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

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Dean Williams Progress .... The progress of the college has resulted from the actions of administrators, faculty and students who were ill at ease with the college as they found it. The writ- ing of a new student body constitution is the result of the action of students who were dissatisfied with the former constitution. New developments in student finance origi- nated in the dissatisfaction with the former financial methods. The recently inaugurat- ed intra-mural program stems from the work of faculty and students who have been discontent with the lack of such a program. The smooth functioning of the Student Union is an evidence of the progress in student government. All of these evidences of progress indicate that our students are able ana willing to accept the consequences of their own decisions as these decisions fit into the frame work of increasingly higher academic standards. What has been accomplished this year provides the basis for our assurance that greater progress will be made next year and on into the future. We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossoms, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. That is what we mean by progress. — H. W. Beecher. 7

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President Ross Debt Liquidation Drive .... For many years, our college has been plagued by a debt, rising and lowering with the fortunes of the time, but eventually amounting to $144,000 by June, 1956. A little over a year ago, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to stage the Debt Liquidation Drive in an effort to wipe our these obligations by I960. As the L ' Ami goes to press, the total cash and pledges have risen to $120,000. The several segments of our constituency have been canvassed in the inter- ests of the Campaign over the last sixteen months, with major commitments coming in from the Alumni Association and the classes graduating over many years, the Friends Church itself, the general public, corporations and foundations, the City of Newberg, and members of the Board. A most phenomenal development is that by Newberg citizens themselves in their eager response to the drive and their willingness to go all-out to help the college achieve regional accreditation. We are thankful to God for these blessings which have come to us as an institution during the school year. An entire series of progressive developments may be envisioned to come about as a result of the successful culmination of the Campaign: possible accreditation, larger enrollment, major building projects, including dorm- itories, library, additional teaching and laboratory space, auditorium and chapel, music hall and fine arts gallery, housing for married students and faculty, expanded athletic facilities, and educational and cultural advantages not presently offered.

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In Appreciation CHARLES A. BEALS College Pastor . . . . A workman that needeth not to be asham- ed, rightly dividing the word of truth, is true of the untiring service of Charles A. Beats, college pastor. His affiliation with George Fox College is bound not only by the ties of the Newberg Friends Church, but in active participation in campus life. He is a familiar and welcome figure at ball games, recit- als, chapels, and prayer meetings and an ever- present and willing counselor in his study where students have worn the path to his desk. He un- failingly points each troubled student to the great Counselor. With Him is wisdom and strength, He hath counsel and understanding.