BIOLA FACULTY INCREASED T HE FACULTY of the Bible In stitute has been enlarged to meet present needs, with the ad dition of new members of the samé high caliber as those who in the past have made up the faculty personnel. New members who began full-time teaching work this last September in clude the following: Dr. Paul M. Aijian has come on the full-time teaching faculty of Biola, as head of the English Department. He received his Ph.D. degree in June, from the University of Southern Cali fornia. Dr. Aijian’s spiritual life has proven to be a blessing to many stu dents who had classes under him dur ing last semester when he served on the part-time staff. His ministry will doubtless be an increasing blessing in the years that lie ahead. Dr. Donald G. Davis, a very suc cessful evangelistic and Bible-teach- ing pastor for a number o f years, chaplain in the last world war, and a recipient of his Ph.D. degree from the University of Edinburgh, began his teaching ministry with us in Sep tember. He is head of the Social Sci ence Department. Dr. Davis is a real musician, and uses this talent as an avocation. Dr. J. H. Jauncey has come to Biola to head our Department of New Tes tament. He has a number of advanced earned degrees, having recently re ceived his Th.D. Above all, he is an earnest man of God, definitely inter ested in the salvation of souls and the building up of saints in the faith. Dr. Jauncey has been spending much of his time,, in recent years, in evan gelistic and conference work, with the evidence of God’s blessing attending his ministry. Professor William Carson Lantz comes to the faculty in the Depart ment of Speech. Professor Lantz is a graduate of Northwestern University, and Denver University where he re ceived his M.A. He is at present work ing on his Ph.D. degree. Professor Lantz is a most earnest Christian young man, whose one desire is to exalt the Lord. The students discover that they need to study hard to sat isfy his exacting demands. The part-time instructors who are new to the teaching staff o f Biola this year, include: Miss Arlys Ehlers Mr. Joseph Fleming D E C E M B E R , 1 95 0 _____________________________
Miss Adrian Lawrence Miss Mercedes Sloss Mr. Joel Strandberg
In addition to academic proficiency in their respective fields, all of these instructors are contributing greatly to the spiritual life of the school. The Lord is using these teachers in build ing up the young people in the knowl edge of the Lord and His Word.
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Aijian Davis, Jauncey, Lantz Another Forward Step By Dr. S. H. Sutherland, Dean
T HE Board of Directors of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles has recently inaugurated a new course of study leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in Edu cation and, as soon as recognition from the State Board of Education is obtained, an Elementary Teacher’s Credential. This great forward step has been made in response to repeated requests for a type of training at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, which com bines both Bible and teacher-training subjects into one course of study, so that Christian young people will be able to train here and receive both their Bible education and, at the same time, obtain the training necessary to fit them for the teaching profession. There are three distinct types of service into which graduates o f this course may enter: (1) More and more, mission boards are requiring that foreign mis sionaries be equipped in some phase of professional training, as well as in an evangelistic ministry. This requirement is due to the demands of the gov ernments which control the various mission fields. It will
be advantageous, therefore, for a number of our students to take this course, in order to prepare themselves for the teaching profession as foreign missionaries. (2) The Christian Day S c h o o l movement is developing rapid ly in this country. Since the last war, many Christian day schools have been started. There is a tremendous need for well qualified Christian teach ers to staff these schools. The Christian day schools, them selves, have the problem of ob taining recognition, and such recognition cannot be obtained without their having teachers with proper credentials. The leaders of the Christian Day School movement have hailed this forward step as a solution, at least in part, to one of their most pressing needs at this time. (3) There is a splendid group of Christian young people who want to teach in the public (Continued on Page 87)
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