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Board approves building program 19 of the Covenant College Board of COVENANT Trustees’Trustees' 24 members were on hand last COVENANT week to decide, among other things, to authorize the administration to proceed on the building project involving the TEMPLB library and the gymnasium. BEATS TEMPLE There are only two hurdles remaining It took nineteen attempts, but last before actual construction begins, accord­ Tuesday night the Scots wiped away ing to President Marion Barnes. First, the six years of frustration in one fell bids must come in sufficiently low · to swoop, with their 70-66 victory over allow the college to proceed.proceed. Barnes is the Temple Crusaders. Winning the optimistic concerning this, since the con­ game from the foul line, admittedly a struction bid on the dormitory building new wrinkle in Covenant basketball was considerably lower than expected expected.. strategy, the Scots converted six clutch Bids for the two new buildings will be let March 11. The American National Bank free throws in the final two minutes to March must also reaffirm its willingness to lend keep Temple at the necessary distance. the school more than $900,000.00 on a the ·scoring of Alexander, Led by the scoring of Alexander, short-term basis to cover the cost of con­ Maffet, Hopson, and Tilton, and a struction until the promised government hustling team defense in which other money arrives. starter Steve Young played a big part, * * * * the Scots exhibited an amazing poise * under pressure as they beat Temple at The Board also decided to change the its own game—capitalizinggame-capitalizing on the op­ clause in the Student Handbook con­ position'sposition’s mistakes. Erasing a 10-point cerning dress and personal appearance to deficit with an astonishingly effective read like this: "In “In accordance with such scriptural principles as modesty,modesty, neatness, full-court press, the Scots pulled back scriptural cleanliness and distinction between · the into the lead with little more than a into sexes, and in consideration of others, minute remaining. the Dean of Students will exercise his Coming hard on the heels of the right of judgmentjudgmenf in requiring appropri­ Fall’sFall's disastrous debacle, the Scots' Scots’ ate standards of dress and appearance appearance.”." victory was made all the more sweet The action came in response to a wide­ because it knocked the SCAC race spread feeling that the dress and appear­ back into the free-for-all for the top ance of many Covenant students is in spot that it normally is this time of part responsible for a drop in giving to year. the college. The Board decided not to legislate on the issueissue.. ~-•c•ye•o:•:•·n•a•n•t•a•l•u•m•n•i-ev•e•r•y•w•h•e•re-w•1•.ll-r•e--t Covenant alumni everywhere will re­ * * * * * joice when they hear the news. Eber-Eber­ In other action, the Board decided to wein, Owens, Gray, Young—theseYoung-these men, In other action, the Board extend for one year Professor John San­ great and proud players they all were—were­ derson’sderson's status as Scholar in Residence. were never able to pull it off. Always The Board is free to fill the post or not. in the Temple game a few Covenant in the Temple game a few Covenant The Board granted tenure to Assistant men would play well, maybe one Professor of Music John Hamm and to would play as if inspired. Then would Assistant Professor of Physics Raymond come the inevitable Covenant mistakes. Dameron. It also made several promo­ Muir, Parlin, or Roberson would pop tions: Charles Anderson, John Hamm, four in a row and trot easily down and Geraldine Steensma from Assistant court, knowing there was no way they to Associate Professor, and Walter Bow­ would ever lose to Covenant. man from Instructor to Assistant Pro­ Tuesday evening, the Temple team fessor. The Board granted Anderson a and Coach Bruce Foster looked woe­ sabbatical to be taken during the Spring semester of 1972. fully out of place in the small, unfa­ semester The Board decided against any in­ miliar gym.gym. The Crusaders seemed crease in the school's school’s scholarship aid pro­ bewildered and uneasy. Foster seemed bewildered and uneasy. gram, but did pass action providing scho­ to have lost his charisma. He was larships for the President and Vice-presi­ wearing the same red socks, and he dent of the Student Body equal to those still glared menacingly from the bench; received by the editors of the Bagpipe and but, like Kruschev, he was out of the Tartan. power. * * * * Coach Foster once said that if Covenant ever defeated Temple in bas­ The Board was confident and optimis­ ketball he would quit coaching. He is tic concerning the plans for expansion at the college: an intensely proud man who has done "Be“Be it resolved that the Board indi­ an admirable job of instilling a fierce vidually and collectively extends to Dr. pride in each of his Crusader teams,teams, pride Marion Barnes and Mr. Allen Duble their and in the followers of the team team-. To deepest appreciation and thankfulness to a man they were crushed and silent the Lord for their continuing efforts. as they left the Lookout Mountain "Be“Be it further resolved that we, as a gym. They knew that more than a board, would like to recommit ourselves basketball game had been lost Tues­ to finding additional funds and sharing day night. --J. J . Wilson some of the financial burdens of the college.”college." --T T .. Belz Page 2 Covenant College Bagpipe January 28, 1971

