q1011.itW Av. Guest eclitokid Official Publication of the COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE Who Is Their of Seventh-day Adventists 7710 Carroll Avenue Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. 20012 Warren F. Adams Editor Morten Juberg Managing Editor Teacher? Herbert R. Klisehlea Layout Artist Local conference reporters: Allegheny, D. B. Simons; Chesapeake, Gale Gabbert; New Jersey, R. D. Steinke: By E. A. Robertson Ohio. Charles R. Beeler; Pennsylvania, J. A. Toon ; Potomac, M. E. Moore; West Virginia, Douglas Logan. Secretary of Education, Columbia Union Conference COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE DIRECTORY Cree Sandefur President T. R. Gardner Secretary-Treasurer "YE shall teach . your children, . ." (Deuteronomy 11:19) was God's Edgar Bradley Assistant Treasurer E. F. Willett Auditor counsel to ancient Israel. His counsel is the same today—it has never K. W. Whitney Associate Auditor R. W. Cash Assistant Auditor been changed. E. A. Robertson Educational God knew that if the children of Israel were to be taught by the Ethel Johnson Elementary Supervisor R. E. Crawford Field Represeptative Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Hittites, or any of the C. D. Brooks Field Secretary C. C. Weis Sabbath School, Lay Activities idolatrous and unbelieving people of the land, apostasy in Israel would E. M. Peterson MV and Temperance Morten Juberg Radio-TV, Public Relations be the inevitable result. The outcome might not be apparent immediately, I. W. Young Publishing but it would be sure. John S. Bernet Associate, Publishing Herbert Morgan Associate, Publishing Perhaps even more important thari the teaching would be the influence Arthur Klesz Religious Liberty, Medical, A.S.I. Delbert R. Dick, M.D Associate, Medical that worldly associates would exert on God's people. Children and youth Charles W. Herrmann, D.D.S. Associate, Medical are among the most effective teachers of other young people. By close W. H. Hackett Assistant, Religious Liberty M. E. Rees Stewardship association with worldlings day by day Israel's children would be in W. R. Holley. Robert Folkenberg, Leighton Holley Evangelistic Team danger of becoming so enmeshed socially that they would be led away COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION from their fidelity to God. Alva R. Appel Secretary Edgar Bradley Assistant Treasurer That is exactly what happened. When Israel became prosperous, the LOCAL CONFERENCE DIRECTORY desire arose to be like the nations around them. The counsel of the Lord ALLEGHENY—W. L. Cheatham, President; W. A. to be separate was disregarded. The youth of Israel were allowed to Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer, Box 21, Pine Forge, Pa. 19548. Telephone: Code 215, 326-4610. Book and Bible associate freely with the heathen youth and the Bible record simply says, House, 5219 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19139. "And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daugh- CHESAPEAKE—Cyril Miller, President; W. M. Nosworthy, Secretary-Treasurer; 5110 Frederick Avenue, ters to their sons, and served their gods" (Judges 3: 6, 8). They inter- Baltimore, Md. 21229. Telephone: Code 301, MI 4-7620. NEW JERSEY—A. B. Butler, President; C. married with nonbelievers and in so doing sacrificed their own faith. Green, Secretary-Treasurer; 2160 Brunswick Avenue, The important thing for Adventist parents and youth to remember Trenton, N. J. 08638. Telephone: Code 609, 392-7131. OHIO—F. W. Wernick. President; R. L. Walden, today is that "these things . are written for our admonition, upon Secretary-Treasurer; lion 831, Aiount Vernon, Ohio. 43050. Telephone: Code 614, 392-6085. whom the ends of the world are come" (1 Corinthians 10:11). Parents, PENNSYLVANIA-0. 1). Wright, Pre,ident; E. Al. what kind of teachers, associates, and atmosphere will confront your Ilagele, Secretary-Treasurer; 720 Almcum Rd., Reading, Pa. 19603, Telephone: Code 215, 876-7285. children when they enter school this year? Your answer to this question POTOMAC--C. H. Lauda, President: R. G. Burch- field, Secretary-Treasurer, Gaymont Place, Staunton, is fraught with eternal consequences. Va. 24401. Telephone: Code 703, 886-0771. Book and Bible Rouse, 8400 Carroll Avenue, N.W., Takoma Park. Md. 20012. Telephone: Code 301, 439-0700. WEST VIRGINIA—R. W. Moore, President; C. F. Brooks, Secretary-Treasurer; 1400 Liberty Street, Par- kersburg, W. Va. 26102. Telephone: Code 304, 422-4581. (Mat ahem have said... PubliShed bi-weekly by the Columbia Union Confer- ence of Seventh-day Adventists, Takoma l'ark, Wash- ington, 1). C. 20412. Printed at the Washington College When a person gets into the habit of wasting time, he is sure to waste ['Tess. Second-class postage paid at Washington, I). C. Subscription price to those who are not members of the a great deal that does not belong to him.