6 Milieu - M()rch 1989 '79 DAVID HIGLE has been te&Ching New preservtog arw:! displaying e~amples of American Testament lit Bethany Bible Col~ In Sussex, clocks and watches, memorabilia of their makers, NB, Canada. since 1984. He has been M:«pled lind r~OTd\ng , preserving and disseminating intO the New Testament program ilt Princeton horological history The MUKum 15 open April Theological SemInary and plans to enroll1n the through October and '" small IIdml$slon fee Is fal! charged. Groups are wekome. For more Informa· '79 MARK HUMPHREY is asslstllnt genera.l tion, contact Joyce al the American Clock and manager and ~hifll engineer for Temple Unlversl· Wlltch Museum, 100 Maple St" Bristol. CT ty's (PA)}lIn I/ldio sliltlon, WRTI. 06010·5092. 79 RUTH (ENTV) MESSICK has been nallWd '81 MOll.Y (TURNER) GOLANDO com director 01 dll\lelopmenl lit United Theologlc,,1 pleted het masler of music degree with II French Seminary in Daylon. OH She 'WIIS i!lssisUng the horn emphasis. in JllnulI'Y 1988. from Fredonia Central Stille UnIversity's deyelopment offiCI! In Slate University College of New York , preparation for its first capUlIl campaign Ruth lind '82 CHRISTINE (WARD) WEBER hilS resign· her husbllnd. MICHAEL '85, recently moved to ed her posilion as math /!lIld computer teachel al Eldorado, DH. where he Is paslorlng the Owego (NY) Apalachin Cenlrlll School, to be a E1dorlldo United Methodist Church. He is II fun·time mother to her first cMd, She w1!l con· s&ond'year student at United Theological tinue to give private piano le!iSOns 10 her 20 plus Seminary. pursuing ill master of divinity lind students. HEr hu5band, OAVlO '81, completed master of arts In theological slUd!es degrees. course work for a master's degree in $Chool 79 RUTH (CAMPBEll) PHINNEY, director psychology at SyrIlCUse University Illst summer of WXXI Ruchart Radio (Rochesler, Ny), has He is a psychologist al Trumansburg (NY) Central been nillmed to the board of directors of the Na· School. He also coaches their football team and Is lIonal AssodililiOll of Radio Reading Servk:es. As youth pastor and deacon at Allen Memorial Bap· direclOr SM has hosted a series of radio Interview tlst Church. programs which are being distributed to radio Lw June RICK DANIELSON '83 was ordain reilldlng services nationwide. She IlIso serves as ed an elder Into the United Melhodlsl denomlllll· vic£ president of the Rochester Downlown lJons lion, The. serviCe was in Houghton's W~ey Club and was one of the Ilrst 300 women admll· Chapel. Since [ast July he has been pastorlng lhe Aboue: The Houghton College Choir under ted to a dub In New York. Her husband, MARK little VaOey (NY) United Methodlsl Church full · Dr. John Joat «Ing a Sunday ~uening canerrt '79, continues working In retail and Krve5 as tIme. His wife teaches mu$IC to emoliollllUy Of 5'. Paul', Ca,hedral ln Bulfolo Ort Febnwrv subslllule OTgllnisl for a number of area churches. disturbed children at tM Randolph Children's 26, They premiered a Half/an ma.. and wer~ 79 DAVID T1DEMAN Is attorney lor SCale Home Schooiln Randolph, NY , accompanied by nine ,'ring player' from Ihe Farm Insullln.ce Company (NJ), Kling as legal '85 DEBRA FINK began law !iChool al Camp Houghton Phl/hannonia. ronsultant to manllgemenl In New York New bell University (NC) in the fall. Two weeb later the choir wal among 30.e Jersey and New England , Recl!nlly he passed the '85 MARY PlITNEY is sull a Year of Service ltet groups'o perform 01 Ih~ ealllem dlulllion oJ New Jersey bar exam l\I'ld Is licensed 10 practice V(llunleer lit New life Wesleyan Church In the MusIc &lucotOrt' Notional Coriference held law in New York and New Je/ sey. Chesterton, IN, where she Is youth and musk In Bo. ton, O n that ,rip they 01'0 ,ong 01 Bal· In October ROBERT WIDLICKA '79 com· director. She conducts the choir, pllIYS plano for ton'. St_ John the Euongelist Church. and In pleted a Ph.D. In electrical lind computer services ilIIld leaches prIvate piano lenons. joint concert Of Eo.fern Nazorene College with engineering /II New Mexico Stall!. University In las '85 HAROLD WORTHINGTON ls employed ENC'II choir. PBS "otion WGBH recorded Ih ~ Cruus. He Is a member of !hI! technical slaff In by Affiliated Foods of lexington, KY . He verllieli church co n c~rl. Jor local play and Jor conllidera Ihe dllla switching IIrchllecture gfoup at AT&T credIt requests from Foodtown and Shopw\se flon by 'he PBS network. JoInIng th~ choir a t Bell laboratories In Columbus, OH. Supermarket chains in northern lind Cintral Ken the church concert lOOt