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of Dunnedin, Florida, were called to GroveCity by the serious Illness of Mr. Gursky'sfather. They visited Mrs. Gursky's sister,Miss Grace Rhodes, of Slippery Rock,while they were in this area.Mr. Joseph L. Rodgers passed awayon May 24 at Sharon General Hospitalafter being a patient there for five weeks.He had been in failing health for two years.We extend our sympathy to his family.Rev. James Pennington from Kobe,Japan, spoke and showed pictures of ourmission work in Japan, Sabbath evening,May 23.On Thursday evening, May 13, MissCarol Weeber, missionary with the InternationalGospel League, told of carryingthe Gospel to the mountain villages ofIndia.Mr. Walter McElwain was our elderdelegate to the meeting of PittsburghPresbytery at the College Hill Church,Beaver Falls, on Friday, May 14.Mr. and Mrs. David (Jean Caskey)Andrianoff of Buffalo, New York, visitedRev. Mr. and Mrs. Caskey and family andworshiped with us. David is a student atUniversity of Buffalo, active in Inter-Varsity. Jean is secretary in a medicalcenter. They are planning to becomemissionaries.The life of Roger Campbell, son ofMr. and Mrs. Ray Campbell, wasmiraculously spared when he was in anaccident on his way to high school. Thetruck he was driving was almost completelydemolished. He has made a goodrecovery from injuries sustained in theaccident at St. Francis Hospital in NewCastle.The following were graduated fromhigh school: Larry Bessell, Roger Campbell,Russell McKnight, Carol Stoner, andCharles Wilson. They were presented withBibles from the congregation.On Friday evening, June 4,Rimersburg, New Castle, and Rose Pointcongregations had a picnic supper atMcConnell Mill. This was followed by aPsalm Sing and slides of LaurelvilleCampground at Rose Point Church.GENEVA COLLEGE NEWSGeneva College 1971 graduates andunderclassmen who achieved outstandingwork or attained distinction in variousfields were awarded prizes, Tuesday, June8, at commencement by Dr. Edwin C.Clarke, President of the College.Beaver Falls graduates Linda Braun,who majored in both chemistry andmathematics, received the ValedictorianPrize, the W. E. Cleland Award and wasgraduated summa cum laude.Judith A. Sullivan, Salutatorian, anEnglish major from Industry, received theSenior English prize and was graduatedsumma cum laude.Paula Brooks, Beaver Falls anEnglish major, and Robert Shriver, history,Easton, were recipients of the Aluniniprizes; David Stains, Bible major prize;Janice FutatO, elementary education, TheMargaret Ross Award; Charles Pelouze,business administration, The IsabellaStewart Award; Ralph Hegner,psychology, the psychology prize, andPresident of the Senior Class, ThomasAndino, Jr., the senior class gift, all ofBeaver Falls.The W. A. Bliss Economics Prize wasawarded to Peter Milligan, New Castle,economics; The R. W. Redpath Memorial,David Faris, business administration,Sterling Kan.; The Wall Street JournalAward, Arthur W. Deemer, businessadministration,McKees Rocks; J.L.McCartney Prize, Linda Breuninger,Coatesville.Robert Mester, business administration,Freedom, The WilliamWilson Business Prize; William Pingitore,chemistry, Ambridge, The G. KennethHartman Chemistry Prize; Ray Ramsey,industrial engineering, Tarrs, The IndustrialEngineering Prize.Robert Boffo, Rochester, a historymajor who also graduated summa cumlaude, the Benson History Prize; AlanRiggall, a history major from Philadelphia,the Eleanor Leighty Award.Junior class award winners aremusic majors, Judy Plants, Freeport, TheRaschella Music Prize, Mike Tabon,Bronx, N.Y., The Kathryn T. MethenyVocal Prize, and Ruth Steining, Statesville,N. C, the Walkinson Music Prize; speechmajors Ruth Anderson, King of Prussia,The John Lincoln Downie Prize, andJeralyn Long, Lafayette, Ind., The Peter S.Borsay Memorial Prize, and Earl Long,Bible, Mars, The William ColumbusAward.Two chemistry majors claimed theGeneral Excellence Prize, Dorothy Mc-Sweeny, a sophomore from NewAlexandria, and Robert Eckhardt, freshman,Vineland, N.J. James Roberts, asophomore mathematics major fromArdsley, received the Catherine RobertsonMcCartney Prize, Deborah Bainer, Dover,O., The Freshman English Prize, andRobert Ulrich, a freshman speech majorfrom Sharon, the Copeland Bible Prize.GENEVA GETSKELLOGG GRANTGeneva College has received anenvironmental studies grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek,Michigan. Announcement of the grant wasmade, June 7, by Geneva President Dr.Edwin C. Clarke.Dr. Robert E. Kinsinger, KelloggFoundation Vice-President, explained thatthe grant to Geneva is one of approximately300 similar grants being madeto small private liberal arts collegesthroughout the United States as part of theFoundation's continuing program ofsupport for activities aimed at findingsolutions to environmental problemsthroughout the nation.Dr. Kinsinger said, "The realizationthat man is faced with unprecedentedcrises precipitated by rapid and profoundpopulation growth, environmentaldeterioration, and depletion of the planet'snatural resources has evoked a growingconcern. The Foundation believes that thenation's small, private liberal arts collegescan make a substantial contributiontoward solving these problems bystrengthening their programs of environmentalstudies."During the past year an Ad HocCommittee of faculty and students hasbeen studying effects on the environmentat Geneva and in the area. The committeeis under the leadership of three facultymembers, Dr. David Badger, AssistantProfessor of Chemistry, Dr. John Cruzan,Assistant Professor of Biology, and Dr.Kenneth Hartman, Assistant Professor ofChemistry. The committee's work hasfocused on insecticides, fertilizers, saltingof highways and sidewalks, disposal ofchemicals, burning of rubbish, and thedestruction of recyclable items such aspaper, glass, and metal cans.Dr. Cruzan, lends a special expertiseto environmental studies having graduatedfrom the University of Colorado in 1968with a Doctor of Philosophy degree inEcology. His doctoral dissertation entitled"Ecological Distribution and Interactionsof Four Species Microtus in Colorado"involved the factors which limitdistribution of animals. Currently Dr.Cruzan is a member of the SteeringCommittee of Citizens Conservation Corpsof Beaver County. This summer Dr. Cruzanwill be a member of the faculty at theEnvironmental Sciences Institute at OhioState University. The institute is beingsponsored by the National ScienceFoundation.The resource materials to be usedwill be chosen by a selection committeewhich includes, in addition to Cruzan,Badger, and Hartman, Dr. Norman Carson,Chairman of the Department of English;Dr. Robert Pitts, Assistant Dean of theCollege; Mr. Richard Crozier, Librarian;Dr. Leotta Hawthorne, Professor ofEducation; Dr. Russell Heddendorf,Associate Professor of Sociology; Dr.Francois Gerard, Associate Professor ofHistory; Mrs. Mary Chalmers, Instructor inMathematics and two students, MissShirley Lane of Rochester and Miss JudyPlants of Freeport.JUNE 30, 19"1 13