Covenant College - Tartan Yearbook (Lookout Mountain, GA)

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OCIAL ACTI ITIE Lif 4 ga--sw iff The Christmas Banquet me The ocial Committee , 0 Q .iw- -C I Standing: Faculty Advisor Mrs. Schmidt, Cole, Chairman Everett, Richie, Sanchezg seated: Row- den, Jarvis, Peterson, W'ildeman, Smith, Bryan, Lawrence, Belz, Muller, McLane, Miller. The social committee had the sometimes scary but always delightful responsibility of planning the tive all-school social events of this year. These were big, big events where all types of fun and fellow- ship were shared by both the faculty and the semi- nary and college student bodies. The very first social committee responsibility was the annual hay- ride. The ingredients for such fall fun were: one chilly night a real country farm 4 big hay wagons lwith enough hay to tastej l large hre plenty of hot chocolate, hot dogs, and toasted marshmallows season with Old Favorites and a student devotional Next to take place was the Christmas banquet. This was one of Covenant's special ways of expres- sing true Christmas joy. Once again the entire Cov- enant family gathered around big banquet t21blCS amidst the Gothic beauty of Concordia Seminary. This year's theme, The Dawn of Redeeming Grace, was the title of Robert Graham's cantata, presented by the College chorale as the evening program, The composer, Mr. Graham, has long been a friend of Dr. Rayburn. Master of ceremonies, Dave Calhoun

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Foreign Missions Fellows ip The function of the Foreign Mission Fellowship on campus is primarily that of providing an avenue of information about the needs of the mission fields around the world. The students then bring these before the Lord in a season of united prayer, asking the Lord to provide. The prayer groups this year were divided into six areas of the world: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, and the XVorld of Islam. The members of each group meet for thirty minutes, once a week, to pray for the needs of their partic- ular area of the world. F.M.F. also sponsors frequent Saturday night meetings when special speakers are available. Mis- sionaries such as the Reverend Mr. lan Taint, from London, England, and Miss Lois Bohn, under the Soldiers and Gospel Mission to Chile, have provided us with times of real blessing and chal- lenge. Early in April. F.M.F. held a dinner, featuring foods and decorations from around the world, the entire preparations being taken care of by the members of the various prayer groups. Perhaps most important this year, F.M.F. has prayerfully chosen a project with which to test the genuineness of the daily petitions to the Lord. A goal of four hundred dollars has been set with the purpose of completely furnishing two new class- rooms of the Evangelical Presbyterian Bible Insti- tute in Kenya, Africa. The furnishings will con- sist of desks, chairs, and other equipment, and the Lord has already shown His approval by providing fl good part of the money toward the goal. We trust that all who read this will pray for us as we work and pray for those around the world who carry the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Lhrist to Tim Cor, President others who have never heard. 4 'ls Furcigrz illissimzs lfcllowsfzfp Officers: Vice President Emerson, Presi- The prayer group leaders: degtg- COX- 59QfCfafl 'ffC?1SUTCf bflgfffi Dye, Fleece, Myers, Lambert, R. Fiol, an aww Adllbof Hughes? Emerson, and F.M.F. President, J. Cox. S ecia p pea zers The first series of special meet- ings during the school year is called Spiritual Life Emphasis lVeek. This year the student body was blessed under the ministry of Dr. Harold S. Laird of Largo, Florida, who came during the second week of classes. His em- phasis was on the spiritual life of the Christian and he took his remarks from the eighth chapter of the Gospel of Luke. Also bringing a blessing from the Lord, but coming much later in the season, Dr. Francis Steele, National Secretary of the North Africa Mission, presented a week of chapel messages on the religion are preparing for the Lord's ser- vice. The speaker this year was the Rev. jack Armes, Evangelical Presbyterian missionary to Ken- ya, Africa, who spoke effectively about the needs of Africa and the openings he found in this Dark Continent.

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The Tales of the Covenanters Banquet Florist' blow your nose, llelz, Peterson, Pennington, Smith, lfieffnann lzll ll'lelI' foles fefflafkably Well Mr. Presley Edwards as he brings his address Only about three months later the second of the schools big banquets, and third of the all school events, arrived. The Tales of the Covenanters' ban- quet iso called in order to commemorate the first birthday of Covenant College in March of l956D was initiated by Covenants first social committee. They decided to plan the Covenanters' banquet ex- clusively around a classic, their purpose being both to entertain and to educate. This year was selected that well-worn childrens classic, .loelChandler Har- ris' The Tales of Uncle Remus. All of the decora- tions and entertainment focused on the delightful animal wit of the three Brers-Brer Rabbit, llrer liear, and llrer Fox. And Covenant seminary's very own dean, Dr. Buswell, blacked his round jolly face, put a bluebird on his shoulder, and lquicker than you can say zip-pa-dee-doo-da j became the South's beloved ole Cncle Remus. The speaker for the evening was Covenant's special friend and faithful supporter Mr. Presley Edwards, who was presented with an ink sketch of Edwards l-fall named in his honor at the beginning of the fall of 1962. Everyone left, sufficiently stuffed with The Green Parrots famous ly fried chicken, and ll hopej thinking about his laughing-place. lVhen the Covenant campus is in its most roman- tic mood, the backyard patio is converted into a table-for-four terrace, profusely decorated with fresh spring flowers and dotted with just enough gay lanterns to enhance the exciting atmosphere of a May twilight. Yarious sounds of music and merry-making intermingle throughout the early evening. The last but longest-lasting social event of the Bryan, as l1r'er FOX, glee- fully contemplates flinging liner Rabbit lDick Smithj into de briar patch year is the school picnic held at the end of May. Early on that Saturday afternoon the school is emptied of all its students, baseballs and bats, and volleyball equipment, everyone drives out to the l'picnic iest area of Babler Park. The hot sun feels just a little bit hotter after an afternoon of all sorts of exercise. Then comes the traditional treat of sloppy joes and eskimo pies. Meanwhile the sun begins to cool off and as it falls behind the summer- green trees, we Covenanters spread out on a nice grassy plot to end the picnic the way we always end each school year-with songs in our hearts and testimonies on our lips to the Person of Jesus Christ. g ,C Barbara Everett, Chairman Social Commzttac