Grace Theological Seminary - Xapis / Grace Yearbook (Winona Lake, IN)

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GLENN E. SMOUSE, Bible Baptist Church. North Manchester, Ind. West Virginia Wesleyan College Grace Seminary Collegiate Div. Manchester College Will enter a pastorate JOHN S. TEETER, Pike Brethren Church, Conemaugh, Penna. Bryan University, B.A. Will enter foreign missions PacE 18 LOUIS A. SPROWLS, Enon Baptist Church, West Finley, Penna. Pennsylvania State College Washington and Jefferson College West Virginia Bible College Will enter a pastorate HOWARD D. VULGAMORE, First Breth- ren Church, Sterling, Ohio Rio Grande College, Ohio, B.S. Will enter teaching ministry

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J. PAUL MILLER, First Brethren Church, Whittier, Calif. Wheaton College Will enter foreign missions WALTER SMETANA, First Baptist Church, Warsaw, Ind. Indiana University New York University Bob Jones University, B.A. Will enter foreign missions WILLIAM SMITH, First Brethren Church, Washington, D.C. Bob Jones University American University Will enter evangelistic work LESTER O. SMITLEY, Bethel Brethren Church, Berne, Ind. Bob Jones Academy Bob Jones University, B.A. Will enter pastorate Pace 17

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EPITELESMATIC VIEW OF CLASS OF 1952 The scene takes place in the lounge of the new men’s dormitory of Grace Seminary in May, 1972. An old professor is talking to one of his colleagues: “It hardly seems possible that twenty long years have passed since the Class of “52 left these halls! I can distinctly remember the solemnity of that Graduation Day. Just think! The first graduating class ever to use the “new” building. If they could only come back now and look down on the Seminary tower from the top of this twenty-story men’s dormitory! You know, I was just looking through our files today, to see if I could trace the whereabouts of that famous class. You would be amazed at what I discovered. “Do you remember Dick Jackson? He has finally become head coach of Claypool basketball team. In a recent game with Silver Lake, they were defeated 70-12, but Coach Jackson is planning to reorganize his entire team by purchasing new uniforms and a new whistle. But you ought to hear about Bill McKillen! I understand he has been featured as the most sensational YFC leader ever to hit the southern states! In fact, he’s setting a new style with his phosphorescent shirts that turn colors at crucial points in the sermon. The largest halls have been packed out. They are calling him “Kill ‘em Bill” now. Speaking of Bill, do you remember Bill Smith? Who ever thought that he would take Central America by storm, with John Dilling as his song leader? Those sermons in rapid-fire Spanish held thousands spell- bound from Havana to Panama, but John finally persuaded him that scholar- ship was more important than evangelism, so they established an office in Mexico City, spending ten hours a day translating Keil and Delitzsch com- mentaries from the original German into Spanish. Dr. Herbert Bess has pronounced their work epoch-making in its significance, and is trying to persuade the library committee to purchase a complete set. “The Class of 52 has certainly left its imprint on the continent of Africa! When the Kennedys and Garbers arrived on the field, they were asked to take charge of a new theological seminary there, with 300 picked students from all over Central Africa. One problem they faced during the first year was that the students couldn’t stay awake in Prof. Garber’s lectures which followed Lester Kennedy’s physical education class. Lester admitted that a number of the students were collapsing from exhaustion after following him in ten-mile marathon runs through the jungles. But Martin is consoled with the fact that his Greek Exegesis lectures in Sango are soon to be published at the Habegger-Christy Publishing House in Bozoum. It was a long, in- volved process, however, because he had to rewrite his lectures twice to meet the strict grammatical specifications laid down by Miss Christy for all manu- scripts that are accepted for publication. Dr. Gail Jones reports that Prof. Pace 19