Bluffton University - Ista Yearbook (Bluffton, OH)

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SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL LIFE We are youth digging amidst the maze of orthodoxy, unorthodoxy, seeking the Co- ordinator to all our life. We desire to out- grow the ingrown and to make the vital prac- tical. We learn through contact in theological discussions, Music-Lecture series, workcamps, Christian Life Week, or eating with chopsticks in the dining hall. We learn through expres- sion in-the-round, on a deputation, in a purple robe, behind a lectern. In the atmosphere of a Christian cam- pus our souls are challenged to keep up with the development of mind and body. We feel an understanding home base for our spiritual wandering and a stable center for our con- cerned outreach into the wider world. We are reaching up to God and out to men. A 20

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Mu mt XB EBI V29 'Y lil ' .Jf..e, , V H T' Y I SEATED: B. McDowell lSec.J, R. Lora, M. Litwiller CPres.l, S, STANDING: L. Hilty, E. Clemens, L. Galloway, Mr. Smucker Brown lTreas.J, R. McCrory, A. Pollock, M. Gerber, Dr. Rom- lAdvisorJ, R. Kauffman KV. Pres.l, F. Sprunger, R. Mohr, R. Suter. seyer lAdvisorD. Cabinet members begin the year with a retreat at Camp Friedenswald. Faculty members wait tables to raise money for World University Service drive which is sponsored by SCA. scA CABlN.ET The Student Christian Association seeks to provide a challenge for college students to as- sume the responsibilities of Christian living, provide a Christian outreach outside the cam- pus, and co-ordinate the work of its 'four com- missions: Peace Club, lnternational Relations Club, Gospel Team, and Recreation Club. The Cabinet is made up of SCA oFlicers and commit- tee chairmen and also the presidents of the commission. Growing and understanding God and Our- selves was the program theme for the year. Sunday evening College Church programs in- cluded exchange programs with other colleges, group singing, and student speakers. The SCA also sponsored the six sessions of Marriage Course on Tuesday evenings. SCA members participated in area Y, Stu- dent Ecumenical, and Mennonite Youth con- ferences. A major decision of the SCA was to withdraw from the National College YW-YMCA organization. Other SCA activities included cabinet re- treats, Freshman retreat, Fall mixer, Faculty Firesides, May Day Luncheon, and Student Book Exchange.