Holy Trinity School tucky. who have ret:e1wd mis-ord ered or damag· Boycholr of Port·au·Prlnce, Haiti, Dr, Joal ed merchandise. from the wa.ehou5\!;, HI! plans to taught at thlll school Jar jour yeora, and ,till return to the University of Kenlucky for his B,A in deootre. hili . ummerll to teaching there, Elghl 1980s architretull.1 lati' His wife. SANDRA (GON· HaItian string ployenl, hi' former studenu, ZALEZ '87), Is a staff 1!.ssislant for Congressman ·80 WAYNE MYlES lind his wife own their augmented fh ~ Houghton player. in Boston. latTY J . Hopkins, (R) Kentucky, In the Hou5e 01 own busine!iS, Video Dala Services 01 NOfthwesl The College Chair't spring tour, March Representali\ffi$. She will be returning to EaSlern 18·26, retumed them to New England, The Ohio They built a passive solar house fOlir years Kentucky University in May to complete her Chapel ChoIr , under Dr, BlUCt Braum, tour~d ~ on five acres of old farm land. A\sQ, Wayne mIIstir's degr~ in speech pathology March 21-26 In Pt nn.yloonla, Maryland and does SOme!: substltule leaching and accompanies '88 JINKI KIM WOIks for Korea Convention Wo.hinglon, DC. Ion the piano) Ihe loul public high school choir Services Ltd., which deals with any inlernatlonlll '80 JOYCE STOFFERS became the new convention or exhibition. and also Is lhe Korel!. director 01 American Clock lind Walch MU5eum III market representa.tive to Hudson's Bay New BrIstol, cr, on December I She and her hus· York. Inc., one of the largesl companle!i In the fur band had lived In Binghamton, NY , but moved to business. Ihe New England area bec"use "I [Iked the job . .It deals with Amerkan hl$tory and I !lk., [Ihis lield} i\nd Ihoughlll would be so new to me." Sioffers has a master's degfee In Engtlsh and American Down the Aisle literalure from SllIle Unlvirslty of New York and ha~ worked al New York museums. Founded in KtJTt & Brenda (Harlffiiln '89) Brown '89 1952. lhe American Clock ,md Wlltch Museum is Bruce & Joy Elizabe1h [Roe '87) O'Byrne 'B7 devoted to Ih(> hl5tOly of Amerltan horology, Keith & Kim (Ully '86) RWise]) '87 Milieu-March 19891/7 - (Leiters continued) Harvard , the University of Chicago. or Cilltech? But It is graHfying to learn thai at least " Houghton's sam meR alamof demands are somewhat closer to [Canada's1 own." I don', know which Is worse, American Ignorance or Canadian discourtesy . Perhaps you should have UJeekeon enlllied your luticle " The Ugly Canadian." Si ncerely, Stanley & ndler '60 o.r= "tbe c baRcb Command I-Uslorlan , USAJFKSWCS. Ft . Bragg. NC MWeu invited Houghton 's Conod/on students and 10 .r=arnfL(Y faculty /0 be candid In their comments. /I 's hard 10 see their "discourtesy" In responding to on Inuita· t/Oll at face value AI any role. Ol,lr Canadian alumni - coaoseUOG have many good Ihlngs to say aboll' experiences at their alma mater, and elsewhere III the U.S. See July 6·9,1989 poges 8·9. Dear Eduor: As a Canadian alumnus, now living In the slates. I relld your article on " Houghton's Canadian Can· nectlons" with great lnteresl. I wou ld like to correct one small poln!. All Canadian provinces do not have grade 13. My home province of New Brunswick has neither public kindergarten nor -- grC)de 13. Thanks for the allentlon drawn to my "home & na tive land." Sincerely. Diane (Cummings '76) Kofahl F RESCUE "PERSPECTIVES" PRO .•. " Dear EdUor: " I was pleased to see TIr,a Webber's article on Operation Rescue In the January '89 Houghton Mille!) . ft was in Oclober of '88 thai Operation Re scue finally came to Massachusells. where I now live. I cfid not dcdde to be a par! of Operation Rescue on a radical . whim. J know thai many believers feel it Is wrong to break trespass laws. and that rescuing ca n be a divisive issue among God's people. For me , not 10 rescue would be SAW Related Events and Highlights wrong . Proverbs 24: 11 · 12 tells us : "Rescue those • Alumni College, July 3-6. Golden Agers, July 6 and 7 • Five-Year Class who are being dragged to death. and those who • Reunions for '24-'74 a nd '29-'69 • Letchworth Picnic. Special Music are staggering 10 slaughter. 