The Sounding Board Vol. 15 No. 9

              Schaffer Accepts New Post
Honored on the Dean's List are front row, I to r: P. Armentrout,
M.A. Dodson, R.L. Harris, J. McClure, C. Ingalsbe. Back row,
I to r:   T. Shrock, S. Grill, G. Firebaugh, G. Wiley and D. Plaster.
Students Receive
Academic Honors
Fifty students have received
recognition for academic
achievement for the first semester of the 1967-68 school year.
The top ten percent of the total
fall enrollment of 492 students
are given this honor.
The ten top ranking students
with grade point averages from
4.00 to 3.90 are placed on the
Dean's List. The remaining 40
students with grade point averages from 3.866to 3.437 are on
the Honor List.
The following students, listed
with their grade point a
are so honored.
DEAN'S LIST
Mary Ann Dodson
Glenn Firebaugh
Galen Wiley
Terry Shrock
Patricia Armentrout
Carol Ingalsbe
Ramah Lee Harris
Stephen Grill
Judith McClure
David Plaster
verages,
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.973
3.97
3.921
3.916
3.911
3.90
3.90
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The resignation of Mr. William
Schaffer has been presented to
Dean E. William Male, pending
acceptance by the Board of Trustees. His new duties will include the establishing of a Department of Music at Miami Bible
College, Miami, Florida.
" It seemed like a package with
my name on it," commented the
instructor in piano, organ, and
theory when he discussed his new
position. His growing interest in
church music will be especially
satisfied at the Bible school
where sacred music is stressed.
First of all, he will develop a
strong music minor; then it is
hoped that a major will follow
for students who wish to take a
double major in Bible and music.
Considering his years at
Grace, Mr. Schaffer rated Don
Ogden as the most influential
person in his life. "I have been
closely associated with him, and
he has given me help and guidance." He worked with Prof.
Ogden for four years as a student
and since 1962 has been a fellow
faculty member.
The advancement for Mr.
Schaffer will include a number
of sidelights. He smiled as he
contemplated playing the new
$60,000 pipe organ that will be
THE SOUNDING BOARD
Vol. 15, No. 9
Ambassadors Plan
Tour of Florida
Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana February 23,  1968
Franks, Band
Cut Disk
The first Grace development
team to travel to the sunshine
state leaves March 30 for a 17-
day tour. The Ambassadors of
Grace, headed by Terry White,
director of public relations, includes Doreen Beach, Ann Brick-
el, Mary Flint and Phil Lance.
'As a development team, the
Ambassadors seek to represent
Christand Christian higher education. To present Christ, they
give a program of music, personal testimonies and spiritual
challenge, usually culminated
by a closing invitation. A response of eight decisions has
been made since the team's first
service in November.
In representingChristian higher education, the group emphasizes, through slides and brochures, Grace's need for prayers,
financial support and high caliber Christian students.
With these purposes in mind,
the team adds musical variety
with a sampling of solos, duets,
mixed trios, girl's trios, and
mixed quartets. Tenor soloist is
senior Phil Lance from Montclair,
California. Doreen Beach, a
sophomore from Martinsburg,
Pennsylvania, serves as soprano.
Another Californian, senior Mary
Flint from Long Beach, sings
contralto. Accompanist and second soprano, Ann Brickel, is a
sophomore from Brookville,
Ohio. Terry White sings bass
and trains the  group  in  mixed
Ambassadors of Grace, left to
right: Doreen Beach, Phil Lance,
Mary Flint, Ann Brickel .
quartet work. Arrangements and
mixed'trio practice are directed
by Bill Schaffer, instructor in
music.
When March 30 arrives, the
white school wagon will head
south to visit the Brethren
churches in Maitland, Okeechobee, Fort Lauderdale, Margate,
Pompano Beach, Fort Myers and
St. Petersburg. There are tentative plans to sing in the chapel
of  the Miami Bible College where
Dr. Larry Poland, instructor i n
sociology and speech at Grace
last year, serves as college president. The group will also sing
at the Miami Christian High
School
The team's two Californians,
Mary Flint and Phil Lance, plan
also to make the trip a tour of
inspection to see which state offers the best sand, sunshine and
oranges.
