Eastern Nazarene College - Nautilus Yearbook (Quincy, MA)

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THE MESSAGE OF Tl-IE MANSION KNOCKER ln this anniversary year, we recall lines printed in the Nautilus of 1994. OUR PORTICO Our portico, rich in the lore of years, ln human destinies, in hopes and tears. Beneath its ample arch what dreams have passed, What memories, what loves, what purpose vastl Upon the staunch gray portal stands to view An ancient legend-old, yet strangely new: 4 i Salve, Well come, thou guest, within these walls, Vale, Fare well, where'er thy pathway calls. Cherishing Mother! thou teachest us to live: Thou givest us all, thou send'st us forth to give. Solve -the open door that none can close, Vale -the mission that the Master chose. For twenty years E. N. C. has been helping young people to realize their God-given visions. For twenty years students have been coming in for training and going out for service. And the ancient lcnoclcers still have a message for us. Solve, VVelcome -the open door that none can close, Vale, Farewell -the mission that the Master chose. ln the full life of Today let us not lose the vision of Yesterday nor the call of Tomorrow. Not dead to the spirit of our age, nor yet intoxicated by it, not indifferent to its confusing problems, nor yet perturbed by its hubbub, nor unappreciative of its achievements, nor yet overawed by its claims, our goal not adaptation to its stancl- ards, but service to its needs, confident that the Christ who has called us has also foreseen our age and reclconed with it,-let us plough our furrow straight. -B. M. 96

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l t i ACI-HEVEMENT No man knows what he can do until he tries. lrite, but true. Within every person lie potential possibilities. Tragic it is that rarely does a person realize his true self. Today, it is especially true that people are losing the sense of self-develop- ment. They find it easier to move with the mass, to rely on some one else to make the decision and do the directing. The value of individual personality and character is being lost in a fog of world confusion, despair, and shallow thinking. Why this general indifference to self-development? The main reason is that most people have no cause greater than themselves, no cause to which they can abandon themselves with whole-hearted enthusiasm. This is the key to all true self- development-to all achievement. Let a person consecrate himself to a great cause and he will attempt, and achieve, great things. -Donald Metz PROGRESS Man is always trying to make progress. He attempts inventions, discoveries, solutions to social and religious problems, and has all kinds of schemes to establish a Utopia on earth. There are as many ideas of progress and howto attain it as there are men living. Qurs is a day of extremes. A man is usually labeled a progressive or a re- actionary. lhere are left and right wings in legislative assemblies, fanatics and conservatives in religion. The extreme progressive dreams of a drastic upheaval which will catapult man into a glorious future, The dyed-in-the-wool conservative is opposed to all new ideas and experiments, and regrets the good old days. Both these extreme theories are wrong. The two must balance each other in society to give a healthy middle-of-the-road position which combines the forward vision of the radical and the practical hind-sight of the ultra-conservative. Real progress is steady, logical, considered change working from the past, in the present, to the future. There is a continuity in progress: it may appear to have starts and stops, but it is achieved by a continuous effort and growth. The accomplish- ments of the past and the present can not be discarded nor ignored, they are a part of the structure being created, and the future is definitely dependent upon them. By gradual steps, careful planning and continuous effort lasting progress can be achieved. -Charles Carter Q7