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Christian
Liberal
Arts
Education
by Robert G. Rayburn
"i want my son or (laughlcr to go to
a large university where the best tcaehing is available. I would like to provide
I'ible training, but I don't believe the
best education should be sacrificed for
the sake of training in the Scriptures."
'I his is a frequently heard comment of
Christian parents today. It is based
upon a very common misconception
concerning what a true education is
and especially concerning what Chris¬
tian education means.
There are many people wdio have
the idea that a Christian college is just
like any other college when it comes to
the study of English literature, his¬
tory, chemistry or mathematics. Therelore if one is to get the best available
teaching in such courses he must go to
a famous school where widely known
prolessors with an international repu¬
tation in their particular fields are
members of the faculty. Entirely apart
from the fact that the student might
never have the opportunity of taking a
course from the famous professor,
there is a serious error in this kind of
reasoning.
We must consider the fact that since
the universe in which we live is the
creation of a living Cod, and since the
mind of man has been darkened by
Hubert 0. Rayburn is president of
Covenant Collci/c and of Covenant
Theological Seminary.
the fall so that he cannot know Cod
nor recognize llis works apart from
the illumination of the llolv Spirit, it
is impossible for an unregencrale man,
no matter how brilliant his menial ca¬
pabilities, to know the truth either
with respect to Cod or llis universe.
While not all unregencrale men deny
the existence ol a god, all unrcgcncrato
persons lake it for granted that the
Cod ol the llible does not exist. What¬
ever god they have is the creation of
their minds and is not the infmite,
omniscient, sovereign ( iod and fa¬
ther of our ford Jesus Christ.
The Christian recognizes that the
Cod of the llible is the creator and
sustainer of the universe. "Ily I lim all
things consist" (Col. 1 :17). It would
he impossible to understand the uni¬
verse without an understanding of
Mini. It would he impossible to comprehcud llis works il we do not rec¬
ognize Mini. Certainly we could never
be sure of truth in any realm of kuowl(dge if we reason without Mini, for
example, no matter how much intelli¬
gence any unregencrale professor of
history might possess, he could never
truly teach and interpret history with¬
out a recognition of the controlling
providences of a sovereign Cod and
underslauding of 11 is purpose and plan
as it is revealed in the Scripture.
What is true of history is also true of
sociology, biology, philosophy or any
other field of learning.
When the I'salmist said, "In Thy
light shall we see light" (I'sa. AO:'1)
he indicated a basic truth which must
he before all Christians in considering
their attitude toward education. We
cannot understand the true meaning
of fads unless we see them in the light
ol (iod and ol Mis revealed Word.
That which makes a Christian col¬
lege truly Christian is not the fad that
in addition to so-called secular courses
the curridilum contains some courses
in the llible. Xeither is it the. fact that
there is a chapel service each school
day in the moruing and a special week
of evangelistic services and missionary
emphasis once each semester. It is not
even the fad that Christian young
people attend the school and include
prayer groups and practical C hristian
service projects in their activities. The
tiling which makes a school distinctly
Christian is the fact that in the class¬
room and the laboratory as well as in
the chapel services a distinctly ChrisI'his is the lirst of a series of articles
on the philosophy of Christian educa¬
tion.
tian view is taken couccrniug every
study, and all fads dealt with are un¬
derstood in the light of (iod and Mis
revelation, so that truth is compre¬
hended and learned. To he true educa¬
tion one's education must be distinctly
Christian in essence.
Ilasic, of course, to Christian educa¬
tion is a laculty composed of regener¬
ate men and women, for "the natural
mail receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of (iod . . . neither can he know
Iheiu, because they are spiritually dis¬
cerned" (I Cor. 2:1-1). The terrible
blight upon the mind of man which
came about as a result of the fall, can
only he removed by the regenerating
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A CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS
EDUCATION Continued
work of the Holy Spirit. When a man
is born again his intellect is radically
affected. The eyes of his understand¬
ing are opened (Eph. 1:18). He be¬
comes capable of understanding the
One who is Himself the Truth. The
unregenerate person can only interpret
facts in the light of man and this with
the darkened mind of man.
