The Banner - February 27, 1976

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Spiritual emphasis week
The theme of this year's Spiritual Emphasis Week is, "Let Us
Exalt His Name Together"
(Psalms 34:3.) Dr. William L.
Hendricks, Rev. Danny Daniels and
Tim Hall will be the guest speakers for the week of March 1-5.
Dr. Hendricks is a professor
of theology at Southwestern Seminary, in Fort Worth.
He has been the pastor of several churches in Oklahoma and
Texas. Most of his formal education has been divided between two
universities (one, Eberhard Karl's
University, Tuebingen, Germany,)
and Southwestern Baptist Seminary.
Bill Hendricks
SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS WEEK
He has been a counselor for
orphan boys, and has had two books
published.
Dr. Hendricks will be speaking
everyday next week except, Friday. His lectures Monday through
Thursday are as follows:
Monday-Thursday 10:00 a.m.
Chapel: "Patterns ofGrace"
Monday-Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Evening   Worship:   'The   Holy
Spirit"
Tuesday 4:00 p.m.
Rap   Session!  Today's College
Student "Whither Bound."
Wednesday
You name the subject
Also speaking during the week
will be the Rev. Danny Daniels.
Rev. Daniels is a graduate of CBC.
He served two summers on the
state evangelism teams as a
preacher. He has pa stored church
es in Southern California and has
traveled and witnessed extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Rev. Daniels is known best for
his 'Coffin Ministry in which he
travels around carrying a coffin
full of Christian Literature. Rev.
Daniels will be speaking at the
following times:
Thursday 4:00 p.m.
Rap Session: "Witnessing Experiences Behind the Iron Curtain."
7:00 p.m.
Evening Worship: "Who Says
Serving Christ is Dull and Boring?"
Friday will be the day in which
Tim Hall from Athletes In Action
will be here. Tim is a forward on
the A1A Basketball team. He will
be speaking Friday both at 10:00
a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
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MONDAY
Tuesday
9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer Time
10:00 a.m. Chapel
Presiding: Kenneth Glenn
Special Music: Rhonda Tierce
6:30 p.m. Evening Prayer Time
7:00 p.m. Worship Service
Presiding: Stan Lloyd
Special Music: Norvo Belton
8:30 p.m. Fellowship
9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer Time
10:00 a.m. Chapel
Presiding: Larry Beam
Special Music: Davis Hill
Mike & Judy Cox
Wednesday
IF YOU EXPECT TO BE
ACCEPTED INTO THE
TIME FOR THE FALL PRE-
REGISTRATION, YOU
SHOULD FILE AN APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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CHAPEL
EVERYDAY NEXT
WEEK
4:00 p.m. Rap Session
Presiding: Ike Riddle
6:30 p.m. Evening Prayer Time
7:00 p.m. Worship Service
Presiding: Bill Carey
Special Music: Frank Capiaux &
Jack Hawkins
9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer Time
10:00 a.m. Chapel
Presiding: Diane Bishop
Special Music: Kristi Giddens
4:00 p.m. Rap Session
Presiding: James Matson
6:30 p.m. Evening Prayer Time
7:00 p.m. Worship Service
Presiding: Kate Bradley
Special Music: Gayle Crosby
T-TH follow the
MWF schedule for
morning classes...
afternoon classes
remain the same.
Danny Daniels
Thursday
Friday
9:30 a.m.. Morning Prayer Time
10:00 a.m. Chapel
Presiding: Bruce Gearhart
Special Music: Buddy Meachem
4:00 p.m. Rap Session
Presiding: Chris Williams
6:30 p.m. Evening Prayer Time
7:00 p.m. Worship Service
Presiding: Dr. James Staples
Special Music: Larry Beam &
Adrian McDaniel
9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer Time
10:00 a.m. Chapel
Presiding: Coach Floyd Evans
Special Music: Joy Johnson
Testimony: Kevin Finnerty
6:30 p.m. Evening Prayer Time
7:00 p.m. Worship Service
Presiding: Jerry Powell
Special Music: Zela Garcia
Arson fires cause strained nerves-tears
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By Jan Price
Last Sunday evening I became
aware of two small fires within
Simmons' Hall.
Actually both fires had occurred
on the same floor of the dorm and
within only a matter of minutes
from each other.
At approximately 11 p.m. a magazine was found burning on top of
an ironing board on wing 3B. At
first it was thought that a hot iron,
near the magazine, was the cause
of the fire. Yet later evidence
showed that the iron was no where
near the burning object. Very little
damage was caused due to the asbestos ironing board covers. In a
later talk with Keith McLellan,
housing director, it appeared thai
the magazine had been purposely
lit.
Roughly 15 minutes after that incident, smoke was noticed coming
from the oven of the third floor
kitchen. In the oven another magazine was found, although unlike
the other, it was covered in some
sort of a plastic bag. No damage
was caused, yet the smoke was
devastating.
