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They were my years, the ’60s and ’70s. I recall them vividly.Those of us who came of age during that period all remember them vividly. But we do not all remember them the same way. I grew up during the ’50s in a leafy suburb of Detroit, one very much like Wheaton.Those were idyllic times for some, but for others they were dull and conformist, and for those with eyes to see, foreboding. I remember the first time I read the name Rosa Parks.As a boy I witnessed the ugly scenes from Birmingham,Alabama, and saw the emergence of an eloquent black preacher named Martin Luther King, along with the movement for which he stood.Then came the ’60s. I finished high school at the beginning of the decade and then spent the next 13 years as a full-time student, experiencing the events of each of those years, as they say, up close and personal.The protracted war in Vietnam,three national assassinations, the dawn of the so-called “sexual revolution,” the rise of a pervasive drug culture, sit-ins, protests, campus bombings, Kent State, Woodstock, Roe v.Wade—all these came during my student years. It was an extraordinary period from which America emerged in some ways wiser and better, but in other ways wounded, impoverished, and degraded. These two decades are considered a watershed in American history, and rightly so. Our nation went into them one thing and came out quite another.We who grew into adulthood during those fascinating years were inevitably marked by them, for good or ill.And from this effect Wheaton College was not exempt. As you will see in this issue of Wheaton, these two decades constitute a fascinating era in the life of Wheaton College, too. Here are the accounts of some of the people who lived Wheaton’s history through the tumultuous events of the 1960s and ’70s. I recognize their stories.

Duane Litfin President volume 3 number 5 Table of Contents

Editor p.2 The Vietnam era Georgia I. Douglass ’70, M.A. ’94 Assistant Editor Michael Murray p. 47 Carving a niche Designer p.10 Art and missions Les Barker Class News Editor Donna Antoniuk Editorial Advisers Marilee A. Melvin ’72 R. Mark Dillon Alumni Association President A.Thomas Paulsen ’70 President-elect Charles V. Hogren ’58 Features Executive Director Marilee A. Melvin ’72 2 Making Peace With the Vietnam Era Professor Emeritus What is a just war (if there is such a thing)? LeRoy H. Pfund ’49 Is dissent a sign of spiritual shortcoming? Can any Alumni Trustee Representatives economic or political system truly be classified as Ray Carlsen ’60 Charles V. Hogren ’58 “Christian”? These and other questions shaped a A.Thomas Paulsen ’70 generation.

Board of Directors 10 Class of 2001 A Portrait of the Artist as a Missionary Wesley C. Bleed ’80 A unique program at the College encourages artistically Bud McCalla ’59 Elaine Wakefield McCalla ’60 talented students to combine their interest in art and Edith E. Nowack ’49 missions. Mary Graham Ryken M.A. ’88 Sharen Nerhus Sommerville ’72 David R.Veerman ’65 Class of 2002 Departments Patrick O. Cate ’63 14 Profile Mary Ann Seume Cate ’65 Robert D. Dye ’73 Matthew Parker ’77 challenges Christian organizations Katherine E. Gieser ’99 to better reflect the body of Christ. Susan H. Grosser ’71 Janice Stevenson Nickel ’69 Class of 2003 Randal Ellison ’77 16 Under the Tower Marilyn L. Himmel ’55 The Sports and Recreation Complex opens; friends of Dwight E. Nelson ’72 Shane A. Scott ’96 Dr. Beatrice Batson return to explore pilgrimage in Brian J.Wildman ’85 literature; the chemistry department gains a new

Wheaton College professor—and his microscope. President On My Mind: Laura Miguélez ’83 discusses the Dr. Duane Litfin parallels between the First and Last Adam. Provost Dr. Stanton L. Jones Scholarly Pursuits: Dr. John Monson ’84 argues for Senior Vice President Dr. David E. Johnston ’65 more geographical, historical, and cultural context in Vice President for Scripture study. Advancement Dr. R. Mark Dillon Vice President for 22 Sports Alumni Relations Marilee A. Melvin ’72 Vice President for 24 A Word With Alumni / Alumni News Student Development Dr. Samuel Shellhamer 42 The Journal of Jonathan Blanchard Wheaton is published winter, spring, special (catalog), summer, and autumn by Diverse notes on Activities at Wheaton Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187-5593, 630-752-5047, and mailed free of charge to alumni and 48 At Last friends of Wheaton College. Periodicals postage paid at Wheaton, IL (USPS016326). Postmaster: Please send address changes to Cover Photo: Les Barker. Eckert Hall is the grand entrance to the College’s new Sports and Wheaton College,Wheaton,IL 60187-5593. Recreation Complex, which opened in early September.The complex houses the Eckert Recreation Opinions expressed are those of the Center (like Eckert Hall, it is named in honor of Alfred C., Jr., ’41 and Ellen Faye Zimmerman contributors or the editors and do not necessarily represent the official position Eckert ’44); Chrouser Fitness Center (built in 1980 and named for Harve Chrouser ’34); and of the College. King Arena (named in honor of Leroy King). © 2000 Wheaton College,Wheaton, IL The purpose of the Wheaton College Alumni Association is to unite all alumni of Wheaton College into a compact organization for effective communication with each other and with the College, to arrange alumni reunions, to encourage www.wheaton.edu the formation of Wheaton Clubs throughout the world, to foster and perpetuate enthusiasm for the College and fellow alumni, and to promote alumni giving. MAKING PEACE WITHTHE VIETNAM ERA

by Michael Murray

Three decades The one day that epitomized Wheaton College capitalism by force.” have passed since more than any other during the Vietnam era As retired Lt. Gen.William G. Harrison, the was November 10, 1967. Before the College’s guest speaker, and the ROTC cadets marched one of the most Veterans’ Day ceremonies, a small group of into the chapel, athletes and other students turbulent periods students, 37 in all, gathered outside Edman obscured the silent protesters’ signs with in the nation’s, Memorial Chapel to protest U.S. military umbrellas.The students heading into Edman had a question of their own:“What are you and the College’s, involvement in Southeast Asia. The demonstration in Wheaton was unlike guys lined up for, haircuts?” history. The many others that had taken place across the The protest, and campus reaction to it, questions of that country that autumn. It was small. It was verified Bob Dylan’s song written four years era shaped a peaceful. It was civil. But it was similar to those before:The times they were a-changin’. On on other campuses because it openly questioned campuses across the United States, students generation. the conventional wisdom of the institution. were taking on the establishment in a battle for There is no need to picket for the status quo. sole custody of the moral high ground.The Thirty-seven students—primarily long- Veterans’ Day ’67 demonstration, however, haired upperclassmen—formed two lines marked the significant differences between the outside Edman, asking questions with the signs national anti-war, anti-establishment movement they held in their hands.“National pride or and the one at Wheaton.Wheaton’s world peace?”“Is God really on our side?” One demonstrators would always remain a small student said,“Christianity is spread by gentle minority, unlike at some universities.And, persuasion, but Vietnam is the spread of regardless of the logic or tone of their

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arguments, the relatively liberal students would surroundings: their schools.“The university, like be treated as outsiders by the largely conserva- the nation, seems to be like a great, complex tive campus community. vending machine that has become rusted with age,” a student told Time in 1965.“The only Don’t trust anyone over 30 way to make it work right is to kick it hard.” British journalist and historian Paul Johnson The kicking, Koerselman writes, led to a class refers to this era as “America’s suicide attempt.” consciousness, a new camaraderie under stress, Gary Koerselman’s book on the period is titled and enthusiastic dedication for creating new The Lost Decade. Both writers devote consid- traditions rather than perpetuating what they erable space to the state of mind of the children saw as antiquated ideas and systems. of the baby boom, the college students of the The movement had gained nationwide time. Koerselman writes:“The discontent was attention in Berkeley, California, in 1964. magnified by a broad and incomprehensible University of California students had comman- feeling of dissatisfaction with the status quo, the deered a small strip of pavement—to become meaninglessness of materialistic values, the known as “People’s Park”—for political activity. hypocrisy in high places, the inability to When President Clark Kerr rooted them out, establish one’s identity, and the fear that they united to form the Free Speech Movement, individuality would be crushed in the frantic and leader Jack Weinberg gave the movement a pace and complexity of modern life.” slogan:“Don’t trust anyone over 30.” In the midst of their search for an identity, “As the confrontation between the estab- many students focused on their immediate lishment and the youthful agitators sharpened,”

The Way You Were—and Are We asked alumni from the Classes of 1967-73* to specify where their “attitudes, stance, or belief are on the spectrum of various issues”—then as students and today as alumni.We weren’t looking for in-depth information about what their actual attitudes or beliefs were then or are now, but merely asked them to self-identify where they think they stand on issues, ranging from conservative to liberal.

Attitudes of alumni (Classes of 1967-73) today compared with when they were students (shown in means, using a scale of 1 to 5 with “1” being conservative and “5” being liberal)

conservative liberal conservative liberal 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1.63 role of women 3.28 sexual freedom 2.70 1.53

2.30 theology politics 2.51 2.00 2.55

racial/ 3.19 2.22 lifestyle social concerns 2.96 2.96

abortion/ 1.88 now euthanasia 1.76 then

• One-third of those who gave theology a rating of “1” as students now give it a rating of “2” to “5”. • Forty-eight percent of those who gave politics a rating of “1” as students now give it a rating of “2” to “5”. • Sixty-nine percent of those who gave politics a rating of “5” as students now give it a rating of “1” to “4”. • Eighty-three percent of those who gave sexual freedom a rating of “1” as students have not changed their stance on this issue, still giving their attitude a rating of “1” today. * This summer, the Alumni Association mailed a questionnaire to 750 names, randomly selected from a list of alumni living in the United States, from the Classes of 1967-73. Response rate: 44 percent, with no incentives given. Sampling error, 5.39 percent, at 95 percent confidence.

