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

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PROFESSOR A. J. OLSON essage A few years ago, I spent some time in Dehli, the old Mogul capital of India. Among the palaces and other architectural glories of a colorful past, the thing which interested me most was the throne room, or Hall of Special Audience. This beautiful snowy-white marble pavilion stands on a raised platform, its flat roof supported by “engrailed arches, and pillars inlaid with flowers in green serpentine and many colored agate” and other precious stones. In the ceiling in letters of gold is the world famous inscription, If there be a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this.” As I stood there and pondered this striking inscription I noticed all about me were evidences of ruin and decay. These men had spent the riches of India and sacrificed hundreds of lives to create a “paradise” which would not last. Today, people in all walks of life are looking for the Pearl of great price. Many are spending whole lifetimes of energy and means to create some paradise which will perish. But today, more than ever, the world needs young men and women.—honest, sincere, forgiving, large hearted, Christlike—who are building structures of eternal value. It needs those who are faithful to the enduring principles and ideals that have been held before us in this Christian school during the year which is now drawing to a close. —A. J. Olson

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In the front of my Bible I have placed these words from the pen of William De Witt Hyde: “Give me clean hands, clean words, and clean thoughts: help me to stand for the hard right against easy wrong: save me from habits that harm; teach me to work as hard and play as fair in Thy sight alone as if the whole world saw; forgive me when I am unkind: a ' nd help me to forgive those who are unkind to me: keep me ready to help others at some cost to myself : send me chances to do a little good every day, and to grow more like Christ. Amen. I think no better advice could be given each student of Auburn Academy than this. Good grades, popularity, prestige and position fade into insignificance before honesty, integrity and loyalty to God’s ideals. A good character is more to be desired than worldly fame, and a desire to win souls than a place in Who ' s Who. Don H. Spillman A. J. Gordon J. Clyde Nelson A. E. Green embers of the A. J. Olson J. W. Osborn Cree Sandefur L. R. Alexander D. L. Olsen V. R. Jewett R. L. Walin 4

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MR. R. L. WALIN T reasurer ELDER H. A. PECKHAM Bible. Church Pastor MR. EVERETT T. WATROUS Dean of Boys MR. M. O. CHENEY Assistant Farm Manager Spanish. Biology MR. A. V. WINN Registrar Science MISS ADELE DORLAND Assistant Dean of Girls Typing, Shorthand MRS. M. O. CHENEY Matron MISS ANETTA PETERSON Voice. Organ 6