Professor J. G. Vos, in an excellent
little tract on Christian Education has
warned that "the human mind must
never he regarded as competent to be
the absolute and ultimate interpreter
of facts; it must he recognized that in
the end it is God who determines what
facts mean and how they are related
to one another." In describing that
which is characteristic of truly Chris¬
tian Education he continues: "God
must be the major premise of every
text-book. God must be the great as¬
sumption in every classroom. God
must he the Person whose handiwork
is investigated in every laboratory. . . .
In textbook, classroom and laboratory
the student will learn to think God's
thoughts after Him."
It is evident that if Christian parents
will think through the meaning of edu¬
cation they will not be most concerned
to find the school where unregenerate
scholars with established reputations in
the field of secular education are teach¬
ing. They will be determined that their
young people are taught by scholars
who, having learned that "the fear of
the Lord is the beginning of knowl¬
edge" (Prov. 1:7), and having been
themselves delivered from the blind¬
ness of sin, are able to teach Christian
young people not only to have an un¬
derstanding of God but also to truly
understand His creation.
The ultimate purpose of all educa¬
tion for a Christian should be the glory
of God. The emphasis then, in Chris¬
tian education, will be not so much
upon giving the student certain skills
with which he can earn a good living
and enjoy comfort and luxury in this
world. It will be upon giving the stu¬
dent a valid, scriptural, God-centered
view of life itself so that he will be
enabled to live it for the glory of God.
This is the reason why Covenant Col¬
lege presents without apology a Chris¬
tian liberal arts curriculum. We are
concerned with preparing young peo¬
ple for life, not for making a living.
2
BOARD
AND
OF
TRUSTEES
ORGANIZES
The annual winter meeting of the
Hoard of Trustees, held this year on
January 10, was one filled with impor¬
tant decisions. In addition to the ap¬
pointment of Mr. Edward A. Steele,
Jr., as Pusiness Manager, which ac¬
tion is reported elsewhere in this issue
of The Thistle, the board heard re¬
ports from each of its newly consti¬
tuted committees and pledged itself to
an active pro¬
gram of strengt h e n i n g the
school spiritual¬
ly, academically,
and financially.
Dr.
Marion
D. ISarnes, el¬
der in the Cove¬
nant Presbyter¬
ian Church, St.
Louis, elected to
the
chairman¬
ship of the board
last fall, has di¬
vided all twentyfour of its mem¬
Marion
bers into four
permanent committees, charged with
oversight and planning in the four ma¬
jor areas of responsibility which the
trustees have.
Chairman of the Finance Committee
is the hoard's vice-president, Hugh
Smith, elder in the Huntsville,
Alabama, Evangelical Presbyterian
Church. Smith showed several charts
he had prepared which made clear to
the board members the financial prob¬
lems which Covenant faces, and what
steps should be taken to solve these
problems. The board approved a pro¬
posal to undertake a special program
to secure $10,000 per month in faithpromises. This amount would stabilize
Covenant's financial structure and
make possible necessary expansion
without sacrificing current commit¬
ments to the faculty.
FOR
MEETS
ACTION
The Reverend E. T. Noe, pastor of
the Indianapolis Bible Presbyterian
Church, is chairman of the Committee
on Academic Affairs. This committee
reported that it is working on a fac¬
ulty-staff enlargement program which
will cover the next five to ten years. It
is also concerned with additions to the
curriculum, necessary for full regional
accreditation.
The Building
and M a i n t e nance Commit¬
tee has the Rev¬
erend
Donald
MacKair, pas¬
tor of the local
Covenant Pres¬
byterian Church,
as chair m a n.
This committee
presented a de¬
tailed report of
projects which
it is undertak¬
ing, not only for
the
proper care
D. Barnes
and repair of
the present buildings and grounds, but
also for development of a long-range
program of campus construction.
The fourth committee has responsi¬
bility for public relations, and is con¬
cerned with the public ministry of
members of the board, faculty and
staff, as well as any students who have
a public ministry representing the
school. Chairman of this committee is
the Reverend John Hoogstrate, pas¬
tor of the Evangelical Presbyterian
Church of Kearney, Nebraska. Re¬
sponsible for increasing publications
such as the bi-monthly Intercessor, a
daily prayer calendar distributed to all
friends of Covenant, this committee
also promotes such projects as the an¬
nual Covenant Day in all Evangelical
Presbyterian Churches.