—Sunshine Magazine. Columbia Union Conference, $2 a year in advance. The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put SUNSET it in your pocket.—KIN HUBBARD. CALENDAR To belittle is to be little.—Rabbi SAMUEL M. SILVER, Temple Sinai Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Baltimore, Md. 6:25 6:14 6:03 (Stamford, Conn.). Cincinnati, Ohio 6:57 6:45 6:34 Cleveland, Ohio 6:46 0:34 6:22 Columbus, Ohio 6:51 6:40 6:28 Jersey City, N. J. fl •17 6:05 5:53 The last time you failed. Did you stop trying because you failed? Norfolk, Va 6:22 6:12 6:01 Parkersburg, W. Va. 6:45 6:31 6:22 Or did you fail because you stopped trying?—FLORENCE BUTLER, Specialty Philadelphia, Pa. 6:20 6:1(9 5:57 Salesman. Pittsburgh, P.a. 6:39 6:28 6:16 :Reading, Pa. • 6:23 6:12 6:00 Richmond, Va. 6:27 6:16 6:05 Scranton, Pa. 6:23 6:11 5:59 Toledo, Ohio 6:55 6:4:3 6:31 The faults of others are like headlights of an approaching automobile Trenton, N. J. 618 6:07 5:55 —they only seem more glaring than your own.—Chewelah (Wash.) In- Washington, D. C. 6:27 6:15 6 :01 NOTE: Time given is Eastern Standard Time. dependent. VOLUME 71, NUMBER 24 SEPTEMBER 8, 1966 • What Is Education? WHAT is education? Webster defines it as a learning process, but it may have a variety of meanings to different individuals. About the Cover To a teacher it may be a roomful of children and to an 18-year-old it may be graduation from academy. Appropriately attired Another may regard education as a doctorate in some in Scottish dress, rep- field of learning. To another it may be a building. One of resentatives of High- the best definitions of learning come from the pen of land View Academy Mrs. E. G. White who wrote. proudly display the school flog. Construc- "True education means more than taking a certain tion is expected to course of study. It is broad. It includes the harmonious begin soon on the development of all the physical powers and the mental first phase of the newest academy in faculties. It teaches the love and fear of God, and is a the Columbia Union preparation for the faithful discharge of life's duties." Conference. —Counsels to Teachers, p. 64. This month doors of schools in the Columbia Union Conference open to admit new and old students. May this school year be a year of training the mental, physical, and spiritual. 3 Education Is Learning • • . "Student Run-the-School Day" at MVA THE Students' Association of Mount Vernon Academy sponsored its annual "Student-Run-the-School Day" this spring. Student adminis- trators for the day were: Principal, Millard Trott; Assistant Principal, Bob Swain; Director of Student Af- fairs and Public Relations, Vivian Dininger; Registrar, Jim Holman; Treasurer, Roy Slack; Dean of Boys, Eddie Towles; and Dean of Girls, Lois Stotts. Student teachers also instructed all classes. Chet Long, newscaster of WBNS- TV, was the guest speaker at the Students' Association planned gen- eral assembly. The "S t u dent Run-the-School Day" was enthusiastically received The S.V.A. Concert Band, under the direction of Orlo Gilbert, pictured during the annual spring by the students. Millard Trott, Pres- concert. ident of the Students' Association and student principal, said: "I feel MVA Literature Class Assigns Creative Projects all have learned at least one differ- ent aspect of school life with which CREATIVITY along with productivity other painting of a scene from Mac- they were not familiar before. This was the purpose of the second-se- beth, preparation of a typical Old is good for the simple reason that mester English literature class at English meal, and the making of the students and faculty will be able Mount Vernon Academy. Throughout costumes. In addition to these, proj- to understand each other better in the year the class studied such au- ects included a contour map of the the future." DAVID H. BAUER thors as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Mil- British Isles, miniature dolls, essays, ton, Pope, and Tennyson. Culminat- and many other unique undertak- ing the year of study, each class ings. member was assigned to make an The projects were under the di- individual study and develop a proj- rection of DeLane Isaak, chairman ect based on English literature. of the English Department. Mr. In general, the projects encom- Isaak stated that the purpose of the passed art, creative writing, and assignment was "to give each stu- clothes designing. Specific projects dent the opportunity to do individual included a scale replica of Shake- research in an area of English lit- speare's Globe Theater, a 2' x 3' oil erature and to display his creativ- Richard Utt (left) and Eldon Cline talk to painting of Shakespeare, and an- ity as a result of his findings." Chet Long (right) Channel 10, Columbus TV newscaster.