Anderson University - Echoes Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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School History This year the Anderson Bible School and Seminary completed the first decade of its existence. Tho only ten years old, the Seminary has made its influence felt in every phase of church work. Graduates have gone into almost every foreign field where we nave a work, and they are to be found in nearly all the states, and in a number of Canadian provinces. Some are making a success in the ministry, others have become strong Sunday-school workers and teachers. Many of our best singers and song leaders are former students, and a large number are making themselves indispensable in various departments of the publishing work. Altho its beginnings were small, each year has seen a constant growth until it has become an institution of which we all may well be proud. The hard- ships met have only served to place it upon a iirmer basis5 each difficulty instead of hindering has resulted in advancement, and no obstacle has proved too great for the faith and courage of the group of men to whom the Seminary owes its being. Before Anderson was begun, dilferent brethren had felt the need of such an institu- tion .tor the training of gospel workers and ministers, and in an extort to meet the need, classes had often been held in mission homes, and younger persons would also, associate tnemselves with older and more experienced ministers. 'ine need becoming imperative, in 1917, the Anderson Bible 'lfnaining ,School began as a department of the Gospel Trumpet Company in what was then known as the 'l'rumpet liomel' with an enrolment of hilly students and live faculty members. brother J. T. Wilson, the iirst principal, served the school until 1922 when J. A. Morrison, who came as an instructor in 1919, succeeded him in that oifice. The number of faculty members and students has increased with the pass- ing years. At, present there are ten professors, tive assistants, and a registration of two hundred and lifty. The lirst class, eighteen in number, graduated in 1919, this year the lirst class of seinlnary grade, two of wnom receive the degree of Bachelor of Divinity and four the Bachelor of Theology degree, graduate. l Early in 19:25 plans were developed to give work of a seminary grade in addition to the courses already offered. The name was changed to Anderson Bible School and Semi- nary, its connection with the Gospel Trumpet Company. was dissolved, and a charter was obtained from the state of lndiana authorizing it to conduct a regular theological seminary. A board of trustees was elected at the General Ministerial Assembly, and Russell Olt, who was Dean at Wilmington College, resigned and assumed the office of Dean at the beginning of the school year. lligh school classes were added, enabling those who had not already done so to obtain their credits. Approximately twenty-five thousand dollars were spent in remodeling the building. The cafeteria and kitchen were moved into the basement, two new classrooms, a reading room, post office, and six instructors' offices were added to the first lloor. These changes will take care of the growth for several years to come. Gratifying as Anderson's growth in numbers and influence and its increasing educa- tional standard have been in the past, We expect to sec far greater and more important developments in the future. However, mere intellectuality and size do not make an insti- tution greatg for greatness is determined by the caliber of the men and women who graduate from its classes, and the principles for which it stands. Measured by such a standard, Anderson is great, and if Spirituality continues to Predominate not only in the seminary, but also in the lives and messages of those who leave its portals, she will continue to exert an ever increasing influence for good upon the church and the world. F 450 .4 'Wi i '1 E 'iv' it . 1 .r, ? ,a , Q ,: -l ffl? PAGE S EVEN

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Administration