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PintE TO UIRIT
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nee you arrive on Southern's campus we know you'll want to
tell all your friends and family about our free fourth summer
SOUTHERN
CELEBR.ATES
session. Students never enrolled at Southern will receive three
free hours of college credit plus free dormitory rent from July 27
1892 - 1992
to August 20. You will pay for books and a $275 deposit, but
Write:
Admissions Office
Southern College
even a portion of that will be credited to tuition for your fall P.O. Box 370
Collegedale. TN 37315
semester. More information about this offer is only a phone call C1a-ll8:00-SOUTHERN
Or fax:
(or post card) away. It's a great way to end your summer. 1-615-238-3005
SUMMER
1992
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OPENING COMMENTS
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VOLUME NUMBER
44, 2
DoRisStickleBurdick
Editor
panish explorers first reaching the New World wereecstatic. Reality had
met theedges oftheirimagination. Back toSpain went the message: "We Inc.ridSkantz
have reached the limits ofthe world!" EditorialAssistant
There the government struck new coins with the words, "Ne Plus Ultra" No
WalterDoyle
More Bci/oiui. CoverPhoto
Butyou know what happened. Balboa discovered the PacificOcean in 1513.
SoonnewSpanish coins came from the mint without the "Ne." Theysimplysaid
"Plus Ultra." SouthernCollege
IThis issue ofSouthernColumnsgoesbeyond its regularmagazine format. DonaldSahly
Please pull outand enjoy using the 1992-93 Southern CollegeCalendar. Its President
Rcflixtioiif theme focuses on seeing more than we sometimes notice, looking
backwhile lookingahead.
TheCentennial ofSouthern Collegehas notbeen a destination. Thecollege Pleaseaddressalumni
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train isentering the new century without slowing down. Even thecentennial correspondenceto:
logo, with its 100cropped offat the right edge, conveys movement. And SouthernCollege
Alumni Association
whilesomeofus saw the parallel lines as college-ruled paper. Centennial P.O. Box370
coordinatorJim Ashlockviews it as a racetrack. There is morebeyond 1992. Collegedale,TN37315
The future will see graduates whoare motivated bv high values, able to [phone]
communicate well, prepared for professionalcompetence. FAX[phone]
This college offers "morebeyond" whatyou find on a publiccampus. Just turn
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to Derek Morris'sarticleon page 6and you will seewhat we mean. Southern
College is built on a biblical foundation ofservice toGod and humankind. AlumniAssociationOfficers
From its smoke-freeenvironment to its vesperservices, from its recreational 1992-1994
program to prayer in theclassroom. Southern encourages thebestoflife. DavidWinters,'71
4 Most significantly, there is "morebeyond" this world. Christ has pushed back President
the frontierso that all whochoose His freeoffercan enjoy life not only here
and now but in God's universe foreveroo _db VerPlreesTihdoenmtp-sEolne,ct'69
HowardKennedy,'57
PastPresident
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Searli/ (Well, actually two)
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EditorialBoard
OCHELLE PHILMON KILGORE! {Cover—photo, tak—en June 1992) JimAshlock
One hundred fiveyears ago thisJuly25 in 1887 shewasborn on a RonBarrow
co—tton plantation in Reynolds, Georgia. History records herasourearliest DorisBurdick
graduate a seniorclass ofonein 1904. Theschool wasscarcely a dozenyearsold K. R. Davis
Mary Elam
and offered 12 gradesat most. It was still located north oftheTennessee Riverat Jan Haveman
Craysville, and had justtaken on the nameSouthern TrainingSchool. From 1909 RayHefferlin
to 1919 "Miss Philmon" taught atGraysville, remaining as principal ofGraysville VolkerHenning
Academy after thecollege itselfmoved 30 miles south in 1916. WeslynneSahly
At 17she had begun teaching, a careershepursued with graceand skill on a IngridSkantz
PaulSmith
full-timebasis until 73. Then she cutback to part-time teaching, student placement, DavidWinters
and alumni interaction from which she retired just prior to her 100th birthday in
1987. We shareouraffinity for this amazing woman with oursistercolleges. Union
College in Nebraska, wheresheearned a B.A. in English at theageof33and then
taught for tenyears, and Atlantic UnionCollege in Massachusetts. At theageof43, Southern Columns is the official
she married Charles Kilgore, son ofR. M. Kilgorewhose vision had led to the 1892 ina^;!izine of Southern College of
Seventh-ilnyAdventists,publishedby
planting of the little school in Graysville. the Alumni Association to provide
In 1930 they moved toSouth Lancaster, Mass., whereshe lives in 1992. She news and information to former
began teaching there in 1936, aftertimeout fortraveland doctoral studyat Boston students, residents of the Southern
University. Over90students lived in herhomeover the years, and herChristian Union,andother interestedparties.
commitment to military personnel is legendary. Shecounseled at25 consecutive Copyright1992bySouthernCollege
servicemen's retreats inGermany (1957-1981). Ahimiin plus ultra'. ofSeventh-dayAdventists.
