Asbury University - Asburian Yearbook (Wilmore, KY)

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Eunu K. PIKE WA LTER H BUTLER NELLIE EH SPARKS T T T '55 ceokce Mc DONALD DWIGHT ml 3 'LJ ig. -Tr 2-.ff AKERS AT The May Board rneeTing in l9lO, iT was decided ThaT The old campus musT be sold in order ThaT The school debT miqhT be raised. They were undecided as To The meThod oT sale, Dui finally The ExecuTive CommiTTee sold iT Tor 55000. Even Then The school was on The verge of oanl:rup+cy: The siTuaTion was desperaTe. The Such was The condiTion oT our Alma MGTGF al This Time. ln The midsT oT This gloomy period, Dr.. Henry Clay Morrison was suggesTed Tor The Presidency- Such was The discouragemenT oT The Board Thai ThGY aqreed ThaT unless he would becfime Preli- denT, They would close The doors and Offer l e . . . darli- aeof was heavy and The sTudenT body dwindlinq. ProPerTy Tor sale. ls iT noT True ThaT The A lzsl W u T T f. oz ff- QU X U4 fc wi W-f 13: Q4 , ,. 94:2 :fri ag 1:22 M 12:3 15.15 3-5 5115: 522' A 15122 122222 if lififf 4, s NN THE LEGZHT QE

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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

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:NZ x X 0 Q NWN wr iw gm 55, 51, THE IGSRET QF T HE f N S . S SE N N gs S NLS Eggs ? 95+ hour is iusT beTore The dawn ? SaTan Seemed To be doing all in his power Toward dis- couraging The men oT The college: The LIST-ll QF Tl-TE CRQSS was dimmed by earThly ob- sTacles. The nexT move was a conlerence wiTh Dr. lvlor- rison, who had recenTly reTurned Trom an evan- gelisTic Tour oT The world. Thxe voice oT The Lord musT have been spealcing To The hearT oT ThaT greaT, whiTe-haired man oT God when They approached him wiTh The oTTer, Tor seeing The emergency, he accepTed The challenge To save Asbury College Tor bhrisTian educaTion and The holiness movemenT. For a momenT, noTice The condiTions he was Tacing: The erecTion oi The AdminisTraTion Build- ing and Wesley l-lall had caused a heavy in- debTedness, The sTudenT body had decreased BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HAYNES Second PresidenT of Asbury College who placed em- phasis on The missionary movemenf. BELLEVUE COLLEGE 111 ZlfelLiSlllfZ'f'FZZl,Z?l Eulilllfd by The c ege WMC is