Columbia Bible College - Finial Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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c MADEIRA ' S New approach to yearbook joumalisn of the Men ' s and Women ' s dormitories; the five class presidents: Bill Keiter, Grads; Bill Harding, for the Seniors; Frank Sanders, for the Juniors; Dave Renaker, Sophomore, and Burwell Frazier, Freshman President. They have contributed to school life by guiding their respective classes in their social and spiritual life. The Women ' s Literary Society President Marylin Shaver and Walter Nelson, President of the Men ' s Forensic Society, have led their respective organizations in giving students the needed cultural subjects and world affairs. The two new officers seated on the council this year, the presidents of the Men ' s and Women ' s dormitories, were Gwen Humphreys and Marlys Anderson for the women and Sam Tatem for the men. One reason for the added prestige of these officers is the vital part they have played in instituting student responsibility in the dormitories. Another added responsibility this year for the Men ' s Dorm leader is the directing of the Cam- pus Improvement Program. This program began last year under the initiative of Eugene Madeira, now the Editor of the Finial, the school ' s yearbook. As editor of this publication this year Madeira has been kept busy embodying a picture of school life in his new experi- ment in yearbook journalism. Jonathan Lucas as Editor of the CeBeCean, the school newspaper, led his staff in putting out a publica- tion that portrayed student life. It also has stimulated student opinion concerning various student enterprises. The Foreign Mission ' s Fellowship, the center of the Bible College spiritual life, was led this year by Ed Iwan (see photo next page). Under his leadership the organization not only presented missionary challanges and information to CBC students but also extended their deputations throughout South Carolina, to reach the people with the messages of Missions. It was a year of work for every one of the officers on the Council. There were probably as many man hours devoted to Student Council affairs this year as in all previous years put together. But it was not work with- out reward. One reward for being on the Council this particular year was the singular honor which came in the invitation of the governor of South Carolina, and recent presi- dential aspirant, J. Strom Thurmond, to be his guests on Friday evening, November 25, at the Executive Mansion for dinner. But the greater reward was the satisfaction derived from the sense of achievement and progress made dur- ing the year. There were mistakes; there were difficult times. But there was a record of accomplishment. The vision was fact. NEWSHOUND LUCAS hunts editorial meat

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PHIS LITTLE SHAVER Music, literature and fine arts See page 61 Council, Phebe Morse, was more than double that of any previous year. Even the Treasurer, Bruce Shelley, had additional duties in connection with a separate student aid fund. In addition to the Committee on Student Morale, three other Student Council committees kept up a flurry of activity. The program committee headed by Grace Howell was responsible for the eight student assemblies during the year as well as for the several banquets. Stanley Hartman, Margaret Orton, and Gwen most apparent on the North Campus. Complaints con- cerning rules governing social life were at an all time low. Yet at the same time the discipline had improved. During this first year, Mr. James Hatch, faculty ad- visor to the Council, was most helpful not only in of- fering suggestions on many things, but especially in making the Council face the realities of every situation it dealt with. But Student dormitory responsibility was not the only interest of the Student Council. If activity were the measure of vitality, the Student Council had never been so much alive. The work of the Secretary of the FORENSICS NELSON Fonims, debates, talks See page 62 Humphreys and Paul Besancon also worked with Grace on this committee. Elva Brownlee directed the activities of the Music Committee. Helping her on everything from arranging the pianists for the chapel service to organizing and presenting the Spring Musical were Genevieve Black- burn, Stanley Barthold, Verta Needham, Mary Ellen Powers, and Roy Eichner. Arranging the social calendar for the year and spon- soring each party and picnic as it came along kept Alice Jacobsen ' s Social Committee busy all year. Those who were associated with Alice at various times during the year were Nancy Reynolds, Sam Tatem, Ernie Chun, Harry Smith, and James Standridge. During 1949-50 there were 19 seats on the Student Council. Besides the seats occupied by the four execu- tive officers and the three committee chairmen who have already been mentioned, there were the heads of the various school organizations and publications and 2 new members of the council this year, the presidents (Continued on page 7)

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STORY OF THE YEAR The Burden of Missions Rests Upon YOU T N SPITE OF THE FACT that the Great Commission of Jesus Christ was given nineteen and one-half cen- turies ago, the world is not yet completely evangelized. Missionary movements in past centuries, started by small groups of individuals, lacked the universal sup- port of the Church of Christ. Thus these movements were limited in their attempt to bring the Good News to the uttermost parts of the world. Missions should be the responsibility of every mem- ber of the Body of Christ. It is not a program to be carried on solely by professionals or missionary societies. It is a program that demands the enrollment of every believer. Without this universal conscription of support the missionary ef fort cannot succeed in its goal. So, the Foreign Missions Fellowship sponsors a program to reach the college students of America with this mes- sage of individual responsibility in carrying out the Great Commission. FMF ' s Role In World Missions Columbia Bible College ' s FMF chapter conducts a missionary program of a two-fold nature! First, it seeks to enlist volunteers to go out as missionaries with the Gospel message. (Two-thirds of CBC ' s student body are FMF members and missionary volunteers.) Under the leadership of Edward Iwan, President, special programs with guest speakers, usually missionaries on furlough, are presented on subjects pertaining to the call of God to a life of missionary service. Informative talks on missionary life in general, as well as opportunities for service and specific needs of the various fields are also included. These are helpful in orienting students who are purposing to go or who are considering the possibility of going as missionary volunteers. Jimmy Cail, Vice President of our chapter, directs the deputations to various churches in this area of the south. These deputations which our chapter sponsors present the same challenge of missionary service to young people of high school and college age. In these functions FMF is a student recruiting agency. The second phase of FMF ' s program at C.B.C. is that of prayer. Most of the activity of FMF is centered in this most-important of all missionary efforts. It is a prerequisite to any and all work in the Kingdom of God and a work for which there is no substitute. When the Great Commission was given by the Lord Jesus to evangelize the world, He equipped His disciples in a two-fold manner. Dr. O. Hallesby of the Independent Theological Seminary in Oslo, Norway, when speaking of this equipment says, Objectively He equipped them WYCLIFFE ' S BLACKMAN ADVISES F.M.F. ' S IWA N Prayer— the heart of missions with the Messianic gift itself, The Holy Spirit, through whom the powers of the supramundane world were put at their disposal. . . . Subjectively He had equipped them with prayer, the means by which all of these objective, supramundane powers are imparted to the individual believer. . . . Since by prayer we couple the powers of Heaven to our helplessness, and make the impossible possible, the work of praying is a prerequisite to all other work in the Kingdom of God. It is in con- nection with prayer that every individual member of the Body of Christ is responsible for the world mis- sionary effort regardless of qualifications, training, or position in life. Since intercessory prayer is the most important work in missionary effort, every believer can 10