Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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balloon fight. The balloon supply ran out quickly so hoses and buckets were brought into play. In general only juniors were in- volved in the drenching but un- wary bystanders were not ex- cluded from a little water bap- tism. Everyone was soaked to the skin but the sunny, warm weather onlyiencouraged them more to cool off. Sept. 25-Begal Bash The seniors, at Cliff Horr's suggestion, celebrated the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah. Studying the holiday revealed some significance for Christians. Sept. 26-Nuclear explosion in China Lop Norg in Western China, was the sight for an atomic ex- plosion in honor of the late Chairman Mao Tse-tung. Radia- tion reached North America, spreading across the U.S. Sept. 30-Chapel: Bible Club Movement Earl and Pat Clark, Bible Club missionaries from Roches- ter, N.Y., presented an impres- sive slide and film show on the work of the Bible Club move- ment. They had travelled through the States and Canada giving their program. The gym was needed to accomodate their three screens, six slide projectors, and one film projector. Oct. 1-Earthquake, La Paz, Mexico - - -- A One hundred thousand were killed, including many Christians. Oct. 1-BigfLittle Sis Get- togethers MSBQS Big Sister program involved lupperclasswomen be- friendingl incoming freshmen, helping them settle into the rou- tine, encouraging them, showing them the city, whatever+to make the girls feel at home in new surroundings. Instead of the usual big party where all the girls get together, each individual dorm section or house planned their own excursions. The upper- class women in each section in- vited their Little Sisters to do various things: going on a trea- sure hunt,Q making banana splits, eating breakfast at Elmer's or dessert at ithe Plush Pippin, sing- ing with an accordian accompani- ment, fixing dinner at one girl's house, or ,inhaling helium from Organ Grinder balloons and talk- ing like Donald Duck to shoe salesmen and fellow MSBers. Oct. 2-Men's Fellowship Aw Skul Party Once upon a time in a land called Multnomea there was a handsome Prince whose name was Prince, Aw. One day he came upon a damsel in distress named Lady Skullvinsky Cher friends called her Skul for shortl. She was being lteased and tormented by a terrible dragon, when Prince Aw came to her rescue and slew the dragon, saving Lady Skulvin- sky, thusf living happily ever after. And every year since, the people of Multnomea have held a celebration to remember Prince Aw and Lady Skul. This year it on .H ii ii twas more commonly known as the -Aw-Skul -Party! C-see 1-article, page SQJ. , , 5 V Oct. 3+Embassy Barbecue The Embassy men fgradsl treatedi the rest of their class to a Sunday picnic on the lawn. Be- sides the usual picnic fare were fancy hamburgers Cwith or with- out garlicl flipped onto the plates. T Fortunate females who lstayed flate wiivereigiven an guided' tour ofthe Embassy. Oct. 4-Chapel Speaker Miss Joy Ridderhof, found- er and general director of Gospel Recordings, demonstrated the different kinds of records that -the conaipany -l-- - produces. Though elderlyg she was spritely and broke gup the audience into laughter with her stories of work- ing with natives in South America. v 2 Oct. 6fRoilyn Barnhart's Birth- ,day ,. . . . . , Twenty people gave herga penny each throughout the day and inldifferent ways: mailbox, desk wclass, chapel checker, walkwiy, petri-,Spam f:door,,d'irect- ly. Thi liatst'pienny 'was presented with 5 serenade and a straw flower? 1 Oct. 9+First real fall rain The good weather of warm days has lasted unusually long this year. It was temporarily in- terrupted by two days of light rain. 5 ii 2 . ....:-fam-r'vf'.,asa1sz:if.l.., Q

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Aug. 28-3 1 -Registration! Orient- ation According to the registrar 323 freshman and 85 grads enter- ed MSB, adding to the 173 ju- niors and 172 seniors for a grand total of 760 students. Evening school registered 417 students. Started this year was the Master of Arts in Biblical Stud- ies, a one-year program designed to follow the Certificate Bible Course fGrad coursej. The unique program Conly one or two others in the countryj provided graduate level Bible study and internship training to help a grad- uate step into the ministry and know what he is doing. This maturing process was supervised under advisor Dr. James De Young who guided and evaluated the student's experience in his ministry. Seven men entered this program which had been in the planning during the past year. Also instituted was the Bachelor of Sacred Music, an extension of the music minor. Ten students enrolled in that program. Sept. 4-Sensational Sr. Beach Bash About 70 seniors cruised on out to Canon Beach for a day ofi hiking, laughing, eating, and playing beach soccer CTim Pearson discovered he'd rather dribble than kick itJ. 