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Stevens Aviation is now Stevens Aerospace.

#Bob Jones University #1967 #Greenville News #YeahTHATGreenville #Advertisement #Anniversary #Stevens Aviation

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So with the calculated Grand Total Enrollment -- when I counted each student reported to the SCCHE based on what they were studying -- the number is much lower.

Dramatically so.

#Bob Jones University #Enrollment #Financial Crisis #Charts and Graphs #IPEDS #SCCHE

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The World’s Most Unusual University and the World’s Most Unusual Store -- the Dollar Store!

#Bob Jones University #1967 #Greenville News #YeahTHATGreenville #Advertisement #Anniversary #Dollar Store

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But this might explain a big part of the downturn as well.

The number of grad students plummeted in the Fall of 2023. BJU had 430 in 2022, and in 2023 they had 306.

That's a 25% drop!

#Bob Jones University #Enrollment #Financial Crisis #Charts and Graphs #IPEDS #SCCHE

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Bible Conference in 1968 was strange:

The annual Spring Bible Conference is one of the outstanding features of the year at Bob Jones University. Running for eight days, the conference brings to the campus outstanding, orthodox Bible teachers, pastors and evangelists. All regular academic work is suspended for the conference which takes the place of a spring vacation.

This year's conference was considered one of the school's best. More off-campus guests were present than for any other event in the school's history.

Services were held in the 3,000-seat Rodeheaver Auditorium, and overflow crowds watched the services via closed-circuit television in the 1,000-seat Concert Center. For most of the sessions it was necessary to use a third auditorium the War Memorial Chapel, which has a seating capacity of about 700+.

Guest speakers at the conference included Dr. Robert T. Ketcham, national consultant (retired), General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley, pastor of Raven hill Free Presbyterian Church, Belfast, Ireland, moderator of Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, editor of "The Revivalist," "Protestant Telegraph." Also, Dr. Charles S. Poling, pastor of the Church of All Christian Faiths, Phoenix, Ariz.; Dr. Glen Schunk of Greenville, evangelist; and Dr. H. C. Slade, pastor of Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Toronto, Canada.

The next Bible Conference will be March 30-April 7, 1968. Among the speakers scheduled are Dr. G. Archer Weniger, pastor of the Foothill Boulevard Baptist Church of Oakland, Calif; Dr. Noel Smith, editor of the Baptist Bible Tribune," Springfield, Mo.; Dr. Bob Wells, pastor of the Central Baptist Church of Anaheim, Calif.; Rev. John Balyo, pastor of the Cedar Hill Baptist Church of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; and John Stormer, author of' "None Dare Call It Treason."

John Stormer was an anti-communist speaker.

And then a WBJU story:

WBJU, the student-manned carrier-current radio station, is now in its second year of operation. Located in the radio television wing of the Fine Arts Building, the fully equipped radio station is designed to be heard in the eight student dormitories.

Though staffed entirely by radio students, the station's operations are supervised by Robert Pratt, chairman of the division of speech and head of the department of radio and television, and other members of the radio-television faculty.

According to Mr. Pratt, the carrier-current station serves as a "laboratory training unit for students who have dedicated themselves to using broadcasting as a Christian ministry." He said that the station also endeavors to supplement the listening interests of the student body.

The university grants the bachelor of arts degree in radio and television and the bachelor of science degree in broadcast engineering. WBJU is in addition to the commercial stations operated by Bob Jones University -- WMUU and  WMUU-FM in Greenville and WAVO and WAVO-FM in the Atlanta, Ga., area.

#Bob Jones University #1967 #Greenville News #YeahTHATGreenville #Advertisement #Anniversary #Bible Conference #BJUBC1968 #WBJU #WAVO #WMUU

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When I counted all the students and what they were studying -- full-time and part-time, undergrad and grads -- I didn't get 2893.

The calculated Grand Total Enrollment was 2460.

Since that's the number I used last year, that's the number I am using for the rest of my graphs.

#Bob Jones University #Enrollment #Financial Crisis #Charts and Graphs #IPEDS #SCCHE

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The people at General Tire Service 

appreciate to the fullest the recognition brought to Greenville from all over the U.S. and the world by Bob Jones University's famous Religious Art Collection.

That is so weird.

Now this is the Pee Wee’s Tire & Auto Service.

#Bob Jones University #1967 #Greenville News #YeahTHATGreenville #Advertisement #Anniversary #General Tire Service #bju m&g

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Now. The Grand Total Enrollment that BJU reported to the state is 2893. And lo and behold -- that's actually what they told the public too!

I'm kind of surprised by that. I mean, telling the truth and all is new and different. Here's where I reported it last Fall.

But then as I dug deeper, I couldn't get that number to add up.

So instead of wringing my hands, I thought I'd just tell you all the difference so that we could go from there.

#Bob Jones University #Enrollment #Financial Crisis #Charts and Graphs #IPEDS #SCCHE

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Without a football team, how does a university become famous?

By dedicating itself to giving a fine education at a reasonable cost.

And that's just what Bob Jones University set out to do in 1947 in Greenville.

Today, without ever going to the Rose Bowl or any other bowl, Bob Jones is known throughout the country. And BJU gained its fame as an outstanding institution of higher learning.

Duke Power salutes BJU on its 20th Anniversary. We're proud of you and what you've done. Best wishes for your continued success.

We know you're going to become even more famous in the next twenty years.

#Bob Jones University #1967 #Greenville News #YeahTHATGreenville #Advertisement #Anniversary #Duke Power #Football

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Who remembers?