0 hold them back ." Before that verse ten warns "If you remain Indif fo~ • Alumni Banquet, introduction of new officers . Art Workshop, July fe rent in time of adverSity your strength will depart 10-14 • Young Alumni Weekend, 5 and 10-year Reunions, July 14-16. from you ." TIM Webber pOi nted ou t In her erticle concern Or. Timothy Weber, is ill licensed clinical psychologist in private she had thai there arc legal means we oughl to be practice at the Coior"do Center (or Psychology in Colorado pursuing to end abortion in our country. There ~l Springs. Colorado. He also Is an ordained Lutheran minis ter and arc, and we oughl 10 be doing all we eM In thesc ",0/ serves as ill pa ri-lime Assistant Pastor at Prince of Peace Luther,,,, areas. I would like to challenge Houghton alumni prl to become active after exa minIng these options. Church In Colorado Springs. a~ In his clinical practice, he works with children. adolescen ts. and Write often to you r elccted officials local. state . ani 1:1:: adults: ad ministers psychological assessments; and speCializes In and federal, to let the m know abortion Is wrong, liol marital and fa mily th erllPY. He also Is active In the training and Write leiters to the editor in your local papers, or bel supervision of menial health providers. Dr. Weber has consulted submit guest editorials. about abortion . I don't m~ ,. wllh schools. businesses. churches. social service agencies, and mean once a year, I mean every week. Consider I ~ doing peaceful. legal picke ting at l'lhorUoll mi lls. or _ clergy consultallon groups . He Is on clinical staff of Cedar Springs are en Psychtlltrlc Hospital. the consistent distribution of educatlonal m8terlals In I In your commun ities. Iho 18/Mllleu-March 1989 TI",re 15 ill dl!sperate need lor sldewalk coun can add to my resource flies, lind b!!l1er direct duc.t. I do believe thiS Indclent Illustrates the pro selors III every abortion mill in our counlry You thO$(' who may be. Interested In helping end abor vocative nlltule of Project Rescue'stact!cs. as well might consider prOVldtng a sideWilllk counwlor tion rd especially like to heM from New En~nd liS i t ~ demh 01 respect for the relJgious be~efs and you know with literature, Ma ny who do sidewalk or New Jersey alumnllnterest"d In rescuing civil rights of o thers, coun~l ing pay lor their own materials and the [n Chrisl, Although I would tK!I accuse TIoa 01 condoning costs mount up You can purchase good pro-Hie F,,'ln V C;:nl /Hunon '79) outright bullying, I do thiok her sympathetic artICle books for public, school. al\d church libraries. lind [EdUed Jor spoce 402 Tho!K:her SI. -3 requires challenge on two gr()IJnOs: Ihat "blocking donate ,h... m to these institutions. by the editor} Attleboro. MA 02703 the entrllllCes of an abortion clinic so that prll?gll3nl Find out whllt Is b!!tng taught ill your locIII women could nOt enter" is acceptllble b!!hllvior on .schools In WII edllClltion. Dear Edilor: the pllrt of anll·abortlonlsts, and her implication If you are a doctor. nllf5e. midWife. or IlIwyer I would Ilke to encourllge all Ho ughto n alumnI Ih.,t Chrlsllllns are, or should 00. . united In their you can volunteer some of your lime zlnd energies to participate In Operation Rescue events as they o pposition to abortion rights. Whateyer one's 10 h""lp those women who face crisis pregll;!lncie$, are held, especially when held in thetr home views o n thts htghly-controvental question, and ..... ho. without medical or IlI?gaJ asslstllnce areas. [ met one recent alumna during Operation harassment and Intimidation is not the way of would choose llbortlon ilTSI. Lawyers. Judges. Rescue event5 In New York City lind others in Christ. Nor should one assume, that to be pro there Is so much you can do. Philadelphia last summer. I presume there were choicol!: Is to be non·Christian. I appl!lud TIt\a's Alumni. you Cilln volunteer time al a crisis alumni among the several hundred Chrl$lians in sensitivity lOWard the plight 01 women In cris15 prll?gnaocy center. You may also be able to give the recent Buffalo rescue. but I didn't h"ppen to pregnancies (a seMilivily so sadly \lickIng on Ihe 5UCh needed iI""tnS as maternity clothes. baby meet any. part 01 many calling themselves ~pro-Il lers"), but I clothes. cribs, Cll' seats, and so forth Some young People wtJliog to be InvolYed are those you find ask ho!r and Dlhfi!rs like-minded 10 reconsider their glrh; need shepherding homes In which to SIlly tn /lny evangoellcal or Cllthollc church; white, endorsement 01 both legal and illegal stlatll?gies IOf b!!fore. and somel1mes after, Ihe birth of theil black, rutan, young, old (two women In their 80s impeding , Abortion Is have pickeled the priYolte homes of pro· choke ELIZABETH O'BRIEN by Charles O'Brien murder; we musl act lK'cordin.gly, physicians and l' oun~Jors , Their dtsruplloll 01 a CLAUDE RIES by Colleen Weekley. Fellow .Iumnl, r would like tn hear whllt you Jewish physician's Charmkilh celebra!lon with hIS