Fort Wayne Bible College - Vine / Light Tower Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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i if w 'W tif, H THE POSITIVE SIDE A group of positive thinkers: Two girlsg Jayne Hanni and Judy Byrd, with four boysg Nick Miu, Denny Nlagary, Flick Engle, and Nick Lee. Taping a television program occasionally occupies The Positive Side. .Si

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.ax cz positive goal, o positive desire, At first the thought of touring all summer frightened me, but the Lord began showing me that He had much He wanted me to learn about giving and sharing with other pecple, says Jayne Hanni as she refers to the summer tour of The Positive Side. Positive thinking tackles impossible tasks. The Positive Side tackled such a task according to Dr. Warner who asked the tour to do an impossible. Why is a summer tour such as this one considered such a hard task? The college with The Positive Side did a lot of firsts this summer says Denny Nlagary. For example, they were the first team from the college to use pre-recorded back- ground music ta step with unpredictable resultsj. What kind of situations did they sing to?. . . from conserva- tive Bible camps to coffee houses--churches to band shells. An extremely wide variety of different settings demanding a repertoire of music from hymns and gospel songs to pop and sacred folk to blue grass, all of which was programmed to present some aspect of Christianity. The Positive Side, made up of Judy Byrd, Jayne l-lanni, Pick Engle, Nick Lee, Nick Miu, and Denny Magary, travelled from June 11 to August 20 singing up to 90 concerts equalling at least one concert a day, A typical day consisted from three to six hours of travelling, then setting up sound equipment before the concert, performing, sharing in the homes, and then finally to bed only to rise early the next morning to start again. Nlonday was The Positive Side's free day. Sleeping-in was a priority and doing laundry was a necessity. After laundry, more rest was the order of the day. Reading was also a pastime for The Positive Side. Since all of them were to be married before the fall of the next year, the reading was centered on that topic. Their biggest ministry was not the performance. The con- cert was only a starting point, which led to in-depth sharing after the concert and with the families in the homes. Through The Positive Side they shared their wealth in Christ who is alive to them. A positive experience! Six individual people travelling together, practically living together, Six different ideas confronting problems, facing new situations, It requires 1007, from everyone to make it go. The six operated with a positive goal, a positive desire--The Positive Side.

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i WHO'S WHO IN THEELEME TARY Our Profs The cry of people everywhere today is for the facts, the cold facts, and nothing but the facts. In order for you, the student, to become better acquainted with the professors in the elementary education department--we, the staff, are presenting you with facts about them, It is our hope that by this you may become a little more aware ofthe many people around us striving to help us both in our chosen profession and also in our Christian growth. Heading up the Elementary Education Department at Fort Wayne Bible College is Mr. Ted D. Nickel. Mr. Nickel received his Bachelor of Science degree in Education at the University of Minnesota and later received his Masters degree at Emporia State College in Kansas. Before coming to l3.C. Mr. Nickel was principal at Hutchinson Christian l-ligh School in Kansas for fifteen years. While in Kansas he also served as president ofthe Midwest Evangelical Association of Christian Schools. lVlr. Nickel has been at B.C, for the past eleven years. Besides his administrative duties, Mr. Nickel also teaches both philosophy and education methods courses. Mr. NickeI's hobbies and inter- ests include astronomy, woodworking and most of the popular sports. when asked of his view on education Mr. Nickel stated: Education is a very important aspect of life to me. A Christian needs to be deeply concerned with every child's education. Miss Alice Joy Weddle, currently Instructor of Elementary Education at the Bible College, is a 1964 graduate of the college and has been in the position of professor for the past two years. Miss Weddle received her Masters degree at Indiana University and concentrated many of these hours toward a reading specialist endorsment. Before coming to B,C, Miss Weddle taught grades one, four, five, and six in the Fort Wayne Community School System. Miss Weddle is now teaching introduction to Education and method courses along with a developmental reading course for those who need extra emphasis on their reading abilities here at the Bible College.