Union College - Golden Cords Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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5 A master of the Greek letters, Peter Luna informs his intermediate class that their study focuses primarily on the word of John. Practical Bnursas Ilfimd Futura SDA inistars A new upp er division course, taught by Elder Roy Harris, Biblical Theology, proved quite popular among u p p e r division students this year. Nearly 30 students registered for the two-semester, four-hour course. Although all freshmen registering at Union are required to finish 12 hours of religion, including 4 hours upper division to receive either a B.S. or a B.A., quite a large percentage of the men are working, toward a religion major. This year over 125 men land 3 womenj registered with a religion major as their curriculum. Elder C. Mervyn Maxwell, chair- man of the department, who just last spring received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, along with the rest of the religion faculty, believes in a strong practice programf' Minis- terial students find outlets in three 62 - a,n- W.. ...:,.. .- Union College Evangelist, Floyd Bre- see walks between the classroom and the College View Church where he preached the fall Evangelistic series. specific areas of practical religion. For the junior taking Horniletics, there's more to the course than just practicing preaching. Members of the class serve as elders, deacons, Sabbath school teachers, and home missionary committeemen at the Capitol View church near downtown Lincoln. Twen- ty-three seniors this year found great- er responsibility yet serving as pas- tors and assistant pastors of twelve churches within a radius of 150 miles from Lincoln. Last summer 12 prospective seniors assisted Elder Elden Walter and Elder Richard Lange in a month-long se- ries of meetings held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where over 25 were baptized. This spring, the evangelism class, under the guidance of Elder Floyd Bresee assisted in a series of meetings held in Nebraska City. Den- ver will be the site of this summer's series of meetings. Aside from teaching, serving as de- partment chairman, and sponsoring the MV society, Elder Maxwell wrote a monthly column for Liberty Mag- azine titled 'launching Padn and had A quiet Roy Harris studies the Union News sheet after a weary afternoon of teaching. several articles published in the Signs of the Timesv and These Timesf, Elder Erwin Cane, on leave this year, will continue his studies at An- drews University. Elder Peter C. jar- nes, who along with Elder Maxwell, attended a college and university Bible teachers' workshop at Andrews Uni- versity last summer, finished a sylla- bus for the book of Daniel this year. This summer Elder Harris, along with Elder Peter Luna, the most recent ad- dition to the religion faculty, will at- tend Andrews University, where they will work on their B.D., and Elder Bresee will continue working on his Ph.D. in homiletics at Garrett Semi- nary, Northwestern Universityf An enthusiastic ministerial clu b sponsored a variety of activities for members. First semester over 125 min- isterial students, wives, and dates camped out on the Platte River Csee Page 1705. A banquet, with over 125 attending in January included a ded- ication of senior ministerial students. Second semester saw the institution of a bi-weekly series of seminars held every other Friday evening.

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. .. n uv. A Z aff.: Don Stricker watches intently as Mr.s. of his class projects. 64 Simpson checks for typing errors in one . -ef? :je - A brief intermission helps clarify a question as Juanita Cox and Lorraine F riestad confer about their assignment. Secretarial Science Department litters 26 Courses The wife of the Audio-Visual De- partment head has stated that black- boards are out', and overhead pro- jectors are inf According to Mrs. Irma Minium, chairman of the Sec- retarial Science Department, the over- head projectors are faster and easier to use. It saves the teachers a lot of energyf explained Mrs. Minium, by permitting them to write their class notes on the plastic roll prior to classf, A new class in stenotype was of- fered this year. The courtroom is not the only place where stenotypes are usedf' Mrs. Minium said. They are used in businesses and classroomsf she explained. New teaching techniques include multiple listening in shorthand. The