CONSTANTINE LEMCIO by Dr, & Mrs. are doing. or would like 10 do to help end 1l00llion family ended In vloJencfi!, Ih\l physician beIng Stephen Plllne, In our country I IVQuld aiM) like 10 know whlll chalged with llSi>3ulling a protestel with a baseball those of you IICt t>5S th e country are doing so Ihatl bIIt While J do nol excuse the physician's con MIlieu- Mili ch 1989 19 - 4 an exceptiona l 44.7 mark from 3 point Roundball women range . Brad and Senior Geoff Stedman will partiCipate in the District Senior game post winning season, against the Pennsylvania Division III go to nationals seniors . The highest individual honors we nt to The H oughton women's team posted Kirshner and BinkowskI. Kirshner joins back to back winning seasons for the fi rst th e 1000 point cl ub as a Junior an d was time sin ce Title IX and the '75·'76 teams . elected to the second Team·AII District. The team won the NCCAA/Dlstrlct He was first In Houghton scoring and Championship for th e second year and fourth in the District at 18.4 per game. qualified again for the National Tourna H e was firs t in free throw percentage at ment. Following three losses at Nationals 84.9 percenl. Binkowski capped his year their complete season record is 15-12. by being named District Freshman of the They not only won Districts, but they Year. H e was second In scoring for placed three players on the All District Wom en's basketball MVP Corlson'$ parent3jrom H oughton and fifth in the District at 17 .9 Team: Frosh Stacie Dagwell , Junior Waterloo, Iowa were: present to ,ee her cited for per game, reaching 1800 polntB. Michelle MorriS, Senior Jackl Carlson. Jackl also won th e Most Valuable Player District Award. The "Carlson era" ends MOST PLA YERS TO RETURN INDOOR TRACK with Jack i's graduation. She added to her Both cl ubs are looking forward to a Coach Ken Heck's indoor track teams honors by once again being named to the good recruiting year. The men on ly broke several school records and posted All Tournament Team at the National graduate two and the wo men three , so se veral wins despite a lack of depth and Tournament and th en capped her season each has an excelient base on which to many injuries. All six meets were away, by being named NCCAA All American build for the future . Both squads were held during January and February. for the second time . Jackl finished her almost 50 percent Frosh with several with For the men, sen ior Tom CuMing broke ca ree r with a grand total of 20 12 pOints . enough talent to be starters. The future th e shot put record with a 12.05-meter This is not a H oughton record since she does look promising. toss. He also posted a 35-pound weight pla yed her first two years at Bartlesville. throw mark of 10.67 meters . Junior For the season she averaged 18.9 pOi nts Wade Flegl broke the field house record and 11.2 rebounds per game. at Roberts Wesleyan College with a pole vault of 3.97 meters. (He also held the MEN BOAST 1000 POINTERS previous record.) Soph omore Tom FROSH PLA YER OF YEAR Kagoro of Zimbabwe se t a long jump record of 6.1 meters and a triple jump Although the men's team did not finish mark of 12.24. with a winning record, they did provide For the women, junior Lisa Strand some exciting ga mes, especia ll y during won her 500 meter race at a record th e second semester when thei r defense breaking 1.28.3, and set a new came together with their offense. Two strong Individual performances also pro Houghton record for the 800 at 2.34 flat. Left: Binkowski I, dlsfrict frosh of the year, Junior Laura Hayes posted school vided excitement in th is run . Frosh Dave Kirschner named to second ali-district team. record s for long Jump at 4.38 meters, and Binkowski scored 41 points again st a the triple jump at 9.72 meters. strong Geneseo State team leading Coach Heck noted th at nearly half of H oughton to a 99-98 win . He also pulled his teams are frosh, and said several good down a game-leading 10 rebounds. A co mpetitors elected to play oth er sports. week later Junior Tom Kirschner scored 43 pOints against District Champion Waynesburg and led H oughton rebound· ers with 7 In a 94-97 loss . Frosh Bill Lonero was number one for H oughton and third in the District in assists with a 5.7 average. Senior Brad Starkwea th er joined lhe 1000 point club, averaged 12.6 points per game, and had 20l Milleu - Mo rch 1989 CAMp-US NEWS mander for the central territory prior to Curtain countries. Commissioner and that appointment. In 1943 Ditmer enlist Mrs. Ditmer have fo ur children. ed in the United States Navy, where he Both speakers will receive honorary served for three years as a radio school degrees, as will Fisher Price Toys past • instructor. Next he attended Oberl in Col president and East Aurora, NY. resident, lege Conservatory of Music, studying Henry Coords. Some 270 seniors are ex· theory and composition. He entered the pected to participate in Commencement Salvation Army Training College (NY) in activities. 