May 1928
T h e K i n g ’ s
B u s i n e s s
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to sit at the Master’s feet and learn of Him. I will be glad to take up the next unit of these lessons.” The present active enrollment o f the Correspondence School is 1725. —■ o— Africa Wins Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh By the time this word is read MR. and MRS. ALLAN G. McINTOSH will have reached their field o f service in Africa under the direction of THE UNEVAN GELIZED AFR ICA MISSION, of which Dr. Charles E. Hurlburt, formerly Superintendent of the Bible Institute, is the founder. They were on the Medi terranean early in February. Their first stop on the continent in Africa was at Tangier, February 9th. After reaching Dar-es-Sallam, March 5th, they had over fifteen hundred miles’ journey into the in terior. Mr. McIntosh graduated with the Class of ’24 and with the P. G. group ’25, Mrs. McIntosh (n e e . Marjorie Phair) was a student o f the evening school and was for some time the efficient secretary in the office of the Church o f the Open Door. We wish them both God’s richest blessing in their work in the far field. —o— B. I. Family Information GEORGE and MARGARET VAN DUSEN, both members of the first Even ing School graduating class,-1920, and now with the Africa Inland Mission, Todro Station, Aba, via Khartoum. & Rejaf, Sudan, have* this word to give to their many B. I. friends: “ Our out-school work requires much thought and planning and needs the entire time of a white worker, but can only have ■a; small portion of one’s time with all the other station duties. However, we are glad to report that we have two more schools started since writing our last let ter o f Sept. 24th and hope to get up buildings for chapel services and school at an early date. ; We feel sure that much prayer must be going up for this part of the work and we would urge you to con tinue with us in looking to Him for His blessing upon that phase of the work.”
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estimable young people look forward to foreign mission service in Bolivia, South America. Miss Barlow has been, for sev eral years, the capable, secretary of the Registrar, Mr. John Hunter. Long-Time Service in the Institute When it was reported some days ago that practically’ all of the bid administra tion o f the Institute has been recently displaced, it was interesting to hear the answers o f the various heads of depart ments as they were asked how long they had been in their positions:. With the ex ception of two, those in responsible posi tions replied that they had been with the. Institute from ten to sixteen years. 405 Times a Week—Too Much! In our February issue on Page 100, in a letter from an Armenian student of our Correspondence School, the astounding statement was made that one o f these stu dents was preaching “405 times a week” ! That seems to be going a bit beyond the ordinary abilities of one individual, yet we find the statement exactly according to the copy furnished us by the secretary of the Correspondence School, in whom we had such great confidence that we did not take the trouble to give his article a careful reading. The Ar menian brother actually says “ FOUR TO FIVE TIMES IN A WEEK .” --0 --■, Teacher Training by Mail One of our correspondence students testifies as to what our new course in Teacher Training meant to her: “ I surely want to testify for the Teacher Training course,' These lessons have brought great light and blessings,; and I do think, it is a great privilege we have
New Radio Director REV. JOHN A. GLASSE, of Los Angeles, a minister o f the United Pres byterian Church, came on the Institute Staff early in March as Director o f Pro grams for our Radio Station KTBI. Mr. Glasse has already found a large place for himself in the Institute family and plans are being formulated and put into operation under his direction whereby. Station KTBI will have a much larger and more effective ministry. Extensive studio rearrangements have been made. Several members o f the Institute Faculty are teaching regular Bible Glasses via the air. — o — Glee Clubs on Easter Tours Both the Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs were on tour during the Easter Recess. The young women, under the direction of Professor Herbert' G. Tovey, presented programs during Passion Week in Riverside, Redlands, San Bernardino, and Dean John M. Maclnnis accom panied the Club during the week. The young men, with Professor J. B. Trow bridge in charge, were granted a week’s leave of absence and traveled as far north as San Francisco, with programs the first week along the Valley Route, and the second week in places along the coast. Both organizations carried out into the field the spirit and message of B. I. — o — Are You Coming to L. A.? The World’s Sunday School Convention is July 11-18, 1928. : Convention, headquarters are 626 W. W. Garland Building, Los Angeles. Provision is being made for 7,000 dele gates and a total number o f visitors of 18,000. Many states have completed arrange ments for special trains. Many delegations are . coming from abroad. The steamer Kyoto Maru will land July 6 bringing 400 delegates from Japan, China and Korea. Dr. W. C. Poole o f London is president of the World Association. He will be a speaker. Many renowned speakers will have part. If you come to the convention, be sure to visit BIOLA 'and look through the buildings. More Secretaries Tied Up For Life Among the recent social events on the Institute’s calendar was a surprise gift shower in honor of MISS LELA M. BARLOW ’22, bride-elect of FRED ERICK R. GIBBONS ’28. The young ladies of the secretarial force o f the In stitute, together with the women mem bers o f the Faculty, were responsible for the arrangements for this pleasant event. Dinner, flowers, toasts, program, gifts, and other good things, featured the even ing. The latest word is that the wedding will take place in the early summer. These
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