NEW COURSES OFFERED
SECOND SEMESTER
In addition to the continuing first
semester courses, a number of new
college and seminary classes have been
added for the spring term beginning
February 1. Detailed descriptions and
credit units for each are listed in the
catalogs.
COLLEGE COURSES
Science
Geologv ge 23, Mr. Wilson
Bible
New Testament Survey 2,
Mr. Webber
Ephesians 303, Mr. Webber
Sociology-Anthropology
Anthropology Seminary 410,
Mr. Wilson
Physical Anthropology 201,
Mr. Wilson
Psychology
Educational Psychology 202,
Mr. Sanderson
Psychology of Personality 302,
Mr. Sanderson
M usic
Choral Conducting 301,
Mr. Taylor
Vocal Pedagogy me 402,
Mr. Taylor
Classics
Ancient Mediterranean Culture,
Mr. Werner
Philosophy
Christianity and Communism,
Dr. Killen
English
Chaucer 306, Mrs. Wallis
Victorian Literature 314,
Dr. Downey
H istory
Philosophy of History 402,
Mr. Barker
Nursing Education
Introduction to Nursing 101,
Mrs. Schmidt
SEMINARY ELECTIVES
Theology of Paul Tillich,
Dr. Killen
Christianity and Communism,
Dr. Killen
Creek Reading 724, Mr. Werner
Hebrew Reading IT, Dr. Smick
Calvin's Institutes )
or ) Dr. Ruswell
Corinthian Epistles )
Theological Writing, Dr. Downey
Gospel of John, Dr. Fleece
Ancient Mediterranean Culture,
Mr. Werner
AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD
Covenant
At the annual winter meeting of
the Council for the Advancement of
Small Colleges in Cleveland, (>hio. on
January 8 and 9, the application of
Covenant College for membership
was approved. This is for Covenant
an important step on the road to re¬
gional accreditation.
The Council for the Advancement
of Small Colleges, commonly called
CASC, was founded in 1936 for the
purpose of giving assistance to small,
non-regionally accredited, non-tax sup¬
ported colleges throughout the country,
who were seeking to improve their
academic work with a view to full ac¬
creditation. There are approximately
60 colleges in the membership of
CASC, and since its inception nearly
30 of the schools have attained full
regional accreditation. ( )f this number
several have retained their member¬
ship in CASC in order to benefit from
its excellent workshops and conferen¬
ces and to lend assistance to the other
member schools not yet fully accredit¬
ed.
President of CASC is Dr. Roger
Voskuyl, president of Westmont Col¬
lege in California. Although Westmont
has recently been accredited, Dr. Yoskuyl indicates that his school expects
Joins
Casc
to continue in the Council because it
can both give and receive much benefit.
The CASC program is directed from
a central office in Washington. Fxecutive secretary of CASC is Dr. Alfred
T. Hill, who has written a hook called
"The Small College Meets the Chal¬
lenge," which describes the work of
CASC and the remarkable accomplish¬
ments of this organization. There are
four special activities into which the
work of the Council is divided: re¬
search, coordination, public relations
and fund raising. The CASC Board of
Directors is divided into three com¬
missions. The first deals with accredi¬
tation and financial resources; the sec¬
ond with educational improvement:
and the third in research and experi¬
mentation in curriculum and instruc¬
tion.
CASC provides individual consult¬
ant service to its members and has
conducted an all-member student test¬
ing program. It has helped and encour¬
aged its members in their own efforts
in such things as fund raising, student
recruitment, curriculum development,
and improvement of instruction.
The average enrollment at CASC
colleges is 450. Forty-two member col¬
leges are Protestant, 12 are Catholic,
and the rest are non-sectarian.
covenants new administration liCii.DiNG. Rising starkly from its surround¬
ing unlandscaped acreage, and (except for the ground floor men's dormitory,
at the left rear) as unfinished inside as outside, this much needed and poten¬
tially beautiful building awaits replenishment of the building fund before
further construction work can proceed.