1948. Subsequently he was awarded a B.S. degree from Sidd more Coll ege (NY) CALL 1-800-777-2556 and did graduate work at New York There's no clever acronym, it's just a University and the Psychological Cor· randomly-assigned MCI number. but in Roberta Ha tenu S tanley DI/mer poration of New York. its fi rst 70 days of operation, Houghton's CommissIoned as a Salvation Army of admissions and financial aid 800 number College president, ficer in 1949, Ditmer served in corps ap has produced Inquiries that might not pointments and on the staff of the training otherwise have been made-well over Salvationist to speak college. He has held various positions: 100. eastern New York divisional commander, The number, which bypasses the col at Commencement territorial secretary for program for the lege switchboard, is staffed by admissions Dr. Roberta Hestenes, president of eastern territory, and chief secretary. personnel during normal business hours; Eastern CotJege (PAl. and Salvation Ar Commissioner Ditmer has maintained a open via answering machine 24 hours a my commissioner Stanley Ditmer, will be keen interest in Salvation Army music. day. Prospective students or their parents the 1989 Commencement (May 8) and Some 30 of his compositions, both in can get prompt answers to questions or Baccalaureate (May 7) speakers. respec strumental and vocal, have been pub request specific materials simply, and tively . lls hed. and 10 have been recorded. needn't worry about time zones. Admis An ordained Presbyterian minister, Perhaps the best known is "I'm In His sions di rector TIm Fuller says the number Hestenes is the first woman president of a Hands." written in 1956 during a time of will make Houghton more competitive, fouT-year, evangelical liberal arts college. personal trial. This song has been trans but warns bargain hunters not to try it to She holds advanced religion degrees lated into more than 20 languages and ca ll resident students. Transfers to other from FullE'T Theological Seminary (CA). used around the world, includi ng Iron lines aren't possible. Before becoming Eastern's president in 1987, Dr. Heslenes served at Fuller as an College schedules nuclear energy course associate professor and director of Chris tian formation and discipleship. Currently Heightened interest in the whole mat Leax, and Dr. James Wolfe, assistant she chairs the board of World Vision Inter ter of nuclear energy and Its wastes professor of biology. Both men will national, and has written books and artIcles brought on by the possibility of a dump donate their time as a community service . site being situated in Allegany County has on topics ranging from The Ministry 0/ Wo Houghton registrar Wi ll is Beardsley, led Houghton College to offer a two-hour men in a Changing Church to "Empower whose ancestors fi rst settled in Allegany ing the Poor" to "Personal Renewal." credit course entitled Ru ral Ufe and County in 1806, conceived the idea. Dr, Hestenes Is a member of the Nuclear Energy: A Heritage at Risk? dur Guest speakers will augment the class American Academy of Religion and is a ing April. May , and June. room lectures and there will be fie ld trips consultant to the evangelism department The course is being offered to high to such sites as the Genet nuclear power of the Christi an Reformed denomination school juniors and seniors of the county plant near Rochester, West Valley Nucle and works with para-church groups. She to afford them a visible role in the present ar Waste Facility, and the proposed Alle is a member of the advisory boards for nuclear waste discussion. Teaching the gany County site. Topics to be consi Evangelicals for Social Action, interdiSCiplinary course will be English dered range from a history of nuclear en Presbyterians United for Biblical Con professor and poet-in-residence J ohn ergy In this country and the politlcs of en cerns, lind The Minister's Personal ergy production, to ethical Issues In ener library. Mrs. Hestenes Is married 10 Dr . gy consumption and possible responses John Heslenes, a research scientist, and to the nuclear dump siting