#Bob Jones University #1967 #Greenville News #YeahTHATGreenville #Advertisement #Anniversary #Bill DeLany's Sporting Goods #Main Street #North Main

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Yes, in 2012, the Liberty Way and BJU’s student life were so much the same, yes?

#Bob Jones University #Archive #Ephemera #2012 #The Liberty Way #Liberty University #Student Life

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It's down.

When you compare the number of full-time undergrads enrolled at BJU in the Fall of 2023, it's low.

You can see how the numbers had leveled off under Pettit. No big increase. No big decrease. Just steady.

And the Alan Benson year is just a little tick downward -- from 2265 to 2085.

#Bob Jones University #Enrollment #Financial Crisis #Charts and Graphs #IPEDS #SCCHE

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Just announced! Pensacola Christian College will allow women to wear

Loose-fitting jeans, slacks, or capris

On campus and off!

#Bob Jones University #Dress Code #What's this world coming to #Pants #Pensacola Christian College

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In 1923, Mrs. J. Watson Northrup wrote to the New Age Magazine entitled LEAGUE OF PROTESTANT WOMEN AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL. She begins:

Visit our Public Free School, run by the free and untrammeled powers of Protestants; question even the small boy and girl of tender age in the public schools of this country; they are taught everything that tends to make patriotic, useful men and women, who have lifted America head and shoulders above every other nation on earth.

Back in the early part of the 20th century, white Protestants saw the public school as their school. It wasn’t until Brown v. Board that they started to form their own segregation academies.

Any intelligent Protestant knows that when you educate a man to believe he can be saved without the living God, that he is not a true American citizen, for it is impossible to be true to his country and at the same time believe that his existence on earth and in eternity depends upon a foreign mortal. God holds the American people responsible for flattering wrong; they know better. “If any man worship the beast, he shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God.” 

Americans, arouse yourselves; don't be cowards, for God hates nothing worse than cowardice in his cause.

You can read the whole thing here. But for these white women God and Country were one and the same.

#Bob Jones University #Archive #Ephemera #Klandamentalism #1923

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But how many students are there all together? For all the undergrads?

The number of full-time undergrads that BJU reported to the SCCHE is only 2085.

How does that compare to previous years?

#Bob Jones University #Enrollment #Financial Crisis #Charts and Graphs #IPEDS #SCCHE

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By their fruit ye shall know them....

Adam Morgan, BJU Class of 2011, is proving that he is NOT safe. Consorting with Matt Gaetz of all people? Really??

You can say no, Adam.

Far-right conservative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Congressman, is coming to Greenville to help campaign against his colleague William Timmons.   Gaetz will join South Carolina state representative and Fourth Congressional District Candidate Adam Morgan to keynote a campaign rally on April 23 at the Greenville Marriott.   “I’m looking forward to welcoming Congressman Gaetz to South Carolina,” said Morgan in a press release. “Matt is a strong leader in Congress and I’m thankful to have his support, as well as several other conservative members of Congress, who are committed to consistently fighting for conservative ideals and winning.”  Doors will open at 6 p.m. for the rally beginning at 6:30. Tickets required for entrance can be found here.  “Congress needs more America First warriors willing to fight the establishment, the uniparty and the special interests,” said Congressman Gaetz. “Adam Morgan is that warrior who will join me to fight the DC swamp to take back our country and restore our conservative values. I enthusiastically endorse his candidacy for South Carolina’s Fourth Congressional District and am excited to have him fighting with me soon for the country we love.”  Morgan, an extreme conservative who chairs the SC Freedom Caucus, recently garnered national attention on the social media app X, formerly known as Twitter, when he posted a video of him on the South Carolina House Floor claiming that dark money groups were behind the pressure for him to vote for an economic development.  “My constituents told me to vote no on the $1.3 billion VW project ($400 million of which is taxpayer cash). But the swamp wants me to ignore those ‘back home,’” Morgan posted to X, which received 1.3 million views.  Gaetz responded to Morgan’s post, saying “Inject this into my veins.” Gaetz has also openly spoken about Timmons on X, saying “We need better Republicans than this.”   Still, earlier this year, Timmons garnered former President Donald Trump’s endorsement for a second time.  "Congressman William Timmons is a terrific advocate for the people of South Carolina's 4th Congressional District," Trump said in a press release. A captain in the Air National Guard, he fights hard to secure our border, strengthen our military, support our veterans, grow the economy, defend our Second Amendment, and hold Joe Biden and the Radical Left Accountable. An original member of my South Carolina Leadership Team, Congressman William Timmons has my complete and total endorsement."  The primary is June 11 and early voting begins Tuesday, May 28. Whoever secures the primary will face off against Democrat Kathryn Harvey. 

#Bob Jones University #Adam Morgan #Patch the Pirate #Matt Gaetz #BJUisNOTSafe #SC GOP

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How can you intend to do more intentional discipleship like we intentionally intend to disciple?

The edification of believers in Christ being vital to our growth as a Christian community, the renovated Dixon-McKenzie Dining Common will have two main goals:

• Provide purposeful interaction: small clusters of seating will be available for student use, allowing for more personal conversations to take place during the course of a meal or snack break.

• Encourage intentional discipleship: extended hours and additional access to the facility throughout the day will provide numerous opportunities for mentoring among the student body, both peer-to-peer and professor-to-student.

Everything done on the campus of Bob Jones University is designed to be purposeful in intent yet practical in use.

We desire to see the dining common facility function both practically as a place to eat and purposefully as a setting to build relationships.

Will you help us broaden our sphere of ministry with students, faculty/staff and visitors? We are grateful for your consideration.

#Bob Jones University #Archive #Ephemera #2012 #Stephen Jones #Dining Common