Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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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-

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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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ground. Premier Hua Kuo-feng emerged on top in a power strug- gle that followed Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-tung's death on Sept. 9. Oct. 19-W.F. Interdorm Insights into the Home brought in many faculty wives to eat dinner with the girls and share on what we always wanted to know about married life. Kay Aldrich, Mary Jo Needham and Diane Moore composed a panel that shared, among other things, what their ministry was to their respective husbands, what their husbands had done for them, and what advice they would give us on anything. Their answers in- cluded looking for a man you can respect, spending time and prayer with your children, listen- ing and communicating. Oct. 19-Raid of the PPP The library's studious at- mosphere was blasted to pieces as the Peach-Pit Panthers stormed through the emergency exit doors, shooting plastic tommie-guns, blowing duck-calls, and throwing sacks of bubble- gum as hand grenades, while fir- ing upon the innocent victims. A Western Seminary student sat passively through it all, asking at the end, Does this happen every night?,' The PPP identities have remained unknown . . . for a time. Oct. 22-25-Mid-Semester Break Veteran's Day was celebrated with a four-day weekend instead of the usually three. Many took advantage of the opportunity by traveling hundreds of miles home to southern California, visiting friends' homes, or catching up on homework while relaxing at school. Popcorn parties were held in both Memorial Dorm and the Men's dorm- Hey, Mom White, are we going Cliberal'? Oct. 26-Nov. 5-Frosh Heart Bro ther I Sister Week Heart friends, that someone special anc nice who did neat and encouraging things for you throughout the week, were re- vealed during Howdy Doody Time at the end of the second week. J Oct. 28-Halloween Dress-up Dinner Rowdiness reached an all- time high in the Multnomah Diner as students forsook their well-tailored threads and donned costumes of all kinds. Highlights included an entire table singing Happy Birthdayl' backwards since their clothes were on back- wards, a bunch of hoods demon- strating their muscles, and Bruce Brown escorting' his girlfriend,', Kevin Penman, who looked charming in a pink sheath and pearls. . Oct. 29-Everything you've al- ways wanted to know about married life but were afraid to ask. Organized by the married students of the junior class, the social aimed to bring the married and single students closer to- gether. The evening included Christmas caroling just two days before Halloween, commercial spots during the f'Newlywed Gamej' and winners Eric and Chris Torkelson who had been married barely Skmonth. Oct. 30-Halloween John Johnson's, Steve Rztmp's and Jeannette Van Diest's dorm sections observed Halloween with a treasure hunt and pumpkin carving. James Downing's group couldn't find their clue at Kings, the next day Steve and Jeannette saw it in plain sight Uames needs galssesll. Roilyn Barnhart's Haunyaucker Hilton was the scene of Jean- nette's taking a plate 'full of pie and whipped cream smack in her face. The grads toured the city of Portland in costume CBatman 8a Robin, Moses, green-haired witches, hillbillies, good fairies, etcj, running through a ceme- tary, the airport, and OMSI look- ing for clues ontheir car, rally. Carol .Wegneris group won the if rally. ' ',, , . , Oct. 31-Fortune cookies with the Honorable saying: an- nouncing the engagement' of Jeff Klippenes to Jacqueline Knuppel' did just that. Jeff pre- sented Jacque her ring by 'carry- ing' it on a silver platter. A kiss plus their own four-part hand- shake sealed the pactq Nov. 1-Though her .roommate was on pins and needles, Lillian Dobbs calmly sat through Dan Crane's announcement of her en- gagement to Ed Caswell.