process. they have three adult children. Class projects will include a pro Commissioner Ditmer was appointed nuclear energy position paper as a foun territorial commander of the eastern U.S . dation to developing appropriate policy in ] 986. He had been territorial com- for dealing with it; and an anti-nuclear Milieu- March 198912J Pro),. Lea:.: ond Wo!f~ Rell. and M~. Jack, Prof. LaUN!nc~ Mullen energy position paper upon which to develop a policy for dealing with existing Gerald Jack Named Pastor of the Year waste and making the transition to alter Rev. Gerald Jack, pastor of th e largest munity Church; 18 years In Baldwins native energy technologies. congrega ti on in th e Central New York ville, NY (n ear Syracuse), where he Too, the class will produce a paper District of The Wes leyan Church, became pioneered the Wesleya n church, and , back book, A Heritage At Risk, based on the 22nd recipient of the Claude A . Ries three years at Hasklnsville (NY) Wesley Interviews with Allegany County farmers Award during H oughton College's an an Church. At th e district level Pastor who are at least third -generation resi nual theological Institute on March 7. Jack has been youth president, aSSistant dents, combined with a photographic As a teenager attending H oughton superintendent, and on the board of ad essay. Copies of the book will be made Camp, Jack felt a call 10 Ihe pastoral ministration . H e is a member of th e co m available to the Concerned Ci tizens of ministry. He attended H oughton for a mittee on extension and church growth. Allegany County for sa le or distribution. year before going on to receive a bache Rev. Jack has served on the denomina The material will also be available to local lor's degree from Marion (IN) College . In tion's general board of administration , the newspapers. Advising the project will be 1982 Rev. Jack became sen ior pastor of Houghton College and Bethany Bible a group appOinted by the Allegany Coun the Painted Post Wesleyan Church near College boards . He has been eva ngelical ty School Superintendents, who will help Corning, NY. There he's led the church chaplain at Syracuse University , presi th e class coordinate Its efforts with those in co ntinued growth, in relocation and in dent of the Syracuse evangelical minister of the larger co mmunity. building a new 700-seat sanctuary and In ial association. and an eastern reg ional The class, which will be graded on a terdenominational Christian sc hool. board member of the National Associa pass / fai l baSiS, will meet for seven ses H is previous pastorales included six tion of Evangelicals. sions of two hours each-3:30-5:30 pm . years In Puerto Rico at th e Dorado Com- A Houghton alumnus, teaching at th e Half of each session will fea ture a presen University of V irginia's School of Medi tation from an expert member of the cine, who came out of Ihe Baldwinsville co mmunity involved In the siting process. church , says, "I could easily have re The rest will be spent dealing with as jected th e church and Its ru les, but Gerry signed readings and in instruction In MINISTRY Jack se t a personal example of true spiri research techniques , Interviewing ski lls, tuality. He was willing to explore ap and writing. Tuition cost IVili be $120. proaches to fa ith beyond strict doctrinal molds. H e was energetic, youthful, will COMPETITORS CONVERGING J~W--.' ing to go out on a limb. He encouraged May 22-25 Houghton College will hos t us to be in youth activities beyond our an expected 150 members of th e Na J' own church . . . th at's how I ca me to at · tional Association of Christian College We have more job openings in tend Houghton. Over the years he influ Admissions Personnel which also In Christian organizations than people enced at least 25 others to attend the col cludes finan cial aid people. Attendees to lill them. You may bequalilied for lege, too. I have the utmost respect lor will be drawn from NACCAP's one 01 them. Cal l toll Iree today or Gerry and his wife, Kris, who has given 86-member liberal arts and Bible co lleges mail the coupon below. him insight and co urage in difficult times ." throughout th e U.S. and Canada. CAlL INTFRCRlSTO TODAY The Jacks have four adult children . Immediate pas t president of the Responding to th e award Rev . Jack organization, Houghton's admissions 1-800-426-1342 credited his wile and gave "thanks to God director Tim Fuller, said 18 speakers, for his call on my life, and for the honor (206-546-7330 in WA, HI and Canada) both organization members and outside of serving him.1I consultants, will offer profeSSional ------Th~ Career and Human RHOlIrc~ SpeclaJ lll.I development and skill-enhancing ses I ~ • I~ Fremon t AYellue NoM 1 TRUE BLUE BEATS BLAHS sions. A specia l co nference package in I~ Se.ittle. Wuhln(ton 98 llJ cludes discounted airfares and sightsee 1N~. ._--", ______1 Not since Its CETA refurbishing in ing in western New York and Ontario 1978 had Fa ncher Auditorium seen fresh berore th e conference . 