Wheaton 3 Koerselman writes,“youth sullenly began to was apparent that the innocence of college life question basic western assumptions and values.” in the ’50s had come to an end. Robert Their questioning was reflected in emer- Baptista, the faculty dean, told Tower ’68:“The gent rock music, the soundtrack of the era. One student of today . . . is more aware of the world critic wrote,“Many of the things that young and impatient to make his voice known in that people cared about were reflected and distilled world. . . . College a generation ago was usually in the lyrics of the songs: the meaning of free- considered to be four years of ‘fun.’ Students dom; the quality of life; the care of the earth; today are more involved in the world, more the reality of sex; the political and social prob- serious about life now.They are active lems of war, racism, and poverty; the personal participants.” crisis of identity; and the religious meaning of These worldly-wise students were posing love, peace, and truth.” what they considered to be the vital questions of the day:What is a just war (if there is such a Questions of an era thing)? Is dissent a sign of spiritual short- At Wheaton in the late 1960s, students were still coming? Can any economic or political system using words like coed, frosh, and Negro. But it be classified as “Christian”? What does it mean

University of Chicago; a former The Crucible of Leadership acting president of Gordon College; and an ordained minister. President Armerding guided Wheaton College through volatile times. “In the late sixties and early by Georgia I. Douglass ’70, M.A. ’94 seventies,” writes Dr. Paul Bechtel in Wheaton:A Heritage Remembered, “being a college president was one of A brick shattered the window, flying “When I took over as president the most hazardous jobs in America. into the front room of Westgate, in 1965,” says President Emeritus The tensions were often severe President Edman’s home.The Hudson T.Armerding ’41,“I knew enough to break the will and destroy student’s note that was attached that it wasn’t the Wheaton that I’d the vision of the most resolute.” deeply disturbed “Prexy,” so much so known in my undergraduate years. Dr.Armerding’s resolve encoun- that he destroyed it and never told And it wasn’t the Wheaton of the tered many a test. One, of course, was anyone its contents. ’50s. Some students talked openly opposition from some faculty and But this incident in the early about hating this place and repudi- students toward Wheaton’s ROTC 1960s foreshadowed something of the ating their faith.” program. rebellion toward authority and All of this presented a formidable Having been a naval officer in rejection of convention that would challenge to the ideals that had been World War II, serving in combat in invade Wheaton’s campus in the Wheaton’s—and to our new presi- the Pacific, Dr.Armerding narrowly decade that followed. For many of us dent, who was only 47 years old.And escaped death several times.And who were students at this time, to Dr.Armerding was probably as much although, with a 4-D ministry balk at the status quo and the strict a part of “the establishment”—and deferment, he could have stayed out stances of the administration was “Wheaton’s establishment”—as any- of the military, he felt it was honor- never even a consideration. But for one could be. able to serve and his duty to enlist. some, dissent was their heart’s cry, and He was a son of a Wheaton prof; One day, several students they expected to be heard.Although an honors graduate from the Class of demonstrated against the ROTC their influence and activity were not 1941; a parent with two children at spring final formation, a maneuver as comprehensive as that on many Wheaton; a history professor and performed for a grade in the military college campuses, their protests were scholar with a master’s from Clark science course. Dr.Armerding went visible and vocal. University and a doctorate from the outside and sat on front campus, and

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for a college to be Christian? What role should whether endorsing such a declaration was students play in determining social standards consistent with the statement of “The Respon- that apply only to them? sibilities of Membership in the Academic Wheaton’s answer to the last question is Community of Wheaton College.”They argued indicative of the prevailing attitudes on campus. against establishing “various power blocs set Student Government in the fall of 1967 was against each other.” On October 12, 1967, affiliated with the National Student Association, students voted 677-247 to sever ties with the a group that had recently declared that “all National Student Association, essentially saying regulations of a non-academic nature which that their commitment to the community and a apply solely to students should be determined demand for autonomy were mutually exclusive. only by students.”Those regulations included Community won. “determination of dormitory hours, establish- Not all battles were resolved so easily—and ment of any social or recreational regulations, some, in fact, continue to this day. Say the word and all decisions regarding the violation of “Vietnam,” and people still scatter to their student regulation.” positions on opposite sides of the room.Two A number of Wheaton students questioned letters in consecutive issues of the Record

students gathered in a circle around in fact, a Christian and whether he or some people were insisting on him. she personally wanted to come to compromise or capitulation. He could “Let’s talk about the military,” he Wheaton. He also refined the selec- accommodate demands within the said.About halfway through the dis- tion process for faculty and the range of his moral and spiritual cussion, one of the students, who had criteria for promotion and tenure. values, but to ask him to do otherwise been vocal and aggressive, went into Faculty Faith and Learning seminars was an affront to the core of Blanchard and came out with a cup were established and funded. his character and his Christian of cold water to give to Dr.Armer- Over time, Dr.Armerding faith—and ultimately, ding.This young protester, dressed in steadied Wheaton College. Decisions the mission of cast-off GI clothing, made his state- were seldom easy and sometimes Wheaton College. ment that he disagreed. But the cold unpopular. He admits with regret He could do water indicated that underneath was that at times his responses to students nothing but be still a sense of relationship and res- and faculty were too blunt, very true to his pect. likely a holdover from his military convictions. To help reduce polarization, Dr. days.“There were difficult decisions. And we Armerding attempted to develop a There were disappointing things that should have sense of community. He met once a happened,” Dr.Armerding says.“In wanted and month with the student body presi- retrospect, it seems to me that I now expected dent and editors of the Record and have a much better balance in nothing Kodon. He made a point of meeting looking at the ’60s than perhaps I did less. individually with faculty in their when I was right in the middle of offices, listening to their concerns. He the whole thing.” and his wife, Miriam, by invitation, Hudson Armerding stepped into visited residence halls in the evening. the college presidency at a difficult Student leadership met Sunday eve- time, wending his way through a nings after church in their home at dense thicket of ideologies, Westgate. personalities, conflicts, and change. He instituted changes in the No one can question Dr. admission procedure to try to Armerding’s intelligence and determine whether an applicant was, integrity.Yet on various issues,

Wheaton 5 illustrate the wide range of opinion.“I am sure questions, and the most personal issues at that many of the Wheaton constituency were Wheaton often dealt with faith. Some students disturbed over the recent massive anti-war had never seriously examined their faith before; demonstrations,” one student wrote.“Frankly, I others were afraid of being stamped into a mold am more disturbed over students at Wheaton, of any kind. From the beginning they were who did not demonstrate.”The next week, encouraged at Wheaton to evaluate their beliefs following news of an anti-war petition on in light of Scripture. Some alumni of the era campus, an alumnus wrote,“I am grateful only remember Spiritual Emphasis Week in February for the fact that no more than 75 individuals at 1970 as a polarizing event. One student said,“It Wheaton would sign such a petition, but still was largely an emotional bandwagon,” while remain appalled at that number.” others called it a life-changing experience (see Discussion of the issues, for the most part, “Providence at Work” by John Armstrong ’71 remained civil.An alumna from the Class of on page 48). ’70, who had friends at other colleges, says, Discussion of theological and spiritual “Wheaton brought a seriousness and morality issues was also common outside the chapel and to the issues. Many of the others were just on classroom. Many students sought counsel from the surface level.” But taking the minority faculty members such as Chaplain Evan Welsh position, she says, was a costly choice. ’27 or theology professor Robert Webber, both Another contentious issue during the era of whom invited students into their homes for was the presence of ROTC.Wheaton’s program Friday night rap sessions.A number of students at the time required participation by all found Dr.Webber to be a kindred spirit: He was freshman and sophomore men, but there was a young professor who encouraged students to strong support for change. In the spring of ’69, examine questions from a fresh perspective.And after 30 freshmen and sophomores threatened they loved Chaplain Welsh, too, for his ground- a boycott of the annual Adjutant General ing in the Word of God and his deep love for Inspection, the Faculty Senate proposed a individuals. modification:The four-year program would Some issues bubbling up on other remain, with only the freshman year mandatory. campuses were either ignored at Wheaton or The proposal was passed by the Board of dealt with privately. In May 1968 the dean of Trustees in September, but many students students was quoted in the Record as saying, in a thought the plan didn’t go far enough. In 1970- campuswide convocation, that the use of 71, just 10 of the 211 freshmen in ROTC said alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs had become they would have signed up if it had been “part of our campus problem.” Record editors voluntary. were criticized by the administration for This was a period of confronting hard printing the remarks, which the dean did not

6 Wheaton consider to be public; publication guidelines The Way You Were—and Are were modified to prevent it from happening again. Attitudes toward Wheaton Alumni from the Classes of 1967-73 were asked* to indicate their Racism and civil rights were points of agreement or disagreement with the following statements. debate across the country, but—possibly because (shown in means, using a scale of 1 to 5 with “1” being disagreement and “5” of the low number of racial minorities— being agreement) discussion at Wheaton remained somewhat in disagree agree the abstract.“The question of history, the 1 2 3 4 5 question which asks how the black has been My Wheaton years were 4.59 intellectually challenging treated, has been answered,” wrote a Tower ’70 staffer.“For over 100 years,‘black American’ has I am proud to be a Wheaton alumnus/alumna 4.57 been pronounced with the emphasis on the wrong word.” Wheaton is doing a good job and deserves my support 3.93 The overt activism of the late ’60s gave way in the early ’70s to a more reflective Wheaton’s faculty were influential in my life 3.72 atmosphere. Some disheartened students simply dropped out of the discussion.“The Kent State The Wheaton education is overrated 1.96 killings [in May 1970] brought about the College’s vigil forum,” Tower ’71 reported. Marital status “Gradually the exhilaration of being rebellious (Classes 1967-73) wore off.The radicals realized that their cry was Married First marriage 78% no longer being picked up.They found that Divorced and remarried 10% students, the mainstream of their support, were Widowed and remarried 1% 89% Total 89% loath to peel the scab off America again.” Single Never married 7% Divorced 3% The Wheaton they remember Widowed 1% A generation is, to a large extent, defined by 11% Total 11% common experience.The Vietnam War, Woodstock, the moon landing, the assassinations of prominent political figures, the Kent State Total annual household income killings,Watergate—these events and many (Classes 1967-73) others shaped the generation that took up % residence in America’s colleges and universities Less than $54,999 17 $55,000-$84,999 29 • Forty-three percent of respondents in the late 1960s and early ’70s.And the $85,000-$114,999 22 have a total household income of $100,000 or more. students, in turn, shaped their institutions.The $115,000-$144,999 8 $145,000 or more 24 gentility of pre-’60s campuses was replaced by confrontation. At Wheaton, however, the anti-establish- Denominational preference (Classes 1967-73) ment crowd was much smaller and less visible as a student now • The top two denominational than at other schools, and alumni of that era %% preferences of respondents when they were students were Baptist have decidedly positive impressions of their Baptist 27 16 Independent 27 16 and Independent. time at the College.According to a question- Evangelical Free 11 12 • There are almost three times as naire sent to alumni this summer, 84 percent of Nazarene 11 1 many respondents who are now Presbyterian 7 18 Presbyterian as when they were respondents from the Classes of ’67 to ’73 have Other 17 37 students. a positive or very positive perception of their Wheaton years. Seventy-six percent say their * This summer, the Alumni Association mailed a questionnaire to 750 names, randomly selected from a list of alumni living in the United States, from the Classes of 1967-73. Response rate: 44 percent, perceptions were positive or very positive right with no incentives given. Sampling error, 5.39 percent, at 95 percent confidence.

