Cincinnati Bible Seminary - Nautilus Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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me OF SERVICE Bue tclbe ein Weesliete yeas aT 7S By RALPH L. RECORDS As we approach the close of the twentieth school year of The Cincinnati Bible Seminary, which will occur on Commence- ment Day May 4, 1944, it is altogether fitting and proper that we should recall briefly the history of these twenty years. In September, 1924, the two apartment houses, 951-959 Chateau Avenue, were being transformed hastily into class rooms and library for the new school, and into dining hall and dormitory rooms for the students the promoters hoped would come to enroll. When the opening day came the buildings were liveable, but not impressive. The class rooms made work possible, but were not adequate. Necessary equipment was to be added slowly as the income warranted such expenditure. There was no endowment hi Ce. and no fixed income. Salaries for the teachers were not guaranteed (ath -Ulzcorde and could be paid only as friends could be found who would contribute for this purpose. Moreover, the trustees had agreed to pay $42,500.00 for the two buildings. They were able to make a cash payment of only $3,000.00. The balance of the purchase price, $39,500.00, remained as a heavy burden upon the school for many years. In spite of these financial and material handicaps, which would have kept men of only keen busi- ness sense from participating in such an undertaking, the faculty full of faith and hope joyfully wel- comed the students who came to form the first student body. The teachers were happy because their dream was realized at last. The school that was to be loyal to Jesus Christ and every teaching of his Word had been established—a school set for the defense of the Gospel—determined to train and equip a ministry which would exalt Jesus Christ and glorify His church. The necessary brevity of this article allows only the merest mention of the events of the following years and forbids any attempt to set forth the reasons for the hard days that were to come. It is sufh- cient to say that the income of the first year did not continue after the newness of the experiment had passed away. Debts accumulated, salaries were unpaid, creditors were demanding payments of accounts and threatening a receivership. Many predicted that the end of the Seminary was at hand. Reorganization followed. A policy which would keep the expenditures of the school within its in- come and provide for the gradual liquidation of the debt of more than $60,000.00 was adopted. This action occurred in 1928. Lean years followed, but the new policy was not changed. The faculty and trustees did not lose faith or hope. God blessed the school. The storm passed. A host of new friends were made and kept. Loyal Christians were thrilled by the growth of the school and the loyalty and success of the graduates on the field. Gradually the debts were all paid in full—one hundred per cent on every dollar. The honor and credit of the Seminary with business houses, the chamber of commerce, and banks were redeemed. Bradstreet and Dunn listed The Cincinnati Bible Seminary A-1. After the debts had been paid the Seminary began to enlarge its material possessions and improve its equipment. At the end of twenty years the school has a campus of twenty-seven acres unsurpassed in natural beauty by any college campus in the brotherhood. The buildings that now house the Seminary and the stately, imposing House of Worship could not be replaced, according to the valuation of the in- surance companies, for less than a quarter of a million dollars. Already more than four hundred young men trained in The Cincinnati Bible Seminary serve the Churches of Christ in America in nearly every state of the Union. More than forty of her students have been called to foreign fields. The loyalty, consecration and victorious ministries of these Seminary men and women have thrilled the loyal brotherhood and given courage to the faint-hearted, so that a new day has dawned for the Churches of Christ. During these twenty victorious years the student enrollment has grown from less than a hundred until it now numbers three hundred sixty-five. This heartening record of achievement has not been easily accomplished, and the policy and pro- gram of the school have not been maintained without difficulties. Pressure groups have tried to swerve the Seminary from its charted course, but the school has kept faith with Jesus Christ and its founders. From an insignificant beginning, scorned by the intellectuals and despised by the ecclesiastics, your alma mater, under God’s guidance and help in twenty years, has become a potent force for Christ and His church, known and loved throughout the homeland and around the world. that they are the sum of the truth, and the very essence of religion, and that all who reject them must be destitute ll

