TOP: Jules Glanzer (right), 13th president of Tabor College, receives
words of wisdom from his predecessor, Larry Nikkel, as well as previous
presidents (left from Nikkel) H. David Brandt and Vernon Janzen.
BOTTOM LEFT: Richard Cantwell conducts the Tabor College
Symphonic. Band at the inauguration
ceremony. BOTTOM RIGHT: Futurist and author Leonard Sweet
delivers the keynote address. In it, Sweet presented Glanzer with a
variety of spiritually symbolic gifts to enlighten his presidential
trek, including a copy of the children’s book, “Dr. Seuss's ABC: An
Amazing Alphabet Book.”
Affirmed by three former presidents and encouraged by a futuristic Christian author, mentor and friend, Jules Glanzer was inaugurated Friday evening as the 13th president of Tabor College.
The Hillsboro City Council approved contracts of the sale of city-owned commercial property to two separate developers during a special meeting Monday.
Three lots were sold in the newly platted Hillsboro Business Park to JKC, LLC. The property reportedly will be used by Midway Motors of McPherson to build a new a automobile dealership. Midway Motors recently acquired Irv Schroeder Country Motors in Hillsboro.
Frank Brenneman enjoys his final days in his office in the Mary J. Regier Building. Brenneman is completing his 33rd and final year as mathematics instructor at Tabor College. He has been largely responsible for the establishing a strong reputation for the department. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press
Frank Brenneman speaks about his passion for mathematics as if it were poetry.
“It’s a very artistic thing,” said the longtime professor of mathematical sciences at Tabor College. “It’s not only wanting to get it proved, you want to polish that proof. You want it to be elegant.”
If a man is known by the company he keeps, Jules Glanzer’s personal friendship with historian and futurist Leonard Sweet puts the new Tabor College president near the cutting edge of postmodernist Christian thinking in America.
Tabor College, founded in 1908, will kick off its centennial
celebration beginning with the official inauguration of its 13th
president, Jules Glanzer, during a full weekend of activities, May 9
through 11, at the college.
