Manhattan Bible College - Vision / MABICO Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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MANAGEMENT нэ. Асте па 5-18 Bonnie MEM RIES . 19-30 Inspiration RN: 31-36 Css — с. 37-44 ORGANIZATIONS ‚ 45-51

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ANNUAL STAFF Cryder Brayshaw Douglas Donovan - Elva May Biehl -Wayne Schreiber - Brady K. Fowler - Larry Barnes and Charles Cook Carol Clark Pearl Hoffman and Verna Gene Sutton БЕ Dc L... Lloyd Taylor Cover Designed By Elva May Biehl Cover and Binding Веа! Book Bindery, Kansas City, Mo. Engraving By Tribune Graphic Arts, Hastings, Nebraska Printing By ‘Seaton Publishing Co., Inc., Manhattan, Kansas

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dents. This was especially true of those who were fortunate enough to live under the same roof at 804 Fremont. Mrs. Johnson is always ready with a kind word of help and advice for the student іп need of comfort, As with all families, Mrs. Johnson's children bagan to go their separate ways. First the oldest son was married and moved on to another state, and then, as m y others did, he went into the army. Next to leave was the daughter. She married Lloyd Taylor. A month later the youngest son went away to service | in the Navy. Those were lonely days. It was not long though before they began returning home. First, Lloyd ` Taylor was called back to Manhattan Bible College as a member of the faculty. Then, the youngest son, Dan, returned to enter the Bible College as a student. Mrs. Johnson deserves all the credit we can give her for the part she has had in the building of Mans hattan Bible College even though much of her work is done behind the scenes. She has had a tremei 3 job laid upon her shoulders and has done it local church and has been а sponsor of the M chapter of Kappa Beta, a national college organ tion of Christian young women, She has taken p in many civic activities. One of Mrs. Johnson's gt est jobs and dearest joys has been her work with | women of M.B.C. Since its beginning, Sundoulai ] been guided by Mrs. Johnson and this year she become officially what she has been unofficially many years—Dean of Women of Manhattan College. She has given many years and we hop will be able to give many more years to ours and لر‎ Manhattan Bible College. DEDICATED TO Mrs. I. H. Johnson On a dusky January day, Dan Pitner, a prominent farmer of Sevier County in East Tennessee, announced the birth of his seventh child, a girl, Pearl Lee Pitner. The family was very faithful to its Presbyterian faith. Dan Pitner was an elder and deacon in the local church for over fifty years. It was a God fearing home in which Pearl, her four brothers and three sisters grew up. Her life there on (he Tennessee farm was similar to that of any average girl of that day. There was work to b e done. but there was also time for play. As she grew older her father sent her to one of the local schools to learn her ABC's. When Pearl was thirteen years old, her mother died and much of the work was laid upon Pearl's shoulders since all but one of her sisters had married by this time, She continued to keep house for her father unti! the time of her own mar- riage. Pitners lived only four miles from Johnson Bible College so it was not strange that Pearl should meet Tom Johnson. He had come to Johnson in the fall of 1912, but it Was not until 1914 that he met Miss Pitner. In September, 1917, Mr. Johnson and Miss Pitner were married by Doctor Ashley S. Johnson. In 1918 the Johnsons moved to Enid, Oklahoma, In . 1920 the family moved back to Johnson Bible Col- - lege, and then finally on to Manhattan, Kansas. By this time the Johnsons had three children: William . Pitner Johnson was the oldest; then came Dorothy finally, Daniel Thomas, Besides caring ly. Mrs. Johnson had her part to do in of the young and growing Manhattan taken care of a great deal more er own, however, since she be-