Wheaton 7 What I Remember by Paul Veerman ’69, M.A. ’76

We ripped wallpaper off the walls.We dismantled dorm horseshoe at 1 in the morning, waking the the doors.We punched holes in anything with less whole neighborhood.The senior “bench” sighting resistance than our fists.We broke light bulbs.We became violent.The “goofy” prank became emptied fire extinguishers.We played soccer in the aggressive and malicious. Paul Veerman ’69, M.A. halls with little regard for damage control. It was I mention these experiences because this was ’76, and his wife, Darian actually our floor’s self-proclaimed right to the Wheaton during those “rebellious” years. I don’t (Faull) ’71, live in demolition phase for Saint dorm after our deny it.With Vietnam, assassinations of prominent Monroe, Connecticut. freshman year. Because the dorm was being leaders, and “dirty tricks,” it was a unique time in Paul is the development renovated over the summer, the College looked our country’s and the school’s history.Wheaton, director for the the other way, but it was an uncanny fore- however, was much more during this time. Children’s Home of shadowing of many activities that would go on At Wheaton, I questioned my faith, and Cromwell, a Covenant throughout my time as an undergraduate. Francis Schaeffer gave me philosophical insights. ministry for abused Certainly we had our goofy pranks.The Working with high-school kids made my faith real children. Darian is a Edman Chapel clock hands were missing.The and put intellectual arguments into perspective. At nurse in the Asthma silverware from the cafeteria was embedded in Wheaton, I questioned my talents, and the Center, Bridgeport the grass outside the entrance. Dive bomber Conservatory provided voice lessons and a friend Hospital.Their twins, sounds resounded instead of the usual 10 o’clock gave me guitar lessons. A band was formed. Erik and Crista, chimes. An alarm clock hanging from the ceiling I doubted my intellect, and Wheaton taught graduated from went off during a History of Civ lecture.This was a me how to study. I questioned my physical abilities, Wheaton in 1995. part of college life, wasn’t it—goofy pranks to give and Wheaton gave me sports and taught me the Bethany is a senior in substance to yearbooks full of posed pictures? importance of physical fitness. I feared relational high school. However, during my time at Wheaton there commitments, and Wheaton gave me a wife of was much more. Street lights were broken to more than 30 years. blacken campus. Mock student government Certainly, the Wheaton of today looks tame elections became highly critical of school rules and by late ’60s standards, and sarcasm comes too regulations.There were panty raids and streaking. easily for me. However, it was an experience that The silverware was taken and never given back. few Wheaton generations will ever duplicate—and There were jeers out windows in the Fischer an unforgettable one for me.

after graduation. Just 5 percent say they have a doesn’t hesitate recommending Wheaton to negative or very negative perception, compared potential students. with 9 percent when they graduated. Eighty- Sixty-two percent of respondents say nine percent say they agree or strongly agree extracurricular activities enhanced their College with the statement “I am proud to be a experience (18 percent disagree), and Cindy Wheaton alumna/alumnus”; 3 percent disagree concurs. She says her time as editor of the or strongly disagree. Record was among the most significant “I am grateful for the education I received experiences in her four years at Wheaton.And, at Wheaton, but I’m not particularly nostalgic,” because she wanted the newspaper to represent says Cindy Cronk ’72, who, despite living just a more viewpoints on campus, she was accused few blocks from campus, doesn’t “make a habit by some of her predecessors of killing radical- of going back for reunions.” She is thankful for ism at Wheaton. If she did, she says with a a number of professors “who taught me a lot chuckle, it was intentional. about life, not just about academics,” and she According to the questionnaire, there

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weren’t many radicals to begin with.Twenty- her time at Wheaton are the deep friendships two percent of respondents say they were liberal that began on campus and continue to this day. (13 percent) or very liberal (9) during their But the relationships with people she has student days.Twenty-nine percent say they were known for 30 years are just a branch of her conservative, 21 percent very conservative. In Wheaton family tree.“It’s international,” she political terms, things haven’t changed much. says.“There’s an instantaneous bond whenever Now, 21 percent of the same alumni align Wheaton people meet. It’s a wonderful, diverse themselves on the liberal end of the spectrum, group.” 54 percent on the conservative end. It is a diverse group, and a broad range of Dr. Glenn Weaver ’69, a psychology views can be represented within each gener- professor at a Christian college, says his time at ation.Asking hard questions and challenging Wheaton was a period of conflict,“but it was authority help delineate positions, and these good conflict.” Because there was a fair amount have always been the domain of college stu- of diverse opinions being discussed, he says, he dents, says Marilee Melvin ’72,Wheaton’s vice came to see that the Christian church was president for alumni relations.“At the time, broader than what he had previously known. many of us frankly did not respect the rebel- This realization contributed to his looking at lious spirit around us—even if it sometimes social and political issues differently. He says the intrigued us—and we did not want to identify College today lacks the diversity of opinions with it,” she says. present in the late ’60s:“It remains surprising to “We wanted the Truth.We wanted truth me that institutions—not just Wheaton—that from our elders, but we were aware that we claim a radical commitment to Christian were accountable to God for our attitudes and principles seem allergic to questioning actions toward others. Differing perspectives on sensibilities about controversial issues.” destructive rebellion separated students in those While he regards the College’s political days, and still does. views as more conservative than his own, Dr. “The era seems to have sometimes officially Weaver says his overall Wheaton experience was sanctioned living with a chip on one’s shoulder a positive one, particularly because of professors toward legitimate authority. But many of us who were committed to Christian scholarship from that era came to see that loving and and the fellow students who asked the questions pursuing God and His truth do affect how we about social justice, the morality of war, and react to authority, and how a changed heart what it means to be a Christian college. changes society.” Students still ask about the meaning and importance of Christian higher education, and Wheaton continues to measure up. Joan Wort Lindquist ’72 has two children now at the College and a third applying for admission, all of whom wanted to attend a small Christian college that would challenge them both academically and spiritually. Joan’s favorable impression of the College has strengthened over the years, she says, as she has witnessed alumni of many generations integrating their Christian faith into all aspects of their lives.“They live that on a day-to-day basis,” she says.“They are being missionaries where they live and work.” Joan says some of the greatest benefits of

Wheaton 9 A ortrait Pof the Artist as a Missionary

by Michael Murray

Artistically talented students now have a way to combine their interest in art and missions. But the idea that makes Wheaton’s new program work, says Heather McNiel ’00, is community.

She had no blueprint, no plan, no itinerary. The community art and missions With a plane ticket to Thailand and a list of concentration was added to the College’s art contacts that could fit on an index card, major in 1996-97. It introduces students to the Heather McNiel ’00 left the United States in role art and artists can play in Christian missions the summer of ’99 knowing one thing: For this and community development. internship to work, she would need some help. “I’ve often met artistically talented students Heather was sure of one other thing, as who took art courses and did well,” says well:“I was terrified,” she says, and she had Professor Joel Sheesley ’72.“But they felt called good reason to be.The unanswered questions to some other form of Christian service. far outnumbered the certainties. She did not “I felt sad. I was moved by talented students speak the language, did not know the culture, who didn’t use their talents.” did not have a job. Now, Joel hopes, they will.The program is As the first Wheaton College student to the perfect combination for those students, complete the community art and missions Heather says. concentration, Heather was making up the final “I love art, and it’s been part of my life for step of her program as she went along. But in a long time,” she says.“But at the same time I three months in Chiang Mai, a city of 162,000 feel like God is calling me to missions, so that’s in northwest Thailand, she evolved from a been a big part of my life, too. But the idea that terrified outsider into a beloved member of a really makes it work is community.” community of artists. Students in this track must take art courses

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such as Creativity Practicum, Painting I, and and were willing to take me in as an Modern Art History, but also classes in the apprentice.” sociology/anthropology department, One day Heather visited a factory that Biculturalism and Social Change.The produces celadon, an ancient Thai art form concentration culminates in an internship, in involving painting a glaze on ceramic. She which the student participates in a community watched dozens of women—painters, carvers, art project. glazers—create the traditional Faculty members provide pieces with such skill. It contacts and leads, but appeared to be the perfect fit. ultimately it’s the student’s “I wanted She went to the factory responsibility to arrange the another time to observe and details. Heather’s leads in to find a then prayed about her decision. Chiang Mai came from Doug She returned and—with a McConnell, the former community of missionary translating for her— chairman of the missions/ asked the manager if she could intercultural studies depart- people working work there. He said she could. ment in the Wheaton College “It was really God,” Graduate School who now Heather says,“because they serves as international director together.” didn’t know me from Adam.All with the missions agency I did was go there twice and Pioneers. watch them work.They With those contacts in thought I was a tourist—until hand, Heather began to look for the right they realized I was hanging out for four hours project. In the first couple of weeks, she instead of one.” observed artists throughout the city and could have worked at two universities. But those ALTHOUGH HEATHER IS THE first student to opportunities lacked the primary objective of complete the community art and missions her search. program, Joel Sheesley says her time in Thailand “I wanted to find a community of people does not necessarily set a precedent.The intern- working together,” she says,“who knew each ship does not have to be in another country; it other well, who had been together a long time, doesn’t even have to be cross-cultural.

After two weeks at the celadon factory, Heather McNiel ’99 began to wonder whether she would ever produce a piece worth keeping.

Wheaton 11 Heather was “The artist becomes a part of the commu- painted, and stenciled on everything from trees surprised by her nity and gets involved in art—whatever the to bridges to walls of buildings. coworkers’ culture,” he says.“The idea is not for the student Joel later worked with a development to go out to design a newsletter or a church agency in the Dominican Republic that applied willingness to accept bulletin.” some of the techniques he witnessed in her into their Innumerable factors have led to the Nicaragua. But instead of a political agenda, the community. She was creation of this program at art—all done by Dominicans— also a welcome Wheaton, from faculty promoted issues such as sanita- addition to their members’ own experiences to tion, literacy, and nutrition. volleyball team. what is happening in the art “That introduced me to a world in general. “ They were whole world of artistic activity “The look of artistic that our students could be activity has expanded beyond open to a level involved with that is good for the gallery and museum to the world—promoting health include a sort of people’s art,” of intimacy that issues and community develop- Joel says.“From the missions ment,” Joel says.“These are all side, it’s expanded beyond aspects of Christian missions simply preaching behind a I wasn’t even today. I thought that if we pulpit to engaging people’s could foster in our students the lives on many different levels, open to.” idea of participating with including art.Those two missions through the arts, that spreading circles have would be a great thing.” intersected to create this When Joel proposed the focus.” program nearly five years ago, one of its biggest Traveling in Central America in the mid- advocates was Doug McConnell, the professor- 1980s opened Joel’s eyes to the use of graffiti art turned-missionary who pointed Heather for political ends. In his book Sandino in the McNiel to Chiang Mai. Streets, Joel documents one example of this “He sensed that artistic people could be people’s art: the widespread use of the image of very effective in missions agencies,” Joel says. Nicaraguan patriot Augusto César Sandino. “His vote of confidence assured us that what Sandino was assassinated in 1934 and we were proposing had some practical through the years became a rallying cry for possibilities.” Nicaraguan nationalism. His image—often While Heather is the only student to have featuring his signature sombrero—has become a finished the community art track, other part of the landscape. It has been drawn, students and faculty members have applied the