Forthestoryofa secondgrandgraduate,a Collegedale resident in 1916and 1992, see
theprofileofMasieJameson, 93,on pages4and5.
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SOUTHERN TURNS
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Centennial
Commencement
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Honors
382
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Graduates
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[NioKS this spring carried away more than a diploma
s When their names were called one by one, each also
received a silver Centennial coin, struck to recognize the
100th year since the founding ofSouthern College.
Though most of the 382 graduates completecf their Attheseniornurses'pinning,28B.A.graduatesand67
studies on theCollegedale campus, 44 graduated in cer- A.S. graduates received nursing pins. Laura Nyirady,
emoniesontheOrlandocampus.Twentygraduatescom- associateprofessorofnursing,spokeabout"TheTouchof
pleted double majors. Healing."
Forsome, graduation was a family affair. Ten sets of "To KnowHim" wasCharles Fleming's titleforCom-
siblings graduated, including a set oftwins. Paul Rouse mencement. Fleming'sassociation with thecampus has
and his daughter, Rhonda, both finished bachelor of spanned halfa centur\', manv of those years as general
sciencedegrees in Long-Term Health Care. Twomarried manager, fm
coupleswentdowntheaisleonceagain.
Five percent of the graduates (20) •*'*;^ "
.
were40yearsofageorolder. Among
thisnumberweretwoindividualswho
came ba—ck to finish degrees started
longago in 1964and 1967.Twooth-
ers started at Southern even earlier
in1956and1958,earnedadegreeelse-
where, and returned to complete a
second degree.
RayHefferlin,Ph.D.,seniorfaculty
member and Professor for Interna-
tional Research in Physics, spoke of
"EducationAfterCollege" forConse-
cration on May 1. The following day
Gordon Bietz, D.Min., introduced by
tthweinBadcacuaglhatuerresatGeisnearmaonnd,J"uFlileu,ngkaivnge SevenftiuienlsgraduatedasSouthernScholars,havingcompletedaspecialhonorscurriculum.From
With All A's." By chance the two lDeeftp,a-rutnmthentth:eSHcomlthhieMrinllSecrh,oRluasrsseilslEMdiglalerr:CrSulnidarslectn,erReotbiirninsgona.ftCeerl3i5ayMeiatrcsheolfltDeeanchtionng,iCnlatihreeBHiuosleog.yand
men spoke on the other's birthday. leanJohnson. Notpictured:Lesly Williams Wilcut.
• SOUTHERNCOLUMNS • 3
JHasie riemembers
Southern's First Year
Jlfter vjraysville
by Pamela MaizeHarris,M.L.S.
Assistant ProfessorofJournalism
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he's slim, classy, and punctu- The first yearafter the Graysville caution was thebyword for any
ates herstories with graceful move, the girls lived in the big special friendships then. "We got
gestures and often a giggle. Yellow House located near the around things," she laughs. "I
Looking 30 years younger than her railroad tracks and intersection at the delivered more letters toboys!"
93 years, MasieJameson recalls entrance to Collegedale. They carried And boys delivered things to her.
arriving in Collegedale as a teenager in waterand firewood. The boys had "Oneboy ran an ice cream to me
(76 years ago) in time to help her tent houses with built up sides and all the way from Ooltewah. It was
teachers unpack after thebig move floors to repel Tennessee's damp pretty soft by the time I got it, but
from Graysville. winters. there wasn'tany better ice cream!"
She unwrapped big tins ofveg- Masie's eyes shine remembering.
etables and fruit, lining the shelves Getting here meantboarding a The same young man's strategy
and smiling about the likes of Dr. train from her hometown of Nash- included walking close to Masieas
Marshall whojoked about the sight ville, changing trains in downtown the student body exited from the
of Masie and her classmates working Chattanooga and catching the parlorafterchapel. "I'm desperately
so hard bending and lifting, bending "local" forCollegedale where in love with you," he said discreetly,
and lifting, bending and lifting. muddy wagon roads, no sidewalks, hurrying on.
