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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/smcalumnibulleti214coll amWlBULLETIK Volume XXI COLLEGEDALE, TENNESSEE, JUNE, 1971 Number 4 Knittel New SMC President Three major shifts in administrative positions took place in April and be- came effective May 17 at Southern Missionary College. Voted by the SMC Board of Trus- tees were a new president, academic dean, and director of admissions and records. Dr. Wilbert Schneider resigned to accept the position of educational sec- retary of the Pacific Union Conference. Dr. Frank A. Knittel, formerly aca- demic dean at SMC, is his successor. Dr. Cyril F. W. Futcher, formerly director of admissions and records at SMC, is the new academic dean. Mr. Arnold Kutzner, of Thunder- bird Academy, Scottsdale, Arizona, has been hired as the new director of ad- missions and records. Dr. Schneider served SMC as presi- past years Outgoing President Incoming President dent for the four and was Dr. Wilbert Schneider Dr. Frank Knittel also formerly academic dean from 1960-63. Since he came to SMC as president there has been a steady in- SMC Graduates 198 Seniors crease in enrollment. The college's net worth has gone from $6.1 million to Dr. Winton Beaven, commencement each one was a unique creation of God $7.5 million. During the last four years speaker for SMC's graduation exercises with unlimited potential and whose the total designated funds for capital Sunday, May 16_ at 10:00 a.m., told capacities as individuals greatly exceed improvements was over $4 million dol- 198 graduates that each of them "can computers. lars—a million a year. handle more facts than all the com- Serving the new president now, Dr. Beaven, formerly president of as puters now in operation." Dr. Knittel came to SMC in 1967 to Columbia Union College, is now aca- be academic dean. Prior to this he was In presenting the candidates for di- demic dean of Kettering College of the vice president for student affairs plomas, Dr. Frank Knittel, SMC's aca- Medical Arts in Ohio. and associate professor of English at demic dean, noted that 63 students at this point "It's difficult to know Andrews University, a position he held received bachelor of arts degrees, four of you will be in leader- how many for eight years. students were awarded bachelor of Dr. ship," remarked SMC President Dr. Knittel earned a double major music degrees, bachelor of science de- Wilbert Schneider, addressing the M. in English and mathematics at Union grees were conferred upon 93 students, seniors. College, and received both an M.A. and 36 seniors received associate of is an awesome and Ph.D. in English from the Uni- science degrees. "To accept leadership thing," he continued, "and yet, warmth versity of Colorado. He has served a "I find that young people are tre- and true happiness can best be experi- total of 20 years in various adminis- mendously overawed by the world we enced at the crossroads of humanity trative capacities. live in," stated Dr. Bcavcn, recounting where one's talents may meet the Born in England, Dr. Futcher has some of the fears and phobias brought .served SMC as director of admissions world's need. Members of the on by hectic modern life. He then charged the seniors to never forget that (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 5) Alumni Bulletin I960 Those Who Walked These Halls Percy Dunagin will begin a two-year residency in Internal Medicine in July 1928 1954 at the University of Arkansas Medical O. D. McKee, founder and presi- Walter F. Wright is the new prin- Center, which will qualify him to prac- dent of McKee Baking Co., was host cipal of Enterprise Academy in Enter- tice as an internist. The "emergency at the governor's annual statewide prise, Kansas. Walter started his de- medical awards" this year go to Chucky breakfast in Nashville, April 28. At- nominational work as a pastor-teacher who had third degree burns on his tending the prayer breakfast were in Florida and has since sened as dis- hand; Danny whose fingertip was am- members of the state legislature and trict pastor, conference evangelist, putated in the car door; and Mikey prominent people from across Ten- Bible teacher at Lodi Academy, and who was hospitalized with a tempera- nessee. The McKee Bakery of College- as head of the Bible Department at ture of 105 degrees and a swelling in dale is the largest single snack cake Orangewood Academy. He and his his neck. (Numerous tests were nega- operation in the nation and distributes wife_ Ruth, have two children: Rick, tive; skull x-ray showed up a sinus in- Little Debbie Cakes in 42 states and 14 and Cindy, 12. fection.) The biggest news of the year employs over 800 people. 