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Winter Bible Term with S.C. Yoder as teacher, ca. 1920.

Special Bible Term

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Gilbert Alliman checks in with mom and dad, Elizabeth Carlson and Chris Alliman ’95, Kansas City, Mo.

Gilbert Alliman checks in with mom and dad, Elizabeth Carlson and Chris Alliman ’95, Kansas City, Mo.

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Stan Sommerfeld Ac59 of Sharon Springs, Kan., won the bid for one of the final six Green Gables candlehouses.

Stan Sommerfeld Ac59 of Sharon Springs, Kan., won the bid for one of the final six Green Gables candlehouses.

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Don Ac56, ’61 and Debbie Diller of Phoenix, Ariz., place a bid on a silent auction item.

Don Ac56, ’61 and Debbie Diller of Phoenix, Ariz., place a bid on a silent auction item.

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Jessie Couch ’07, Mulvane, Kan., and sophomore Chad Newcomer, Mount Joy, Pa., display a quilt for auction bidders.

Jessie Couch ’07, Mulvane, Kan., and sophomore Chad Newcomer, Mount Joy, Pa., display a quilt for auction bidders.

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Faculty member John Sharp, author of A School on the Prairie: A Centennial History of Hesston College 1909-2009, signs a copy of his book for Duane Yoder ’81 and former faculty and staff member, of Harrisonburg, Va. at the book’s premiere

John Sharp signs A School on the Prairie

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Melvin Schmidt, Hyattsville, Md., speaks at the dedication service for the Freedley Schrock memorial.

Melvin Schmidt speaks at the Freedley Schrock Memorial dedication

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A crowd gathers to dedicate a memorial to former Hesston College faculty member Freedley Schrock Saturday, Sept. 26.

A crowd gathers to dedicate the Freedley Schrock memorial at Hesston College

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H.D. Swartzendruber Ac46, ’49, of Harrisonburg, Va., asks a question at the history forum.

H.D. Swartzendruber

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Joe Miller ’76, John Sharp ’73, faculty, Jim Juhnke former faculty, and Jim Mininger Ac61, former faculty, discussed Hesston College’s history and its connection to the Mennonite Church during a Friday afternoon forum, Sept. 25.

Panel members at the Hesston College Centennial history forum

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Former Interim President Peter Wiebe, also a former pastor of Hesston Mennonite Church, offered a meditation on the theme, “Back to the Future: Century II” during the Centennial Homecoming Worship Service.

Peter Wiebe speaks at the worship service

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Jubilee Transfer—Calvin Yoder, Willard Yoder, Darla (Slagell) ’74 Zook, and Renee (Slagell) ’78 Almos—performed several selections at the gala and at Sunday’s worship service.

Jubilee Transfer sings at the worship service

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Sisters Lana (Yoder) Dale and Luann (Yoder) Southern, both members of the Hesston College class of 1981, shared the dais at the Alumni and Friends Banquet.

Jubilee Transfer sings at the worship service

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Emeritus faculty member Paul Friesen Ac42, ’44, speaks at the unveiling of Prairie Cloister, a sculpture commissioned by Hesston College and created by Friesen to mark the college’s centennial.

Paul Friesen speaks at homecoming chapel

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Paul Friesen’s daughters, Jen (Friesen) ’84, faculty, LeFevre and Jan (Friesen) ’75 former faculty Roth West unveil Prairie Cloister. The sculpture is on permanent display in the Friesen Center for the Visual Arts.

Jen LeFevre and Jan Roth West unveil "Prairie Cloister"