File Folder 13 - Orie O. Miller not annotated

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US GCA HM1/278-35-Folder 13

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Orie O. Miller not annotated

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  • 1958-1962 (Creation)

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Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 3, 1959: re “DATE OF THE NEXT SEMINARY ALUMNI CONSULTATION”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 3, 1959: re “DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH FOR GOSHEN COLLEGE”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, December 14, 1959: re “CONTRIBUTION FOR BIBLICAL SEMINARY”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, December 21, 1959: re “J. H. YODER LETTER OF DECEMBER 14”; zqxq Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender, John C. Wenger, Howard Charles, Paul M. Miller and J. L. Burkholder January 4, 1960 [jjq on stationery of Goshen College re “Teacher in Old Testament”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, February 25, 1960: re “PROGRAM FOR MUSIC CONFERENCE”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, March 3, 1960: re “PLANS AND PROJECTS COMMITTEE”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, March 3, 1960: re “CATALOG STATEMENT ON O. O. MILLER GIFT”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Carl Kreider, March 4, 1960: re “PROPOSED EXPANSION OF GOSHEN COLLEGE RADIO PROGRAM TO FULL COVERAGE”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, March 8, 1960: re “PART-TIME TECHING ASSIGNMENT FOR JOHN HOWARD YODER 1960-61”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, March 8, 1960: re “ANNOUNCEMENT OF PLACEMENT”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, May 18, 1960: re “COMMITTEE ON ADMISSION AND RETENTION”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, May 24, 1960 [jjq jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and John Mosemannr, May 18, 1960: re “PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF THE SEMINARY CHAPEK FOR WEDDING OCCASIONS”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, July 15, 1960 [jjq on Goshen College memo form re “Teacher Tenure”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, July 16, 1960: re “Sabbatical Leaves”; zqxq Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Melvin Gingerich, October 6 , 1960 [jjq on Goshen College memo form re “1960-61 Contract”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 1, 1960: re “ATTACHED STATEMENT OF TENURE FROM A.A.T.S.”; zqxq Paul Mininger to Bender, November 2, 1960 [jjq on stationery of Goshen College jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 22, 1960: re “HOW SHALL CHARGES FOR TUITION FOR CROSS-REGISTERING BETWEEN OUR TWO SEMINARIES BE HANDLED”; zqxq Bender to Paul Mininger, November 29, 1960: re “ALLOWANCE FOR MOVING EXPENSES”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, January 12, 1961: re “1961 SUMMER PLANS”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, January 12, 1961: re SEMINARY FACULTY TENURE”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, January 12, 1961: re “SEMINARY TEACHER LOANS”; zqxq Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender, January 18, 1961 [jjq on memo form of Goshen College President re “Some of the major issues in the life of the Mennonite Church today to which your Conrad Grebel Lecture might speak”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Nelson Kauffman, January 25, 1961 [jjq on Goshen College memo form re “CONRAD GREBEL LECTURES”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, February 8, 1961: re “FINAL DECISION ABOUT HEAT CONTROL IN THE SEMINARY OFFICES”; zqxq Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Goshen College Faculty, February 13, 1961 [jjq on memo form of the Goshen College President jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, Carl Kreider and J. B. Brunk, March 13, 1961 [jjq zq jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, August 15, 1961: re “College Subsidy for Mennonite Quarterly Review”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, August 18, 1961: re “Proposed Fringe Benefit for 1961-62 for Biblical Seminary jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, August 21, 1961: re “Air conditioning of the Seminary Dean’s Office”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, September 12, 1961: re “Air conditioning”; zqxq Bender to Paul Mininger, July 19, 1961 [jjq zq jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, September 25, 1961: re “Seminary Work Drive”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 26, 1961: re “Ross Bender Special Fund”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 27, 1961: re “Possible trainee girl for library assistant next year”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 27, 1961: