This was a retirement service for Dr. Edward Allison McDowell, Jr. and Dr. M. Ray McKay. The service opens in prayer and music from 0:17-4:11. Dr. Wayland reads Matthew 13:1-9 from 4:17-5:35. Wayland gives a review of the ministry and fruitful labor of Dr. McKay and Dr. McDowell from 5:36-9:18. Music plays from 9:32-14:13. The President of the Board of Trustees speaks from 14:24-17:19. Dr. Binkley speaks from 17:37-18:24. Binkley prays from 18:48-20:42. Music plays from 20:54-48. Dr. McKay closes the service in prayer one final time from 25:10-25:28.
The service begins with music and the doxology hymn from 1:10-2:11. There is prayer from 2:12-3:39. Another song is performed from 3:40-4:56. Deuteronomy 30:11-19 is read from 5:03-7:33. Matthew 16:21-26 and Philippians 2:1-11 is read from 7:38-11:38. Music plays from 11:41-12:30. There is a presentation of awards, certificates, and diplomas from 12:31-45:38. Dr. John Terrill Wayland, Professor of Religious Education, delivers a charge to the graduates from 46:10-1:00:41. A hymn is sung from 1:00:46-1:04:48. Dr. Binkley closes the ceremony in prayer from 1:04:48-1:05:48. A closing hymn is sung from 1:05:52-1:06:30.
