Roundtable, Vol. 1 No. 6 - July 1961

              LANCER'S
CALIFORNIA
BAPTIST
COLLEGE
KO U N D
FAB!
Vol. I, No. Six
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
July, 1961
Flemings "Invest" $5,000 in Annie Gabriel Library    Faculty Strength Increased
Dr. and Mrs. William Fleming, Christian Philanthropists and prominent
Baptists of Fort Worth, Texas, have made another investment in California
Baptist College. A check for $5,000, designated for the purchase of books for
the Annie Gabriel Library, has been received by President Simmons.
This gift, or "investment" as
the Flemings prefer to regard it, will
enable CBC library personnel to
bring the number of volumes accessioned to more than 28,000 by mid-
September, well beyond requirements
of the Western College Association
accreditation committee.
Dr. and Mrs. Fleming have on
occasion stated that their charitable
interests are in the field of Christian
education. Their investment in CBC
at this time, their second since
accreditation probabilities have been
emphasized ($10,000 was given in
I960), accentuates their belief that
the college is destined to be one of
the great educational institutions of
the Southern Baptist Convention.
Among the hundreds of others
who have the Fleming's feeling of
concern and great expectation, are
Mrs. Edith Boyington, of LongBeach,
the J. D. Gospins of Arcadia, and
Owen Cooper, of Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Mrs. Boyington has memorialized
$500 worth of books in honor of her
deceased husband, Emmett Eugene
Boyington. Mr. and Mrs. Gospin have
sent a check for $250 for library
expansion. Mr. Cooper also has
contributed to the library, in the
amount of $100, has made available
$2,000 worth of loan funds for students, and has paid out one 500-500
Plan and requested another note.
Scores of donors of books and
cash gifts large and small are being
led of the Lord to share the responsibilities and joys of great stewards.
Dr.    Simmons   hands   vital   check   for  library to Business Manager Harden (right).
Degrees Conferred on Six
Six students completed bachelor
degree studies with the close of the
1961 regular summer session at California Baptist College and were
awarded degrees Friday, July 21.
Summer commencement exercises
were held in the auditorium of Magnolia Avenue Baptist Church.
Dr. Robert E. Craig, dean of
the college, delivered the commencement address. His subject was The
Parade into the Paradoxical Paradise.
Dr. Loyed R. Simmons, president,
gave a congratulatory statement and
conferred degrees as follows:
Bachelor of arts: Janette Barnes,
San Jose, California; Ann Craig
Lewis, St. Helena; Vera McRae,
Baldwin Park; and Paul S. Wallace,
Arlington.
Bachelor of science: Jack Henry
Barnett, Wynnewood, Oklahoma, and
Betty Jean Jones, Gridley, California.
The College Summer Chorus,
under    the    direction    of   Professor
James Walker, sang Alleluia! Sing
Praise (Bach-Hirt). Professor A.
Thomas Talbert accompanied at the
organ.
"Considerable progress" can be
the response to inquiries concerning
needed additions to the faculty of
California Baptist College. President
Loyed R. Simmons has evinced much
pleasure and thanksgiving in releasing names of eminent and qual-
fied educators who will assume
teaching duties with the opening of
the fall semester.
Dr. Lawrence A. Nelson joins
the CBC faculty as professor of English and chairman of the division of
humanities. Dr. Nelson has been
dean of graduate study and professor
of English at nearby University of
Redlands where he has served since
1925. He holds the doctor of philosophy degree from Stanford University
and is a prolific writer. A native of
Missouri, he at one time early in his
career was a graduate assistant at
William Jewell College.
Dr.
D. Eugene Wallace,
37,
was   tak
en   in   untimely   death.
July  10,
from  service with
the
faculty
of   California    Baptist
College.
His
colleagues, CBC a
urn-
ni   and
student   friends   extend
deepest
sympathy   to   his
be-
reaved 1
oved ones.
Dr. Floy S. Wise comes to the
faculty as professor of history and
chairman of the division of social
sciences. He has been director of
the social science division of the
University of Corpus Christi (Texas)
since 1950 and formerly was head of
the social science department at
Union University. He is a native of
Arkansas, graduating with bachelor
and master degrees from the University of Arkansas, and earned the
Ph.D. degree at the University of
Texas.
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