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third successive year. The Covies par
ticipated in the NAIA playoffs for the
fourth straight year, having lost to
Clarion Teachers the first time.
The Covies' final record of 19-8 was
the third highest in Geneva history.
Only the 22-5 mark of 1952-53, and last
year's 21-8 record bettered this season's
total.
Coach Aultman's squad scored 2243
points in 27 contests for the third high
est total in the college's court history.
Last year's club amassed 2428 tallies fpr
a Geneva record. The 1952-53 quintet,
sparked by Kinkead, scored 2251 points
to better this year's point production by
eight.
The Covies, who averaged 83.1 points
per game, finished with five players
above the 200-point mark in scoring. Be
sides Yukica and Woodeshick, Otto
Pritchard and Frank Melchiorre,
Monaca,
and John Swogger, Wampum, made
the select list.
Pritchard, sophomore forward, ranked
third with 271 tallies for a 10.4 per-game
average. Melchiorre, freshman guard,
got 241 points for a 9.3 average. Swog
ger, sophomore guard, made 242 tallies
for a 8.9 per-game average.
Yukica, who was named to the Pitts
burg Press All-district second team, had
the Geneva one-game individual high for
the season. He sank 15 field goals and
five free throws against W&J for 35
points. Yukica also gathered 34 points
against both Indiana and Slippery Rock
Teachers.
The team high was 104 points against
Youngstown. The Covies made only 29
field goals against the Penguins, but
sank 46 free throws.
The Geneva College Alumni Asso
ciation will commemorate its 75th anni
versary the weekend of June 4-7. One
of the highlights of the weekend will be
a Jubilee dinner, to be held in the Hotel
Brodhead, Saturday June 4, at 6 :30 p.m.
An outstanding program has been
planned for the dinner at which several
alumni will be honored and at various
activities throughout the weekend. Sat
urday afternoon, alumni will be greeted
at a special reception to be given by the
Rev. and Mrs. Howard C. Emrick,
Ellwood
City, president of the association.
The group also will hold its annual busi
ness meeting that day.
Sabbath June 5, alumni will partici
pate in a special religious service at the
College. The association plans a recep
tion for the Class of '55 on Monday.
Commencement exercises on Tuesday
June 7 will conclude the celebration.
THOMAS McCREARY PATTISON
The Session and members of New Cas
tle Congregation record with sorrow the
death of T. M. Pattison,
208
an elder and a
beloved member of the church. Mr. Pat
tison died at the home of his son Paul
M. Pattison of New Castle on Saturday,
February 19, after two months illness.
He was born in Lawrence County, Pa.,
on July 19, 1868, the son of Robert D.
and Margaret McCreary Pattison and
had lived his entire lifetime in this
community. He was preceded in death by
his wife in May 1936. He is survived by
one son Paul M. Pattison, a brother R.
H. Pattison and a sister Mrs. Nancy
Shelenberger, all of New Castle. Funer
al services were held on February 22
in charge of his Pastor, Rev. Harold
Harrington.
Mr.
Pattison, or just
"Tommie"
many of his friends, had retired from
active work a number of years ago. He
was a member of one of the pioneer
families of Lawrence County and a life
long member of the New Castle Congre
gation. He was a member of the Men's
Bible Class and served his church as an
elder very faithfully for many years. He
had always enjoyed the best of health
and was active in the service of his Mas
ter until his death.
As members and elders we shall cher
ish the memory of a kind friend, a faith
ful witness for Christ, and of our asso
ciation together during his long and use
ful lifetime. His life is an illustration
and a fulfillment of the promise of
Isaiah 40:31: "They that wait upon the
Lord shall renew their strength, they
shall run and not be weary, they shall
walk and not faint." "They that trust
in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion which
cannot be removed but abideth forever."
We extend our sincere sympathy to
the members of his family.
Glenn Lemon
For the Session of the
New Castle Congregation
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE
COVENANTER WITNESS
Our Covenanter Church professes to
believe that the Bible is the inspired
Word of God and the only infallible rule
of faith and conduct.
It professes to believe that our Lord
Jesus Christ is King of Kings and Lord
of Lords and that supreme allegiance is
due to Him.
Does
The King
our Church believe this
of kings (Matt. 10:5-15)
commanded His twelve disciples, "Pro
vide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass
in your
This order was modi
fied in Luke 22:35, 36 to "and he that
hath no sword let him sell HIS garment
and buy
The King of kings (Luke 10:7, 8)
commanded the Seventy "and into what
soever city ye enter, and they receive
to
you, eat such things as are set before
"And in the same house remain
eating and drinking such things as they
GIVE."
Our Synod has overruled the King of
kings and has ordered that free training
and sustenance be provided for prospec
tive teaching elders, that teaching elders
be provided with a manse, with a mini
mum salary, with pensions,
expenses,
traveling
etc. and has encouraged mer
gers of congregations for pecuniary
gain.
Said the King of kings (John 2:16):
"Make not my Father's House an house
of MERCHANDISE."
Said Elder Peter (2 Peter 2 :3) :
"And
through covetousness shall
they with
feigned words make MERCHANDISE
of
Scripture indicates that the growth
of the early church was not due to subsi
dized missionaries, but to those who had
established a residence in various lo
cations (Acts 2:5 Acts 11:19, 20).
After a group had been formed, the
home church provided a temporary
teacher or pastor (Acts 11:22, 23).
Our own church in America was
founded by families who came to a newland
to LIVE, (not for a pleasure trip
or to prepare for a lecture tour), and
who built homes and churches.
A denomination whose name is ana
thema to Covenanters builds hospitals,
schools where the relation of the Crea
tor to His creations is taught and have
thousands of members who give up the
joys of marital life, who pay for their
own training and who serve in schools,
hospitals, among the poor and in prayer
WITHOUT REMUNERATION.
Another denomination has five or six
thousand missionaries who serve two
years at their own expense to preach the
Gospel at home and abroad.
Can this be said of The Covenanter
Church
Said the King of kings (Matt. 7:15-
20) : "Ye shall know them by their
fruits."
Is it time for The Covenanter Church
to change its PROFESSION or to
change its PRACTICE
Robert J. Crawford, Sr.
(Third Church, Phila.)
March 1, 1955.
Submitted to and passed by the Edi
torial Committee.
Editor
COVENANTER WITNESS