Ikhnaton who received the celebrated Amarna tab­ finds himself mired in an apparently useless course, lets: letters from Egyptian vassals and allies eliciting the answers, or lack of answers, might be of some support against the fierce "Habiru." “Habiru.” consequence. So Bagpipe interviewed Dr. Barnes and But perhaps the most significant development of Dr. William Barker to determine just what stringencies Ussher’sUssher's theory is its bearing on eschatology. We all can be applied to negligent faculty members (should A proposed rebuilding know that our universe is founded on mathematical that be established), and what incentives, other than principles. We know, too, that God regards seven as personal satisfaction, exist to encourage instructors to the perfect or complete number, especially opposed do their job well. Taking incentives first, here are the of the House of Ussher to the number six, which, as one less, is symbolic of replies to those queries. imperfection, incompletion. Antichrist's Antichrist’s number number,, for In a purely economic sense, faculty members are For many years it has been unpopular to voice the example, is 666. awarded infrequent boosts in salary as a result of date 4004 in anything but a chuckling tone tone.. Whereas Now events in this world are seemingly coming to proven teaching effectiveness. Such effectiveness is the attendant theory sm smacksacks of unscientific, old­ old- a head. Modern technology provides the means both established ultimately by Dr. Barker Barker,, but his judgment fashionedfashioned,, naive conservatism conservatism,, twentieth-century for preaching the gospel to every nation nation,, and for is objectified by student evaluations, peer evaluations, Christians prefer to be sophisticated sophisticated,, up-to-date, and world domination under Antichrist. We are indeed in and general "grapevine" “grapevine” feedback. On a less mundane thoroughly scientific in their attitudes attitudes,, for science—science­ the very last times. level, instructors are encouraged financially to earn the discovery of indisputable facts-yields facts—yields truth. We Bringing these things together, if we add six · thou­ the Ph.D., though it is readily acknowledged that this are told that man appeared during the Pleistocene sand years to 4004 B.C., we arrive at A.D.A.O. 1996 1996.. does not insure quality teaching. Age, probably 500,000 years ago, and it is a simple This date would mark the pinnacle of Satan'sSatan’s power, Teaching . competence is further rewarded by means thing to reinterpret Genesis so as to "harmonize" “harmonize” the through Antichrist. [It is all the more significant in of promotion (say from Assistant Professor to As­ creation account with science. Even if we hesitate to the light of Jeanne Dixon's Dixon’s prophecy of the birth of sociate Professor), by means of tenure ( (which which means go as far as 500,000 years, smaller numbers like 10 Antichrist which she insists was revealed to her on you’reyou're good enough that the college wants to guaran­ or 20,000 creep into our conversations, and are taken February 5, 1962. If Antichrist's Antichrist’s life will parallel tee you a lifelong position), or simply by an intan­ seriously by many Christians. Bishop Ussher, poor the life of Christ, he will be thirty-three in 1995, gible recognition of capability among the faculty man, is regarded with condescending sympathy as a and will not turn 34 until the second month of members themselves. good man who should have lived today, with the 1996.] The Lord will then return and establish his What about the instructor, then, who is still can­ benefit of our superior knowledge. millennial rule—bringingrule-bringing the years of man'sman’s existence on celling classes right and left left,, or whose lectures con­ I would like to suggest that Mr. Ussher was cor­ earth to. 7000, the complete number. sist of readings from a textbook, or whose courses rect in his interpretation and hypothesis. If we Two points must be made in conclusion. First, have zero content? What can the concerned student asassumesume for a moment that this is true, we find three Scripture tells us that no man can know the day or do about such predicaments, realizing they sometimes rather interesting developments. the hour of Christ's Christ’s return. But we are also told to exist? According to Dr. Barker, the initial recourse, In the first place, we are no longer hard put to be watching watching,, so that His coming will not be a surprise and the individual's individual’s first responsibility, is to air the find some •ingenious theory to explain away the Gen­ to the elect elect.. A year is neither a day nor an hour. gripes and the grumblings to the teacher. Presuming esis genealogies geneologies.. Chapter 5 supplies us with a Secondly, scholars report that Christ was born prob­ a bit of tact and grace on both sides, it is to be chronology of Adam'sAdam’s descendents descendents,, straight through through,, ably between 4 and 7 B.C. If we take 4 B.C. as the hoped that this would alleviate the contention. man by man, to Noah and his family. Each man’sman's date of His advent, the whole affair is made quite a Should this fail, however, the student should report dates are recorded quite explicitly: his age at the bit tidier. We may then correct our calendars four general dissatisfaction and acts of incompetence to time of his first son, the number of years he lived years forwrd, yielding 4000 B.C. as the date of crea­ Dean Barker, who has the happy task of watching after his son's son’s birth, and finally the sum of the two­ two— tion, and A.D.A.O. 2000 as the beginning of the millenium. over the faculty, and keeping errant members in line. his age at death. The chronology is continued in Obviously, these ideas are hypothetical; hypothetical;'' "if'“if’ appears Of course, the student has a chance to blast a course Genesis 11, so that it is no difficult matter to date in almost every paragraph. Although I am convinced at the end of the semester, but that is at best an the flood, the lives of the patriarchs, and the exodus. that there is a great deal of truth contained here, I afterthought, a complaint that may improve things Bishop Ussher, of course, worked backwards to 4004; am not advancing these thoughts as orthodoxy, nor do next year (when you're you’re graduated). Thus, it becomes ' but assuming the accuracy of his addition, we may I scoff at those who hold other opinions. But in any obvious that competence of instruction is insured or begin there and work forward. This process, by my case, I believe we are truly "usshering “usshering in the king- king­ reckoning, yields 2346 B.C. as the date of the flood, encouraged ultimately through the responsible action dom."dom.” -R. —R. Sanderson 2086 for the birth of Abraham, and 1366 for the of the community. So-called professors and so-called exodus from Egypt. students are gathered on this mountain in order that This date is of great interest. Egyptologists report the one group might benefit from the experience of that the 18th Dynasty of Pharaohs raised their nation the other, and that all might learn together. So if a from a rather insignificant farming territory occupied teacher is messing around, it's it’s up to his students, if by foreign rulers, to a grand Empire which enjoyed Community they care enough, to do something about it (isn't (isn’t that phenomenal peace and prosperity for a century-and­ century-and- the case in everything?). But may we suggest, know­ a-half. Most biblical scholars associate the first improvement methods ing that some people are too timid to approach one Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty with the "new “new king”king" of their mentors, that the faculty consider something who did not know Joseph, for it was he who In the event of alleged negligence or incompetence on like a mid-semester evaluation, which would seem to ousted the Hyksos and established an entirely new the part of a Covenant College faculty member, do be of even greater ¥alue value than the other variety. Be­ line of kings. This would place the exodus in the his students have a remedial option other than long­ long- yond this, however, quality instruction at Covenant early or middle 15th century, under Amenhotep suffering? Such a question may not be burdening the is dependent on the mutual encouragement and dis- dis­ II. On Ussher's Ussher’s theory, Moses would have led God's God’s minds of most students here, but for the person who cipline of faculty and students. -G. LindleyLindiey people out of Egypt under Amenhotep IV some 60- 80 years later. The significance of the later date is two-fold. First of ali, all, during the reign of Amenhotep III Cl a s s Egyptian civilization rose to new heights because of the extensive building programs he initiated. If the ' CPi? f D V i • • • Israelites were still in Egypt at this time, as a 1366 f?tAD Tmet-5 £ P>- exodus would indicate, it seems a reasonable assump­ Al\i.6 ,_ tion that their intense slave-labor was the means this Pharaoh employed. On the other hand, if the Israel­ f>l=E youiM)'OuJN ites had made their escape under Amenhotep II, and e ks it was during his reign that the first-born of all the 2 W£EK5we :.. Egyptians had been killed, it is difficult to imagine how Amenhotep III could have carried out his vast' programs. In the second place, Amenhotep IV is known as a religious fanatic and innovator. This Pharaoh attempt­ ed·ed'to to rid its kingdom of its many gods, and establish a monotheism, under the god Aton. (Accordingly, he changed his name to Akhenaton, or Ikhnaton.) Is it not reasonable to postulate that it was God's God’s plagues, culminating in the death of the first- first-bornborn and the destruction of his army in the Red Sea, which oc­ casioned this conversion? Furthermore, it was Covenant College Bagpipe January 28, 1971 Page 3

To Dr. Sanderson: We would like you to know that we appreciate all of your efforts on our be­ half. It is not uncommon to hear students, alumni, faculty, and other people refer to you as "the“the most intelligent man I have ever met,"met,” "the“the greatest teacher I have ever had,”had," "the “the most learned person I know.”know." We are thankful to Jesus Christ for what he accomplishes in and through you. We know that you are often dismayed and disheartened by the lack of scholar­ ship displayed by most of your students. But please interpret that as a weakness or a laziness on our part, and not as an indi­ cation of disinterest in listening to what you have to say. Your lectures seldom fail to be inter­ esting, cohesive, profound, exciting, arti­ culate, and extremely valuable. They could be compared to a beautiful piece of art. It is too bad that you cannot feel the chills of excitement which so often tingle the spines of students who are treated to your lectures! We have only one suggestion. We real­ ize that you are busy, but often we wish you were a little more visible, a little more audible. We live in a day when there are many who are eager to speak to us, but few, very few, who have as much to say or are as skillful at saying it as you.

