Barrington College - Torch Yearbook (Barrington, RI)

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We Hauer IT is noT sTrange To hear in many of our churches Today ThaT This man is a pillar of Mr. Philip B. Walker The church. IT is noT said because he has some parficular mark of physical prowess or Truly oufsfanding TalenT. RaTher, The implied mean- ing is ThaT This person is one who sTands sTrong in his faiTh and renders noble service To God. Truly The Two men ThaT we honor This year are pillars of The church of Jesus ChrisT as well as pillars of BarringTon College. The firsT man we honor was born in Dor- chesTer, MassachuseTTs in 1886. He is a gradu- aTe of The MassachuseTTs InsTiTuTe of Technology, Class of 1907. As a civil engineer he has been associaTed for many years as pIanT Engineer aT The WhiTin Machine Works Company in WhiTinsviIIe, MassachuseTTs. He is noT conTenT To V . . . M.-,,,,h-, IimiT his TaIenTs To his vocaTion for he is also a . . sTrong civic leader in his communiTy. His knowl- . edge of financial maTTers and faiTh in his abiliiy I I I To lead have earned him The Presidency of The gg WhiTinsviIIe' Savings Bank. In his home church, V The UniTed PresbyTerian, he has TaughT a Mar- I I .ii ried Couples' Bible Class for ThirTy-nine years. IT was due To his concern for ChrisTian educa- Tion ThaT he became inTeresTed in BarringTon I during The days when The school was known as The Dudley Bible lnsTiTuTe. LaTer, on May 15, 1935, he was eIecTed To The Board of TrusTees on which he has served now for TwenTy-eighT years. He has also served as Chairman of This Board and of The Building CommiTTee. In The laTTer posiTion, he has personally supervised The consTrucTion of our several new buildings. The second person we honor was born in Shushan, New York in 1893, buT has lived in OneonTa, New York, since 1917. He has a long hisTory of business experience. Gne of his firsT venTures inTo The world of managemenT was in The laundry business, laTer, he wenT inTo The field of public TransporTaTion. Nexf, he became a funeral direcTor and owner of The BookhouT Funeral Home in OneonTa. VenTuring furTher, he added To This enTerprise a Hearse and Ambulance Service, which he provides for oTher funeral direcTors Throughouf The enTire area. He is married To The sisTer of The PresidenT's secreTary, Miss Ardis Gaffney, and is a long Time friend of PresidenT Ferrin. His knowledge of The College, Therefore, is exTensive. He was eIecTed To The Board of Trusfees in OcTober of 1942, and has been SecreTary of The Board since May of 1955. As a resulT of his personal inTeresT in The welfare of our College, he financially supporfed The erecTion of Woodward Hall, The firsT new building on our campus. WiThouT his help we would noT have been able To move The enTire College To The BarringTon Campus. We cannoT begin To appreciafe The many years of service and The wise counsel ThaT These Two men have con- TribuTed To BarringTon College. IT is wiTh our deepesT sense of graTiTude and admiraTion ThaT we honor Mr. Philip B. Walker and Mr. John H. Woodward. Mr. John H. Woodward 9

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z it B EW. Dedimf 2714 cate our Torch this year to a professor who has not only accomplished this task, but to one who has done it well.-His students have come to admire the vast store of knowledge which he possesses. In his class lectures, he is able to present many different points of view on any subiect, and his choice of words is varied -1 enough so that everyone can understand what 3 iii' gElt '- 2 K, .1 - -1 he is seeking to impart. 't' lll -P ii? Not only does one learn by his lectures, but this professor challenges one to think. His 55 policy seems to be that of Socrates, who said, fs?P?ll: 5 The unexamined life is not worth living. lf 5 shi one does not think and does not seek to know TN why he believes as he does, he is leading a 1 meaningless existence. Countless students who have sat under this teacher have definitely learned the ioy of thinking for themselves. He is a graduate of Barrington College, Class of 1939, and hence has a full understanding of the College - its goals and its students. In 1944 he received his A.B. degree from Brown University and then went to Gordon Divinity School for some special studies. He was or- dained to the Baptist ministry in 1947, and in time, served three pastorates. ln 1945 he began teaching at Barrington part time until 1952 when he became a full time member of the Faculty. Without doubt in his twenty-eight year rela- tionship as a student and then professor here at Barrington, he has seen the growth which has been evidenced in our College. ln step with this growth, he went to Harvard University, from which he received his M.A. degree in 1955. Four years later he was the recipient of his Ph.D. from Brown University. He has recognized the need of the student to voice his opinion, pro and con, on various mattters pertaining to the school. The College Forum, which meets several times a year, is the result of his concern. A number of our students are included in a system which he has instituted, and which is called the Honors Program. This program is designed especially for students on the Dean's List who desire to do more advanced work. He is well known as a speaker in churches and has conducted seminars in various church groups. He is re- spected by his fellow instructors for his logical, keen perception and balanced iudgment which he has brought to Faculty meetings, as well as to other areas of the College. He has manifested his willingness to serve by the com- mittee assignments which he has fulfilled in the past years. In many ways he has revealed to us his dedication to our God, our College, the students, and his fellow man. l i The Reverend Carlton Herbert Gregory, Ph. D. It is with deep respect that we dedicate the ninteen hundred and sixty-four Torch to The Reverend Carlton Her- bert Gregory, Ph.D. 8 To teach is to impart knowledge. We dedi-

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lylalfzfiug History af Our Krfllcgc Bethel ' Dudley The beginning of a new cenTury broughT abouT a new work inspired by God. Two dedicaTed Chrisfian people felT led of The Lord To bring To ChrisTian young people an educaTion cenfered in The Bible. Working wiTh The Reverend Essek W. Kenyon, Mr. and Mrs. John Marble of SuTTon, MassachuseTTs dedicaTed on May 5, 1900, The BeThel Bible Training School. LaTer, in 1906, under The leadership of iTs direcTor, Reverend Kenyon, The school was incorporafed as The BeThel Bible lnsTiTuTe. During iTs firsT years The InsTiTuTe received one of iTs mosT ouTsTanding leaders, Dean Lydia R. SmiTh, whose faiTh kepf The school going during The years of World War l. Experiencing The pains of growTh, The Adminisfrafion decided They needed more room To expand. The ConanT EsTaTe in Dudley, MassachuseTTs was offered and accepTed. The move was made in 1923. This change in locaTlon broughf abouT also a swiTch in name To The Dudley Bible lnsTiTuTe. ln 1925, Paul Rader became The presidenT, buT remained only one year because of ofher heavy commiTmenTs. ln OcTober of 1926 The Board of TrusTees chose a young man of Twen1y-eighf To serve as The new presidenT. Howard W. Ferrin was This man. The year 1926 also saw The beginning of The Radio MinisTry of The school. During This period There were Two courses offered, a Three year Bible course and a five year Bible Academic course. Very carefully and wonderfully The'Lord had planTed in The hearTs of a ChrisTian couple The seeds of service. IT was a beginning in which only The Lord could have helped Them To prosper. Now The seed began To send forTh iTs roofs info The soil around iT. The iniTial sTep in The planTing of a growing and vibranT life had been accomplished. I0