The 2010-2011 School year is about to begin...

New Tile in the Basement of Patterson

A dorm room on the first floor of Patterson all ready to have student

The front of the campus

Alice E. Chatlos Library

William J. Chatlos-Gordon C. Davis Memorial (Main Building)

Kenneth C. Robb Activity Center

The Student Services Building (formally the home of Claire Patterson and also Walt Schlundt)

The Gazebo

Student Services and the Robb Activity Center

The Gazebo and Chatlos

The Main Entrance

The Gazebo

The Gazebo

The Robb Activity Center

Academics Building (formally Gordon C. Davis' building)

Academics Building on the Knoll

New tile on the floor of Chatlos

It has been 110 years since the doors of PBTS were opened to students. Granted it was over a store on the corner of Main and Arch Streets in Lestershire (Johnson City) not on the current campus. It has been 99 years since the first students walked onto "God's chosen place" that is located "on the banks of Susquehanna." In a little over a week the campus will be filled with activity as new students and transfer students walk onto the campus of Davis preparing for their future in serving God. Keep them in prayer as they begin this new journey as many of you can remember your first days on the campus of PBTS/PBC/Davis. Classes begin on Monday, August 30, 2010.

A bird's eye view of Davis

Rarely do I post twice in one day, but today I was up on the William J. Chatlos-Gordon C. Davis Memorial building's roof getting some photos of the roof. As I was up there I decided to get some good pictures of the campus. Here is a nice one showing the parking lot and the Alice E. Chatlos Library.
Here is a picture of the John R. Clement's Hall that houses the Post Office. Off in the distant is Patterson Hall. The space where the sign is located is the future site of the Ministry Center. That ground housed the Old Administration Building and King Hall.

In Memory of Dr. Floyd H. Barackman

In the Fall of 1941, a few months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a young student entered the grounds of PBTS. His name was Floyd Hays Barackman and he was from Girard, Ohio. He took up residence in the Inner Circle Men's Dormitory behind the Main Building. His class teacher was Miss Alice Chatlos for his first and second year and then the Rev. Marmion Lowe for his senior year.
During him time here at PBTS he met a wonderful woman named Ella Hayes. They would wed soon after graduation in 1944.

His Senior year he also played basketball (as seen below).

His love for PBTS brought him back only a few years after graduation to teach the the school which he loved. The class of 1965 dedicated that year's Theologue to him. Through his time of instruction at the college he wrote several books. His most famous is Practical Christian Theology. Others include Victors not Victims and How to Interpret the Bible. In all he taught at PBTS from 1962-1968, and then from 1968-1993, and he was the Dean of Men from 1971-1980.

Dr. Barackman and his wife Ella had two children, Ruth and Philip.

On Tuesday, September 11, 2007 the Lord which he had served with his whole heart brought him into the realms of glory.

Dr. Barackman thank you for all your labor now enter into the rest of the Lord Jesus Christ.