3
John
W. Sanderson Gives Special
Lectures on
Public Worship
Special lectures given by The Rev¬
erend John \Y. Sanderson, Jr., of
Westminster Seminar)', Philadelphia,
John W. Sanderson, Jr.
have heen a moving force on the Cove¬
nant campus during the first two weeks
of January. These lectures, given in
SOLTAU TO SPEAK AT ANNUAL
MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
T. Stanley Soltau, pastor of
the First Evangelical Church in
Memphis, Tennessee, and mem¬
ber of the Board of Trustees of
Covenant College and Covenant
Theological Seminary, is sched¬
uled to deliver the annual Mis¬
sionary Conference series of
lectures during the week of Feb¬
ruary 12 through 16 to both col¬
lege and seminary students.
Dr. Soltau, himself a veteran
missionary of some twenty-five
years in Korea, is president of
World Presbyterian Missions.
These special lectures are part
of the prescribed seminary aca¬
demic program, carrying one
hour of credit. College students
attend all sessions, hut are not
required to take the examination.
4
the mornings to the combined college
and seminary chapel and in the after¬
noons as a credit course for the semi¬
nar)', dealt with the principles of pub¬
lic worship as taught in the typology
of the tabernacle and Levitical sacri¬
fices of the Old Testament. Students
and faculty alike have felt the working
of the Holy Spirit through his ministr
yMr. Sanderson, a graduate ofWhealon College and of Faith Theological
Seminar)', has previously taught both
at Faith and at Covenant and was the
first pastor of Covenant Presbyterian
Church in St. Louis. He is now teach¬
ing evangelism, worship, cults, pastoral
counselling and Creek in the depart¬
ment of practical theology at West¬
minster Seminary and is nearing the
completion of his work for a doctorate
in the field of philosophy from the Uni¬
versity of Pennsylvania. The subject
of his doctoral thesis is Plotinus.
In the spring of 1960, Mr. Sander¬
son delivered a series of special lec¬
tures on the book of Job. A son, David
Sanderson, is a former Covenant stu¬
dent, and a daughter, Judy, is a sopho¬
more with honor standing at Covenant.
PAINTINGS GIVEN TO
COVENANT
Albert L. Arenberg of Chicago has
presented four valuable contemporary
paintings to Covenant College. "Alba
Sky" by Martin Engleman, "Still Life
with Peuter" by Patricia Cunningham,
and "Venezia" by William B. Laurie
are oils; "Winterlight" by William
Halsey is a water color.
Mr. Arenberg is the father of Mrs.
David Fiseman, III, of Balcon Estates.
The Eisemans have been good friends
of the college, showing their interest in
many practical ways, often using Cove¬
nant students as baby-sitters and, at
present, generously providing one of
Covenant's outstanding young women
with board and room in return for
baby-sitting twice a week. The Eiseman home has also been opened to
student work-committees, such as the
one charged with making the elaborate
decorations for the Tales of the Cove¬
nanters' Banquet. Mrs. Eiseman not
only helped create the decorations but
delighted the students by serving re¬
freshments.
It is not surprising, therefore, that
Mr. Arenberg should show a similar
generous and thoughtful interest in
Covenant in his donation of the paint¬
ings, two of which have already been
hung in the president's office.
Mr. Arenberg is president of Luminator-PTarrison, Inc.. in Chicago.
WPM YHSSIONAIIY PANEL HELD JANUAHY 16 ON COVENANT
CAM PUS
Covenant students attended a mis¬ terson (North Port Charlotte, Flori¬
sionary panel discussion held in the da).
college chapel on the topic of the
The discussion period also provided
Lord's specific call to a specific field of an opportunity for the individual mis¬
service. The Reverend William A. sionaries to share with the students
Mahlow, General Secretary of World their own personal experiences in be¬
Presbyterian Missions, moderated the ing called to God's service.
panel made up of representatives from
The occasion which made possible
the foreign mission field: Miss Anne
this
unusual meeting for Covenant stu¬
Wigglesworth (Japan), the Reverend
Richard 11. Strom (India), the Rev¬ dents was the World Presbyterian
erend James S. Gilchrist (Chile), the Missions' Conference being held in St.
Reverend George R. Bragdon (Peru), Louis.
