Calvin Synod Herald, 1973 (73. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1973-11-01 / 11. szám
6 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD the Highland Christian School and Illiana Christian High. Margaret received her bachelor’s degree in communications from Hope College, Holland, Michigan. Her husband is a graduate of Hasbrouck Heights High School and received a bachelor’s degree in history from Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Mo. He served three years active duty with one year in Vietnam as a member of the 3rd Squadron 19th Air Cavalry. The bride was escorted into the sanctuary by her uncle-godfather, Dr. John M. Phillips, Professor at Michigan State University. Her Maid of Honor was her sister, Miss Julianna Beretz, who is an elementary teacher in New Jersey. Mrs. Gail Yuhasz Marston, senior student at Purdue University, was her bridesmaid. The father of the bridegroom, Mr. Harry B. Alloway, served as best man. Another uncle of the bride, Mr. Auke DeBoer, who is associated with the U.S. postal service in Kalamazoo, Michigan was groomsman. Among the many out-of-town guests present at the wedding were the bride’s two grandmothers: Mrs. Anna Beretz from Stratford, Connecticut and Mrs. Julia Kosa of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Two greataunts and uncles present were: Mr. and Mrs. Otto Moyer, Santa Rosa, California and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Witholm of Kalamazoo, Michigan. .A oice Tomorrow he faithfully promised, Tomorrow for revival I’ll pray, Tomorrow I’ll plead as I ought to, I’m too busy today. Tomorrow I’ll spend in my closet, Tomorrow I’ll humbly bow, Yet ever a voice was whispering, “But the church is languishing now.” Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, The delay e’er repeated went on, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Till the years and the Voice were gone. Till the church its God had forgotten, Till the land was covered with sin, Till millions had hopelessly perished, And eternity was ushered in. Oh, members of the body of Christ, Oh, ye church of the living God, Oh, editors, and leaders and pastors, Oh, saints, where our fathers trod: The Voice still insistently whispers, Answer not, “Tomorrow I’ll pray,” The voice is one of authority, “The Church needs reviving today.” — The Newscaster. DR. JOHN LOTZ-1913-1973 Dr. John Lotz, a former Columbia University professor who retired in 1971 as director and president of the Washington, D.C., Center for Applied Linguistics, died in Chevy Chase, Maryland, after suffering a heart attack on August 25, 1973. He was 60 years old. He was bom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, of Hungarian parents and was taken to Hungary as a boy, when his parents returned there. In Hungary he received his education at the Lutheran Gymnasium at Bonyhád, and then he studied at the University of Budapest as a member of the Eötvös Collegium and in 1937 received his doctor philosophiae sub auspiciis Gubernatoris. Dr. Lotz was a distinguished scholar, teacher, linguist and administrator. In 1969 the American Hungarian Studies Foundation honored him with its George Washington Award in recognition for his outstanding contributions made to Hungarian studies in Europe and in America. His scholarly interest and horizon was expansive. He read many languages and spoke some seven fluently. He directed the Center for Applied Linguistic from 1967 to 1971, and then as an independent scholar with the Center, Dr. Lotz headed an international project to develop a format for describing the syntax, grammar and status of languages of the world. The project, which attempts to give descriptions of some 5,000 languages, has been producing a number of papers, mainly for the use of students of linguistics. It was considered a breakthrough when Russia permitted some of its linguistic scholars to participate. Supporting the project are the Ford Foundation, the U.S. Oflice of Education, the American Council of Learned Societies and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. From 1937 to 1947 Dr. Lotz was director of the Hungarian Institute at the University of Stockholm and docent in Hungarian language and literature. He joined the Columbia University faculty as visiting professor of Hungarian studies in 1947. He then served as associate professor of linguistics and from 1956 to 1967 he was professor of linguistics at Columbia University. There he also was executive officer of the department of Uralic and Altaic languages from 1954 to 1960 and from 1961 to 1965. While at Columbia, he was director of research for the Uralic-Altaic Program of the American Council of Learned Societies from 1959 to 1965. Dr. Lotz was guest professor at the University of Stockholm in 1962-63 and Fulbright-Hayes guest professor at the University of Budapest in 1966.