1 I patnt. Over Christmas vacation faculty Fuller says th at hosting a successful I...... 1 volunteers of the language and literature confere nce can pay dividends for LI City______Sl.lte __ ZiP ____ _ :.J division, coordinated by English teacher H oughton's own recruitmen t efforts, just Bill Greenway, donated time to give the becau se professional colleagues get to tired-looking two-story combination kn ow the college better and use its name classroom-theater new life. The coUege in th eir referrals. furnished blue paint, brushes and rollers. 22l Mllleu - Morch 1989 ACADEMY SEEKS MAINTENANCE! CUSTODIAL SUPERVISOR Houghton Academy seeks a full-time maintenance/ custodial supervisor, also responsible for purchasing and supervising the student work program. For details call or write Philip G . Stockln, Headmaster, 716/ 567-8115. Houghton, NY 14744. TRIVIAL? NOT FOR THOSE FINE ARTS FESTIVAL WHO DID THE WORK-OR ¥keeping our The division of fine arts presented "A RECEIVED THE SERVICE Performing Arts Festival of Spanish Culture" March 2, 3, and March 9, 10. Introducing a February 22 chapel pro Promise. Part one fea tured Argentina-born gram which featured college staff, assist pianist/professor America Caramuta of ant director of financial aid Troy Martin Rutgers University, director of the Inter raised several heads from books and national Institute of Music of the Founda newspapers by citing many of the follow tion Fernando Rie]o , which operates In ing items to show the vital functions per Madrid, Rome, and New York City. formed by college staff. Festival performances featured The Accounting office personnel processed Symphonic Wind Ensemble, student data from 15.691 stujent time cards onlo soloists, the Philharmonia and readings the computer last year, resulting ;n 6.715 of Spanish poetry in Spanish. student paychecks. Concurrent with the festival was an ex The registrar's office processed 652 hibit by ceramist Dennis Maust of course add/ drop requests this year. Rochester. Mr. Maust is teaching at Campus store personnel rang-up 18,324 Messiah College. His varied exhibit In student charges, as 2Idmissions staffers cludes jars, pots, fragments and intricate mailed over lBO,OOO leiters to prospec "Keeping our Promise," theme fo r the ly executed tile mats featuring unusual In Uve students. While students checked aut 1989 phonathon for scholarships, refers terlocking shapes and subtle colors. A 29,521 books from Willard J . Houghton to Houghton College's 106-year-old Moorish influence was evident. library last year. custodial staff ordered commitment to be affordable, according 29,600 rolls of toilet paper for the current to associate annual fund director a nd school year. phonathon coordinator, Melinda Trine. CALENDAR Martin says the $5.506 million in finan Trine said the college cannot keep that April cial aid Houghton dispensed last year commitment without the help of its alum 2 College Choir Concert, 6'30 pm (grants and loans) measured in dollar bills ni and friends, especially when the 3·14 Third AnnulIl laid end to end would stretch some 521 scholarship goal Is a quarter of a million High School Art Show 5 Young Performen;' Series miles. or from Houghton past Chicago. dollars. This year's effort will Include 7 Junior/Senior Banquet Chapel attendees not concentrating on nearly 270 volunteers attempting to 13 Lecture Series: J1Ick Healy Martin's remarks might have been ob reach 8,700 friends of the college. For Amnesty Intern1ltlonal serving that the six main chapel windows two weeks student volunteers, supervised 14 Buffalo Bills/faculty include 270 panes of glass, (540 when basketball game, 7 pm by development intern Stephen Bariteau 14·15 Freshmen Orientation cleaned on both sides), that each of the '88, will call nightly from Houghton . The ()peTa Workshop 12 chandeliers has 17 bulbs. one or two second week, attorney David White '79, 17·26 Art Major Senior Show of which are always In need of replace· will coordinate a Buffalo area phonathon. 