George Fox University - L'Ami Yearbook (Newberg, OR)

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n u PRESIDENT PE NNINGTON To the Readers of L ' Ami. Dear Friends : In the United States, the most blessed and the hap- piest country on earth, more young men and women, both numerically and proportionately, are attending college than in any other land. And while so large a share of the world is in the throes of war, with all its terrors and horrors, we have peace, and can go on with the ordinary and extraordinary affairs of life, thus far without serious interruption. For all this we should be very grateful to God and to those who, under His blessing, have made America what it is. But it is impossible that we should not be deeply moved by the tragic condition of the world, and even tragic conditions in our own loved country. There never was greater need than there is today for men and women of good will, of altruism, of real wisdom, of unflinching courage, of constructive self-sacrifice. It is a joy to know that so large a proportion of those who will read these words are of this character, men and women who will serve and bless mankind. Students now in college, many of them living splendid lives of service while conscientiously preparing for larger lives of greater usefulness ; members of the college faculty, the college board, the Woman ' s Aux- iliary, and other organizations, who are earnestly and faithfully cooperating to make the work of these students successful ; men and women in many parts of this and other countries who have given liberally to the financial maintenance of the college ; graduates and former students who in many parts of the world are doing noble service for the advancement of humanity. With gratitude for the achievements of the past, with earnestness in the work of the present, and with hope and courage for the future, let us make every year of Pacific College ' s history better than any year it has ever before known. Sincerely your friend, Levi T. Pennington, President, Pacific College