Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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J President J. E. L. Moore, A.M., D.D. DR. J. E. L. Moore was born in Lewisport, Kentucky, September 5th, 1883, of Dutch-Irish parentage. He received from his mother the staunch principles of Cumberland Presbyterianism, and from his father the fundamental doctrines of Methodism. Having completed his elementary education in his native state, he was graduated from the academy of Kentucky State University in 1900. He afterward spent three years in Kentucky State University. At his home camp-meeting in 1904, having become deeply convicted of sin, he accepted Jesus as his Saviour, and was sanctified a few days later. He was married to Miss Bessie Bivens in August of the same year, a little later received a license to preach, and in October accepted a charge in the Methodist church. His experience on this forty-mile circuit is often humorously alluded to by Dr. Moore as his special course in Brush College. Later Rev. Moore entered Asbury College, where he graduated in 1907. Four years of active evangelistic work followed, during which his effective preaching brought thousands to a knowledge of the saving power of Jesus. In 1911 he was called to the presidency of Central Nazarene College, Hamlin, Texas. From the school in Hamlin, he was called in 1917 to East- ern Nazarene College, then at North Scituate, Rhode Island, and in Jan- uary, 1919, was elected to the presidency of Olivet University. Dr. Moore received his degree, Doctor of Divinity, from Central Naz- arene College ; and his Master ' s Degree from Boston University, where he took work while in the East. Our president is fundamentally a school man, and has the educational interests of the Nazarene Movement thoroughly at heart. He has inaug- urated two financial campaigns (one to lift the debt of Eastern Nazarene College and the other to liquidate the financial obligations of Olivet Uni- versity) which have inspired our whole movement with a great vision of what may be accomplished by a little sacrifice. As a result, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised by our schools throughout the country. And it is averred by leading men of the movement that the suc- cess of the two campaigns has contributed in no small measure to the impetus which has put our Missionary Board over the top with more than a million dollars for foreign missions. In addition to his success financially, Dr. Moore has brought about many advances in our school along educational and spiritual lines. The Bible Conference System which he has instituted has been a source of un- told blessings to the school and the community. With the efficient co-opera- tion of our pastor, Reverend J. E. Gaar, the school has been brought to a spiritual standard which has,, perhaps, never before been equalled. Al- though Dr. Moore is compelled to be out on the field a great deal of his time, his close touch with and supervision of our efficient consecrated faculty has insured a very satisfactory advance in the educational work of the different departments. We believe that our president will continue to be a power in the ad- vancement of the great cause for which he is laboring; and we sincerely trust that he may continue to receive the hearty response and co-operation not only of the student body but of the people at large who are interested in our school. r Eight

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Dedication To Our Alumni, WHO, though widely separated in distance, are one in the possession of the worthy ideals of a common Alma Mater ; and for the continuation of whose success up- on the great battle-fields of life we entertain the fondest hopes, we, the Aurora Staff, dedicate this, the eighth volume of the Aurora. BE STRONG Be strong — We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do and loads to lift; Shun not the struggle — face it, ' tis God ' s gift. Be strong — Say not the days are evil. Who ' s to blame? And fold the hands and acquiesce — 0, shame — Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God ' s name. Be strong — It matters not hew deep intrenched the wrong, How hard the battle goes, the day how long; Faint not, fight on — tomorrow comes the song. Seven

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