Andrews University - Cardinal Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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Department of Expression HE Expression Department is qualified to serve every college student. It is one of the cultural clinics of the institution. Here individual needs are considered, and personal correction is prescribed. The students who are preparing to teach, those who are interested in art and music, those with scientific bent, those who are preparing for the nice work of the ministry,-all these and others are aided by this department. Here dictionary presentation is supplanted by artistic delivery, manner- isms are lost in the natural outilow of thought, and self is forgotten in the soul's outpouring of truth. The speaking voice is developed, manners are rehned, and all the expressive powers of the body are so harmoniously de- veloped that the student may present his specific message to the world in a forceful and pleasing manner. ' Expression is the revelation of truth. the window of the soul, the only approach of mind to mind. Of the two molds into which expression may be fashioned, written and spoken language. the spoken expression is the more transient and Heetingg yet when it is artistically presented it is the more commanding. lVe may have knowledge, but unless we know how to use the voice correctly, our work will be a failure. Students who expect to become workers in the cause of God should be trained to speak in a clear, straightforward manner ..... The truth must not be marred bv beinfr COl'lllHLll11lC'1fCd through . -5 C b detective utterance. Il':nge lfiflyl

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f Department of Theology HRISTIANITY is a warfare. Every individual who bears the title of a Christian must serve either as a combatant in the front lines or as an aide stationed behind the lines to render material and moral support. From a worldly standpoint, the fight against entrenched evil is a hopeless one, but the Divine Commander who said, UGO! also said: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. The members of the Ministerial Department are preparing in a special sense for this warfare. The classes in homiletics deal with the theoretic and constructive side of sermon building as well as effective public delivery. Helpful lectures are given in class by acknowledged authorities on the conduct of a successful evangelistic campaign, obscure texts, and difficult Bible passages, The Ministerial Department of E. M. C. offers practical training for the students under the auspices of the Field Wforkers' Training class. A number of these young men have taken charge of churches in the vicinity of the College, and a few of them have already been ordained as local elders. Several symposiums such as The Milestones of lVorld Progress, The Sacred Mountains of the Bible, The Life of Christ, and The Vtlinning of a Soul, have been given in the larger centers. The ideals of service laid down by the Christ of Galilee and cherished by His servants through past centuries are the ideals which the Ministerial Department of E. M. C. wishes to demonstrate. lPage Forty-ninel

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b Department of English S one of the factors in a liberal education, the study of English has a long and honored tradition for its right to exist. Nearly three hu'ndred years ago when Harvard was founded. rhetoric and allied subjects were integral parts of the rather attenuated curriculum. ln the establishment of subsequent schools and colleges. instruction in language arts assumed funda- mental proportions. and the reason is not hard to comprehend. Language is a Huid medium of thought, ever adapting itself to current needs. Although subject to recurring changes, it nevertheless has yielded to scientific analysis and accepted standards. This science of written expres- sion is made plain to the students in Rhetoric and advanced writing classes. English as a tool is the objective of all such courses. with artistic composi- tion as the peak of achievement. The Work of the English Department is projected as far as possible to- ward the needs of a world-wide evangelical program. journalism practice is afforded every theological student, suggesting ways and means of making the press serve the spread of the Gospel. The various writing contests inaugu- rated each year by the Ilvtlffllllldll, Signs, and Yozrflfs Izzstrzrcfor editors are entered into with increasing interest and success. Three classes in literature. three sections in rhetoric. two courses in journalism and advanced composition. and one in English Methods of teach- ing for secondary schools are being conducted by the department. lPage Fifty -onel