"You all look like an accordion," and snowy winters were common. "I just walked on thrilled beyond
he laughed heartily. "Keep itup!" Doing laundry meant every man/ words. I had a good day," Masie
Marshall's wife played a big role woman for himself/herselfusing said.
in Masie's career choice, suggesting tubs and washboards outside.
she take the "advanced normal Music? Lots ofit. Quartets, trios, Rules were rules. Skirts mustbe
course," the professional educator's choir, even piano lessons in the Doll no more than 12 inches from the
track. Her original thought was to House. For the annual school picnic floor. ("They measureci them with a
serve society as a nurse, Masie says. the entire students and faculty tape measure.") Shorter skirts were
Her teaching career took her to walked from campus to the top of stylish then, and to be seen in a long
Mobile, Atlanta, and Jacksonville Grindstone Mountain. skirt was downright embarrassing.
before she returned to the campus to "It was different to get togo Sleeves had to cover the elbows, so
graduate again in 1923. somewhere," Masie laughs. girls sewed them with elastic for
Masie remembers her teachers as Did students go to downtown adjustability.
understanding. There was Ruth Hale, Chattanooga? When Masie returned to finish her
algebra and geometry teacher, who Yes, by train. "And chaperones graduation requirements in 1922-23,
knew how nervous Masie got before always had to go with us," Masie she was 24. "Sanford Ulmer and I
a test. remembers. Loveman's downtown worked in the library, and we
"She'd let me walk around outside was a favorite shopping spot and the decided we'd walk together to the
to get settled down," Masie recalls, store where Masie's class bought print shop to get a blotter. We
wondering how that would work fabric to make theirclass night thought that was really something,
these days and laughing at the dresses at graduation time. that we'd really pulled one overon
prospect of hundreds ofstudents Masie well remembers the rules. them," Masie giggles. "I stillget a
wandering around campus getting She wasblonde, slim, and "didn't Christmas card from him and his
"settled down" before math exams. lack forboyfriends" although wife."
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Tributetothe Past
Twoyearsafterher1923graduation
andbackforsummerschool, Masie
Whilemetsunburnedandred-haired
But Masie didn't always got away F.mbarrassing, she says, being seen B.J.Jameson inthecafeteria. "If
with it. Sometim—es the infraction was lifting sweet potato plants with a anybodyhad told me1would marry
totally innocent like the time Masie stick. him,I wouldn'thavebelieved it,"she
got campus bound for weather- A local passenger train /oomed said. ButtheymarriedAug.31, 1926.
rtehleastendorweaasnodnsa.b"o1yslhieplppeedddmoewnupinand triugrhntedbyatwhaeyfiferldo.m"Ithweatsramionr."tified. I fromDaCuoglhlteegredEallaeinAec(aSdteevmeynsi)ngIr9a5(d)u.ated
swhaolpke(dlowciattehdmneeatrotwhoersktuadtetnhtepparrikn)t. WMahsaitewraecsalclhsutrhcaht ltihkeeftirhsetny?ear D1199a.5uS37g;hShtoeeurrthhCeuarsrnboalgnyrdan,d(uDFaiitscehk.erF)Misaghsreiare,d'uSsra.t,eidsain
The deed seems to have been worth church was held in the Commissary grandsonsalsofoundeducational
the penalty. "I'd like to know how or "crackerbox," a small building opportunityatCollegedale:JimGregory
they thought we'd get offcampus. (formerly an old store) with several finishedcollegein 1980,Richard Fisher
I lop a freight?" rooms including one that housed in 1983,and RobertGregorygraduated
And Masie remembers the secret chairs and a piano moved from fromCollegedaleAcademyin 1971.
New Year's Eve party when several Gravsville. MasieJameson,at93,stilllivesinthe
girls set their alarm clocks for mid- A highlight for Masie occurred in Collegedalecommunitysomefour
night, made hot chocolate, giggled Nashville when she was a little girl decadessinceherreturn.
and went back to bed. and church founderEllen Whitecame
"We were suspended from school to town, visited in her neighborhood
during exams (on campus) and had to and preached at church. "I saw her nev\' dress with lo\'ely lace insertions
scrub and clean," Masie says. "We sitting in a rocking chair; she prob- all around theorgandy skirt.
didn't wakeanybody up, we just ably came to my house. It meant a lot "I couldn't wear that long thing,"
welcomed in the new year." to me. I'vealwaysbeen glad that 1 did Masie remembers. "It was way too
What would be wrong with that? see her and hear her talk in church." long. I just cried. I didn't want it any
"You're asking me!" Masie laughs, longer than it had to be. Poor mother
surmising in retrospect that their ItwasProfessorLynnWood,union went and bought anotheroneand
mistake was in not telling or asking educational secretary at the time, brough—t it to me. It was the right
the faculty. who visited Nashville and talked her length that was the main thing
And there was the time the faculty out ofgoing toschool at Hinsdale, 111., with trimming; I didn't care what
sentseveral girlsout withlong sticks. "I where she could conveniently live kind. I was thrilled over it."
thought,whatin theworld?" Finally, with relatives. His rhetoric included Maybe the more things change the
she was informed thev would use the phrases about loyalty to her own more they remain the same.
