I Campus News^-
Prior to being placed
in the Antiquities
Room of Whitaker
Library, Mrs.
Geraldine Harris and
Mrs. Katherine Wood,
librarians, examine
several of the histori
cal volumes.
Historical volumes of Dr. Bela Udvarnoki,
former professor, placed in college library
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DR. BELA
UDVARNOKI
. noted educator,
minister and
editor
A collection of mote than 100 valuable
books, a part of the library of the late Dr.
Bela Udvarnoki, has been presented to
Chowan College by his widow, Mrs. Ruby
Daniel Udvarnoki, of Murfreesboro. The
collection will be housed in the McDowell
Room of Archives and Antiquities in Whitaker
Library and become a part of the college’s
collection of historical volumes.
The most significant, and most valuable, of
the contribution is a set of The Expositor’s
Gre«k Testament, edited by the Reverend W.
Robertson Nicoll, and pubhshed in 1902 by
Dodd, Mead and Company. The set was origi
nally owned by Dr. Archibald Thompson
Robertson, a noted Greek scholar, who was one
of Dr. Udvamoki’s graduate professors at
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Louisville, Kentucky.
E>r. Robertson, who served at the seminary
from the late 1800s until his death in 1934, was
the author of several books during his illustrious
career.
The volumes were purchased by Dr.
Udvarnoki, along with many other books, for
$1.00 each from a library which was not aware
of the value of the books and was disposing of a
collection to make room for more modem
publications.
“Bela was estatic when he learned that The
Expositor’s Greek Testament was included,
especially when he found the signature of Dr.
Robertson in each volume,” Mrs. Udvarnoki
said. “He directed that the books be given to
Chowan, along with the other historical works,
following his death,” she said.
Mrs. Geraldine Harris, Chowan’s head
librarian, said “we are very happy to receive this
set of books which has been owned by two
distinguished individuals.” She added that the
books will by housed “where they will have
proper conditions and supervision, yet still be
available for research purposes.”
Dr. Udvarnoki, an ordained Baptist minister
and a native of Budapest, Hungary, served on the
Chowan College faculty from 1952 until May,
1963, and was chairman of the Department of
Social Science.
Following his retirement from Chowan, “Dr.
Bela”, as he was affectionately known, became
affiliated with the Gospel Messenger, a bi
monthly newsmagazine for Hungarian Baptists.
He served as editor of the publication from 1970
until 1990, during which time he personally
wrote many of the articles, edited the work
submitted by other writers, and designed the
pages of each edition of the newsmagazine.
The Gospel Messenger, printed in the
Hungarian language by a printing plant in
Florida, is distributed to Hungarian Baptists
throughout the United States, Canada, Australia
and many European countries.
Mrs. Udvarnoki states that he husband did
not own a typewriter with the Hungarian
language during the 20 years he served as editor.
“He had to add all of the many, many Hungarian
accent marks by hand,” she said, “which
required a tremendous amount of time.”
Tim Wilson
takes campus
minister post
Timothy L. Wilson, a native of Durham, has
been named Chowan College’s campus minister,
effective June 1.
Wilson is a graduate of Wingate College
where he received the Bachelor of Science in
business administration in May 1981. He
attended Rorida State University for graduate
work prior to entering the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., where
he received the Master of Divinity in December,
1992.
The new campus minister has an extensive
background in Baptist youth work. He com
pleted his internship as a campus minister at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
where he assisted the campus minister with all
levels of the Baptist Student Union administra
tion. Residing at the center, Wilson supervised
and hosted various activities, as well as assisting
in local ministry to international students.
He served as youth director of Ebenezer
Baptist Church in Monticello, Fla., from
November 1981 to March 1983, and directed the
youth program of the church. He has also been a
volunteer tutor with the Florida State Baptist
Children’s Home, in Tallahassee.
Wilson served as director of guest recreation
at Ridgecrest Baptist Conference Center during
the summer of 1989. He was responsible for
planning, promoting and supervising guest
recreational activities, and was responsible for
the upkeep of recreational facilities..
While a student at Wingate College, Wilson
was active in campus student organizations, and
participated on the varsity teams in soccer, track
and cross country. He was also the recipient of
Wingate’s Bicentennial Leadership Scholarship.
At Florida State University, he was a
member of the Baptist Campus Ministry Singers,
and was active in FSU’s Baptist Campus
Ministry.
Wilson and his wife, Krista, also a graduate
of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,
are making their home in Murfreesboro.
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Natalie Candice Taylor, l^t, and Nanami Yoshimura, organist, presented their junior recital, a music
degree requirement, at Murfreesboro Baptist Church in April. Ms. Taylor, a junior and the daughter of
Mr. andMrs.JosephTaylor of Eure, is majoring in music education. Ms. Yoshimura graduated this spring
with an associate degree in music. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yoshimura ofKanagawa, Japan.
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