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In The 2Bee 94 ninsenee By FLORENCE L. RECORDS A generation ago the churches of Christ were distressed be- cause the colleges training men for the ministry were being turned from the purpose for which they were founded. The graduates of these institutions were no longer in sympathy with the historic position of the Church of Christ. Loyal brethren realized that something must be done to alter this situation. They saw that in a short time the loyal ministry composed for the most part of older men would rest from their labors and there would be none of like faith to fill the places made vacant by their death or incapacity. With a deep sense of responsibility a few brethren decided to . £.R i build a college which would combine the highest academic ideals Show ; : of scholarship with absolute loyalty to Jesus Christ and every teaching of His Word. They desired to train a ministry capable of proclaiming, preserving and defending the faith against the attacks of the infidels who, although they denied the deity of Jesus Christ and the inspiration of the sacred Scriptures—controlled and taught in the older schools they had captured —schools built by great sacrifice and the Herculean labors of noble and loyal men of God. The brethren who decided to build the new college did not have one available dollar nor did they have any rich and influential supporters who would underwrite the expenses of the venture. There was not a single prospective student listed. Although they did not have material possessions they did have faith that the work they proposed to do was God’s work and they were certain that God would bless their efforts. They had a will to work and immediately sought for funds and students. In October, 1923, they launched the McGarvey Bible College in Louisville, Kentucky, having leased the second floor of the Armstrong Building at: Third and Walnut Streets for this purpose. Enough young men enrolled to form a small student body. They were capable students. Teachers and students were enthusiastic and the school continued to grow throughout the year. During the first year Dr. Henry F. Lutz served as active president and Professor Ralph L. Records as secretary. These two men composed the Faculty at the beginning of the year. In addition to other duties they each taught sixteen class hours per week. The Georgetown, Kentucky, Christian Church provided the salary Dr. Lutz received. Dr. Ira M. Boswell was the minister of this church and was tireless in his efforts for the new school. Marshall T. Reeves, a prominent business man of Columbus, Indiana, upon the recommendation of W. H. Book, Minister of the Tabernacle Church of that city, contributed the salary paid to Professor Records. After the Christmas holidays, Rupert C. Foster, minister of the Springfield, Kentucky, Church came to the college one day each week and also taught a large evening class in the auditorium of the church of which W. N. Briney was the minister. The McGarvey Bible College was eminently successful during this first and only year of its history. A fine student body had been assembled and after all debts had been paid for salaries, current ex- penses and equipment a nice balance was left in the treasury. But a great change was in store for this new college which had such an auspicious beginning. Overtures were received from the Trustees of the Clarke Fund of Cincinnati, Ohio, proposing a merg- ing of McGarvey Bible College with the Cincinnati Bible Institute, a school offering short courses of study preparing for special types of Christian service. The result of these overtures was that the two schools, so much alike in Faith and general objec- tive, united to form The Cincinnati Bible Seminary to be located in Cincinnati, Ohio. In September, 1924, the new school began its work under the joint supervision of the two boards of trustees. The McGarvey Bible College trustees retained control of the academic management and policy and the trustees of the Christian Restoration Association, an organization succeeding the Clarke Fund, agreeing to care for the financial interest of the Seminary. During the year certain changes were made in the directorate, the result being a common management for The Cincinnati Bible Seminary and the Christian Restoration Association supplanting the two former boards of trustees. This management continued until the spring of 1928, at which time The Cincinnati Bible Seminary and the Christian Restoration Association separated, each setting up its own management. Such was the beginning of The Cincinnati Bible Seminary as an independent institution. a few particular subjects their attention is fixed, and on these they dwell till they are almost brought to conclude - 10 3 TWENTY “ye j - 1 } } 1 i)