re “Auumni Roll Call”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 30, 1961 [jjq jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 31, 1961: re “Seminary Teacher in Theology”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 9, 1961: re “Public announcement concerning retirement”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 9, 1961 [jjq 4re “Your announcement to Seminary student body”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 10, 1961: re “H. S. Bender Conrad Grebel Lectureship Payment”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 17, 1961: re “Recruitment for Seminary”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 17, 1961: re “Seminary Scholarships and Fellowships”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 17, 1961: re “Seminary tution”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, November 17, 1961: re “A.T.L.A. Grant”; zqxq Paul Mininger to Members of the Higher Education Council and other persons attending the next Council Meeting., November 25, 1961 [jjq zq jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and J. Robert Kreider, December 4, 1961: re “Telephone Call from Maurine Watkins to H. S. Bender on Monday, Nov. 27, 1961”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, December 11, 1961: re “Mannine Watkins’ latest gift”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, December 15, 1961: re “Additional secretarial help due to ATLA Library Grant”; zqxq Memorandum, Paul Mininger to William Zuercher, December 29, 1961 [jjq on memo form of Goshen College President jxx]: zqxq Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender, January 30, 1962: re “Seminary Student Aid Program”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, March 8, 1962: re “Student Aid Program”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Dean Kreider, March 20, 1962: re “Commencement Calendar for the Biblical Seminary”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, April 2, 1962: re “Heat control in my office”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, June 1, 1962: re “A. J. Metzler Expense Account”; zqx Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, June 22, 1962: re “Provision for the Seminary during my sick leave”; zqxq Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Harold Bauman, September 14, 1962: re “ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY”; zqxq ============================= ====== Memorandum,Paul Mininger to Goshen College Faculty, Administrators and Staff, xq ????, 19zq [jjq zq jxx]: zqxq zqBender to zqPaul Mininger, zq, 19zq [jjq zq jxx]: zqxq zqPaul Mininger to zqBender, zq, 19zq [jjq zq jxx]: zqxq • • • REPLYzqATTACHEDzqCONTIGUOUS, ========================== re December 10, 1958 [Byron Bender? CALL JOE SPRINGER] LEON: PLEASE MOVE THE HARD COPY OF THE FOLLOWING TO SEPTEMBER 8, 1959.Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender [no date, but mention of Tuesday September 8 puts it in 1959]: re “Change from 44 hour work week to 40 hour work week”. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, September 3, 1958 [re “Honorary degrees”]: submitting a proposal at Mininger xjjj\’sjjj request; mention Dean Carl Kreider. • • • CONTIGUOUS, document, “A PROPOSED POLOICY ON HONORARY DEGREES FOR [sic] GOSHEN COLLEGE”; the proposal and at the end the names of Erland Waltner, John R. Mumaw, Chester K. Lehman, John A. Toews, Paul Erb, and N. van der Zijpp for Th.D., B.D., or M.A. degrees [Nanne van der Zijpp of Holland]. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 20, 1958 [jjq re “Processional and Gowns” jxx]: re attitutes of Seminary faculty about wearing gowns, and whether to be in the processional if not: mention specifically Howard Charles, Paul Miller [Paul M. Miller ?], John Howard Yoder [John Yoder, John H.Yoder], and John C. Wenger [J. C. Wenger].... Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender [?or likely Bender to Paul Mininger ?], December 6, 1958 [note: beware––carbons of memos can be unclear as to which was sender and which recipient]: re “Seminary Faculty Discussion Meeting on the Cencept of the Pastor”; had a good discussion, elaborating the previous one a bit; had “pushed”; sorry you and J. Lawrence Burkholder were absent. Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender, December 6, 1958 [note: beware––carbons of memos can be unclear as to which was sender and which recipient]: re “ACCREDITATION”; Jesse Ziegler had called from New York reporting that the Commission on Accrediting of A.A.T.S. [American Association of Theological Schools” had “voted us full accreditment”.... Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, December 20, 1958 [note: beware––carbons of memos can be confusing as to which was sender and which recipient]: re “Proposed Missions Program 1959-1960”; lists 6 courses, by “J. Litwiller” [likely John Litwiller], B. Bender [Byron Bender? CALL JOE SPRINGER], Graber [likely J. D. Graber, Joseph D. Graber ?]. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger,xq January 10, 1959 [note: beware––carbons of memos can be confusing as to which was sender and which recipient]: recommending Paul Miller [likely Paul M. Miller] be allowed to work half-time for pay on his dissertation, as done earlier with Howard Charles; recommend Ross Bender for an AATS Fellowship for 1960-1961 [American Association of Theological Schools; note––for more on Ross Bender xjjj\’sjjj nomination, see below at January 26, 1959 and March 19, 1959]; mention Harold Bauman. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, January 10, 1959: re “Greek Teacher Second Sememster to replace John H. Yoder”; proposal to have William Klassen teach the course, paying Mennonite Biblical Seminary for his time. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, January 26, 1959: re “Faculty Fellowships--AATS”; on following AATS procedures in nominating Ross Bender for an [American Association of Theological Schools] Faculty Fellowship. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, Carl Kreider, John Lehman, Atlee Beechy, Ralph Gunden, Ada Shaum, Harold Bauman, Willard Smith, J. L. Burkholder and Leland Bachman, February 9, 1959 [jjq spirit duplicated jxx]: one-full-page memo requesting that all information and announcements concerning the Seminary be sent out through the seminary; fulsome explanation. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Ralph Gunden, February 17, 1959: re “Student Assistant Work”; re intent to have Wayne Gerber be student assistant for William Klassen xjjj\’sjjj Greek course and Bender xjjj\’sjjj Church History course. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, February 19, 1959: re “Seminary Chorus Director”; briefly, about details of having Bill Nofziger [? William Nofziger ?] in charge of Seminary Chorus. Telegram. Bender to Paul Mininger, February 24, 1959 [addressing Mininger in New York City]: plans for meetings of Seminary Building Committee and Joint Administrative Committee later in the week. Memorandum, Bender to President Mininger and Dean Kreider, March 18, 1959: re “John A. Hostetler” [Paul Mininger, Carl Kreider]; during visit of John Hostetler family [John A. Hostetler] Bender had unexpectedly learned of Hostetler plan to leave Scottdale and take up [post-secondary] teaching; Hostetler did not expect to find a place in a Mennonite school and was looking elsewhere; Bender wished he could come to a Mennonite school. Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender, March 18, 1959: re “STUDENT SEMINARY STUDENT FROM GERMANY”; such a student had been selected by “the Joint Administrative Committee” [of the two seminaries making up AMBS?]; the two seminaries would each have the person for a seminary’s study and divide the costs [Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Goshen Biblical Seminary; Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries]. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, March 19, 1959 [note: beware––carbons of memos can be confusing as to which was sender and which recipient]: re “A.A.T.S. FACULTY FELLOWSHIP FOR ROSS BENDER”; Seminary faculty had “voted to nominate Ross Bender for the A. A. T. S. faculty fellowship...”; re having reached “an understanding with Paul Miller [likely Paul M. Miller; for more re Ross Bender nomination, see above at January 10, 1959 and January 26, 1959]. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Carl Kreider, April 15, 1959: re “Elmer Wall”; Wall had consented to teach “the Freshman course in New Testament” first semester 1959-1960, he a GCMC minister....(more information on him); about arrangements made with Wall. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Dean Kreider, April 21, 1959 [Carl Kreider]: re “DEAN’S SIGNATURE ON BOOK ORDER CARDS”; “Miss Weber” [Esther Weber ?], Seminary Librian had suggested dropping the need for the “Dean’s signature on book order cards”; assuggestion “we” discuss this. Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender, April 21, 1959 [note: beware––carbons of memos can be confusing as to which was sender and which recipient]: re “AGREEMENT WITH LANCASTER MISSION BOARD”; sending some “correspondence with Paul Kraybill”; “I assume you will handle this”. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Dean Kreider, April 30, 1959 [Carl Kreider]: re “ATTACHED LETTER”; unclear reference evidently about some sort of benefit that “the Elkhart Seminary” [Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Goshen Biblical Seminary’s GCMC partner in Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries] gave to its faculty; suggestion that Goshen xjjj\’sjjj extend the same benefit. • • • ATTACHED, Erland Waltner to Paul Mininger, January 13, 1958 [on stationery of Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart]: at an MBS faculty meeting the quesstion came up whether “Harold Moyer [likely teaching music] at Goshen” could attend and audit Christian Ethics class, and re charges; after much discussion, decision was to let Goshen faculty attend MBS classes without charge.... cc: Bender. Memorandum, Ralph Gunden to President Paul Mininger, May 1, 1959 [Gunden: then and/or later, Goshen College Business Manager]: per Mininger request, Gunden had examined the memo from G. F. Hershberger [Guy F. Hershberger, Guy Hershberger] re Guy xjjj\’sjjj financial relationship to Goshen College and [denomination committees he served] Peace Problems Committee; this Gunden memo goes on with information about costs of salary, sabbaticals, retirement, etc. with some comment. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Bender to Paul Mininger, Ralph Hernley and Harold S. Bender [sic], July 17, 1959 [to Mininger as Goshen College President; H. Ralph Hernley as Chairman of Committee on Social and Economic Relations, of (MC) Mennonite General Conference; and Bender as Chairman of the same conference xjjj\’sjjj Peace Problems Committee]: Bender had prepared “a draft of a Memorandum of Understanding” re Hershberger xjjj\’sjjj employment; did it meet your approval? once the memo was confirmed, Goshen College would begin salary payments to Hershberger and bills to the agencies. • • • CONTIGUOUS, the memorandum [one and a fraction pages, signed by Mininger, Herley, Bender, and Hershberger. Memorandum, Paul Mininger to Bender and Ralph Gunden, September 14, 1959: re “1959-60 Tuition fees in the Seminary”; content as indicated. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, September 17, 1959: re “PATIO SPRINKLING SYSTEM AND FOUNTAIN”; Melvin Gingerich would pay for the sprinklers, Bender the concrete fountain; discussion of who would do the work––possibly a Kime, Harold Brooks, and the college xjjj\’sjjj maintenance people––but not all decision re this were not yet firm. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Carl Kreider, September 19, 1959: re “HISTORICAL LIBRARY SHELVING”; re this subject, with some complex comments about how to handle charges, partly to honor the donors (Mennonite Historical Library and “College Class of 1951”)––also with economy in mind, etc. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger and Ralph Gunden, September 24, 1959 [jjq]: re “SEMINARY BUILDING MATTERS”; desired material for the Horsch Room and its ceiling; costs; about a patio, care of the grass, etc.; mention checking with, views of, and information from several people––Melkving Gingerich, Mr. Keim, Frank Bishop; re a fountain; mention Mr. Eash [likely Orus Eash]; mention removal of two trees. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, September 29, 1959: re “SUGGESTIONS FOR MEMBERS ON THE LOCAL BOARD OF OVERSEERS”; 16 persons named, in categories such as “ministers”, Bussinessmen” [sic–gender], etc.; brief comment. cc: Carl Kreider. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 6, 1959: re “ORIE MILLER MEMORIAL PLAQUE”; recommending a placement for the plaque [likely inside the new Seminary building [later Newcomer Center]; rationale for the choice, including why not to follow the exact wish that Miller has stated. • • • ATTACHED, draft of the plaque xjjj\’sjjj wording [for final wording, see Orie O. Miller folder 1958-1962 (? Box 35 Folder 13 ?), at October 8, 1960]. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 30, 1959: re “JOHN MILLER”; re John Miller statement that the reasons for his termination were still vague, a list of reasons; [the reasons seem to be a fulsome list of the church establishment xjjj\’sjjj (or at least Bender xjjj\’sjjj) objections to Reba Place xjjj\’sjjj attitudes and to some of its practices...)––in the realms of economic patterns and of church authority; also mentioned, results that some Seminary students had abandoned their plans to serve within the church. Memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 30, 1959: re “Attached Memo”; sending a memo that Bender had drafted for approaching “Brother Yoder” [not further identified] for Yoder to consider “the invitation”. • • CONTIGUOUS, another memorandum, Bender to Paul Mininger, October 30, 1959: re “INVITATION TO JOHN H. YODER”; [nearly two full pages]; mention “John Howard Yoder”; re appointing him as ”a regular continuing full-time instruction beginning September 1960 in the field of Biblical and Historical Theology (and Missions)...”; various practical considerations, include some affecting other faculty members––mention Ross Bender, Howard Charles; “This appointment would require the creation of a new chair (or department)...; other points, including assumption “and desire that Brother Yoder continue his peace work...”

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  • Box: 35
  • Folder: 13