The continuing interest and concern
the Reverend Robert C. Woodson
(Peru) ; and representatives from the of Covenant students in missions is
home mission field: the Reverend reflected in the active Foreign Missions
C. Howard Oakley, General Secretary Fellowship, which, under the leader¬
of National Missions, the Reverend ship of its president, William D. McHayes T. Henry (Cherokee Indians), Colley, sponsors six weekly prayer
the Reverend John Palmer (Bethel, groups, each concerned with a differ¬
Maine, and Burlington, Massachu¬ ent field and each meeting separately
setts), and the Reverend Terrence Pe¬ on different week days.
Coveiumt Chomle Travels Saulh With
Hymns of the Christian Church
Just after chapel on a cloudy
Wednesday morning late in January
the Covenant College Chorale began
its annual mid-winter tour, which this
year was longer than it has been in
previous years. Jlecause urgent invita¬
tions had come to the Chorale to sing
in many of the Evangelical Presby¬
terian churches in the Southland, the
tour had been enlarged to cover nearly
4,000 miles.
The program of the Chorale this
year presents a brief history of the
hymnody of the Christian church.
Starting with the most ancient hymns,
which reach back to sub-apostolic days,
the Chorale sings modern anthem ver¬
sions of selections from all the main
periods in the development of the
Christian hymn. David Peterson, pres¬
ident of the choir, introduced the pro¬
gram at each concert, after which
individual Chorale members in turn
Repertoire
introduced the individual numbers so
that the audience would lie able to en¬
joy and appreciate the music.
Personal testimonies from the young
people are a feature of each program.
At ever}- stop on the southern tour,
those who heard the Chorale comment¬
ed on the blessing which the}' received
through these testimonies because of
the freshness and evident sincerity of
the Covenanters.
A new feature of this year's pro¬
gram was the presence of Mr. John
Taylor, head of Covenant's music de¬
partment, who appeared as guest solo¬
ist on each of the choir's programs.
The first concert w.as in Howling
Creen, Kentucky, and then the choir
went on to penetrate the deep South
with a concert the next night in Huntsville, Alabama. After driving all night
and all the next day, a Friday evening
concert was given in Sarasota, Florida.
On Saturday and Sunday, the Chorale
appeared in the Evangelical Presby¬
terian churches in St. Petersburg,
Tampa, and Lakeland.
In Savannah, Ceorgia, on Monday
evening, the Chorale sang in the I lull
Memorial Presbyterian Church, where
the host pastor was the Reverend Cliftord lirewton, who graduated in the
first class from Covenant College.
There followed concerts in Columbia,
South Carolina; Durham, Xorth Caro¬
lina ; 1 lamptnn. Virginia ; < irecnsboro
and Charlotte. Xorth Carolina; Rock
Hill and (ireenville, South Carolina.
The choir ended its tour with two
concerts in Tennessee: first at the
Westminster Presbyterian Church in
Chattanooga, and then at the First
Evangelical Church in Memphis.
In addition to Mr. lirewton, there
were a number of other pastors who
Continued on page eight
THE COVENANT 00ELE0E OHOKALE
I'irst Row (Left to Right) : Director Robert G. Raybttni;
Carole DePrine; Joy Preston; JoEtta Roiedcn; /Annie
Short; Sandra Dorcas; Beatrice Gate; Judy Payne;
Second Row: David Bragdon; Merrily Richie; Ahincy
Maynard; Diane Coff man; Daivn McCallum; Kaye
Brink Icy; Shcryl Blair
Ihird Row: Joel Beh; Robert Fiol; Mark Beh; Arlen
Dykstra; Sam Pennington; Arthur Scott
Back Row: David Peterson; Michael Doyen; Keith Ward;
David Robinson; Dick Tosh; Frank Crane
Not Pictured : JJavid LeRoy
5
Edward
A. Steele Joins Staff
One of the most significant actions
of the Jfoard of Trustees at its annual
winter meeting was the appointment
of Mr. Edward A. Steele, Jr., as busi¬
ness manager of Covenant College and
Covenant Theological Seminary. Since
the inception of this school, all of the
Edward A. Steele, Jr.
responsibilities for business adminis¬
tration have been divided between the
president, the registrar, and the dean
of men. An urgent need for a business
administrator has been felt for several
years, and the trustees agreed that the
availability of Mr. Steele was an an¬
swer to prayer.