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program’s principles in their own work over the her new friends from 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. years. Jeff Thompson ’78 and a number of his In Thai culture, Heather says, being alone is students work at the Little Black Pearl, a seen as socially abnormal. So two sisters, Mon workshop in Chicago that promotes education and Naam Phon, adopted Heather and ensured Naam Phom (left) in and through the arts.And some of Gregory she would never do anything by herself.They and her sister, Mon, Halvorsen Schreck’s students have completed sometimes spent entire weekends together, adopted Heather, community art projects in documentary exploring the city on motor bikes—all of her and they sometimes photography. coworkers drove them—or going into the spent entire “As time went along, these experiences mountains or just hanging out at their house. weekends together. seemed to pile up,” Joel says,“and more people Always together. “They’re like my got involved in this type of work. It broadened “They’re like my sisters,” Heather says.“I people’s scope of what being an artist could love them so much.” sisters,” Heather mean.” Heather graduated from Wheaton last says.“I love them so December and is working on an M.A. in much.” BY THE END OF HER SECOND WEEK AT THE celadon factory, Heather began to wonder whether she would ever produce a piece worth keeping. “It was just ridiculous,” she says.“These women are so skilled and have so much experience.They just whip out these lines that have the perfect thickness, the perfect shape, the perfect character.And I couldn’t do anything.” Especially because Heather was as foreigner, her coworkers did not want to offend her. So when she asked how she could improve, they told her she was doing so well, so well. But eventually her painting teacher, who spoke little English, would take Heather’s piece and make changes; Heather learned by studying these alterations. Heather anticipated such challenges due to differences in language and culture. But one missions/intercultural studies.When she aspect of her internship surprised her: her finishes, she plans to pay off her student loans. coworkers’ willingness to include her in their And then? She will search for what she community. found in Chiang Mai: a community. She has no “I went in thinking I was going to show blueprint, no plan.The details, she knows from them how much I cared for them, share a experience, will work themselves out. relationship with them, share Christ with them,” she says.“But they were the ones who accepted me.They were open to a level of intimacy that I wasn’t even open to.” Heather had been on short-term missions trips to Russia and Mexico and spent six months in South Africa before coming to Wheaton. But she had never been part of a community like the one in Chiang Mai.The artists worked together eight hours a day, always ate breakfast and lunch at the factory, and often had dinner together. Heather also played on their volleyball team; on days when the team practiced, Heather was with

Wheaton 13 Up to the parented other people’s kids. There, it was God who Several other parents would began to challenge him.“I met Task care for us.”This extension of some guys from Grand Rapids the African-American School of Bible and Music,” Matt Parker ’77 is experience, as Matt describes he says.“They talked to me challenging Christian organizations it, where a community raises a about going there to play to better reflect the child, was his first exposure to basketball.This was nothing family of God. an idea that today guides his spiritual. I just sought to play ministry—partnering to share basketball, but it was there that Matthew Parker ’77 has spent resources. I received Jesus as my Lord his life challenging others and After graduating from and Savior.” being challenged. high school in 1963, Matt left Following his graduation From the streets of for Grand Rapids Junior Col- in 1969, Matt joined Campus Detroit to basketball courts in lege in Grand Rapids, Michi- Crusade for Christ and played South America, from Wheaton gan. He lasted one semester.“I with the Athletes in Action College to the Institute for wasn’t prepared to deal with basketball team, and later Black Family Development, the discipline needed to suc- played with Sports Ambas- Matt has come a long way as a ceed,” he says. sadors. He spent five summers leader. He says the ends and Expelled, broke, and afraid touring in South America, means of his ministry are the to tell his father of his failure, Central American,Africa, same: being obedient, letting Matt took to the streets and Hong Kong, the Philippines, God be in control, and using eventually was caught when Taiwan, and elsewhere using his life to help others. he attempted, out of hunger, basketball as a tool to share Matt knows what it’s like to steal money from a locker Christ. to need help.When he was 3 in the junior college locker “That is when I dis- years old, his mother died, room. His father was contacted covered God would use me as leaving his father to care for and took him back to Detroit. an African-American man to Matt and his younger brother The strained relationship communicate the gospel of in Detroit. wasn’t doing either father or Jesus Christ,” he says.“Those “It was a challenge for son any good, and Matt again summers, people responded to him,” Matt says.“The money left for the streets.This time it me as an African American wasn’t necessarily enough to was an uncle who took Matt rather than the white men. raise two small children, so he in and got him a job at a They identified and empa- did odd jobs.”The long hours Chrysler plant. Eventually, thized with what we have to his father spent at work left Matt went back to Grand deal with in America.” little time for rearing his Rapids. Matt eventually moved to children. Wheaton as the first minority “In those days,” Matt says, student adviser for the “a lot of people in the College, which was seeking community a way to make profile

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its student body a better across the country to develop wasn’t very high. It’s difficult reflection of the body of and institute a five-year for a people who have been Christ.“The College had strategic plan.The plan not oppressed—difficult to see us invited kids from the south only addressed the documen- as teachers to the ones side of Chicago to come to tary, but also sought to develop who were the master.” Wheaton,” Matt says.“But it partnerships that would But the answer to was on the pretense that dissuade similarly erroneous this insecurity came from [Wheaton] didn’t have to material from being produced. God, Matt says, and he change; the students did.” The five-year plan was took on the responsibility Matt sees his role as a first completed in three years, and of challenging the leaders step toward correcting that the institute held a national of white churches and pretense. conference in Chicago. By other Christian organi- He says his time at this time it was clear to all zations.“God is going to Wheaton was instrumental in involved that Matt was the use me,” Matt says.“Here laying the foundation of man God was calling to lead I am instructing these several subsequent ministries. the organization.This, how- people on an aspect of The next pivotal challenge ever, came as a surprise to their faith.” presented to Matt came when Matt. He wasn’t planning to The first fruits of his William Tyndale College leave William Tyndale, but he obedience have produced moved from Detroit to sub- did in 1988, to become presi- a partnership between the Matt Parker ’77 is dent of the institute. urban Farmington.The college institute and Moody Press— president of the wanted educational oppor- That first conference was an imprint called Lift Every Institute for tunities to remain available in only the beginning, and with a Voice—to publish African- the city, Matt says, so college renewed vision from God and American authors writing to Black Family leaders asked him to develop a a sense of his mission, Matt is an African-American audi- Development, which program to meet those needs. challenging churches, univer- ence. But he will not stop recently launched an Matt used the opportunity to sities, and Christian businesses there. He is not done chal- executive program for create the urban academic and organizations to be a lenging or being challenged. people who are affairs department, which better reflection of the family And he continues to approach assuming major provided a degree in urban of God. But Matt is not the leaders of the Christian studies to pastors and other preaching diversity; he is set- community with what God responsibilities in leaders in the city’s churches. ting up partnerships between has put on his heart.That their organizations. The faculty, being multi- primarily white Christian includes Wheaton College. The institute is ethnic, represented the body of organizations and the African- “I have studied the history planning for Christ. His work in Detroit American community.And he of Wheaton, and the first conferences in earned Matt the position of is doing this through the sum- president of the College was 25 cities during the associate vice president in the mit network, which encour- an abolitionist,” Matt says.“I next 10 years.The college. ages the sharing of resources, will continue to bring chal- Matt’s growing reputation and working with groups that lenges before Wheaton, be- first was held near as a leader began opening are serious about working cause Wheaton has the reputa- Philadelphia in more doors of influence. with leaders representing tion it does in the white com- September When CBS broadcast a African-American churches munity.Wheaton can be a true (opposite page). national documentary titled and Christian organizations. leader and influence others to “The Vanishing Black Family: But despite his intimi- move in the right direction; A Crisis in America,”World dating stature, his deep, con- that’s an awesome respon- Vision called upon Matt to vincing voice, and the passion sibility.” respond. of his message, Matt was ini- by Heather Jensen Out of that request was tially insecure in his new role. born the Institute for Black “I was trying to figure out Family Development, which why all this was happening,” pulled together people from he says.“My own self-esteem

Wheaton 15 A Sporting Gym. Centennial’s basketball floor Chance ran north-south with bleachers on It took a $13.5 million facility the east and west. to get some couch potatoes off The new King their posteriors—but that was Arena floor is the point all along. east-west, with After years of planning stadium-style and fund-raising, and months seating on all four of building and remodeling, sides.The arena the College’s new Sports and will be used Recreation Complex opened primarily for September 5 and has quickly intercollegiate become part of the daily basketball and routine of many students, volleyball. faculty, and staff. Funds for the “We needed an outlet for complex were the physical side of our stu- secured through dents,” says Dr. Glenn Town, a the College’s professor of kinesiology and $140 million New the director of the complex. Century Chal- “Our mission statement is,‘All lenge.The com- students are valued.’ So we are plex—the center- going to create an environ- piece of the ment where not just the ath- NCC’s Student lete feels welcome.” Life Initiative— The complex houses the was the only Eckert Recreation Center, the component of the Chrouser Fitness Center, and campaign that King Arena.The Eckert involved substan- Center features an 8,000- tial construction. OWER square-foot weight and fitness The most striking element leads to the offices and room with free weights, of the complex is Eckert Hall, classrooms; the one on the T weight machines, treadmills, the wide, spacious entrance right goes to the elevated stationary bikes, and step with skylights two stories track, which surrounds the machines; three basketball above. Entering the hall from playing courts.A left turn at courts, two of which have a the west, visitors see to their the bottom of the stairs will rubberized floor suitable for immediate left the weight and direct the visitor north, to banquets and other non- fitness room, surrounded by King Arena. athletic purposes; and a 200- windows on three sides. “We are really playing yard elevated track.A climbing Above the fitness room catch-up,” Dr.Tony Ladd, wall, 20 feet high and 80 feet and beyond the curved director of athletics and wide, will be added later this balconies overlooking Eckert chairman of the kinesiology fall. Hall are the kinesiology and department, said in late 1998. The Chrouser Center athletics offices—which are all “A facility like this has been contains the pool, a new dance in the same building for the needed for some time.” floor, and renovated classrooms first time. Straight ahead is the NDER THE and equipment rooms. King pool, unchanged except for by Michael Murray Arena is the 2,700-seat facility some new windows, and two

