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

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C. Ray Thompson was a Christian gentleman of the first order. He was an elder in the First Christian Church in Manhattan, Kansas, who was always faithful to his responsibilities. His life and good works were an inspiration to all who knew him. He passed to h!s reward from his earthly labors May 23, 1947. He was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Manhattan Bible College in 1936, and served faithfully until the time of his home-going. He was chairman of the Board from 1938 until the time of his death. He served well and faith- fully in this capacity. He was always willing to render any service that he could in this office. During the period of recovery and the remodel- ing of Manhattan Bible College administration building, Brother Thompson labored tirelessly. President Johnson could always depend on him as a wise counselor. ey Pee Srpre7r OZ PE During World War IT he became a part-time instructor in the Bible College. His field of teaching in Kansas State College was economics. ‘The State College permitted him to come to the Bible College and teach a course in economics which made it possible for the Bible College students to get their work under the instruction of a state school teacher without enrolling in the state college. The remembrance of Brother Thompson is loved by all connected with the Manhattan Bible College, as well as a host of other friends and acquaintances. His widow and son and daughter continue to reside in Manhattan, The Bible College will place an enlarged picture of him somewhere in the administration building. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea. saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works fol- low with them. '

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Dedicated To The Board of Trustees of Manhattan Bible College, whose faithful service has stood her in good stead through the years. The Board of Trustees of Manhattan Bible College is comprised of eighteen men and women chosen within a reasonable distance from Man- hattan. Six are elected each year to serve a term of three years. The Board perpetuates itself by action taken at the annual board meet- ing which is held the last of May of each year, and is then voted upon by the Kansas State Convention the following fall. The present Board is comprised of the following: R. B. Courser, Manhattan, Kansas, a morti- cian. Mr. Courser has been the Chairman of the Board during the present year. Paul C. Dooley, a jeweler, Manhattan, Kansas, has served continuously on the Board since the beginning of the college. At the present time he is the Treasurer of the Board. Fern McCormick, a secretary in the Agronomy Department in Kansas State College. has served on the Board for several years. She is Secre- tary of the Board. John R. Williams is a member of the public school faculty in Emporia, Kansas. Mr. Wil- liams has served on the Board for many years. Fred Jontra is a retired farmer who makes his home in Havensville, Kansas. Mr. Jontra has taken a deep interest in the school and is al- ways ready to lend his help as a Trustee. John D, Zimmerman, Topeka, Kansas, is the very efficient Genera] Secretary of the Kansas Christian Missionary Society, He has showed a keen interest in the development of Manhat- tan Bible College. His understanding of the church in Kansas has made his council very valuable. C. L, Potter, Clyde, Kansas, is a banker, Mr. Potter has always showed himself ready to assist in any way possible in furthering the program of the college. H. E. Sackett, Beatrice, Nebraska, is an at- torney at law. Mr. Sackett has served on the Board for five or six years and keenly inter- ested in anything that is for the well-being of M, B. C. D. C. DeLair, Oketo, Kansas, is a farmer. He was chosen to serve on the Board because of his interest in the college and in the pro- gram of the church in general. ©. Ray Burgess, Wichita, Kansas, is the efficient pastor of the West Side Christian Church. Mr. Burgess was employed as college evangelist of M. B. C. for fifteen months. He has served on the Board for about twelve years. He always has a good word for M. B. C. Roy W. Browning, Ottawa, Kansas, is a teacher in Ottawa University. He became a member of the Board of Trustees of M. B. C. while Principal of the Junior High School in Manhsttan. He also is alert on behalf of the growth and well-besng of the college. C. S. Wilson, a retired banker and business- man, Turner, Kansas, has served continuously on the board for fifteen or sixteeen years. His concern as to the direction the college may go has ever been watchful. He has been so deeply interested in M. B, C. that he and his wife made a Student Loan gift of $2,500.00 to the college. Rex A. Harmon, pastor of the Christian Church, Norton, Kansas, has been 2 member of the Board for seventeen oy eighteen years. Mr. Harmon is not only the first student to enroll in M, B. C, and a graduate from the same, but he is always eager for a greater and more useful M. B. C. Virgil Marshall, Wymore, Nebraska, is a businessman. He was elected to the Board five or six years ago and l.as showed a very keen interest in the well-being of the school. Howard H. Taylor, White Cloud, Kansas, is a banker and a farmer. He was elected to the Board one year ago. Already, Mr. Taylor has demonstrated the making of a very active mem- ber of the Board of Trustees. Newell M. Hall, pastor of the Central Christ- jan Church, Kansas City, Missouri, is a grad- uate of M. B. C. He, too, was elected to the Board in May, 1947. The last and youngest member of the Board is Robert M. Myers, M.D., Kansas City, Mis- souri. Dr. Myers was chosen to fill out the term left vacant by tiie decease of C. Ray Thompson. The Board at large is called together once a year at commencement time for an annual meeting. In the meantime the Executive Board is in legal charge of the college. President Johnson is a member, ex officio, with whom the Executive Board works very closely during the year. Manhattan Bible College is proud” of the fine Christian personnel who have served across the years as Directors of the college. To

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