Mr. Steele comes to Covenant after
years of experience in the business
world. He has been the president of
E. A. Steele Associates of Philadel¬
phia, Pennsylvania, which is the only
complete insurance and investment ad¬
visory service in the Delaware Valley
area. Piefore establishing his own busi¬
ness, he was associated with the insur¬
ance brokerage firm of Peake and Com¬
pany of Philadelphia; and prior to this
was administrative vice-president of
the Delaware Company, an investment
management company controlling two
mutual funds. In previous years Mr.
Steele had been associated with several
other well-known organizations, in¬
cluding Sharp and Dohme, Curtis
Publishing Company, and Scott Paper
Company. He has had experience in
personnel management, organizational
6
Covenant Takes First Place
in Invitational Tournament
development, research direction, adver¬
hor the first time in Covenant's
tising, and sales. His wide experience brief history of intervarsity sports,
in the business world will make him a Covenant's basketball team proved
very valuable part of the Covenant ad¬ conclusively that it had what it takes
ministration.
to walk off with top honors in major
Mr. Steele's interests have not been sports competition. Three teams from
limited to business. He has been an Christian colleges of about the same
active layman in Christian work. He size as Covenant accepted bids to Cove¬
has been European Secretary for the nant's first Invitational Tournament,
(Ifficers' Christian Union, and helped held January 15 and 16. The visiting
to establish its American branch. He is teams represented Central College of
also a member of the Hoard of Trus¬ Moberly, Missouri: Manhattan Pible
tees of the North American Council of College of Manhattan, Kansas; and St.
the North Africa Mission. During Jan¬ Louis Christian College.
uary and February of this year he is
Two games were played each eve¬
making an extensive tour of Europe ning, and the attendance and spirit at
and North Africa in the interests of these games indicated that Covenant
these two Christian enterprises.
students and friends have plenty of
In World War II, Mr. Steele was a enthusiasm for the school. On the first
Eieutenant Commander in the United evening, St. Louis Christian College
States Navy, and was awarded a spe¬ and Covenant won hard-fought vic¬
cial commendation for his work on the tories over Central and Manhattan,
planning and attack phases of the land¬ and therefore qualified for the finals
ing operations in Sicily and France. the next night.
He received a commendation ribbon
A trophy was the coveted prize for
for bis performance during the inva¬ the final game on Friday evening. Cov¬
sion of I'"ranee.
enant piled up on early lead in the first
Mrs. Steele is the former Margaret half and never once actually got bePell Harvey of Wynnewood, Pennsyl¬
vania. The Steeles have three children;
Picture on page 8
Edward A. Steele, III, who, following
his graduation from Yale University, hind during the entire game. At one
went on active duty as an ensign in the point in the second half, however, the
United States Navy; Cynthia, who is Covenant men seemed to have trouble
to be married in May; and Margaret hitting the basket; and St. Louis Chris¬
Ellen, who graduates from high school tian climbed to within two points of
in June of this year and is expecting to Covenant. This aroused the Cove¬
study at the University of Lausanne nanters, who began hitting again; and
in Switzerland.
the final score was St. Louis Christian,
The Steeles have purchased a home 85 : Covenant, 95. Star of the evening
on Conway Road opposite from Cove¬ was Rob Parbee of Memphis, who led
nant campus, and will be moving to the scoring with 40 points.
In the consolation game Moberly
St. Louis in June. Mr. Steele will take
up his new duties at Covenant as of won the third place trophy by defeat¬
ing Manhattan Pible College, 64-55.
July 1.
A Visiting Lecturer in Classics
for the Spring Semester
Mr. John Werner, of Riverton, New
Jersey, who received his P.A. as a
Greek major under Dr. Wilber Wallis at Shelton College, is again asso¬
ciated with Dr. Wallis, this time as a
Visiting Lecturer for the Spring term.
However, since Shelton days, Mr.
Werner has gone on to earn his P.D.
degree at Faith Theological Seminary
and to pursue doctoral studies at the
University of Pennsylvania. lie ex¬
pects to complete his dissertation this
spring.
It was while Mr. Werner was in
Greece studying on a scholarship
granted by the University of Pennsyl¬
vania that he met his wife, the former
Helen Poris, an American-born Greekserving in Greece as a missionary.
