Auburn Adventist Academy - Rainier Vista Yearbook (Auburn, WA)

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There is an interesting story in connection with the kindly old gentlemen whose timely assistance has made the new Gibson Hall a reality. Olaf Jeppsson was born in Sweden in 18 65 and at the age of twenty immigrated to America, locating in Wisconsin under the name of Olaf Gibson. After three years in the logging woods of Wisconsin, Brother Gibson moved to the North Pacific and engaged in Halibut fishing off the Alaskan coast. His winters were spent in Seattle. During his labors as a fisherman Brother Gibson showed an interest in Christian enterprise by supporting his sister in missionary work in an island field for about ten years. Brother Gibson was often found ready to assist the Cause of God even before he had definitely identified himself with the church. Because of failing health Brother Gibson retired to a small home at Thomas Station near Kent, was baptized in 1924 by Elder C. L. Lingenfelter, and united with the Kent church where he has remained a faithful member ever since. His devotion to the Lord’s work and to the boys and girls of the Washington Conference will not soon be forgotten. Affected by a partial paralysis Brother Gibson is unable to leave his home, but his mind is clear and his love undimmed by the hand of affliction. As the evening angel lowers the shades at the twilight of a long and useful life our brother has no regrets of the past and looks with confidence and faith to the coming of the Lord and a home in the earth made new. Lloy d E. Biggs c?f 8 }0

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camp meeting to complete a single unit administration building with class rooms, chapel, kitchen, dining room, and girls’ dormitory. The boiler plant was located where the bakery now operates. In the second school year fire broke out at night in the boiler room, which destroyed the building and most of the equipment, but no lives were lost. The building was insured for $14,000, and with this and donations the present building and the girls’ dormitory were erected the next year. Regina Hall, the new dormitory for the girls as first built, would accommodate about forty girls, but under the first year of Professor Shull’s administration, it was found necessary to build a thirty-foot addition on the north to accommodate a larger number of girls. To lessen the fire hazard, the boiler plant for the new administration building was placed on the brow of the hill at the north. A dormitory for the boys was built the first year following the fire, hoping that a future structure might be erected later that would be more in keeping with the others. In 1931-32, under the administration of Professor Green, a very modern building was constructed for the boys which will accommodate eighty students. The floors arc of hard wood and each room has hot and cold water. Inspiration Point,” a platform extending out over the brow of the hill, was built while Professor Hamilton was principal. A fine view of the Green River valley is had from this lookout. Auburn Academy is second to none in equipment, service, and location. It is situated on a plateau, four miles east of Auburn near the Naches Pass highway, in full view of Mt. Rainier with a land area of approximately sixty acres, about thirty of which is devoted to agriculture. It has a well equipped woodwork shop and bakery. The class work of the institution has been carried on by a corps of able and devoted teachers. The institutional ideals have always been kept to the front and each year it has graduated a strong class of young people. The present worth of the institution as given in the last report is $66,000. The grounds have been greatly improved during 1931-32 by fine shrubbery, trees, proper lights, and the removal of ancient, unsightly landmarks. C. A. Wyman AiulMirn Academy Principals Shephard Wilcox Hamilton Shull Losey Green 1 lottel 1919- 1920 1920- 1922 1922-1925 1925-1928 1928-1930 1930-1932 1932-

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Administration