Asbury Theological Seminary - Seminarian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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The students working toward a B.D. have the privilege of choosing between writing a thesis or taki sim ng comprehensive examinations. The M.R.E. graduates have no choice in the matter, they ply write a thesis. Pictured above is Dr. C. Elvan Olmstead giving instructions on the art of thesis writing to several aspiring authors, KATHLEEN ELIZABETH BEAR ROBERT OWEN FRALEY SARAH HALL GOODWIN MRS. MARGIE MILLER LEWIS 400 Lake St., Chowchilla, California 3820 Columbus Avenue, 14th St., 7|9 Cottage Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota Lumberton, North Carolina Miamisburg, Ohio 64

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JUNIORS Top Row: | CLYDE NAPOLEAN SWIFT Broken Bow, Oklahoma JOHN J. VENEZIA Riess Mt. Vernon, Illinois | Second Row: WILLIAM ROBINSON WARNER 2 Friends Ave., Medford, New Jersey HAROLD VAUGHN WHITED 80! E. Fourth St., Monroe, Michigan Third Row: LESLIE HAROLD WHITEHEAD | Rt. |, Box 207, Roy, Washington HERMAN ROSS WHITING i Box 31, ‘| Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada WITHOUT PICTURES: WARREN BRYAN MARTIN FRANCIS EDWARD NOBLE HILTON HOWARD WHITAKER SPECIAL STUDENTS AND AUDITORS Paxcaesxonnses saath MRS. HAROLD DAY EASTBURN MRS. LEON GIBSON MRS. IRENE HOWELL Bartlett, North Dakota 173 Helen St. Comers Rock, Virginia Binghamton, New York 63

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= eee 5 Se = SSS Se —— = Fosse ee ee ee Sa ners i MRS. FRANCES KINLAW MOORE Wilmore, Kentucky Rigas MASTER OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASS 1948 A significant forward step was taken by the Seminary in the fall of 1946 when the program for a course of study leading to a Master's degree in Religious Education was instituted. For some time the Administra- tion sensed a growing demand for profes- sionally competent educational assistants in many churches as well as in the other areas of professional Christian Education. They felt that Asbury Theological Seminary had a mission to fulfill in this field not only by supplying academic training of a high qual- Taylorsville, Kentucky AMELIA CHRISTINE ROGERS ity, but also by instilling a unique impetus into this field of study through the evangel- istic emphasis of her Wesleyan tradition. As a consequence, the dreams of a special- ized course in Christian Education were speedily actualized, and three M.R.E. de- grees were conferred at the Commence- ment in May, 1947. Needless to say, the immediate response to this program by a number of young la- dies has changed the traditionally and pre- dominantly male Seminary into a definitely co-educational institution. HELEN ELAINE SETTLE Rt. 4, 14314%% Pennsylvania, Caldwell, Idaho CARL YOSHIMINE Los Angeles, California