U formerly known as Centennial staircases.The one on the left

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Pilgrims’ students of hers. David Lyle tion. He writes about saints Jeffrey ’65 is a professor at who are still on the road to Progress Baylor University and an sanctification. expert on medieval literature. One example of this is Report Linda Haenlein Peterson ’69 is The Book of Bebb, a four-part a professor at Yale University. serial with a seriously flawed Five friends or former students She specializes in Victorian hero, preacher Leo Bebb. In of Professor Emerita Beatrice poetry and prose. Robert 100 Christian Books that Batson returned to campus in Siegel ’61, a professor emeritus Changed the Century (Revell, September as presenters for at the University of Wiscon- 2000),William J. Petersen ’50 the 45th annual Writing and sin-Milwaukee, is the author and Randy Petersen ’78 write, Literature Conference, which of seven books of poetry or “You’re not likely to find was dedicated to Dr. Batson. fiction, including In a Pig’s another story of redemption The keynote speaker of Eye and Whalesong.The other that grabs your guts like this the conference—“The presenter was David Beving- one.” Literature of Pilgrimage”— ton, an authority on Shake- “In all of his novels,” they was Frederick Buechner, a speare and professor at the continue,“Buechner is at his Pulitzer Prize nominee and University of Chicago. best describing the inner author of more than 30 books, But the headliner was conflicts of his characters— including Godric,A Long Buechner.“I’m immensely those wrestling matches with Day’s Dying, and Telling the happy to come back to God. He is keenly aware of Truth:The Gospel as Tragedy, Wheaton,” he said before the human foibles and our Comedy and Fairy Tale. conference.“I enjoyed my constant need of God’s grace.” Buechner taught an eight- time teaching there, and I have The Petersens call week course on religion and literature at Wheaton in 1985. many good friends at the Col- Buechner a “teacher of “Students almost fought to get lege.”The dominant themes of preachers” whose “primary in,” Dr. Batson says.“And you Buechner’s writing fit the influence on the church has know, they never cut a class. focus of this year’s conference come through his various like few other authors’ works books of theological essays, They couldn’t get enough of In addition to him.” could. sermons, inspirational remem- delivering the During her 30 years at In Pierce Chapel at the brances, and collections of wit Wheaton, Dr. Batson M.A. ’47 close of the conference, he and wisdom. His humor and keynote address of also inspired students and read several excerpts of his slightly cynical tone resonate the Writing and colleagues with her passion for writing on the topics of jour- with pastors and church Literature literature. ney and discovery. Buechner leaders. . . . But this isn’t just Conference, told the audience of several entertainment: Buechner helps “All of the presenters Frederick Buechner eagerly accepted invitations to hundred people that he writes his preacher/readers under- signed copies of his speak at a conference honor- about saints, but not those stand what they do for a ing Dr. Batson,” says Dr. who have already reached a living.” books in the College Sharon Coolidge ’72, another level of holiness and perfec- by Michael Murray bookstore. of Dr. Batson’s former students and the chair of Wheaton’s English department.“She inspired all of us with her high vision for the integration of faith and literature in the life of the mind. Even non-English majors felt endeared to her. She touched their souls.” Among the four other presenters, three are former A $20,000 his first semester of full-time duced its program in 1993 to teaching, arrived on Wheaton’s provide research funds to new Vote of campus with a $20,000 grant faculty members at institutions to custom-build a confocal that do not grant doctoral Confidence fluorescence microscope.The degrees. microscope allows scientists to Dr. Burden comes to Wheaton College chemistry observe the characteristics of Wheaton from the National students will soon participate single molecules, something Institute of Standards and in research that wasn’t possible that could not be done as Technology in Gaithersburg, even seven years ago. recently as five to seven years Maryland, where he was a Dr. Daniel Burden, an ago. post-doctoral research fellow. assistant chemistry professor in “If you took a razor blade He received his bachelor’s and split a human hair into degree from Taylor University 10,000 equal parts,” he says, and his doctorate from Indiana “you’d still end up with University. strands that are twice the He has high hopes for the width of a single molecule.” microscope’s place in the The grant, which was chemistry department.“I’d like awarded by the Camille and to be able to get students’ Henry Dreyfus Foundation, is names on published articles unusual because faculty mem- and conference presentations,” bers typically do not receive he says.“Those kinds of things such funding during their first help students later on, espe- year of appointment. But the cially if they go to graduate Dreyfus Foundation intro- school.”

Faculty Bullock and Glenn Town.And and current director of the the Junior Faculty Achieve- College’s Sports and Recrea- Awards ment Awards went to Evvy tion Complex, he received a Hay Campbell ’68 and Alan doctorate from Kent State for 2000 Seaman, who shared an award, University. and John Monson ’84. Dr. Campbell is an asso- Seven Wheaton professors were Dr. Jacobs, a professor of ciate professor and department honored in May as recipients English, joined Wheaton’s chair of missions and inter- of the 2000 Faculty Achieve- faculty in 1984. He holds a cultural studies.A faculty ment Awards.The award pro- doctorate from the University member since 1996, she gram was established in 1998 of Virginia. Professor Sheesley earned her doctorate at to recognize and encourage joined the art department in Michigan State University. excellence among the faculty. 1974. He has a master of fine Dr. Seaman, also an associate Previously, the College pre- arts degree from the University professor of missions and sented two awards, one for of Denver. intercultural studies, has been Senior Teacher of the Year and Dr. Bullock is the Franklin at Wheaton since 1995. His one for Junior Teacher of the S. Dyrness Professor of Biblical doctorate is from the Univer- Year. Studies and has been at Whea- sity of Virginia. Dr. Monson, The 2000 recipients of the ton since 1973. His doctorate an assistant professor of archae- Senior Scholarship Achieve- is from Hebrew Union Uni- ology, joined Wheaton’s faculty ment Awards are Alan Jacobs versity. Dr.Town, a professor of in 1997. He holds a doctorate and Joel Sheesley ’72. Senior kinesiology, joined Wheaton’s from Harvard University. Teaching Achievement Awards faculty in 1981.A former di- were presented to Hassell rector of Honey Rock Camp

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Children of keep themselves from sinning. immovable, always abounding We are children of the in the work of the Lord, Two Adams first Adam, a living being; knowing that in the Lord your children of dust.Yet we are labor is not in vain” (1 Cor. by Laura Miguélez ’83 called to be children of the last 15:58). Assistant Professor of Theology Adam, Jesus Christ, a life-giv- ing spirit; children of heaven. Laura C. Miguélez ’83 is now One of the most striking par- Jesus Christ—not Adam—is in her third year of teaching allels the apostle Paul com- the one who defines for us theology at Wheaton.She is a ments upon in Scripture is what it means to be human. that of the First and Last He chose to love the sinning doctoral candidate at Boston Adam.The first Adam was to sinner by dying on our behalf University in the philosophy of be the exemplar of all that is that we might know the love religion program and a former good in a humanity made in of God at work in our hearts Wheatie, having transferred to God’s image.Yet as Adam and by His cleansing Holy Spirit. Wheaton as an undergrad. She Eve, who had only known The basis of our being then moved to Massachusetts, good, chose to know evil in accepted before God does not where she received her M.Div. disobedience to their Creator, change once we commit our so follow we. lives to Him.We can come from Gordon-Conwell We, too, determine that before God’s presence only Theological Seminary. Once she God’s ways cannot be best and because of what Christ has completes her doctorate she hopes so choose to go our own accomplished; we can remain to learn to relax by cooking, ways. Nor do we see this con- in God’s presence only on the reading, and spending time with dition as being problematic. basis of the same. her friends.This article arose in When confronted with our And this is the great ten- failure to do good, we stand sion we feel in our earthly part from a new class preparation behind our first parents, sojourn: that in God’s sight, as this fall on theological ethics. claiming,“I’m only human”— Martin Luther observed, we claiming, that is, that we ex- are at one and the same time pect to fail in our quest to both righteous—by Christ’s image a holy God. nature within us—and sin- Nor do we see how ners—by our own nature.And grievous this low expectation although we continue to seek can be.We distance ourselves to hide behind our human even more from our choices nature in explaining ourselves and speak of learning to “love to ourselves, the reality is that the sinner” and “hate the sin,” Christ is the one to whom we as though we were somehow should return.And this we will capable of separating the two, not do unless we understand not acknowledging that sin ourselves to be sinning sinners. arises from the very inclination Only we who are sick of our hearts. Sin is not ever have need of a physician, and disembodied “out there” so we are told by Christ to somewhere, but exists in the “Go and learn what this context of the person means,‘I desire mercy, and not committing it. sacrifice.’ For I came not to The only reality is that of call the righteous, but sinners” the sinning sinner, and this is (Matt. 9:12-13). why Christ’s sacrifice is so And herein lies our hope: pivotal: He died not for sin, “Therefore, my beloved but for sinners who could not brethren, be steadfast,

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‘AIN DARA MAIN HALL sionism promoted by scholars who hold this position. Col- The Value of lectively, discoveries in the ancient Near East during the

CONTINUOUS CORRIDOR past century have reached a Context in “critical mass” of biblically relevant material that is in- creasingly difficult to refute. Studying If this is so, what can ex- plain the second irony, the relative disregard for biblical Scripture backgrounds in Bible study among Christians? Perhaps 16 ANTECHAMBER centuries of theological study in the West have conditioned by Dr. John Monson ’84 In 1838 the biblical scholar text must be decontextualized the Christian community to Assistant Professor Edward Robinson left his and deconstructed to suit the interpret Scripture apart from of Archeology home in Tennessee to explore presuppositions of the reader. its original context.There the land of the Bible. Despite According to this view, little were, after all, very few extra- the enormous challenges of can be known of the biblical biblical resources available 19th century travel, he felt past, regardless of “objective” until the last hundred years. compelled to encounter first- evidence. Paradoxically, the And yet, one can imagine that hand the geographical, cul- “battle for the Bible” has mi- Luther himself, who turned to tural, and linguistic context of grated to the realm of history, original languages when inter- the Old and New Testaments language, and archaeology at preting Scripture, would have before assuming a post at precisely the moment that made frequent reference to Union Theological Seminary. corroborative evidence historical and archaeological The physical and intellectual abounds like never before. materials had they been avail- journey revolutionized his A second irony is found able in his day. understanding of Scripture. within the Christian commu- My work is designed to Since Robinson’s day, dis- nity’s approach to Bible study. respond to these ironies with a coveries in archaeology, lin- Whereas the Bible is under “contextual approach” to Bible guistics, and geography have assault in the academy, in the study.This cross-disciplinary church the historical and cul- come to light at an accelerated perspective lies at the heart of pace.Today the biblical world tural context of Scripture is my research interests. It also is better understood and more seldom used. Sadly, archae- provides a lens through which easily accessible than at any ological and linguistic material to address both academic revi- other time since the biblical that elucidates the biblical text sionism and Christian compla- period itself. is often displaced by the quest cency vis-a-vis the original It is ironic—and yet op- for relevance and emotional context of Scripture. portune—that this wealth of satisfaction. information has become avail- How can these ironies be Through archaeology and able just as the prevailing intel- explained? The first may be linguistics I seek to correlate lectual trends of our time tend rooted in a philosophical posi- biblical texts and ancient arti- to discount the concepts of tion according to which the facts. During my youth in reliable history and purposeful truth claims of any text— Jerusalem, I participated in an text. In previous decades bibli- especially those of the Bible— archaeological excavation cal scholars sought to interpret are viewed with great skepti- where a Wheaton student the Bible and harmonize it cism. Intellectual honesty and discovered a pendant from the with extrabiblical data. But in the sheer volume of corre- time of Jeremiah inscribed our day some secular scholars sponding extrabiblical finds do with the Priestly Benediction would argue that the biblical not allow for the radical revi- (“May the Lord bless you and

