Columbia Bible College - Finial Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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Ou i p fie s Jen DR. ROBERT C. McQUILKIN eafi Senh iS: This is not a formal greeting, for you all have become really dear to me. When you become alumni you will be a permanent part of the C.B.C. faniily. I want you to count on my love and interest as a father for his children. You have reached the Finial — that is, the yearbook. But you have not reached the crowning culmination of your life — God ' s Finial. How- ever, you have His sure promise that He will complete what He has begun. Now if I were a rich father leaving you an inheritance, what would it be? I would leave you the heritage of The Acts of the Apostles. There are two outstanding things in the experience of the disciples in that book. One is the joy note. It is a book of joy. Filled with the Spirit, they were full of joy. They rejoiced in the midst of sorrow and persecution and tribulation. Then, Acts is the greatest book of action in the Bible. They were glad, happy Christians because they were constantly active in His service — joy and service, or joy in service. Have you connected this message of Acts with our motto? To Know Him — that is joy, isn ' t it. That is all of Life. To Make Him Known — that is all of service. Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. Write me sometime about your joy in Christ and your service for Him. Joyfully in His Victory, ( e - 7nQ .jM

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We L ensfi Competently he carries on his duties as Assistant to the President. The C. B. C. lenged by message. family was chal- his home ' Coming As a Christian Life representa- tive, he surveyed missionary activity in Japan. MR. DONALD E. HOKE wMse service as ... A faithful, inspiring instructor of God ' s Word, . . . An enterprising public relations manager, and ... A proficient assistant to the President warrants the dedication of the 1951 Finial, given with the whole-hearted appre- ciation of the Junior class of CBC. A graduate of U ' heaton College, M.A. Iy44, Mr. Hoke has had experience in the pastorate, in iournalism, and in Christian youth work. This experience brought hirr here as an invaluable addition to the CBC family, along with his intense vision of what God can do through full-consecrated, properly-developed young people. Since his arrival here in 1947, he has energetically and capably assumed the job as Assistant to the President, in addition to teaching, and ad- vising the Finial. In connection with his editorship on the Christian Life magazine, Mr. Hoke recently toured lapan to survey the evangelical witness being carried on there. Returning from a several months ' stay in Japan, Mr. Hoke deeply challenged mission-loving Christians across the country with his message from that Oriental country and has vividly painted the teeming millions there who hunger for the reality found only in Christ. He was gladly welcomed home to CBC this fall and since then has proved a real spiritual blessing in his earnest and appealing messages, as well as in the classroom and in his administrative duties. It is, therefore, with much admiration and gratefulness that we honor Mr. Hoke, our man of the hour, with the dedication of the 1951 FINIAL.

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SENIOR YEAR SIGNIFICANT TO CLASS OF ' 51 Seniors eagerly anticipate His Service Success in eluding the Juniors by escaping to Paris Mountain State Park for their class dav activities and victory in teaming up with the Sophs and Grads to trounce the Juniors and Freshmen in the annual Thanksgiving Day Grits Bowl Classic were but minor indications of the significance which their final year as- sumed for the class of ' 51. This was not merely the winding up of their academic ex- perience at Columbia Bible College, but, much more important, the integration of experiences and concepts gathered during four years of concentrated study towards utilization in full- time Christian service. In reality the Senior year proved to be one of anticipation for future service rather than one of completion of study and hesitation in leaving a beloved alma mater. A new serious- ness in looking to the Lord for personal prep- aration beyond the requirements of the institu- tion shaped these graduating students into the men and women that God requires for spiritual leadership. Seniors were welcomed home from their Sneak by the dejected (?) Juniors. MISS KATHRYN WARREN Class Advisor Each Senior was thrilled as he saw class- mates being accepted by some mission board or receiving definite guidance into some other form of Christian work. However, the assur- ance of the Lord ' s guidance by those who had not yet made definite plans for the coming year was perhaps even more wonderful to observe. Thus many learned the truth of Psalm 37:5: Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. The Senior year really began in the summer with the monthly publication of the Senior Link. This class newspaper was the channel by which the class learned of the summer ac- tivities of its members and maintained the prayer fellowship that had been established in previous years. Student pastorates and other opportunities for leadership in Christian service were an effective means of preparation. Summary courses such as systematic theology and prog- ress of doctrine further stimulated an anticipa- tion of future usefulness. Perhaps the greatest value of the Bible College training was the lesson in utter de- pendence upon God that had been learned. This was forcefully manifested by the many students who came to Bible College without any prospect of support, yet saw their needs faithfully met by the Lord month after month. The realization of the Thanksgiving goal for the new dormitory in their final year and the practice of living by faith exemplified by the faculty and staff further illustrated the princi- ple which the Seniors learned — the only resource of the Christian life is Jesus Christ. Chapel messages, practice teaching, class socials, and intramural sports were extra- curricular activities in which the class partici- pated while awaiting the conferring of their degrees and their acceptance into the alumni association as its newest members. The leaders of the class of 1951 during its Senior year were president. Bill Russ; vice- president, Hubert Addleton; secretary, Pauline Drum; treasurer, Kate Callaway; and class advisor, Miss Kathryn Warren. 15