Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Time Spent With Parents ABOVE: Entertaining parents and students — The Melody Four sing one of their speeial songs. ABOVE: Giving some important game plans to Mark Wilkerson. Coach Law plans his strategy. I I. IT: Before the Defiance football game [)r , ' rl n .lacobus — Falherof Brent .laco- bus anticipates watching his son play in I he game. 1 1 i r n Special memories of mom and dad are always with us as well as they are apart from us. But the opportunity to be back together again with parents during Par- ent ' s Weekend provided the chance for parents and students to reunite and to experience a filled weekend. A weekend which incorporated some of life ' s most important ingredients, entertainment, fellowship and inspiration. Parent ' s Weekend gave parents the opportunity to leave with a visual image of where their son or daughter lives from day to day. Students not only got to show off their campus but they also got to in- troduce their parents to the people in their lives their friends and wing- mates. Over Parent ' s Weekend Jim Law coached his first Taylor team to a victory over Defiance. Bob Davenport, who has been associated with Taylor students and Wandering Wheels, received a spe- cial award on the weekend. Helen Sla- pelton also was given special recognition for her devoted interest in the people here. Jim and Sally Conway, who had three daughters that attended Taylor and also were among the founders of the Parent ' s Association, came back to share and to be a part of the weekend ' s activi- ties. There were a lot of unique experiences during the weekend, but one aspect about the weekend which has been con- silient with every Parent ' s weekend is the attitude to glorify Christ, so that the people present might be edified. Parent ' s Weekend — 25

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It was evident that the Lord used Tony Evans as a valuable instrument in starting a very real revival here during Spiritual Renewal Week — Sept. 20-24. Evans spoke nightly to the students. A pastor from Texas — Evans holds major evangelistic crusades and Bible conferences across the country. Evans is also the chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys and Mavericks. Perhaps the Spirit of revival was ex- perienced during Spiritual Renewal Week simply because students realized the importance of a strong commitment to Jesus Christ. Evans challenged the students to seek God in His fullness. He stressed the importance of knowing God totally in order to know his will for your life. Spiritual Renewal Week definitely lived up to its title. Several students re- newed their commitments to Jesus Christ. Evans Challenges Students ABOVE: The first day of Spiritual Emphasis during Chapel Tony Evans challenges the students to examine their personal relationships with the Lord. ABOVE: The men of Third East Wengat Rick (ircen, Austin Winkleman, Doug McPhail, Ted Metzger, Kicth Kamradt. Bob Heurlin, Robert Logan, Greg Harris, Brad Rupp, and Doug Striker sing the openmg hymn during the night service at Spiritual Emphasis Week. 24 — Spiritual Renewal

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Taylor Theatre started the laughing on Oct. 15 and kept it up until the 23rd by presenting Moss Hart and George Kaufman ' s comedy, You Can ' t Take it With You. The cast did its share of laughing too . . . glancing at Julia Shep- herd ' s typewriter it is obvious that she wasn ' t just pretending she couldn ' t type. Listening to Scott Etchison play the xy- lophone during performances, the audi- ence would never have guessed that he ' d been through a crash course in Patty Ir- vin ' s Xylophone School. On the whole the show ran smoothly except on the night when the animals decided not to cooperate. First there was the night Huckleberry dove off Julia ' s desk and ran through the audience. Two nights later Elmira was up to no good and ver active in her cage. Barry VonLanken wasn ' t real comfortable about taking her out during the show but what an actor must do, he must do. You Can ' t Take it With You hu- morously opened many minds of the Taylor community to acceptance of those different than oneself. Possessions and wealth may bring happiness, but as in the words of Grandpa Sycamore, You can ' t take it with ou. Playing With Laughter .ABOVE: The look of love, as Alice (Cindy Ericson) invites Tony (Paul Branks) in after an evening at the ballet. BELOW: Intent in conversation. Grandpa (Barry VonLanken) converses with Elmira, his eight-foot-long Boa- Constrictcr 26 — Fall Drama