Results of JOHN HORSCH MENNONITE HISTORY ESSAY CONTEST 1998

We are happy to announce the first place winners of the JOHN HORSCH MENNONITE HISTORY CONTEST 1998. They were: Margot Kottelin-Longley, Turku, Finland, Class I; Tamara Sawatzky, Elkhart, Indiana, Class II; and Jonathan Yoder, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Class III. All winners are listed below:

Class I (Seminary and Graduate School):
First place - Margot Kottelin-Longley, Abo Akademi University, An Anabaptist Confession of Faith 1527

Second place - Natasha Sawatsky, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Die Gelehrten der Verkehrten: Medieval Memory of the Eucharist in 16th- century Northern Europe

Third place - Jennifer Graber, Emory University, Hymnals of the Mennonite Church as Reflections of Changing American Mennonite Identity: 1900-1969

Class II (Undergraduate College and University):
First place - Tamara Sawatzky, Bethel College, Newton, Kansas, The Russian Mennonite Experience through the Eyes of J.P. Klassen

Second place - Richard Sieber, Goshen College, Moving the Masses: George Lambert and the Push for Mennonite Missions, 1897-1898

Third place - Shasta Schmidt, Bethel College, Newton, Kansas, The Makings of a Mennonite Millennial Migration: Claas Epp and the Great Trek to Central Asia

Class III (High School):
First place - Jonathan Yoder, Eastern Mennonite High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, A Brief Exploration of the Differences in Growth Between Mainline and Conservative Mennonite Groups

Second place - Zach Swartley, Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, The Enigma of Amish Youth

Third place - Ben Beachy, Eastern Mennonite High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Dare to Take the Lead: Dr. Myron Augsburger