1955 was the arrival of Percy III on Nov. 24. 1947 John F. Harris is Bible and history Glenn F. Henriksen is a resident of teacher at Far Eastern Academy in 1962 Sylmar, Calif., a place that has been Singapore, Malaysia. His wife, Patri- Alice Fowler Willsey writes that the prominently featured in the news since cia, '53, is working part-time in the Willsey family have finished their fur- the Feb. 9 earthquake. Glenn writes: cafeteria, learning the ropes to become lough and are now living on the Vir- "This alumnus had the dubious honor the cafeteria matron next school year. gin Island of St. Croix. Steve is pastor of experiencing a small earthquake Harold Miler, pastor of the Poplar of the two city churches. Their plans while writing this, and the much Bluff, Mo., church, recently reported to return to Guyana were suddenly greater and more dubious honor of that Michael Ponce, five, has memor- changed two weeks before they were owning a house five miles from the ized all of the kindergarten memory scheduled to go. The Guyana Govern- epi-center of the Feb. 9 quake. Had it verses for the past two quarters. His ment refused a permit to return. Alice occurred two hours later, my office at parents are Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Ponce says, "If any of our friends are inter- the Community Mental Health Center (Barbara Clemens, '64), also of Pop- ested in a Caribbean holiday, just drop would no doubt have been my tomb, lar Bluff. us a line and we will be glad to try to as it was flattened literally. Hundreds 1956 arrange things. We would love to see of smaller shocks have followed, and Chaplain (Major) Ralph C. Work- some of our old friends." we keep wondering if the next little man was in Vietnam for eight months 1963 one will just keep getting bigger and as Brigade Chaplain for the First John D. Bevis, assistant professor of bigger until our house is again shaken Brigade, First Cavalry Division (Air- history at Salem College, Salem, West " like a rabbit in a hound's teeth. mobile). He is now in DaNang for Virginia, presented a paper before the 1951 the last four months of his tour of 24th annual meeting of the Alabama Jamile Jacobs, president of the Pak- duty. Historical Association in April. The istan Seventh-day Adventist Mission, 1957 paper was entitled: "The 1938 Demo- reports that the Pakistani people are John E. and Barbara Shook Botts- cratic Gubernatorial Contest in Ala- amazed but thankful for the spon- ford, also of '57, recently returned bama." taneous and liberal contributions being from Taiwan, and John is taking over Dana R. Ulloth, who is completing made by foreign Christian countries, Dr. E. E. Bottsfords practice while his studies for a doctorate in film and such as the United States, since the his uncle ser^es as relief physician in radio production at the University of typhoon struck East Pakistan in No- Africa. Missouri, will join the Speech-Com- vember. Joseph Jerry Williams has been cer- munications Department at Andrews 1953 tified by the American Board of Ob- University this summer. Winnie S. Hughes has moved from stetrics and Gynecology and is in prac- 1964 Carlsbad, New Mexico, where she and tice in Orlando, Fla. Gilbert M. Burnham and his wife, her husband, Claude, had been teach- 1958 Ginny, are back in the States after a in ing. They are now living Abilene, Jerome W. Niswonger has gone to year in Korea. At the present he is at Texas, where Claude is pastor of the Accra, Ghana, where he is at the Medi- the Oakland Army Base Dispensary in Abilene and Sweetwater churches. cal School of the University of Ghana, California. In July they will be moving Jack Martz^ lay activities director of in the Department of Preventive and to Denver where Gilbert will start a the New Jersey Conference, has led out Social Medicine. He is working in the residency in internal medicine at Fitz- in securing a new community ser\'ices field of family planning with other Simmons Army Hospital. Before start- for the warehouse state.