Asbury University - Asburian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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J -..-.-. 1 .W-f-fewifz . . evffefmfwcesfrfffil- 1 ' ' . i.-:npr-fwlk ' ' ' UMSJTQQ3 Shannon T 3 The firsf sTudenT ever To be graduaTed from Asbury College. , No elecTives were oTTered The TirsT years oT The school, buT There were ouTside requiremenTs such as membership in a liTerary socieTy, The delivery of a public oraTion, and cerTain courses in Theology and Bible. The main diTTerence in .S. degrees was ThaT Greek was The A.B. and B required Tor The Tormer. The Two liTerary socie- Ties, Euphranian and So h p ranian, requiring Their ays, prepare declamaTions, had weekly closed-door y open programs. o The regulaTions laid down in an old caTalogue will Throw a li+Tle more li hT 9 on The subiecT oT discipline in The new school. Asbury College is noT a reTormaTory'insTiTuTion, buT a place Tor Trainin members To wriTe ess readings, and debaTes meeTings and monThl A reference T V S' ,,wwnixxuryze-W1E4l!412' 1 lass OV lggll OH85 Second sfudenf To receive a diploma from Rev- HU9he5- Those who are ChrisTians and Those who wanT To be ChrisTians. ' l-low The campus liTe has changed! ln Those days lighTs were Turned ouT aT Ten o'clo ck, noT iusT blinked as They are now. The social l,iTe was conTined To Table conversaTion. Speaking To The opposiTe sex in The halls and o ways was Torbidden, and daTes wer unknown. One resulT was ThaT elo cluding prominenT couples, were common. Favoring co-educaTion, noT Th lished docTrine, Dr. l-lughes desired To give iT a n The sTair- e pracTically pemenTs, in- en an esTa b- Tair Trial aT Asbury. l-lis opinions on The maTTer are expressed in The Tollowing quoTaTion: ATTer T ourTeen years oT careTul sT d u y and comparison. g The mind and soul oT we Tind ThaT The general beneTiTs oT co-educa- X earnesf, sTudious boys and girls. Boys known To Tion are by Tar The. beTTer, developing a sym- be unmanageable aT home will noT be received meTrical characTer. lT is one oT The basic prin- here, as one bad boy will ingure The whole school rciples in The successTul Training oT rhe sexes.. I L ahndtshe-J exrra Time and sTrengTh given To him These are complemenTary To each oTher in every f S OU O p devohid To The good boys and girls. oTher relaTion oT liTe, and should be made so in . . . ny Two casses oT sTudenTs are desired: The TormaTive process oT educaTion. The easy. T161 T of 3 j 'rs IN THE ilew 2 W, .,,, 5 Q .. a:-:- M, my -fififE:7:N:55f3flfi:iZE:E . ff, 1 QQQTTTTT A 1 f-.n2mfs '1aG1 'f'f41- -'Ik , .. . r V..-lava: e1Wg':'.1ff-f..,1f.s - ' .1 - . -f ' - f' 1. 1 I. ,,,. . ' ' . .s . ' .Jo , 3 , ' ' ' 'A 2, f' ' V 6255: .ifili iff' J. L .f fif 'f ,ffv 'yu f- lf-, 4'-' Q ' T' f A'-ff---N--1' ------ I ',,..zs1.- ...,,,,:..1.c,,, . ' ff f fr-f' 1' gf'- gy '- 'IN S 'VFD 3 Q-+ bring able: ward gle 'T posiT hinde an ei her li yond sexes The si probl Dr. roll e 5, , 3, f Qfjinv, N V f f ,f VZ, , Q- Myst K ff hw i We . ' -f ff! 5 ff , ,'771i f ,W 34 f f f . favs, ff 5 f, Q1 , l fi! 'A YZ 1 ly l

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