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i Welma Skipper Ordained A jl ii i rl Eb Baptist Hospital Revamps mi nurmaaie unurcn On Sunday, March 1, a council was called by the Huntsdale Church of Route 3, Columbia, for the purpose of ordaining its pastor, Welma Skipper, to the gospel ministry. Lawrence Holzschuh, superintendent of missions for the Little Bonne Femme Association, was elected moderator of the council. Richard Faling, minister of music and education at the Memorial Church, Columbia, was elected clerk. Fred Pulliam, pastor of the Nashville Church, was elected examiner. The candidate was presented to the coun- cil by Floyd Calvin, a member of the Hunts- In the past, Miss Fredenburg said, men comprised about two-thirds of the student body.

However, an increasing number of women are going on to higher education, and the school hopes to have a nearly equal ratio of men to women students. The school, which has dormitory facilities for 80 students, currently accepts about 20 per year. Applicants must be professing Christians and must be recommended by their pastor to qualify. The school will soon be able to fill the needs for nurses but not for physicians at the hospital, Miss Fredenburg pointed out. Physicians who have participated in the medical volunteer program, "have certainly been a blessing," she said, in alleviating personnel shortages of a short duration in the past.

She added that the new government regulations were good in that they will help bring nursing in Nigeria up to the level of international standards of nursing education. Five hospitals and two clinics related to the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board are located in Nigeria. However, three of the five hospitals are severely crippled or closed. The hospital in Kontagora, in Northern Nigeria, has no missionary physician and is now being run on a limited scale. Also, the hospitals in Shaki and Joinkrama have been closed for lack of medical personnel.

RICHMOND (BP)-Lack of enough trained nurses could be a problem for the Baptist Hospital and Nursing School in Eku, Nigeria, as the government of that country has adopted new regulations to upgrade facilities and teaching institutions. Miss Mary Evelyn Fredenburg, Southern Baptist missionary and director of nursing education in the affiliated nursing school at Eku, said in an interview here that the hospital will be able to meet most of the new standards but may have a shortage of nurses when furloughs for missionary nurses come due next summer. Bed capacity of the hospital must increase from 120 to 150 according to the new ruling. Already under way are additions to the operating room and a central supply unit. A small kitchen which serves patients who are on special diets and those who request its services must now be enlarged to accommodate all patients at the hospital, added Miss Ruth Kube, missionary director of nursing service at Eku.

However, because of the varied cultural backgrounds of the patients and their diets they may continue to have their meals brought to them by relatives and friends, Miss Fredenburg said. The School of Nursing has also felt repercussions of the new government regulations. Previously, only about a ninth grade education was required for entrance to the school, and the student was not required to have any scientific training. Now students must have a high school education and preferably some background in science. dale Church.

Richard Faling led the ordination prayer, and Robert E. Lively, pastor of the Memorial Church, delivered the ordination sermon. The Bible and certificate of ordination were presented by Douglas Wilhite, chairman of deacons of the Huntsdale Church. Rev. Skipper was called as pastor of the church on June 8, 1969.

He was licensed to the gospel ministry by the Memorial Church on November 16, 1969 (see article and photograph on page 16, January 29 Word and Way). He is the son of Mrs. Slade C. Skipper, and the late Mr. Skipper, of Whiteville, N.C.

He is married to the former Marilyn Erickson of Columbia. He received the BS degree in mathematics from Wake Forest University and the MA in mathematics from the University of Missouri. He is currently working on a doctorate in mathematics education at the University of Missouri and teaching in the Department of Mathematics at Stephens College, Crotts Elected Chairman Of Foundation Executives AUSTIN, Tex (BP) Glen E. Crotts, ex- Chafin to Preach on Baptist Hour in Summer FORT WORTH (BP)-Kenneth L. Chafin, director of the evangelism division for the Home Mission Poard, Atlanta, will be the speaker on The Baptist Hour's summer series, the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commicsion here announced.

Chafin, former evangelism professor at Southern Seminary in Louisville, will relieve Heischel H. Hobbs, regular Baptist Hour speaker. Chafin also previously taught at Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth. He has previously spoken on The Baptist Hour and has also been a speaker for the radio variety program, "MasterControl," which the commission produces. The Baptist Hour is heard on 460 stations thioughout all 50 states.

ecutive secretary of the Baptist Foundation Jj of Arizona, was elected president of the of Baptist Foundation Execu- I fives at their nnnnnl mpetinp hprp 1 is i i JL jl trotts, wno succeeds bus Jonnson, execu tive secretary of the Baptist Foundation of Flnridn. had servpH ns vire nrpcidenf in 1969. Vernon Yearby, executive secretary of the Bantist Foundation nf Alabama, was named vice president and Jim Cherry, executive Carolina, was elected secretary-treasurer. The two-day meeting covered a wide rnnrro nf tnnirc inrlndinrr fnnndatinn nnern- i tion, stewardship, development, tax struc 'J tures, and promotion and communications jlechniques. India Charges Red China Is Destroying Tibetan Culture UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.

(RNS)-India has accused Communist China of conducting "a systematic destruction of the Tibetan race, religion and culture." The charge was made recently before the UN Commission on Human Rights by N. N. Jha, who recalled that in 1951 Peking had entered into a solemn agreement guaranteeing autonomy to Tibet under Chinese rule. Page FIFTEEN NEW VIRGINIA EDITOR: Julian H. Pen-tecost, pastor, Grace Church, Richmond, has been elected editor of the Religious Herald, weekly publication of the Baptist General Association of Virginia.

He succeeds Reuben Alley, effective June 1. (BP) Photo 4 THE DIFFERENCE between a conviction and prejudice is that you can explain a conviction without getting angry. i APRIL 16, 1970.