'fSimon Seniori' attempted to reach the ,fgur unreachable. .S.tars,: .yi fun. .fel- lowship, class unity, great goof- off time, and growing ,love God. Mr. Needham choiiiped iiiii his way through an hard-boiled egg in the food race and Cliff Horr introduced the class song. Mr. va 1 . .. e fren: Needham also challenged them with a message from the class verses they chose, Eph. 3:16-19. Sept. 9-Mao Tse-tung dies l Sept. 6-1 1-Spiritual Life Week Rev. Chuck Swindoll from Fullerton, CA, centered our at- tention on five Biblical charact- ers, looking at truth through the lives of these people. CSee article, page 405. Sept. ll-Goofing around, Brent Meeks unknowingly announced the engagement of Marva Cole and Mike Denbleyker over the microphone at Canby. Most peo- ple had already left the chapel for the Canby Bowl. Sept. 12-Warning us to be care- ful about who we double-date with, Mr. Needham reported about the courtship that led .to Lorna Baldwin's and Larry Barclay 'S engagement. Sept. 14.-First Interdorm Men's and Women's Fellow- ships combined for ,a,, .pie social. The lively game 'fforks and spoons was played to getevery- one tmingiing, only it was izalled udogs and cats. The night ended F 0 m with a sing-along. Sept. 18-Women's Fellowship Carnival MSB's gym was transformed into 'fCalico County, USA for a night of old-fashioned fun and food. CSee article, page 461. Sept. 22-Student Chapel Puppets for Christ, a summer ministry group from Mil- waukie Baptist Church, present- ed 'fRalph and Stan at Mythno- mahfl Paroding many typical in- cidents in the life of a Bible school student Ccould it be at MSB?J, the skit brought out the necessity for we brothers and sisters in the Lord to be more sensitive to one another and not buried in our studies or wrapped up in our own worlds. Sept. 25-Genuine Day of Row- diness Blue Lake Park was the sight of passing bodies on wet grass, playing flag football, vol- leyball, Red Rover and tug of war, building a human pyramid, eating, singing, and sharing as about 30 juniors relaxed and got to know each other better. An ambush of the volleyball playoffs with water in drinking cups was the beginning of a water battle that included dous- ing Carrie Hughes with full buck- ets of water. The gang returned to the campus to stage a no-holds barred, gals versus guys water

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Oct. ll-SMU's Urbana project A goal of 334000 was set to help students' in need who de- sired to go to Urbana, the Christ- mas vacation missionary confer- ence in Illinois. An amount of S2635 actually came in, enabling SMU to send several foreign stu- dents in the Portland area to Urbana besides covering vthe needs of Multnomahites. Among the 30-odd MSBers there was also received a total of S425 in their mail boxes from fellow students. Oct. 12-Fire Liquidation Sale Christian Supply Center held a 50?-off sale in the base- ment of the Division Street store. Students flocked to this one-of- a-kind sale, jamming the floor of the store and grabbing the bar-- gains. Oct. 12-Student leadership! Faculty Dinner A potentially dry, long and boring dinner program turned out hilarious. In this once-a- semester event, the ASMSB Cabi- net got together with the faculty to discuss leadership and charact- eristics needing improvement on. Mark Brewster, Cheri Halverson and Mr. Eaton headed the pro- gram. ' S Oct. 12-Lenny Seidel piano con- cert T Oct. 14-Sunday dinner was hon- ored by the presence of Dr. Mitchell who announced the be- trothal of Nevelle Kuckuck and Scott Miller. Dr. Mitchell also had the special treat of 4'Happy Mother's Day sung to him. Oct. 15-SMU Missionary Ban- quet Dr. Dick Hillis related about God at Workn around the world. The senior class did all the Hfast, friendly, and efficient waitering, as Agnes McDaniel, the new food service head, would say. tsee article, page 543. o li Oct. 16-Bewildered at Crown Point Monica Riffe's and Larry Barclay's dorm sections set out in three cars on a car rally to Latourel Falls with some wild games planned: getting albottle of sand from Lewis 8: Clark State park, buying l0c1: worthof-penny candy in Corbett at a country grocery store, marching around- the dome at Crown point seven times and shouting Praise God? A funny event occurred at Crown Point: a man was stopped to photograph the dome when the first car arrived and the kids began marching .around the dome. The second car showed up and started marching .around in the opposite direction. The man stared in unbelief. When the third car came as the first car left, the man decided tovleave, too. .V . v 1 ,4 Oct. 16-Grads at the falohn Moore's A g Squeezed into'-the Moore's living room, half of the grad class spent the night getting more ac- quainted, recounting the funniest thing that ever happened to them. Some resulting principles CD: never let Cathy McAlpine give you a shot, make sure you 're Steve Wallace's only date for the evening, check that Ellen Rogotzke gets into the right bathroom, don't throw cherry bombs with John Moore.. at Oct. 17-Coach Skagen recited a poem to announce the engage- ment of Ruth Bull and Skip Sorensen. The poem was com- posed jointly by Ruth and Skip. Oct. 18-Blood drive At 186 pints the bi-annual grad-sponsored blood drive was a success, according to the Amer- ican Red Cross. Two-hundred- eleven g students attempted to donate blood, but 25 were turn- ed down for one reason or an- other. Eighty-three were first- time donors. The Red Cross was pleased with the smooth pro- gress. Many students commented that this was the fastest they had been through the line. Oct. 18-Cosmonauts splash down in Chinese Lake Due to equipment failure, two Soviet cosmonauts aborted their tight, splashing down in a frigid Central Asian lake. This was the Soviet Union's first land- ing of a space craft on Water. Oct. 18-China tests 19th N-device In its l9th test blast since l964, China exploded another nuclear device, this one under-