Asbury University - Asburian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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M N is Siem E SEE EEE51? ia.. X Q +.ih E R S S Q Q a 5 rr E sn Q w '- N .4.4x.,...., V? ,EE M 129: ?' THE IIGHT QF THE i Z 'Q STR 52525 55253 S512 'W QW ' Q sg 5553 Q53 3 X 5, X ii ssh SA ..., A, S -refs ss. ex.: 'x as as :fs S KA Nw s.u:1s M 3 slug, saved Trom The Tire included a grand piano and The big oTTice saTe. This Tire almosT broughT ToTal ruin To Asbury and To Wilmore, whose 800 people wiTh no big indusTry were largely de- pendenT on The college Trade. lT seemed as Though The hearT oT Asbury had gone. BuT again God showed himselT Through ThaT wonderTul verse in Romans 8:28: And we know ThaT all Things worlc TogeTher Tor good To Them ThaT love' God, To Them who are The called ac- cording To his purpose q and The desire Tor a beTTer school wasagain alive in all hearTs. Un- -daunTed by The recenT Tragedy The managemenT TransTerred The classes To Bellevue 'Campus The nexT day and classes conTinued. During The nexT Tew days, There was a ThoughT oT moving The college To anoTher Town. Several plag recommended. One man was so inTeresTed in having The college locaTed in PainTsville ThaT aTTer inviTing The Board To visiT him, he oTTered Them 350,000 iT They would combine Asbury wiTh a small school There. The suggesTion was especially TempTing To some. An opposing group waslheaded by Dr. l-l. C. Morrison. The Board sTopped aT Lexing- Ton on Their reTurn To Wilmore Trom PainTsville To consider The proposiTion on neuTral ground. The Tinal decision was To lceep The school in Wil- more iT The ciTizens would guaranTee ilSI5,000. Under Dr. lvlorrison's dramaTic, SpiriT-Tilled lead- ership, The amounT was easily raised. l'low much beTTer iT was ThaT Asbury College remained on C S 0 F Back Row: Fred Fisher, R. H. Young, G. B. Jackson, R. L. Collins. Fronf I Row: C. P. Pilow, MyrTIe Arnold-Savage, RuTh Baldridge, L. O. Adams. A l25J

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i I CLASS CDF I90I hon he realized fhaf he had granfed fhree dar- ri young rnen 'rhe privilege of having com- i i yd for the occasion. On fhaf memorable air- lho lhree couples were direcfed fo fheir ' ac-als by fhe ushers. Imagine fhen, fhe i roving surprise of ofher young people who lhey had had fhe courage fo follow suif criiical surprise of many of fheir elders. Standing: W. C. Savage, H. W. Bromley, L. D- Walwrafh. Seafed: Laura Flenner, Florence Hoover. Music l-lall. ln spife of fhe fireless and heroic efforfs of fhe Buclcef Brigade, fhe fire lcepf increasing unfil if had desfroyed bofh fhe lvlusic l-lall and fhe Adminisfrafion Building, which rep- resenfed fhe life blood of J. W. l-lughes and fhe prayers and sacrifices of an innumerable group of Chrisfians. This fire meanf desfrucfion of fhe library. mU' y i as so shocking fo all fhaf as a resulf seum, many valuable records, and nearly all of 'T Only Occasion of dafes lcnown fhaf fhe laborafory equipmenf. The l,5OO volumSS 1 Tri' M5 become VQVY TGVUOUS as fhe firsf in fhe library fhaf were burned were largely fhe- E196 allowed for 5 PVOQVGVU. l'low- ological and classical books which had been dO- l Till lqlg Wele Soclal PVlVlleQ9S men- nafed by clergymen. Since l892 fhe museum u I college cafalogue. had been growing wifh donafions by many faifh- y g of lvlarch I8, IQO8, while fhe ful men and included a l-lerbarium illusfrafinq Gi brealfasf a fire sfarfed fhe flora of Kenfuclqy, minerals, fossils, shells, 5 Slcve in 6 l3Oy'S room in mounlred animals, and fish. The few +hinQS ja Ti u 2 , . T c ..,.,,.,., l f li? .J N sx..1...fluisl X X ' it '- -Qin-nirflc-f-51' ' ie.. g

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Back Row D H Cassell, G. W. Bunlon, W. P. Gordon, R. H. Young, L. 0. Adams. C S S G F I Fronf Row Andrew Johnson, Sfella Coghill-Bufler, E. T. Franklin, Minnie Greer, J J Giblm Lewis R. Akers. lhe same localion where Dr. l-lughes had been led lo eslablish ill Do you suppose a ray from lhe LIGHT OF THE CROSS could have sug- gesled Jrhis verse of Scriplure lo lhe Board lhal day? Remove noi lhe ancienl landmarks which lhy ialhers have sei. Proverbs 22:28. Now lhai lhe queslion of localion was seilled, The nexl one was lhai oi resioraiion. Finally deciding lo enlarge Bellevue Campus, lhe Board began a rebuilding program by erecling lwo buildings on a large semicircle. The firsi was The presenl red brick Adminislralion Building of lhree floors and a concrele basemenl The olher was Wesley l-lall a lhree slory Whlif-3 pressed brick building housing 72 boys Bolh were compleled in l9IO Now lhe new campuS boasling of four brick buildings excelled lhe old one in bolh beauly and siruclure Thai yefif a crilical period needing slrong leadership TO fffco 95 oo. gm 231 wo U7 0 39: cn fDco 'cn -I- If-o oo -53- cn 0101 EEL o- 7 U1 5 BVS 'UF 3 QHLQ 'o 99 EL Da 5 mm l' Q I -I O 'Fi 'I Q 'JU mXXNRXXXNW U1 Xxxx www , . ' Q , . x K m . ' 3 x.b-ANAQNNNMXK - N I .X . , . - gy xxtsfsxxm gases-naw. N - . - - ll - :fir L Q 4: 'BV X' I 4 -' I J J I.. .I Y . . . . i : A Q I g A . . , . IN f 1 Wa ' mari? Lf In siolff on il? l lurnw llis fl slOflGl: Earl a slor decide lor fl had il clay. please cliclnl E