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In the Andes of Ecuador, MR. AND MRS. D. F. SIEMENS (nee IRENE WITMER, ’20) find that the people are very fanatical. “We do praise the Lord that we find hungry hearts even here, and here and there one is turning to the Lord. . . . Our boy is so big now that he’s no longer much of a baby. It seems we can almost see him grow.” Irene tells us that CARL T. CARLSON, ’19, is at Guayaquil, Ecuador, where he is one of the teachers in the Bible Institute. The REV. AND MRS. H. E. BJORK (nee EDNA VICKSTROM, ’20) have had some splendid evangelistic campaigns in which they have seen souls won for the Lord. An interesting letter from Edna (who has charge of music, girls’ and chil dren’s meetings, “and just loves it” ) tells of bookings ahead in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Montana. Their permanent forwarding address will be Kent City, Michigan. ’26, P. G. ’27—VERNE J. SWAN SON has spent a most enjoyable two years at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo. He was or dained on March 30, in the First Presby terian Church of Berkeley. ’25, P. G. ’27.—KATHERINE HUY- SER started a round-robin letter for the postgraduate class o f 1927 and was kind enough to send us a copy of some o f the letters received, from which we have culled certain bits of news. Katherine has been busy singing and telling the Gospel story in various ways this past winter. ’26, P. G. ’27.—HERBERT W. CAS- SEL is studying at the University of California, Los Angeles. “ God has been working marvelously on the U. C. L. A. campus. Starting with a handful o f ten or twelve men two years ago in the Y. M. C. A. Hut, the University Men’s Bible Club has grown into the University Bible Clubs, Inc., with an average weekly at tendance of 100 men and women, meeting in seven different noonday sessions. Once a month we hold a big union meet ing of all the clubs in the Y. W. C. A, auditorium, w h e n nationally known speakers like Harry Rimmer, Cortland Myers, H. A. Ironside, W. E. Edmonds, and others have given powerful messages to the college students.” . ’24, P. G. ’26 and ’27.—MARY SAN DERS has been attending the Baptist Seminary at Berkeley this past winter.
working with children of the mountain districts who have heretofore had no Christian opportunities. In the coming days I hope we shall see some of them at B. I.” ROSE OLGA MARTINEZ, ’30, is on her way to Managua, Nicaragua, Central America, to work in a Baptist Mission School. ANDREW H. HADSELL, ’26, is wit nessing for Christ among the Mexicans of his home town in Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. ROY A. MARTIN (nee FREDA OWEN, ’28), serve two pas torates, twelve miles apart, in Idaho. They write that the young people are tak ing a real interest in the activities of the church. A sermon by Rev. ERNEST G. HAN- SELL, ’20, entitled “The Place Called Calvary,” won first prize in a contest con ducted by the Evangelical Christian, To ronto, Canada. More than 1,200 other manuscripts were submitted. Mr. Hansell is pastor o f this Camrose Baptist Church, Camrose, Alberta, Canada. BETH MAHON is under appointment for Africa and expects to sail in the fall. During a recent visit in Los Angeles, a number of Biola friends gathered in her honor at the home o f LUCILLE ZIEG LER. LEONA S. THOERING, ’20, is located at Kwanhsien, Sze., China. She writes of conducting meetings at an out station and o f sowing the seed through tract distri bution. She also teaches in a Daily Va cation Bible School for Chinese children. MR. and MRS. HARRY HILL (nee MARY ROSS), T2 and T4, are at Pyeng Yang, Chosen. They write of visitation work in Korean homes : “As a rule we are courteously received and find many open doors and some open hearts. A number o f the homes that we visit are such poor, dark, cheerless, cold houses— you would call them hovels. We must put on the ‘glorifying glasses’ with the love lens in them which can focus on the souls for whom Christ died and make one ob livious to unpleasant things.” JAMES N. AND VIOLA WHEAT- LEY are active in the First Baptist Church of Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Wheat- ley directs the choir and she is pianist, while he also carries on some jail work.
Born To REV. and MRS. ALEX RATT RAY H A Y (nee M A R G A R E T STUART, ’21), a daughter,. MAR GARET ELLIS, at Corumba, Matto Grosso, Brazil. MR. AND MRS. HUGH FOUCAR (nee ELIZABETH NEELY) ’25, Louis ville, Kentucky, announce the arrival of a son, THEOPHIL ERNEST, on March 23. Married ELEANOR BLACKSTONE, ex. ’27, and KENNETH WILSON, in the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, May 19. Mr. Wilson took his theological work at San Anselmo and Princeton. Mrs. Wilson is a granddaughter of DR. W. E. BLACKSTONE, author o f the widely read book, “Jesus is Coming.” Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are under appointment to China as missionaries o f the Presbyterian Church. KEITH L. BROOKS and LAURA WOODMAN, by the Rev. F. W. FARR, at Calvary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, on Easter Sunday. Mrs. Brooks was one of the first presidents ’of the Lyceum Club. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks are at home to their friends at 2003 Addison Way, Los Angeles. ELEANOR ANNIE HUCK, ex. ’28, and CAPTAIN L. S. SCOTT, M. G, D.F.D., in the Lyceum Club Room of the Bible Institute, on May 10. Mrs. Scott has been one of the workers in the office of the Church of the Open Door. Deceased WM. T. MONTGOMERY,; C h i e f Housing Inspector for the Public Health Department of San Francisco, died April 15. He was a former student o f the In stitute and one of the outstanding Chris tian workers of the Coast. He was active in the work of the One by One Club of San Francisco and in the street meetings held at Third and Stevenson Streets of that city. News Items EUNICE R. HART, ’26, is working at the State School for the Deaf, Salem, Oregon. Newspaper clippings and a letter from a member o f the faculty o f the Sacra mento Valley High School tell o f the splendid evangelistic work done by NORA JORDAN and BEATRICE SPIES in that district. The letter reads in part: “Allow me to express our appreciation of your influence at the local high school. The Junior Class has decided to have a social instead o f its annual Junior Prom.” ADELMA MORRILL, ’29, spent sev eral months in Redding, California. She writes: “ I have had a very happy year
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