Aurora University - Pharos Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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The Significance of Aurorals fortieth Anniversary ORTY YEARS- a record of daring vision, wise planning, constructive building, careful administration, and sacrificial Christian service. First as Mendota Seminary, then Mendota College, and finally as Aurora College, this institution has been the object of the prayers and gifts of members of the Advent Christian Church who saw the need and possi- bility of Christian education. Many hands have helped in the building. I-low great the joy of these friends has been as through the years one forward step after another has been taken by the college! A fortieth anniversary gives an opportunity to pause in gratitude to Cod and to I-Iis people, whose loyalty has made the Aurora College of today. The campus and buildings, so largely the result of the planning and solicitation of Orrin Roe Jenks, the president for twentyftwo years, are adequate and surprisingly adaptable to the modern program of a liberal arts college. A staff of gifted and unselfish teachers serving through the years has developed an educational program which has won recognition by the State Department of Public Instruction and the University of Illinois. A growing group of alumni are witnessing by their useful lives to the worth of the training received at Mendota and Aurora. The denomination has been strengthened through the service of many leaders who caught the vision in college. Increasingly the city of Aurora has come to look to the college for leadership in community activities in the field of higher education. During these forty years the foundation has been laid. In the years ahead we must build worthily upon this painstaking work of the past. If a development comparable with the last twenty years can be achieved in the next two decades the greater Aurora of our dreams will become a reality. The prolonged economic distress has made the immediate responsibility of every college that of strengthening its nnancial structure so that the gains of years may not be lost. To that task Aurora College has set her hand and she calls upon all who love her to lend their aid. When this crisis has been safely passed, there is every reason to expect a much larger field of usefulness. Character and scholarship will continue to be the focal points of our program. In the pursuit of that purpose, we believe that we may count on the help of our friends and the blessing of God. THEoDoRE PIERSON STEPHENs President of Aurora College Page fifte

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