Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

Page 10 text:

10 AUQTG EvenTs Reverend Gwen King IhsTolled As Campus PosTor The Rev. GwendoTyn S, KTng was TnsTailed as AssociaTe PasTor of The Augustono Campus Church in OcTober, 1980. The insTcIIoTTon was held in Ascension Chapel wiTh The Rev. Dr. Paul E. Erickson. bishop of The Illinois Synod of The LCA. cs insToTling ofcher. Rev. King, who was The fourTh black woman ordained by The LuThern Church in America, serves as AsaocioTe PosTor Tor boTh The College as weTI as The campus congregoTion. PasTor King orginolly planned To be 0 veTerEnqricn, buT her plans changed durTng her sophomore year QT GeTTysburg College, when she began To Toke more religion classes and was urged by her campus pusTor To enTer The minisTryT As she became more inTeresTed Tn campus minisTry she discov- ered more possibiIiTies available in The fleld To The ordained raTher Than The lay person. and made her decision To be ordained, Gwen comes To AugusTuno fulT of zesT 0er ready To help oThers reach The god TheT she hopes To achieve. To be- come whole. Unique Organ Adorns Campus Church A new oddiTion adorned The AugusTono Campus Church laTe This year, 05 0 TbTh cenTUry-sTyle pipe organ was in- sTolIed in The recur of The scncTucary. The renaissance organ, thch was builT by Gene BedienT is one of onTy Three of TTs kind. The wooden case encloses 407 pipes which make The organ much more of o TradiTionol musical insTTumenT Than iTs preceeding elecTric coTlegue.

Page 9 text:

The Children Of Atlanta This year, over 20 btock children were killed in the city of Atlanta. Minions of donors and months of investigations have not turned up any clues as to the identity of the murdererhst. Amongst those dead or missing are 9wyeor otd Yusef Belt, 13-year old Curtis Walker and 15-year otd Joseph Belt. The tragedy affected the entire nation. People across the country sent in money and comforting words to aid the victims' families and the investiga tion. Sammy Davis, Jr. and Frank Sinatra entertained at Atlanta's Civic Center. raising $263,000 for the cause. Green ribbons, symbolizing life. were worn notion-wide and candlelit memorial services held in tribute to the children. One sympathy cord, signed by 300 people. was received by Atlanta's City Hall. tt read. the killing of Atlanta's black children have affected us greatly Each of us has shed tears for the children who have died, The senders: inmates at the Folsom Prison in California, May these children and their fomities find peace. World Events 9

Page 11 text:

WVIK - Pubiic Radio Becomes ReoIiTy AT AugusTanG Co A new WV1K. A public ragio station, as opposed 10 o To1ally studem-run organizofion. with the help of on HEW grant, signed on The air in August, 1980. A Team of Ten fuII-fime professionals manage me opera Tion of The sTuTion and students play an essemiol role by assisting in all aspects of sToTion operations, ege VIK's programming is designed as cm cxl'rerncnive for The Quod-Ci'ries region General Manager Don Woofen ex- plained. We don'1 expecf To get a mass cudience-fhof's not The funcTion of public radio. Insfead. programming will be aimed of mm group of people of all ages who are looking for things not ovoilabie on a commercial s1afionX' Augie Evems 1 '1