Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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Burke Administration Building

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FOREWORD A man is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose. This is the unwritten, yet controlling, ideal of Olivet Nazarene College— of the administration, the faculty, and the students. In line with this ideal, the 1961 Aurora will evoke recollec- tions of Olivet— recollections of strange, new, and often lonely experiences, of stimulating and valued friendships, of entry into new realms of knowledge and grace, and of the aggregate of memorable events that precede the annual commencement activities— experiences, the summation of which will have created a desire to live a life of such honor and selfless obedience to Christ as to leave our associates and our circumstances always better than we find them. Perhaps the 1961 Aurora will put us in remembrance of these experiences ten, twenty-five, or forty years from now and remind us of the truth of the statement that gaining something permanent is the natural result of giving what we cannot keep anyway, a truth that will be made fully evident at the termination of this life.

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I ffil The Result of Tireless Developmental Effort Olivet ' s fifty-third Founder ' s Day program, September 30, 1960, was highlighted by the dedication of the new women ' s dormitory, Nesbitt Hall. In the ceremonies, beginning at 9:15 in the morning and continuing throughout the day, Dr. G. B. Williamson, one of the six gener- al superintendents of the Church of the Nazarene, brought the dedicatory address. Following his address, Miss Mary Nesbitt, Olivet ' s first teacher, officiated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Of equal significance on Founder ' s Day was the launch- ing of the Fund Drive for our new science building. Miss Mary Nesbitt, Olivet ' s first teacher, officially opens the new dormitory. General Superintendent Williamson dedicates Nesbitt Hall for its use in Christian education. f m aiM ' i