Asbury Theological Seminary - Seminarian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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“STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED” This well-known Biblical admonition is not taken lightly by either the faculty or students of Asbury Theological Seminary. The Seminary is justly proud of her scholarly professors who are determined that the scholastic standards of Asbury Seminary shall be equal to those of any other divinity school in the country. Their own scholastic accomplishments are enviable and stimulate the serious student to greater effort in the fields of conservative theolog- ical scholarship. Harvard, Yale, Drew, Princeton, Oxford, Cambridge, Biblical Seminary in New York, University of Kentucky, New York University, and the University of Southern California are some of the major institutions which have contributed to the educational background of the faculty. The scholastic requirements for the students are rigorous, sometimes severe, but this excellent men- tal discipline prepares the student to meet many of the practical and theoretical problems of the day. The student has over 21,000 well selected volumes at his disposal in the rapidly growing library. It has been said that the scholastic standards of an edu- A view of the library which is temporarily quartered in the basement of the Admin- istration building. cational institution can be measured in direct pro- portion to the use of its library. If this statement carries any truth, to say that the library at Asbury Seminary is often crowded to capacity speaks for itself. In the 1946 Seminarian, President McPheeters wrote, ‘The splendid results which have accrued as a result of the faith, prayers, and sacrifices of those who toiled in the yesterdays in behalf of Asbury Theological Seminary, encourage us to look and labor for larger things in the tomorrows. Our goal is ever to maintain the very highest in both intel- lectual and spiritual standards.'' This striving has paid for itself since those words were written for Asbury Seminary is now an accredited member of the American Association of Theological Schools, and is approved by the University Senate of the Methodist Church. Yet those words are still appli- cable to further recognition and attainments as the Seminary seeks to make a significant contribution in the field of theological education.

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MISSIONS—AT HOME AND ABROAD There are approximately 400 graduates, 50 of whom are missionaries in 21 foreign lands. Fifteen are teachers and most of the remainder are ministers in forty-two states of the nation. It is the firm conviction of the Administration, faculty and students that a high scholastic standard and deep spirituality are not incompatible, but are strongly linked by inseparable bonds of unity. With all of her stress on the intellectual aspect of semi- nary life, Asbury Seminary seeks to ever keep her approach functional and geared to the future mis- sion of her students both at home and abroad. She attempts to impart to her students who are about to enter their ministerial careers that dynamic im- petus and passion for the redemption of the lost which produces the desired results in the pastorate, in e vangelism, and on the mission field today. The gratifying result is an increasing demand for grad- uates by many conferences all over the United States and by the various mission boards. A glance at the distribution of Seminary alumni FOREIGN STUDENTS The group pictured at the right is representative of the large number of foreign nationals or foreign born Americans in the Seminary. Left to right, they are: Sang Ho Lee from Korea; Murray Hewgill and Melvin Pelfrey of Canada; Mrs. Beryl Rig- by, British Isles; Herman Whiting of Canada; David Rigby from the British Isles; and William Morrison, also from Canada. reveals that they have literally taken heed to Christ's command to ''go into all the world.” It can almost be said that the sun never sets on these alumni. The Seminary comes quite naturally by this world emphasis through her traditions rooted in the life and work of John Wesley who once said, ''The world is my parish.'' This same sen- timent is expressed in the Seminary's slogan, ‘The Whole Bible for the Whole World. A thoroughly cosmopolitan atmosphere pervades the campus as students from several foreign coun- tries and thirty-five or forty of the states fellowship together for a few short months and then go to all parts of the world. But the students are not merely looking forward to service in the far corners of the earth, many are doing a real service now in the hospitals, jails, missions and student pastorates in the vicinity of the Seminary.