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keep you . . . ” Num. 6; Jer. tion.Whereas temples demar- Scripture is relevant to all who Dr. John Monson 17:1). In recent years archae- cate the sacred from the pro- wish to understand God’s ’84, assistant fane, gates form a barrier be- Word.And today at Wheaton ologists have brought to light professor and director artifacts such as statues of tween the safe city and the there are exciting possibilities of archaeology, has Canaanite deities (Isa. 2:8; dangerous, foreign world out- for meeting the challenges of Hos. 13:2) and inscriptions side.The similar social and the academy and the church. taught at Wheaton naming the officials of the religious functions are clearly Specifically,Wheaton’s 45- since 1997. He Judean monarchy (Isa. 22:15- evident in the ancient archi- year-old program in archae- spent his youth in 18; Jer. 36, 43).There are tecture and in many biblical ology, including its extra- Jerusalem, where his texts such as Psalm 24, Deut- countless other examples of ordinary Dothan collection love for archaeology eronomy 22, and 1 Kings 22. still awaiting publication, is the fascinating nexus between and biblical studies realia and text that is bringing The second problem, uniquely positioned to address first took root. He the context of Scripture to Christian complacency toward today’s crisis in biblical studies. life. the context of Scripture, I am Through the study and publi- received his M.A. Currently I am preparing investigating through a paper cation of our artifacts, and from the American a book based upon my doc- for the faculty Faith and hopefully by reviving our Institute of Holy toral dissertation in which I Learning seminar at the Col- tradition of leading an archae- Land Studies in lege. I am seeking to contrast ological excavation, we can examine Solomon’s temple Jerusalem, and his the approaches to Scripture influence this field in a pro- through the integration of text doctorate from and artifact.This is the best- that have animated theological found way and train a new Harvard University described building in the Bible studies during the past two generation of evangelical (1 Kings 6-7), but virtually no millennia.What was the role scholars. in Near Eastern remains of it or the city of of original context in the bib- My hope is that we can Archaeology and Jerusalem from this period lical interpretation of the early instill in all our students a Hebrew Bible. Dr. have been found.This enigma church, the Reformation, and passion for Scripture.To this Monson has the Enlightenment? And now end, we should use all available fuels a growing trend among participated in scholars to reject the biblical that the geographical, histori- tools when studying the Word numerous account of David and Solo- cal, and cultural realities of the of God. I have found that mon altogether.With this in biblical world are so accessible, study of the geographical, excavations in Israel mind, I conducted a compara- what impact should they have historical, and cultural context and particularly tive analysis between Solo- upon our exegesis, our theol- of Scripture is one of the most enjoys teaching mon’s temple as recorded in ogy, and even our lives as effective ways to draw students Bible, archaeology, into the Bible and to deepen the Bible and the remains of a Christians? and biblical A profound one, if you their walk with God. recently excavated 10th cen- geography in the tury B.C. temple at the site of ask me! The biblical authors Holy Land itself. He ‘Ain Dara in Syria. I discover- assumed their readers ed a striking similarity be- were familiar with the and his wife, Ute, tween their designs and dates, world of their day. enjoy travel, sailing, which concurs with the bib- Though we know that and the variety of lical account. I was also able to Scripture speaks on its cultural opportunities reach a more precise under- own, should we not take the Chicago area standing of many obscure fea- full advantage of all has to offer. tures in the Jerusalem temple, available resources when which should be helpful in we study it? Like the visualizing the building and stage in a drama, the land, understanding its function (1 language, and culture of Kings 6; Isa. 6). the ancient Near East en- I was surprised to discover liven and clarify the mes- that ancient Near Eastern sage of God’s redemptive temples and city gates mirror work. each other in design and func- The context of Making His the bullpen,” he says. He began for getting ground-ball outs— For now, the year strong, however, and but his slider and change-up at least, Rob Pitch earned his manager’s confi- were inconsistent, he says. He Hamann ’99 is dence.When a fellow reliever throws around 90 miles per majoring in the There are times when Rob in Hagerstown struggled early hour, which is not minors. Hamann ’99 complains about in the season, Rob became the overwhelming, so pitch loca- riding a bus from one job site team’s closer, the pitcher sent tion and changing speeds are to the next, complains about in to preserve a narrow lead key. sleeping in Days Inns instead of late in the game or hold the “You can’t go in and his own bed, complains about opponent to give his team a make a situation even worse,” getting paid—when all the chance to come from behind. he says.“So I try to get ahead hours are tabulated—little The closer begins his of guys. I like to think the more than minimum wage. work in medias res—right in pressure’s on the batter.They But he stops. Rob reminds the midst of the battle—not still have to do a lot of things himself that he’s living his knowing how things will turn right to get a hit. . . . It’s defi- dream.“I put on a baseball out. It’s nerve-wracking busi- nitely a rush.” uniform to go to work every ness, often involving cleaning Judging entirely by the day,” he says.“This is some- up other pitchers’ mistakes. numbers, Rob—who, at 6- thing I’ve always wanted to With a slim margin of error, foot-7 and 215 pounds gives do.” Rob tries to keep things new meaning to the phrase Selected by the Toronto simple. “lanky right-hander”—has had Blue Jays in the 21st round of “Coming out of the bull- more success pitching out of the June 1999 amateur draft, pen,” he says,“it’s very impor the pen. In ’99 in Medicine Rob has played for teams in tant to throw strikes.” Hat (rookie-level Pioneer Medicine Hat,Alberta; Rob’s best pitch in League), he had a record of Hagerstown, Maryland; and 2000 was his two-seam, 0-5, despite being among the Dunedin, Florida.Those sinking fastball—good league leaders in earned run locales may not sound im- average. (ERA is the average pressive, but Rob sees the number of earned runs allow- signs casual observers miss: ed per nine innings). Every move so far has been a In Hagerstown (Class A promotion. South Atlantic League), In the past year and a half, working primarily in Rob has not only had to make relief, he was 8-4 the transition from being a with a 2.95 college athlete to a profes- sional, he has also had to adjust to a new job description.A starting pitcher all his life, he was converted this year to a reliever. He initially saw the move as a demotion. “My one worry was that they would forget about me in

During his senior year at Wheaton, Rob Hamann ’99 led the team in ERA, complete games, and strikeouts.(Photo by Michael Hudson ’89) sports

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ERA and six saves in 34 ap- games, and strikeouts during pearances.After a game one his senior year, and also shared Men’s Basketball winter sports Nov. 17-18 Lee Pfund Classic night in July, he was told he the conference Player of the Nov. 21 at U. of Chicago Nov. 29 at Calvin A M Year honors in basketball. He had an 11 . . flight to Flori- Dec. 2 Central da the next day. He was mov- was the first Wheaton basket- Dec. 5 at Illinois Inst.of Tech. ball player since 1960 to be Dec. 7 Clarke ing up to Toronto’s Class A Dec. 9 at Greenville Advanced team in the Florida named to the All-CCIW first Jan. 3 at Claremont-Mudd Scripps Jan. 5-6 at Whittier Tournament State League, the Dunedin team three times. He ranks Jan. 11 at Elmhurst Blue Jays. 11th in school history in scor- Jan. 13 at Illinois Wesleyan Jan. 17 at Millikin To a fan accustomed to ing, sixth in three-pointers and Jan. 20 Augustana the large, energetic audiences assists, and seventh in blocked Jan. 23 North Central Jan. 27 Carthage in the Midwest League—in- shots. Jan. 31 at Augustana cluding those of the Kane Rob’s competitiveness was Feb. 3 at North Central Feb. 6 Elmhurst County Cougars, who play one of the characteristics that Feb. 10 Illinois Wesleyan about 10 miles west of Whea- appealed to Toronto scouts Feb. 14 at North Park Feb. 17 at Carthage ton College—a Dunedin Blue before they drafted him.And Feb. 20 Millikin Jays home game is like a junior it’s one of the reasons he had Feb. 24 North Park varsity shuffleboard match.The success as Dunedin’s closer. In Women’s Basketball Nov. 17-18 at Lake Forest Tournament minor league baseball boom in 18 games, Rob was 2-1 with Nov. 21 at Concordia other parts of the country ap- five saves and had a stingy 1.73 Nov. 28 at Benedictine Dec. 1-2 Wheaton Invitational pears to have steered clear of ERA. Dec. 6 at Elmhurst Florida and the Dunedin “I was more comfortable Dec. 9 Hope Jan. 3 at Occidental crowd—if 200 fans qualify as a starting, knowing exactly Jan. 5-6 at Whittier Tournament crowd.The Dunedin Public when I would be pitching Jan. 10 at Carthage Jan. 13 at Illinois Wesleyan Library sits two Sammy Sosa next,” he says.“But one of the Jan. 15 North Park home runs beyond the right- good things about throwing Jan. 17 North Central Jan. 23 at Augustana field wall, and the fans nestled out of the bullpen is that if Jan. 26 at Millikin you blow a game, you can re- Jan. 31 Elmhurst in Dunedin Stadium’s blue, Feb. 3 Illinois Wesleyan sun-bleached seats generally deem yourself the next night.” Feb. 6 at North Central Rob, who will marry Feb. 8 Wisconsin Lutheran adhere to library etiquette: Feb. 10 Augustana inside voices only. Wheaton alumna Kelly Hamm Feb. 14 Carthage Feb. 17 at North Park On a Saturday night in ’99 in November, doesn’t Feb. 24 Millikin late August, the team sponsor- know where he’ll be when he Swimming ed one of its few post-game next takes the mound. Profes- Oct. 28 at CCIW Relay (Millikin) sional baseball organizations Oct. 28 at Lewis promotions: professional wres- Nov. 4 at Wisconsin-Milwaukee tling.The outfit was decidedly operate on a need-to-know Nov. 10 Grand Valley State basis, so Rob probably won’t Nov. 11 Calvin bush-league (the wrestlers Nov. 17 at DePauw themselves functioned as the know his next assignment un- Nov. 18 at Little State Invitational (Indianapolis) Dec. 1-2 Wheaton Invitational set-up crew), and the event did til a day or two before training Dec. 9 at North Central Invitational little to boost attendance.The camp ends next spring. Jan. 13 Quad Meet Jan. 19-20 at Wisconsin-Stevens Point Invitational “crowd” appeared to be even But he will live with that. Jan. 27 at Illinois Wesleyan smaller than the previous two You can put up with a lot Feb. 8-10 at CCIW Championship (Millikin) Feb. 16-17 Midwest Invitational nights. when you’re living a dream. Wrestling The atmosphere at a Dec. 2 at Lawrence Invitational Dunedin game makes Rob’s by Michael Murray Dec. 6 Elmhurst Dec. 8 at Northern Illinois college athletic career look Jan. 10 U. of Chicago like the big time.While earn- Jan. 12-13 at North Central Invitational Jan. 16 North Central and Wisconsin-Whitewater ing a degree in secondary Jan. 20 at Manchester Classic education/physical science, Jan. 26-27 at Wabash Invitational Feb. 2-3 Wheaton Invitational Rob led the Wheaton baseball Feb. 17 CCIW Championship (North Central) team in ERA, complete

Wheaton 23 a word with Alumni by Tom Paulsen ’70 President,Wheaton College Alumni Association

The sounds of hundreds of feet pounding against the bleachers echoed through old Centennial Gym, newly and beautifully renovated as King Arena.The Homecoming convocation was being held in the new facility, and students, staff, and alumni were gathered together to bring praise to God for His many blessings, including the completion of the new Sports and Recreation Complex as part of the New Century Challenge. I had the opportunity to announce the name of the new mascot, and I described it in terms of natural phenomena and how God has been portrayed this way in Scripture.As I proclaimed,“We are the Wheaton Thunder,” the crowd erupted in applause. Impromptu cheering began immediately.The other members of the mascot selection committee and I were overwhelmed by the response and grateful to God for His leading in this process. As chairman of the committee, I came to see that we had the privilege not only of choosing a mascot, but also of associating with some of Wheaton’s finest students, staff, and alumni.Working with these Tom Paulsen ’70, the new wonderful individuals reinforced my feelings about how unique and president of the Alumni special the Wheaton College community is. Association board of directors, I thank President Duane Litfin for having the courage to consider a is the principal of Naperville mascot change in light of concern over Wheaton’s witness to the world. (Illinois) Central High Our only offense should be the cross of Jesus Christ.The change from School. His experience Crusaders was necessary not because it was politically correct, but overseeing a mascot change at because it was correct. None of this in any way clouds the tradition of Wheaton College under the Crusader mascot. Rather, we can rejoice in that school was one reason how the Lord has blessed Wheaton for so many years, and how He will Wheaton’s mascot selection bless as we continue through the 21st century as the Wheaton Thunder. I committee elected him encourage you to read Psalm 29, as the reading of that chapter had a chairman.Tom and his wife, significant influence on the committee’s decision. Carole Wright Paulsen ’69, I am pleased to greet you on behalf of the Alumni Association Board have three daughters: Kristina of Directors.The board is an outstanding group of graduates from the 1940s through the ’90s who are committed to serving Wheaton College ’98, Beth ’00, and Katie. and its alumni around the world. Communication with you is a major part of our service. Many of you had wonderful experiences at Wheaton. Others of you did not.And, of course, there are those who fall in between.Whatever your experience, we want to hear from you. It is an honor and a blessing to serve as president of the Alumni Association board for 2000-2002. I am honored to work with Marilee Melvin, vice president for alumni relations, and her staff. I solicit your prayers for them as they serve as the bridge connecting the College and its alumni.

