Asbury University - Asburian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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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

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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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N W as T f X NN ,-521 ...4-f- ' X 2115 V, STIZQE THE S R f S S s . ....... S X g ' . T I ' ' . - K WaTkins. l'le made Tew changes in The school s Tinally he promised, on The condiTion ThaT There managemenT. be no repeTiTion oT The running away in l9lO, In The spring oT l9lO The leaders oT The mis- 2. o 3 Q! '1 N4 3 o 4 cn 3 cn 3 -+ -Q Q1 3 3 cn o. of QT co 7 QL N? -T' o o' cn 3- 2 o. on The campus. The movemenT so grew ThaT iT Turned ouT To be a missionary revival. Through This marvelous meeTing, The annual spring mis- sionary revival was insTiTuTed. Early on April TirsT oT The previous year, only a shorT Time aTTer The Tire, all The boys meT and decided To Take The day oTT To Tind a new siTe Tor Asbury College. lT Turned ouT ThaT They had iusT decided ThaT They wanTed a spring holi- day. ATTer dark They reTurned, having spenT a pleasanT day aT High Bridge. Dr. WaTkins didn'T know iusT how To handle The siTuaTion, buT EARLY STUDENT BODY To declare a day oT ouTing Tor The enTire school. Thus anoTher cusTom was esTablished. On Those memorable ouTing days ThaT Tollowed in laTer years, places Trom l-ligh Bridge To Camp Nelson were visiTed by The sTudenTs. 'Some- Times a Tew would Take a boaT ride TiTTeen miles up The KenTucky River To Daniel Boone's Cave, oThers would go Tor a hay ride, and sTill oThers would sTarT oTT Tor a moToring Trip in a car ThaT did noT promise To carry Them beyond The ciTy limiTs wiThouT breaking down. No maTTer whaT happened, everyone always seemed To have a good Time. Showing The moTTo of The college and demonsTraTing one of The early cusToms of keeping The sexes segregaTecl. P' pOn 949 P kai