Evangel University - Lancer Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Biblical Studies major prepares students for seminary Since the founding of Evangel College in 1955, many changes have taken place in the area of Biblical Studies. In the past year the faculty has overhauled the curriculum and placed a more significant role on the Bible major. The Bible major is designed to provide the student with a sufficient background for pre-seminary training. To correspond with the change in the role of the Bible in a liberal arts college, the name of the department has been changed from Re- ligion to Biblical Studies. Teaching the Biblical Studies courses were Dr. William Menzies, associate pro- fessor of Biblical studies and philosophy; Mr. Donald Baldwin Assistant professor of Biblical studies and philosophy Mr. William Hanawalt Assistant professor of Biblical studies and philosophy Dr. William Menzies Associate professor of Biblical studies and philosophy Mr. Anthony Palma Assistant professor of Biblical studies and philosophy Dr. George Wood Assistant professor of Biblical studies and philosophy Dr. George Wood, assistant professor of Biblical studies and philosophy; Dr. Ro- bert Cooley, dean of the college; Donald Baldwin, assistant professor of Biblical studies and philosophy; William Hana- walt, assistant professor of Biblical stu- dies and philosophy; and Anthony Pal- ma, assistant professor of Biblical studies and philosophy. The number of students registered under the Bible major program doubled during the year. Below, Don Baldwin discusses Palestinien ge- ography with students Sally Ugartechea, Mari- lyn Soter, and Lynn Taylor.

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Above, Marcia Gerard repeats dialogue from a French tape in the language laboratory. Departmental reorganization combines English, Communications A new development in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Communi- cations was the inclusion of radio-tele- vision courses in the area of communi- cations. The English area added one full-time teacher to the staff, Miss Sandra Vekasy, a specialist in English literature. Jan-term introduced a team-taught course, Panorama of Literature, which pertained to the period between World Wars I and II. Teaching this course were Mrs. Elsie Elmendorf, assistant professor of language and literature; Mrs. Phyllis Mitchell, assistant professor of foreign language; and Miss Sandra Vekasy, in- structor. Four journalism students received aca- demic credit for their work at the local newspaper during Jan-term. Greek was added to the courses of for- eign languages during the fall and was taught by Anthony Palma, assistant pro- fessor of Biblical studies and philosophy. Mrs. Ruth Burgess Instructor of speech Mr. Neil Eskelin Assistant professor of speech Mr. George Flattery Assistant professor of journalism Mr. Rex Jackson Assistant professor of journalism Dr. Phyllis Mitchell Assistant professor of Spanish Mr. Anthony Paima Assistant professor of Greek

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SOCIAL STUDIES Business, Economics area offers general ed. credit to non-maiors The Department of Business and Eco- nomics offered accounting and business math courses in lieu of science require- ments for the bachelor of science degree. Non-business and economics majors were encouraged to become better ac- quainted with the department and its many facilities. Accounting graduates found more posi- tions open and were in great demand. At left, Eric Ng punches out botany assign- ment on one of the new IBM data processing machines. Below, Pete Bedzyk types away on the Business area's rotary calculator. L. Dr. Joel Chaney, associate professor of business and economics and head of the Business Department, instructed 37 stu- dents in a successful personal manage- ment course during Jan-term. Dr. George Fletcher, assistant professor of social stu- dies, taught classes for Milburn C. Elmen- dorf, assistant professor of economics and social studies, who was on sabbati- cal during the fall and spring semesters. Also teaching in the department were Dr. Alma Smith, assistant professor of business and economics; Mrs. Mildred Nicholson, instructor of business and economics; and Malcolm Campbell, in- structor in data processing. Mr. Malcolm Campbell Instructor of Biblical studies 81 business Dr. Joel Chaney Associate professor of busi- ness and economics Dr. W. George Fletcher Assistant professor of social studies Mrs. Mildred Nicholson Instructor of business and economics Dr. Alma Smith Assistant professor of business and economics