NEWS AND VIEWS
ON
CAMPUS
The Faculty
PRESIDEXT RAY BURN sup¬
plied the pulpit of the Olive Branch
Bible Presbyterian Church of St. Lou¬
is during the recent illness of the pas¬
tor, Covenant alumnus George Cooper.
Dr. Rayburn alsd spoke to an as¬
sembly of the Lafayette Pligh School
in nearby Ellisville on the subject of
"Americanism" when that school spon¬
sored a patriotic program in connec¬
tion with its observance of Washing¬
ton's birthday.
ELMER SMICK, professor of Se¬
mitic Languages and History, was
Covenant's representative at the recent
College for a Day program at the lurst
Baptist Church of Crum Lynne, Pennstlvania. This is an annual event spon¬
sored by the Evangelical Minister's
Association of the Chester, Pennsyl¬
vania, area and draws hundreds of
high school stu¬
dents from church¬
es in the vicinity
to hear representa¬
tives of evangelical
colleges and Bible
institutes. Each
speaker briefly pre¬
sents his school in
a public session,
and then meets and
talks with the students personally as
they visit the individual school displays.
During Dr. Smick's eastern visit
he preached on Sunday morning at
the Media Evangelical Presbyterian
Church and in the evening at the Bible
Presbyterian Church (Independent)
of Boothwyn, Pennsylvania.
R. LAIRD HARRIS, professor of
Old Testament in the seminary, will
take a leave of absence the second se¬
mester to conduct the Covenant Bible
Lands Cruise and Study Tour. Mrs.
Harris and their three children will
accompany him. The older daughter,
Grace, is a sophomore in Covenant
College.
JOHN A. TAYLOR, acting chair¬
man of the Music Department, an¬
nounced plans for a Campus Choir as
...
AND
an extra-curricular activity. The choir
would present The Holy City in the
spring. All college students are wel¬
come to join : no try-outs will be held.
The Students
The College
.YEIY STL'DEXTS, fulltime, en¬
tering the college for the second se¬
mester include tieo freshmen : JIMMY
D. ADAMS, West Hollywood, Flori¬
da, a member of the Plvmouth Breth¬
ren ; DOXWALD IV~. TALLENT,
Plainfield, Indiana, a member of the
Bible Presbyterian Church of Indian¬
apolis; one sophomore, BARBARA
EVERETT, Memphis, Tennessee, a
member of the Edrst Evangelical
Church of Alemphis; and tieo juniors,
ROBERT BslRBEE, Memphis, Ten¬
nessee, a member of the Ehrst Evan¬
gelical Church; and Willis D. Ruyle,
supply pastor of the Bible Baptist
Church, St. Louis. Miss Everett and
.Mr. Barbee are returning to Covenant
after short absences. New part-time
second semester students, all from St.
Louis include MRS. VIRGINIA
BRUXNER. LAWRENCE GAUNT,
ROBERT KILLEN, and NANCY
WATTERS.
DHINE MENGLE, Chairman, and
her hard-working Social Committee
members, delighted Covenanters with
the festive theme of "Silver Bells" at
the annual Christmas Banquet held in
the dining room at Concordia Semi¬
nary, St. Louis. Narrator of the eve¬
ning's program was Mr. Harry Elders,
professional radio and television actor,
who has appeared in a number of
Christian films and has had a part in
such Christian radio programs as "Un¬
shackled."
THE STUDENT COUNCIL has
launched a fund-raising campaign for
the athletic field by offering "deeds"
to one square foot of the field for the
price of one dollar. The goal for this
project, which will run until Easter,
is $500. To the student who sells the
most "deeds," the Student Council of¬
fers full payment of all his semester's
books.
IN
BRIEF
OFF...
ELEANOR ROWAN EIOL was
the first English major to be awarded
the Gertrude Forman Fort Memor¬
ial Scholarship es¬
tablished by Ger¬
trude T. F'ort, of
Arlington, Virgin¬
ia, in honor of her
mother. This award
of $100 is present¬
ed annually to a
junior or senior
English major on the basis of out¬
standing scholarship, Christian char¬
acter, and financial need.
