The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-06-08

such events as the Reformation, the
Renaissance and the American Revo-
luton, all of which came at a time
when the outlook was as clouded as
today"
Rev. A. E. Kreider, Goshen, Ind,
and Rev. A. S. Rosenberger, Quaker
town, Pa, received honorary Doctor
of Divinity Degrees at the commence
ment exercises, in recognition of
years devoted to Mennonite educa-
tional and religious activity.
Honorary Degrees
Rev. kreider ha staught at Bluff
ton, Goshen and Bethel colleges, and
also was on the faculty of Witmar-
sum Theological seminary. In ad-
dition he has served as a Mennonite
minister in Bluffton, Goshen and
Sterling, I'll. He now is secretary
of the board of education of the Old
Mennonite conference and since 1885
has been on the Foreign Mission
Board of the Mennonite General
conference.
Rev. Rosenberger, a former presi-
dent of Bluffton college, now is
pastor of West Swamp Mennonite
church at Quakertown. In addition
he has served pastorates in Iowa,
Pandora st. John and Dalton, o. He
has been president of the Middle
District and Eastern conferences, a
member of the board of education of
the General conference since 1929,
and is a former president of the
Mennonite Biblical seminary in
Chicago.
Reports On Budget
In his commencement statement,
DR.. L. L. Ramseyer, president of the
college, announced that the school
for the last 10 years has operated
on balanced budget.
The financial drive for the new
S2S0,000 gymnasium-auditorium is In
its final stages, the president re-
ported, with $4,000 needed to COM
plete the building. Largest gift
received by the college during the
last year was $4,000 contribution
to the building fund by Mrs. C. II.
Mussellman, of Biglerville, Pa.
Enlarged Faculty
Lv.xra ,nn1,, Fna,,I+xv to,.- xrr,I1 H.
added at the institution next fall, the
president said.
These will include Delbert Gratz,
of Bluffton, librarian; Richard Weav-
er, Goshen, Ind, physics and chem
istry; Luther Shelter, Goshen, Ind,
mathematics; Miss Ada Lapp, Ster-
ling, ILL.,, instructor in the new ele-
mentary education department, and
Kenneth Mast, Sugar Creek, O., new
football and basketball coach.
20 Graduates
Degrees conferred upon the record
graduating class of 70 were as fol-
Z, lows:
Bachelor of Arts
Richard d. Alderfer, Souderton,
Pennsylvania; Katherine Gloria Aus
tin, Rutherford, New Jersey; Kenneth
CARRIER Bauman, Champa, India;
Claude Franklin Boyer, Quakertown,
Pennsylvania; Lawrence N. Cordrey*
| Harod; Carolyn Wore Dickey, Bluff
ton; Dale Franklin Dickey, Bluffton;
Afford c. Diller, Bluffton; Jacob N.
Driedger, bennington, Ontario, Cana
da; Dennis Lee Epp, Mt. Lake, Min
nesota; Mary Elizabeth Gallagher,
Lansdale, Pennsylvania; Angel Luis
Gutierrez, Cayey, Puerto Rico.
Harold w. Hartman, Bluffton;
Robert William Hower*, Bangor,
Pennsylvania; Dorothy Marie Hurley,
Danvers, Illinois; Clarence NJ. Koo-
ker, Quakertown, Pennsylvania; Bev-
erly Ann Krehbiel, Berne, Indiana;
Friedrich Hiram Liechty, Berne, In
diana; Donavin Wendell Moser, Bluff
ton; Robert L. Ramseyer, Bluffton;
Dorothy Lucille Salzman, Upland,
California; Harry c. Schlott, Jr.*,
Lima; Darrell w. Sellers, Sidney.
Howard Myers Shelly, East Green
vile, Pennsylvania; Robert Dale
Shelly, Bally, Pennsylvania; Leonard
L. Smucker, Bluffton; Margaret Alma
Stably, Lancaster; Jeanne E. Stedcke,
Lima; John C. Stutzman, Carlock,
Illinois; Marvin H. Wasser, Bedmin-
ster, Pennsylvania; Jean G. Wismer,