24 Wheaton This on-line edition of Wheaton magazine does not include the Class News section. WHEATON followed by cryptic Scripture licit designs for the new logo ROLLS OUT references. (see story on next page). Well,Wheaton students Wheaton becomes just the ITS NEW know the Bible, and before second four-year college in the NICKNAME Tom could make his an- United States whose athletic nouncement, many of them, teams go by the nickname Coming soon to the College uh, stole his thunder by stamp- Thunder.The other is Tri-State bookstore:Thunderwear. ing on the bleachers.The new University in Angola, Indiana. After a seven-month se- mascot, he declared, is “the A handful of professional lection process to replace the sound you’re hearing right minor-league teams share the Crusader mascot,Wheaton now.We are the Wheaton onomatopoeic name, including recently unveiled a new ath- Thunder!” the Quad City Thunder of the letics nickname that is unique A syncopated “Whea-ton Continental Basketball Asso- and instantly “cheerable.”The Thun-der” cheer erupted amid ciation and the Berlin Thunder College’s teams will now com- the standing ovation (King of NFL Europe. pete as the Wheaton Thunder. Arena’s first Thunderclap?), and The selection committee sifted through 1,300 nomina- tions representing more than 550 ideas.Two days before the announcement, the coaches in the athletic department agreed that they would welcome any of the committee’s three finalists. “This is as pleased as I could have imagined myself being,” says men’s basketball coach Bill Harris. “That was Tom Paulsen ’70, the chairman of the the first time mascot selection committee, chose suspense I’ve seen King over brevity during his announcement, Arena packed with keeping his listeners on the edge of their seats. our students Diverse Notes chanting, and Tom Paulsen ’70, presi- the Record, a week it made the on Activities dent of the Alumni Association later, called it “a Thunderous hairs on the and chairman of the selection reception.” The Chicago back of my neck stand up.” at Wheaton– committee, made the an- Tribune’s headline the next day Men’s soccer coach Joe nouncement during the stated,“Thunder of approval Bean, a committee member Now and Then Homecoming convocation in greets mascot.” along with women’s basketball King Arena. Surrounded by Thunder, of course, isn’t coach Beth McKinney Baker members of the committee really a mascot—it’s not a ’77, adds,“I think it is terrific. and facing an impatient audi- person, animal, or object—and It’s a nickname that will grow ence,Tom presented the com- the next task is to figure out on everybody and one that we mittee’s rationale in a winding how to represent the concept will rally around.” narrative, saying the new graphically. College President mascot “is one of the Creator Duane Litfin, saying the hard- est decisions are in the past, God’s natural phenomena with has launched a contest to so- which He Himself identifies,” Journal of Jonathan Blanchard

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SPORTS

IllustratedThroughout this academic year,Wheaton will be celebrating a century of athletics at the College.To help commemorate the occasion, the athletics department commissioned this painting by Ron Mazellan ’82, whose work was featured in the Spring 2000 issue of Wheaton. Ron, who played varsity football during his Wheaton days, is a professor at Indiana Wesleyan University. He has been a freelance illustrator for 18 years. Framable prints of this painting can be ordered by calling Judy Kawakami in the Wheaton College athletics department at 630-752-5662.

Get Out Your Pencils—or Boot Up Your Software Create the new mascot logo and help send a Wheaton student to class.

Everyone in the Wheaton family—alumni, students, staff, faculty, The winning logo will be unveiled at the end of the school parents, and siblings—is invited to enter our contest for the design year, May 2001. for the new Thunder logo. To submit your design, complete the form below (or What’s the prize? Well, you’ll help create a tradition—a visual download it from www.wheaton.edu/alumni) and send it with your image that will be used for years to come, on T-shirts, uniforms, entry to Mary Polansky,The President’s Office, 501 College Ave., playing fields,Web sites, and more. Wheaton, IL 60187. But best of all, you can designate a Wheaton student to be the Your entry must be received by February 15, 2001. recipient of a $1,000 scholarship! E N T R Y F O R M Thunder Logo Contest

Rules: The competition is open to Wheaton College alumni, students, staff, faculty, parents, and siblings. Each submission must be dated and accompanied by a copy of this entry form.The College will retain the right to edit or combine submissions as needed, or to draw upon any other source it may choose. Should a logo be chosen that combines the ideas of more than one contributor, the scholarship will be shared as determined by the College. Decisions will be final. Note:The prize is defined as the right to designate a student (or students) to receive the scholarship.The winner of the competition may be subject to federal and state taxes on the value of the prize.

Name______Relationship to College ______Address______Phone ______

Copyright waiver: By submitting this proposed logo I waive any intellectual property or other rights I may have in the logo if it is the one chosen by the panel. I also affirm that, to the best of my knowledge, no other entity uses this logo or holds any property rights in it.

Signature (required)______Date______The Ambassador’s God’s Ambassador, published Graham’s ministry and the Photographer jointly by Time Life Books, history of evangelism. Busby Tehabi Books,and the Billy currently manages the BGEA The most famous evangelist of Graham Evangelistic Associ- photo department. the 20th century has spoken ation (BGEA).And until July “Anyone could have put to more than 100 million 2001, about 60 of Busby’s these things together with a people in 85 countries. Billy photographs will be on display little bit of insight into what Graham ’43 has counseled in Wheaton College’s Billy God is doing,” he says.“I kings, presidents, and prime Graham Center Museum. wanted to do this to honor ministers, and for nearly Busby joined the BGEA God and His servant Billy.” 45 years of public and staff in the mid-’50s and has The museum is open from private moments, Russ traveled almost everywhere 9:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Monday Busby and his cameras Graham has. He has never through Saturday and from have never been far away. before created an exhibit on 1 to 5 P.M. Sunday.Admission Busby compiled his Graham, and he choose photos is free. For more information, photos and many others for that complement the mu- please call 630-752-5909. the 1999 book Billy Graham: seum’s permanent exhibit on

Making the such factors as academic students.The editors rank Grade reputation, student/faculty colleges in 62 categories, ratio, freshman retention, and Wheaton College has broken ranging from financial aid to graduation rates.Wheaton is into the top tier of U.S. News political views. the 14th most selective liberal and World Report’s annual Wheaton ranked first in arts college on the list. rankings, but new admissions four categories: Got Milk?; Another publication that director Shawn Leftwich Scotch and Soda, Hold the recently brought attention to warns that such rankings are Scotch; Students Pray on a Wheaton is the 2001 edition just a tool. Regular Basis; and Future of , published “It shouldn’t be an end-all Best 331 Colleges Rotarians Revolution.The by The Princeton Review. It to your college search,” she College was 12th in the Most analyzes college life on 331 says.“Just because a school is Nostalgic for Reagan catego- campuses in the United ranked well doesn’t mean it’s ry; never mind that members States and Canada, using going to be the right school of the Class of ’01 were mostly unscientific methods, for every student.” 9 years old when Reagan’s including surveys of Long listed high among second term ended. admissions offices and current the second tier of national liberal arts colleges,Wheaton has cracked the top level for In Best 331 Colleges, Wheaton finished in the top 20 in the first time. It shares the these 11 categories : 42nd ranking with Denison Future Rotarians Revolution (conservative political views) 1 University in Ohio, Furman Got Milk? (very little beer drinking) 1 University in South Carolina, Scotch and Soda, Hold the Scotch (very little hard liquor use) 1 and Lawrence University in Students Pray on a Regular Basis 1 Wisconsin. Don’t Inhale (very unlikely to use marijuana) 2 The U.S. News and World Great Food 2 Report rankings are closely Stone-cold Sober Schools 2 examined by students search- Good Town-Gown Relations (college/community relations) 3 ing for a college, their parents, Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative 6 and high-school guidance Students Most Nostalgic for Reagan 12 counselors.The magazine’s This is a Library? (low opinion of library) 19 rankings are determined by

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Credit for Time Served

When Edwin Hollatz, a 45-year Thomas Kay ’53 History 1959 * veteran of the communications Joseph Spradley Physics 1959 Arthur Rupprecht Classical Languages 1961 department, retired after the Marilyn Scribner Kinesiology 1961 1999-2000 academic year, he Robert Brabenec ’60 Mathematics 1964 Herbert Wolf ’60 Bible/Theology 1967 relinquished the unofficial title of Helmut Ziefle German 1967 Wheaton’s longest-serving Leland Ryken English 1968 Charles Weber ’67 History 1968 faculty member.That distinction John Zimmerman ’66 Conservatory 1968 is now shared by Thomas Kay Dillard Faries Physics 1969 Larry Funck Chemistry 1969 and Joseph Spradley, who are in Bud Williams M.A. ’66 Kinesiology 1969 their 42nd year of teaching at Emory Griffin Communications 1970 David Maas ’62 History 1970 Wheaton. Each of these 18 Dean Rapp ’64 History 1970 people has been on Wheaton’s Paul Snezek Library Science 1970 Alva Steffler Art 1970 faculty for more than 30 years: * Year of appointment

Five Alumni Among New Faculty

Row 1 (from left): Marjorie Vander Wagen, biology; Sam Row 1: Lynn Cohick, Bible; Esther Ng, Bible; Mary Storms, theology. Row 2: Socorro Woodbury, foreign Hampson Patterson, history. Row 2: Joyce Ho, computer languages; John Lane, Jr., Conservatory; Greg Beale, biblical science; Larry Brown, military science; Karin Spiecker studies. Row 3: Sharenda Barlar, foreign languages; Greta Stetina ’94, Bible/theology. Row 3: Douglas Moo, Bryson, chemistry; Jim Clark, geology; Dan Burden, Bible/theology; Kristen Page, biology; David Lauber ’89, chemistry. Row 4:Vincent Bacote, theology; Daniel Master, Bible; Manya Gyuro ’90, M.A. ’94, Bible. Row 4: Keith theology; Randall Colton ’94, philosophy. Eiten, library; David Malone M.A. ’92, library; Bill Geasa, military science.