Covenant community and with students Covenant students take part in the CSC Rayburn, Robert 3.813.81 Coad CSC chairman; here on campus. Although I am most programs are teaching, sewing, cooking, Shorb, Thomas 3.803.80 familiar with the inner-city Recreation or crafts; playing basketball with teen-teen­ Feamow,Fearnow, Daniel 3.783.78 sees changes Program and am very excited about it, I age-boys; tutoring children in their school­school- Withington, Douglas (T) 3.763. 76 am also quite interested in our other work; and teaching Bible classes. These Ward, James 3.683.68 Collins, Sharon 3.663.66 The Christian Service Council is now under areas of involvement. programs are usually carried out at estab­ programs are usually carried out at estab­ Degel, Doreen 3.643.64 the direction of a new chairman, Jim Coad. We will be constantly looking for lished recreation centers. Wiest, Milton 3.643.64 Appointed by . Student Council, Coad better ways to run our programs. I will Commenting on why he thinks Cov­ Van Wechel, Rebecca 3.633.63 replaces Chuck Holliday, who greatly choose someone from each area of activity enant students should be active in Christian Lancaster, Phil 3.623.62 expanded the activities of the CSC during to be on the Council to represent the vital service, Coad stated, "as “as Christian young Yeakel, Barry 3.603.60 the past year. Coad plans to continue the interests of each program.”program." people I feel that it is our privilege to Nyenhuis, Pat 3.553.55 existing CSC programs, initiate some new Coad wants the CSC to explore new respond to Christ'sChrist’s love and commands by Benkendorf, Don 3.543.54 ones, and improve the Council'sCouncil’s outreach possibilities for Christian student action. sharing the person of Jesus Himself with Tilton, Bruce 3.533.53 Robson, Gordon 3.52 through better organization. For instance, the CSC may sponsor a people in communities other than our 3.52 The CSC almost died two years ago program to discuss racial problems relating Smith, Dale 3.523.52 own. I want to stress the fact that the Strom, Priscilla 3.50 for lack of student interest, but this year to the Covenant community, especially 3.50 primary goal of each person who works in Strom, Virginia 3.503.50 its influence has been more extensive than focusing on methods of presenting the its influence has been more extensive than aCSC project is to exalt Jesus Christ-thenChrist—then Doll, David 3.473.47 gospel to the Black community. There ever before. •Approximately 60 students He will draw men to Himself."Himself.” -B._ b . Tilton Stanton, David 3.473.47 are now directly involved in some type of may be opportunities for students to work Auel, Eileen 3.453.45 CSC activity, in addition to many students in local churches. Regarding on-campus Howell, Kenneth 3.453.45 who have organized service programs out­ activities, Coad sees the growth of the Lawton, Stephen 3.433.43 side CSC. There are five major programs Fellowship of Christian Athletes as one FALL 1970 DEAN'S LIST Warsing, Linda 3.423.42 which the council supervises: city Recrea­ of the ways in which student Christian Wildeboer, Linda 3.393.39 tion Program (formerly called Third commitment can be increased. Appleby, Linda 4.00 Ettinger, Willard 3.373.37 Street Club); the Bachman Home for The inner-city Recreation Program will Cross.Cross, Sheryl 4.00 MacNair, Miriam 3.373.37 children; the Boys' Boys’ Club; Bethel Bible possibly act as a "feeder" “feeder” to support Moore, Jerry 4.00 McWilliams, Barry 3.373.37 Person, Linda 3.36 School; and the Detention Home in Randy Nabors’Nabors' "Conqueror's “Conqueror’s Club" Club” and Stortz, Rodney 4.00 3.36 Landry, Theresa 3.353.35 Chattanooga. the city mission program of the local RP Wallis.Wallis, Debbie (T) 4.00 Farr, Thomas 3.84· Reilly, Pat 3.333.33 "As“As I see it,"it,” says Coad, "the“the job of the Church at Third Street. The CSC will also Anderson, Edith 3.82 Carroll, Randy 3.303.30 chairman of the CSC is to coordinate thetire be ready to help Randy in some "open“open air"air” Kyle, Fred 3.82 T=Student is enrolled in Intermediate activities of students who want to share evangelism this semester. Lindley, Gary 3.81 French for which marks have been delayed. Jesus Christ with people outside the Some of the typical activities in which Pctcher,Petcher. Don 3.81 The average·isaverage is figured without this course. Covenant College Bagpipe January 28, 1971 Page 4

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