Just as I was finishing the typing of this story (Monday evening),
the fire alarm was sounded around
9:30. The smell of smoke entered
the rooms of those who live inSim-
mons Hall. This time the fire was
not as minute as those from the
previous evening, for the members
of Simmons' Hall were now being
asked to evacuate.
As we left the dorm, immediately
the members of the third floor began explaining what had happened.
This time a larger fire was discovered in the storage room, now
a prayer chapel, located in the
third floor lounge. Luckily people
were handy with the fire extinguishers and the blaze was out
within minutes. At this time the
fire department was called and an
investigation was under way.
The residents of the dorm were
then asked to meet in the gym.
As the crowd entered the gym different emotions were noticeable
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on everyone's face. Tears caused
by fear, the look of panic, and of
course those who cover up their
feelings by jokes were the most
common reactions found. While in
the gym, Keith McLellan gave directions on the use of the fire
extinguishers. He alsogaveeva-
cuation procedures. Many people
in the gym felt that McLellan had
done a "great" job in calming
the crowd so that no one would
cause a panic.
The residents soon returned to
their rooms only to find a fourth
fire. Approximately an hour after
returning to the dorms, third floor
was again the scene of a fire.
Someone had lit a trash can on
fire in the bathroom of wing 3B.
Third floor was now the scene
of frightened women. For the remainder of the evening, shifts
of two hour watches were being
given. In fact all the wings in the
dorm were asked to place people
on watch for the night. Various
men volunteered to keep watch on
each wing throughout the night. One
man was appointed to every wing
and exchanged shifts at a somewhat
regular rate. While speaking with
McLellan early Tuesday, I asked,
if having a man on the wing was
to give the women a feeling of safety, or was it to aid in the capture'
of the arsonist? McLellan felt that
the idea was to give the girls safety and to make them feel safe.
1 was able to briefly speak with
Sue Beasley, Resident's Assistant
(R.A.) of wing 3D. The basis of
the questions were concerning how
her wing was holding up under such
pressure. Ms. Beasley mentioned
that each girl on her wing was much
more conscious of those who enter
the wing, particularly strangers.
She also stated that when it came
to asking for volunteers to keep
watch, everyone felt concerned and
were willing to help in any way
they could. Although Ms. Beasley
was not on the wing at the time of
the third and larger fire, she
seemed to show a feeling of pride
in stating that she didn't think that
3D's occupants panicked in any way
while evacuating.
During Tuesday afternoon
another blaze was set. At 1:30
again 3B's bathroom was on fire.
Someone had thrown a plastic trash
can and its contents into the dryer
and turned it on. By coincidence
the fire chief happened to be inthe
office of Dean Collins. Immediately the fire chief was at the
scene. However the arsonist was
not found, nor were any clues
discovered.
Thus far it seems as though
the person or persons setting the
fires are using a pattern of two
fires per day, for at approximately eight Tuesday evening another
small fire was ignited and soon
extinguished. This time a table
cloth was placed on the 3rd floor
kitchen counter, the cloth was lit,
then a plastic lid was set on top
of the blaze in order to melt.
This blaze brings the fire count
up to six, all of which are located
on the third floor. However not
known by many, is the fact that
actually there have been seven
fires. After fire number six, in
the kitchen, it was suggested ihat
all of the cupboards be cleared
out of burnable items. Judy Carolan, resource center director,
found a sock which had been burnt.
This sock had burned part of the
inside of a cupboard. It is not
known when this seventh fire was
set. It may have been last week or
even within the last few days.
At the time I am writing this
story (Feb. 25 four p.m.), there
have not been any further fires.
And hopefully there will not beany
more.
Located on each wing of the
dorms is a fire extinguishing unit
placed above the drinking fountain.
Inside the enclosed case is a fire
extinguisher and fire hose. During
training each R.A. is informed concerning the use of this equipment
and the procedure of removing
the residents from the wing safely.
Yet what would happen if a fire
occurs and the R.A. is not around?
The equipment on each wing is
easily used and can be handled by
anyone. The use of the fire hose
is self explanatory, but what ofthe
fire extinguisher.
Each fire extinguisher is light
weight, and each is simple to use.
The procedure for operating the
extinguisher is as follows; remove
the extinguisher from its position,
pull the safety pin, aim at the base
of the fire, and squeeze the handle.
The majority of the extinguishers located in the dorms are
of the ABC type, meaning the
contents of the extinguisher can
be used on A-combustibles, B-
liquid, and C - electrical fires.
This is an important safety factor
to be known, for if an extinguisher
containing water is used on an electrical fire, an electrical current
can be transferred to the fire
fighter.
I spoke with Captain Newell of
the Arlington Fire Department
concerning safety precautions during a fire. Captain Newell described a  situation  in  which he
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