20 Phi\hannonia Concert, 8 pm ment. Or they might have noted that 22 JflZ2 Ensemble Concert, 8 pm The last two weeks of April main campus Scholasuc ChaUenge there are 34 adjustable accousllcal clouds volunteers will call. Private School Computer Contest over the stage. or 22 rows of seats on the Ms. Trine called the phonathon a par 24 Men's/WomerI5 Choir Concert. 8 pm main floor, many of which have been re ticularly-effective way 10 augment scho 27 Re!ldlng DlIy covered since 1959-in a nearly match larships, noting that last year's pace 30 Gen. Valleyenrs. Concert, 4 pm ing fabric. M., setting $277,000 yield cost only I Reading Day Nobody knows how many dead flies $14,000. She noted that this year's 3 Last Gay of classes dot the window sllls by mid -winter, or needs equal last year's, but planners felt 6 Col. Choir f'lIrenls' Concen, 7:30 pm how many holes are in the pegboard that some donors may not differentiate 7 Baccalaureate wainscoating. Probably none suspect that between capital and scholarship phone 8 Commencement one or two of the pegboard panels in 9 May term begins appeals, or already be committed to 19·20 Freshmen Orientation Presser Hall were hand drilled when the capacity. Phone numbers have been up 19·21 Yooth Weekend commercial supply was discontinued dated since the capital by phone cam 22·25 NACCAP Conference before the job was finished . Stlll , each paign, so if you missed out then, the June fact cited- other than the fly , cloud and 11-17 EJderhoslel l scholarship phonathon still offers a 18 Elderhostel II pegboard-hole counting. is the province chance to participate. 25-30 Boys' Basketball Camp of a Houghton staff member. Milieu - March 1989123 ~ 1 - •3 Her carousel is a legacy, and an object lesson ~ DA PATfERSON CASE '66 • I teaches 29 fifth graders in " Angelica (NY). She's twice a mother and grandmother. With fe llow Houghton alumnus and teaching colleague Larry Wilson, Ida runs a senior citizen's pro gram which pairs the elderly and students for visits, trips, help with history papers. Periodically the kids prepare special dinners for their senior fr iends. little lime is left for other things. right? Wrong! From early 1985 to Christmas of '87 Ida snatched stray evening hours, occasional weekends and scraps of vacation time to carve and construct a 1/ 12 scale working carousel. Retiree Carroll Burdick, who'd built a 36-horse model himself, helped her with mechanical and electrical work . Ida's carousel features 12 horses, carved from Counterclock wise from top: Ido single pieces of pine: "You don't may yet odd an or9Onl3t to her realize how lillIe you know of an coroUlJeI. -rhot block ho~ 13 my animal until you try to carve JaIlOr/ Ie, ff she observes. Selling jor Ido'3 toy cO/lecliot13 i3 an eclectic muscles and leg placements," J9th century hou.se-with cOlhe she notes. Other components in drol ceilings and skylight3. clude 150 miniature Christmas tree lights, and mechanical parts sans. That's also where she taped neighbors' trash as well as auc from such sources as refrigerator the authentic music which plays ti ons to acquire treasures which shelving for guide rods, gearing as the carousel turns. Ida used now include large metal trains, from a drill. and sewing machine book and magazine research trucks and cars, clockwork pulleys. for her design and sketched at ducks, and a baseball game. Why did she build it? Ida says the carousel museum in Roch She looks too young to be she wanted a special and per ester. Underscoring the impor anyone's grandmother, but Ida sonallegacy to her children, and tance of authenticity, she told says that when her son was six grandchildren. She also believes how she'd origi nally faced the months old, she was among her carousel vividly demon perimeter scalloping along the Houghton's few married stu strates that "if you're sufficientl y roof line down. Real carousel dents. The elementary educa motivated , you can tackle un scalloping faces up. ti on/ Spanish major recalls: "The familiar , difficult goals and The carousel grew out of Ida's profs were tremendous ... in achieve them." desire to recover and restore old terested in my famil y and under She showed off her creation at toys, born of her concern that standing of nights up with a a regional Carousel Convention her children would never know baby." She's still in touch wi th held at Sea Breeze near Roch the sturdy, carefully-crafted, the campus, each week accom ester last June- hers was one of sometimes fanciful toys of earlier panying a busload of students to four from New York State arti- times. She began checking out swim in Houghton's pool.