Mr. Gerald Franks, instrumental music instructor at Grace
College, cut his first Ep stereo
album this month. Mr. William
(Bill) Schaffer, Grace piano and
organ instructor, accompanied
him on one side featuring sacred
selections and the Grace Col lege
Community Band accompanied
him on side two in five secular
pieces.
The record, which should be
available by late spring or early
summer, is sponsored by the
Brethren Missionary Herald Company and will carry their label.
The record was made in two recording sessions. On February
14 Franks and Schaffer traveled
to
installed in the Hollywood Methodist Church where he will be
organist and choirmaster. He
will continue to give private lessons and will direct various choral ensembles for the school.
The move to Miami in August
will follow completion of his
work on a Masters of Music in
Organ at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. The
Grace instructor travels to Chicago each Thursday to continue
his work there.
Many other activities occupy
his time in Winona Lake. At the
present time  he holds a position
at the Winona Lake Brethren
Church as the Minister of Music.
In addition he directs various
groups for the church and the
college. He is also a member of
the Fort Wayne chapter of the
American Guild of Organists.
Dean Male expressed regret,
"We hate to see him go but understand his desire to make this
advancement." He expressed
appreciation for Mr. Schaffer's
work. A replacement is under
consideration at the present time,
but no announcement can be
made until the Board of Trustees
meets next week.
Artist Series Features
French National Dance
The Compagnie Nationale de
Danses Francois featuring
Jacques Douai will present songs
and dances of France on Thursday, March 7, in the Warsaw
High School Auditorium, as part
of the Community Concert Artist
Series program.
Making their debut in America
during the 1967-68 season, the
ensemble of 24 singers and dancers will be accompanied by two
accordionists, a percussionist and
a pianist.
Their repertoire is widely varied. Included will be Basque
country dances, regional dances
with bottles and  swords, dances
to the Conn Music Company in
Elkhart, Indiana to record the
sacred music and one week later
Conn brought the recording
equipment to the Winona Lake
Auditorium and recorded the secular side.
Swiss   Theme Highlights
Sadie Hawkins Festivities
Girls have begun asking the
boys of their choice to the Sadie
Hawkin's Day activities, sponsored by the Women's Recreation
Association March 1 with the
theme,  "Sadie Goes Swiss."
Throughout the day, the girls
will "take over" and do everything that the fellows usually do
such as opening doors, carrying
books, and seating at the table.
At the evening meal at 5:30
p.m., each girl will buzz her
date and present to him suspenders which she has either made
herself or has bought and decor
ated. Boys will also wear ber-
muda shorts and knee socks while
the girls will be dressed as closely to Swiss style as possible.
The cafeteria will feature a
special Swiss-style buffet meal,
trying out several types of new
dishes.
Following the dinner there will
be an after-party including a
variety of films and some skits put
on by the class social chairmen.
A hide and seek game with slight
modifications will be played,
and door prizes will be given.
around lighted candles, comic
dances, folk reels, and so forth.
Jacques Douai will be the featured soloist. Well known in
France for his solo appearances
accompanying himself on the
guitar andfor his award-winning
recordings, Douai will appear
with the group not only as a soloist with his own accompaniment, but also with the four musicians.
W. Kriegbaum
Plans Doctorate
Mr. Ward Kriegbaum, instructor of American government, sociology and methods of teaching
secondary social studies at Grace
College, will begin his Ph.D.
program in higher education administration with minors in social
studies and counseling, June 17
at Purdue University.
" I hope to finish my course
work within one year," said Mr.
Kriegbaum, "but I'll probably
stay another year to work on my
dissertation."
The instructor has his master's
degree from Indiana University
and has been working toward his
Doctorate at Purdue University
Extension in Fort Wayne.
Mr. Kriegbaum considers getting his doctor's degree "necessary" and feels "obligated" to go
as far as possible in his education. Said he, "A degree does
not make a good teacher; however, in order for one to be a
good teacher he needs as much
training as possible that he might
be totally informed in his field.
And the younger one begins, the
easier the task."