Asbury Theological Seminary - Seminarian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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PROSPECTS OF THE The phenomenal growth of Asbury Theological Seminary in the last twenty-five years is but a good foundation upon which rest great plans for the fu- ture. The partially constructed ''Aunt Bettie’ Mor- rison Hall will soon provide seventeen sorely needed apartment units for married students. Construction is scheduled to start on the Estes Memorial Chapel within the next few months, and the Morrison Me- morial Quadrangle will be completed with the building of a modern library which can adequately house 50,000 or more volumes. These plans for the immediate future are not the total extent of the vision for a greater Asbury Theo- logical Seminary. In the near future two new chairs will be added to the faculty; one in missions and the other in the field of evangelism. These new professorships will be but the beginnings of schools of missions and evangelism. The former will offer The ''Aunt Bettie'’ Morrison Hall under construction. excellent courses for the training of outgoing mis- sionaries, and, in addition, will offer special courses for missionaries on furlough who will find a haven on the campus of the school of missions. The school of evangelism will not only feature an enlarged training course in evangelism for the minister, but also short term courses for the laity. It is hoped that out of this practical clinic a new appreciation for the supreme task of the Christian, the holy art of soul winning, will be instilled into the ministry and laity alike. The Estes Memorial Chapel, a part of the Morrison Memo- rial Quadrangle, as sketched by the artist.

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EXPANSION housed in one small building; now the large admin- istration building of the Morrison Memorial Quad- rangle is completed, the apartment house is nearing completion, and the rest of the quadrangle is ready for construction. Five years ago the chances of full accreditation by the American Association of | Theological Schools seemed remote; by the fall of } 1946 that dream was realized, and, in addition, ap- proval came from the University Senate of the Methodist Church early in 1947. } At the beginning of the 1947-48 school year the | proposed affiliation of the John Wesley Seminary Foundation of the Free Methodist Church with As- | bury Seminary became a reaiity. There are about thirty students preparing for the ministry of the Free Methodist Church in school now. This is an illustration of the new doors of service which are continually opening for a greater and better Asbury Top: A scene taken during the ground-breaking ceremony. | | ' F Below: Construction begun on the new administration Theological Seminary of the future. building. | The completed administration building of the MorrisonMemorial Quadrangle.

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FUTURE THE AUNT BETTIE’ MORRISON HALL This apartment building will have seventeen units each containing a living room, bedroom, kitchenette, and bath, with up-to-date furnishings. In the lower, left hand corner of the opposite page is a picture showing the progress that has already been made on this building. Artist's sketch of the present Administration Building in relation to the rest of the Morrison Memorial Quadrangle.