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sticks to lift sweet potato plants so school, the new school at College-
others could hoe under- dale. Some persuasive recruiter.
neath. Masie's memories are fond ones,
despite conditions and social rules. Of'positcpage:Masieslaiulstodaybesidethe
"We loved it!" she says, remem- truTnhkisuspeafd;eu:polenft.heMrafsiirsetpCoosleks'nbeedsaildeeaarrival.
bering the big peach orchard, the Oncknmau^aBattU'fieldmonumetttU'hileonan
barn, fresh milkand cream, and off-campusexcursion:middle.Sealedare Willie
even herjob cleaning the separa- White,EllenG. White,Emma While,and /.£.
tor in the creek where the milk WhiteinApril1909atMadisonatthetimeof
theNashvillevisit;right.B.j.and
and cream were placed in the Masieontheirtuedding
water to keep them cool. dayin 2926.
When Masie graduated from
academy in 1918 with ten
others, hermother
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SOUTHERN COLUMNS
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How Students View
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THERE HAS BEEN much In response to these important 375) of the students indicated that
discussion in recent months questions, a survey was developed they have assurance ofsalvation.
concerning the Valuegenesis by the Religion Department in April While it is encouraging to discover
report. This ground-breaking 1992 and administered to 375 that three quarters ofthe students
research examined the values Southern College students.^ The surveyeti at Southern College have
formation and faith maturity of survev addressed the issues ofgrace assurance ofsalvation, we notice a
Adventist young people in North orientation versus works orientation discrepancy in the responses
America attending grades 6-12. and the attitude of the students between questions one and two. As
The majority ofstudents surveyed toward the second coming ofJesus. many as 85 students who indicated
were Adventist young people in The ten survey
Se\'enth-day Adventist schools.' questions are
The faith maturity index that was shown at the
employed for the Valuegenesis right. Response to Valuegenesis
research was de\'eloped bySearch Results of the A ShortSurvey
Institute ofMinneapolis.- stucient survey ofSouthern CollegeStudents
While the initial report contains were bcith
no information on Adventist college encouraging have accepted Jesus as my personal Savior.
students, the Valuegenesis research and challeng- (IT or F)
merits careful consideration by ing. In response have assurance today that am a saved child
college educators. A special commit- to question one, oIf God. (T or F) I
tee was establisheci at Southern 97.8% (367 out 3. believe that salvation is:
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College to study the implications of of375) ofthe a. afree gift of grace received by faith
the Valuegenesis report and to make students b. a reward for obedience to God's law
recommendations. surveyed c. a result of God's grace and my works
Ofmajorconcern to thecommittee indicated that It is possible to once accept Christ as my Savior
members was the attitudeofthe they have and then reject Him and be lost. (I or F)
sthteuidrenfeteslitnogwsarredgathrediirnsgatlhveatsieocnoanndd aascctehpetired Jesus mI byelsiaelvveattihoant.t(hTeroer iFs)nothing I can do to earn
cfionmdiinnggsosfuCghgreisstt.edThtehaVta8l3ue%goefnetshies TpheirssoinsaalvSearviyor. Oab..beiidssitaehelnocwveianytgotrGoeosbdpe'ossnascevoemtdomamnydmSaevnitosr;
youth surveyed "believe that encouraging c. a and b
bsaelhvaavtiioornidnespteeanddsofporinmwarhialtyGoondonhea'ss Sretsupdoennstes.are Gmeondtsl.ov(eTsomreF)more if I obey His command-
dtohnreo,ugihs dgoriancge.,"a^nWdapsrsoumcihseaswtoordkos efinnvdiirnogntmheent 8 (ITbeolrieFv)e thatJesus Christ is coming back soon.
orientation toward salvation where they can 9. Thinking about meeting Jesus face to face at His
prevalent at Southern College? Were make a decision second coming makes me feel;
the majority ofthe young people forChrist. In a. excited
without assurance ofsalvation and response to b. happy
afraid of the second coming, as some question two, c. hesitant
had suggested? 75% (282 out of de.. anfornaeidof the above
10. Do you believe that you have sinned so much
that you are beyond salvation? (T or F)
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