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1925 Bachelor of Arts Wahneta Chase Vesta Jane Corman Roy M. Johnston Bertha M. Johnston Hiram O. Sabin Master of Arts Owen Still 1926 Bachelor of Arts Avis Alexander Carl Lewis Agnes Howie Morgan E. C. Nance John Norman Victor Parker Hugh Ridlen Helen Riggs David Sayers Mrs. John Wallenburg John Wallenburg Master of Arts Roy M. Johnston Hiram O. Sabin Gustav Winter 1927 Bachelor of Arts Lillie A. Faris Henrietta Heron Clara Belz Lewis Lillian Beck Maysilles John Mitchell Orval Morgan Paul V. Scott T. K. Smith R. E. Stephenson L. C. Tomlinson Raphael Westrup Master of Arts Carl Lewis Victor Parker Ralph Perry Robert Porter David Sayers 1928 Bachelor of Arts Joseph Bachman Robert Drake George Mark Elliott Fay Lewis Foster Mae Marshall Hadwin Mortimer Hawk Ira D. Matthews Lawrence A. Nix Stewart Rodgers Pauline Smith Trivett Almon Wolfe Master of Arts Merle Applegate Clifford Carey Lillie A. Faris Henrietta Heron Orval Morgan Don McMillin Deceased Paul V. Scott L. G. Tomlinson Bachelor of Divinty. David Sayers Doctor of Theology Elias Simonhoft 1929 Bachelor of Arts Hugh Brown Dan Eynon Emerson Koltenbah Helen McMillin Floyd Pence Joseph Penick Carrabelle Raum George C. Reeves Glenn Simmons Floyd H. Smith Master of Arts W. C. Burris Suk Kee Dong Robert T. Drake Beth Vivian Heide John King Lawrence Nix Bachelor of Divinity J. Merle Applegate Don McMillin 1930 Bachelor of Arts Frank W. Buck John Chase Juan Dahilig William Eric Dance Isabel Maxey Dittemore Sarah Jane Eynon Basil Jones Dorothy Lord Charles Raum Finis Ross Fred W. Smith Dexter Strickler Master of Arts George Mark Elliott Dan Eynon Fay Lewis Foster George C. Reeves W. L. Straub Bachelor of Divinity Robert T. Drake Muhrl Rogers 1931 Bachelor of Arts Hazel Buck Joseph Dampier J. Harrison Daniels Henry G. Davis Eleanor Wolfe Hanson Sarah Koltenbah Bernice L. Strickler Master of Arts Hugh H. Brown Frank W. Buck Juan Dahilig W. Eric Dance Finis Ross R. E. Stephenson 1932 Bachelor of Arts Burris Butler Hoyt Canary Charles Carter Charles Crawford Olive Crawford Owen L. Crouch Ruth Dahilig Eva Spors Davis Harold Dunson Hattie Wisely Garshaw Joseph Garshaw Wyndham Nutter Ralph Richardson Warren H. Smith Master of Arts Ira Adams Hazel Fern Evans Eleanor Wolfe Hanson Arthur Isenberg Chester McCord Bachelor of Divinity Frank W. Buck Juan Dahilig 1933 Bachelor of Arts Faye Aldridge Clark Luke Elliott Harold Groff Joseph D. Hill Ernest E. Laughlin Julia May Lord Justo Lusoc Floyd Marsh Paul E. Osborn Raymond Peters Joseph Sanna 1934 Bachelor of Arts Reuben Anderson Virginia Baley Hazel Perry Bitters Bessie Cabe Burdette Joseph Burns Imogene Paulson Carlson Effie Lena Davis Roy Davis Bertha Filer Hester Pulliam Hill Naomi McFadin Laughlin J. D. Nix Helen S. Osborn Sarah Lippert Peters Thelma Aldridge Root Francis Scheffler Edith Shimmel J. Raymond Simpson Jane Bryan Sprint E. C. Traylor John A. Wilson Leta Wolverton Wilson Master of Arts Henry G. Davis Luke Elliott GR AD Ae Floyd Marsh Raymond Peters Ralph Richardson 1935 Bachelor of Arts Alvordan L. Althaus Lucille May Anderson Paul Berthold Sarah Presley BonDurant J. Halbert Brown Oradelle D. Brown Don Clark Mae Vawter Clark Clinton Fisher Ol‘n Hay Roberta Dabney Hay Pearl Jones Robert Lillie Don Nickerson Myles Overton Harry Owens Woodrow Perry Orrin Root Mildred Harper Weaver Robert O. Weaver Master of Arts Owen L. Crouch E. C. Nance 1936 Bachelor of Arts John Abbott Raymond Black Eugene E. Butts Elizabeth Aldridge Cottrill Edsil Dale Mildred S. Dance Charles Devore Philip Durham Musa Brook Griswold Shirley Hare Huntley Lawrence Layman Beulah Marsh O’Banion Charles Meyers James Redmon Grace Pennington Smith Spencer Smith Henry Weaver Geneva Raum Weaver Seth Wilson Bachelor of Sacred Literature Russell Barber Sam Carpenter Mable Davis Master of Arts Joseph Burns Donald Clark Clinton Fisher Joseph Garshaw Velma Hale Bachelor of Divinity J. Willis Hale Floyd Marsh of both.”—Stone “We revere our great Lawgiver and King, and therefore dare not render evil for 12