Wheaton 45 New admissions director takes over Alumni Scholarships for 12 Seniors Shawn Leftwich, the associate director of admissions and an employee of Wheaton College for 12 years, was appointed director of admissions in September. She succeeds Daniel Crabtree, who was admissions director since 1989. Provost Stanton L. Jones says Shawn is “a woman of firm Christian conviction and deep dedication to the mission of Wheaton College.” He adds that Shawn is “reflective, wise, and balanced in dealing with the most complex issues, a good listener who seeks counsel and learns from others but who is In the 1999-2000 fiscal year, alumni gave generously to student financial confident in expressing her views.” aid and scholarships.These 12 scholarship recipients were selected by the Alumni Association Board of Directors from a list of remarkable Conservatory releases two CDs students nominated by the College community.The scholarship awards “Showcase Wheaton” and “Orchestral Journeys” to be given in 2000-01 to members of the Class of ’01 total $30,000. are the latest recordings from the Conservatory Seated (from left): Amy Hillis, Lexington, KY—mathematics/ of Music.“Showcase Wheaton,” secondary education; future plans: complete master of arts in teaching, produced by teach high-school math at an MK school overseas • Carissa Turner, professors Mary showcase Indianapolis—English/Spanish; future plans: graduate studies in English, Hopper ’73 and Lee teach writing and literature at the college level, climb Cader Idris, a

wheaton Fea music from the 1999/2000 season turing Joiner, features music from work s R by espig Ge hi, mountain in Wales • Janna Burkhart, Kirkwood, MO—piano rsh win & Shosta kovich the 1999-2000 season. It performance; future plans: get married next summer, graduate studies in includes performances by piano next fall

W the Concert Choir, Jazz Combo, heato Sy n mph Colle ony O ge rches Dan tra Standing: Melanie Rees, Northumberland, PA—music, HNGR ie Gr l Som ace M mer cFar ville, lane cond Botte uctor lier, p Wind Ensemble, and Men’s Glee ianist certificate in Third World Issues; future plans: work with Club.“Orchestral Journeys” showcases the underprivileged children • Jaime Horstman, Indianapolis— Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra, interdisciplinary studies (psychology and nursing); future plans: begin conducted by Daniel Sommerville. It features one-year program to finish B.S. in nursing, then either work as a nurse works by Ottorino Respighi, George Gershwin, or pursue an M.S.N. and practitioning degree • David Diener, and Dmitri Shostakovich.The CDs may be Hartville, OH—philosophy/ancient languages; off campus in fall purchased for $15 each by calling the College semester, unavailable for comment • Nathaniel Carter, Russiaville, bookstore, 630-752-5119. IN—Bible/theology; future plans: attend seminary and enter the pastoral ministry • Ray Carlsen ’60, past president,Wheaton College 2000 alumnus earns internship in Berlin Alumni Association • Karl Gunther, Haddon Heights, NJ— Matthieu Sanders ’00 was recently awarded one philosophy/history; future plans: attend graduate school, studying British of 75 fellowships from the International and European intellectual history • Shelley Oliver, Towanda, IL— Parliamentary Practicum program.The fellowship, chemistry/political science; future plans: internship at Argonne National which is funded by the German government and Laboratory beginning in January, enter medical school in 2002 • Nathan Baird, Brea, CA—chemistry/Spanish; off campus in fall a number of political foundations, permits Matt to semester, unavailable for comment • Laurel Swigert, Pacific Palisades, study sociology, political science, and theology for CA—Christian education/Bible; future plans: complete Wheaton’s one semester at the Wilhelm von Humboldt- accelerated M.A. program in evangelism and spiritual formation, junior- Universität in Berlin, and then to serve a four- high pastorate at local church • Andrea Leep, Bozeman, MT— month internship with a member of the German Spanish; future plans: apply to medical school to become a family Federal Parliament. practitioner

46 Wheaton Continued from the back cover. them are currently enrolled at Wheaton. Seeing Creation from Bud doesn’t sell his work, a Different Perch but gives some carvings to family and friends.“My family Gunther “Bud” Knoedler ’51 most demanding step in the seems to have an insatiable is well known in the Wheaton process. He then mounts the desire for the birds,” he says. community. In addition to birds on realistic perches. “These birds are very clean serving on the College’s board “This has given me a new and very quiet.” He has made of trustees for more than 30 appreciation for God’s crea- birds for some who have, in years, Bud is a board member tion,” he says,“for the beauti- return, made a financial gift to at ServiceMaster,Tyndale ful variety of creation, and for the College. House Publishers, and the the subtle coloration and deli- “Before you begin carv- Deicke Center for Visual Re- cate structure of the bird.” ing, when you look at a block habilitation. He has been re- Bud and his wife, Betty of wood, you have to be con- tired for about six years from Burtness Knoedler ’50, live for vinced that there’s a bird in Bell Federal Savings Bank, about five months of the year there,” Bud says.“In the same where he was executive vice in Eagle River,Wisconsin, way God must look at His president and chief operating close to Honey Rock Camp. children and say to Himself,‘I officer. “We have loons, mallards, know there’s someone special Bud, however, has some and wood ducks [in Wiscon- in there.’ ” surprising talents.A painter, sin],” he says.“The call of the by Jennifer Grant ’89 cartoonist, and musician, in loon is hauntingly beautiful. recent years Bud has become It’s very different from other an accomplished bird carver. waterfowl.” He shrugs off the awards he Although he no longer has won for his work, simply plays in public, Bud is also a saying he’s “collected a few gifted organist. He speaks ribbons.” glowingly about Ed Zimmer- “Some of my early birds man, associate professor of were unusual,” he says with a organ and harpsichord at laugh. He keeps his first at- Wheaton. He especially de- tempts as reminders of where lights in hearing Dr. Zimmer- he started. He has carved man play Charles-Marie about 75 birds. Widor’s Toccata.The fast- Smaller birds, such as moving, celebratory piece is cardinals and black-capped often played as the recessional chickadees, take about 30 at graduation. hours to complete. Larger Betty Knoedler has im- pieces, including eagles, loons, mersed herself into photo- and various other waterfowl, graphy in recent years. require more time. “She’s known among the Bud uses a power carver family as ‘Grandma Flash,’ ” to shape the bird and a burn- Bud quips.“Her specialty up ing tool to detail the feathers. here [in Eagle River] is sun- When he began, he used tem- sets.” plates, but now he works from The Knoedlers’ three photographs.After carving the children live in the Wheaton bird, he uses acrylic paints to area.They have six grand- render the bird’s precise color- children who range in age ing, which, he says, can be the from 4 to 22 years old.Two of

Wheaton 47 Providence this small man, who wore the God to do what tradition and at last strangest bow ties, would be- chapels could not. Reflections on the at Work come a role model and true It was February 1970. Christian life by friend. His home would be- Raymond Ortlund, Sr., (father by John H.Armstrong ’71, come a special place for the of my classmate Ray, Jr., ’71) published Wheaton M.A. ’73 next two years. was the speaker for Spiritual alumni Providence is an infrequently After my detour I was Emphasis Week. He had used word today. It wasn’t al- introduced to another role known touches of God’s Spirit ways so. Early Christians saw model, my adviser, Earle in revival. He joined our everything, including their Cairns.Another bond formed. group on Sunday evening.The own suffering, within the This gentle scholar would week unfolded in a pretty John H. scope of a gracious provi- guide me through many im- uneventful way—until Thurs- Armstrong ’71, dence. Perhaps the church’s portant choices. Knowing that day.The wind of God gently M.A. ’73 is earliest statement of faith I gave evidence of a call to began to move in Edman preach, he once told me, when Chapel.We stayed all night, president of (outside of the New Testa- ment), is the Didache, which I struggled for an A in a par- confessed sin, and sought God. Reformation & says:“Accept as blessing all of ticular class, that Billy Graham My life was altered. Revival Ministries. the things that befall you. For didn’t get an A in his class In all of these events an Previously he was a nothing comes to pass apart either.There was hope! active providence was clearly pastor for more than from God.” My Wheaton ex- A third bond was made at work in my life.A personal 20 years. John and perience demonstrates this in with peers. Friends from all commitment to study revival Anita, his wife of every way.“We know that in over the world made Wheaton movements began to grow. all things God works for the unforgettable. My insular Many things fill my mind nearly 30 years, good of those who love him” Southern background was 30 years after these gracious have two children, (Rom. 8:28). crumbling.We talked into the providences.Wheaton was, one a Wheaton When I first arrived, in night, in the Fischer lounge on after all, the place where God graduate. Besides the bleak winter of 1969, it the fifth floor.We argued gave me thoughtful men and editing Reformation seemed as if someone had left about theology, ethics, politics, women who would influence & Revival Journal, the freezer open! Never had I and chapel.We sought Christ the rest of my life.A college is experienced frigid, biting tem- and His kingdom, even if it not just bricks and mortar, a quarterly for peratures like this.The wind was only a slogan at the time. classes and programs. It is church leadership, he was relentless. Had I really The most influential tie to peers, and late nights, and ar- edits a magazine transferred from the University Wheaton came later. Several of guments, and ideas. For those and has written or of Alabama, and the warm us, eager for God to move, who love God, it is provi- edited eight books. Southern climate and culture I made an appointment to see dence—God’s active, gracious He travels widely had known for 19 years? I President Hudson Armerding provision of everything needed and speaks in mused,What prompted me to ’41. (I still think his secretary “for life and godliness.” this rash decision? wondered about the real rea- Now I look back and re- churches and My first exposure to sons we asked for an appoint- flect. One day, as I walked conferences across the Wheaton was not only frigid ment as a group!) By the fall across front campus, I thought, United States and but stressful. Soon a strange of 1969 we were moved to “Wheaton, my Wheaton, this abroad. illness landed me in the Stu- pray, and Dr.Armerding shared really is the place where God dent Health Center. I was our concern.The turmoil of powerfully met me and shaped alone, confused, and in grave the 1960s had taken its toll; my entire life.” I now under- doubt. Not quite God’s loving cynicism and rebellion were stood, years removed from days way to begin my sojourn at common. But 96 students and of both trial and joy, that A. J. Wheaton, so I reasoned. faculty members joined our Gordon was right: “God’s Soon, however, my dark prayer band for revival. Most providence is like the Hebrew room became a place of hope. of us didn’t even know what Bible; we must begin at the Chaplain Evan Welsh ’27 paid revival was, but we knew end and read backward in a visit. Little did I know that Wheaton needed a visit from order to understand it.”

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Call 1-800-525-9906 today! Bird carving is a uniquely North American art form. Like a lot of folk art, its origins are functional. Native American hunters fashioned decoys from reeds and decorated them with feathers. Later they carved ducks from wood, and European settlers followed suit.The art of decorative bird carving emanated from this practice. Since his retirement, Gunther “Bud” Knoedler ’51 has been carving all kinds of birds— from ducks and blue jays to this foot-tall bald eagle. He is inspired, in part, by the waterfowl he observes on Cranberry Lake in northern Wisconsin, where he and his wife, Betty ’50, spend part of every year.

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