THE (NEW) THISTLE
With the publication of this is¬
sue of The Thistle, Covenant
faculty introduces the bi-month¬
ly news bulletin of Covenant Col¬
lege and Covenant Theological
Seminary.
Until recently (except for spe¬
cial newsletters), The Bagpipe,
a student newspaper, was the
chief means of communication
between Covenant and its friends.
A weekly student mimeographed
sheet called The Thistle carried
current campus announcements
of interest mainly to faculty and
students.
However, by mutual agree¬
ment between faculty and stu¬
dents, the weekly student an¬
nouncement sheet is now known
as The Bagpipe and the new Cov¬
enant bi-monthly information
bulletin as The Thistle.
The editors will value your
prayer support in this new ven¬
ture and will welcome your com¬
ments upon it.
THREE ENGAGEMENTS have
been announced recently : (1) BEA¬
TRICE GALE, junior, of St. Louis,
to Richard Jones. Mr. Jones is a grad¬
uate of the University of Illinois and
is employed by Mississippi Valley
Structural Steel as an engineer. Both
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Miss Gale and Mr. Jones are members
of Covenant Presbyterian Church. (2)
ANN MACKENZIE, freshman, of
Levittown, Pennsylvania, to Joseph
Little, also of Levittown. Mr. Little is
a member of the Evangelical Presby¬
terian Church in Levittown and is
planning to enroll in Covenant next
fall. (3) CAROL LEROY, first year
student nurse at Deaconness Hospital
School of Nursing, St. Louis, to
JAMES VAN LA ARE, junior, of
Vancouver, P>ritish Columbia. Miss
LeRoy had two years at Covenant be¬
fore entering the nursing program.
Mr. Van Laare is the nephew of Dr.
and Mrs. R. Allan Killen. DR. KILLEN is professor of philosophy at
Covenant.
COVENANT CO-EDS sponsored
the annual Valentine party and open
house in the Women's Dormitory this
year on February 17. After inspection
of the girls' rooms, the students ga¬
thered in the library for games and for
special Valentine skits presented by
the girls. Mrs. Peter Stam led the de¬
votional period. And then came the
inevitable and irresistible refreshments.
The Seminary
PAUL DAVENPORT, junior,
heads a new chorale ensemble known
as the Seminarians. This group, under
the direction of MR. JOHN A. TAY¬
LOR, new music instructor in the
college, is preparing an hour-long pro¬
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The Seminarians include BRUCE
EIOL, middler, and JACK MULLER,
freshman (in college), first bass;VVlI^LIAM MCCOLLEY, middler, and
JIM SING I.ETON, freshman (in
college), second bass; PslUL DAV¬
ENPORT, nvddler, and JIM CON¬
RAD, senior (in college), first tenor;
ROGER LAMBERT, junior, and
JilCHARD ROIVE, middler, second
tenor; and DslUJJJ EIOL, junior,
pianist.
ROGER I.AMBERT, junior, is not
only an Instructor in German in the
college, but also is conducting two
faculty German classes, each meeting
once a week. One faculty course is for
"beginners" and the other a reading
review for "advanced" students.
President Raybnrn receives trophy from
Captain Burgess
THE THISTLE
Robert G. Rayburn, Editor
Virginia M. Baker, Associate Editor
Editorial Committee
.1. Oliver Buswcll, Jr.
Rudolph F. Schmidt
1 la'rold Gi Sfigers
Robert E. Webber
The Thistle is published bi¬
monthly from January through De¬
cember, inclusive, except in JulyAugust, by Covenant College, Box 68,
St. Louis 41, Missouri.
Subscription : $1.00 per year; single
copies 25 cents.
COVENANT CHORALE Continued
played host to the Chorale who were
themselves alumni of Covenant. These
included the Reverend Paul Alexander
of Huntsville, the Reverend Tom
Sidebotham of Sarasota, the Reverend
Thomas Waldecker of St. Petersburg,
and the Reverend Charles Gosling of
Hampton, Virginia.
Members of the Chorale were espe¬
cially grateful for the opportunity to
sing in several churches that have had
no previous contact with Covenant
College. Young people in several of
these churches expressed a genuine in¬
terest in Covenant, and future years
may reveal that the witness of the
Chorale members was responsible for
bringing a number of new students to
the campus.