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

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Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my ordinances and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which 1 spoke to David your Father. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and I will not forsake my people Israel. I Kings 6:11-13 (RSV) This year, George Fox College has been given many new opportunities as our Chapel Auditorium was completed, a new President chosen, new staff mem- bers hired, and of course, new students who each term bring us a faith in tomor- row and an excitement for New Begin- Just watch us now! Give thy servant therefore an understanding mind to govern thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to govern this thy great people? I Kings 3:9 (RSV)

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nor did our own arm give us victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in us. Psalm 44:3 (RSV) NEW BEGINNINGS • • « Each year brings with it the opportunities for new beginnings. With the old year past, the hope for the new year seems almost a universal trait of mankind. In the beginning, the Registrar created Freshman Orientation. The freshmen were without un- derstanding, darkness and con- fusion were upon their minds. And the Orientation leaders said, Let there be light ; and there was understanding and the leaders saw that this was good

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George Fox College dedicated its newest building, the William and Mary Bauman Chapel Auditorium during ceremonies held on October 15, 1983. The new 1,200 seat auditorium, under construction for nearly a year, is the ninth new building on campus in the last 5 years. The new $2.6 million facility with 23,500 square feet of floor space is the second phase of the Milo C. Ross Center. The first phase, a classroom and office complex, opened in the fall of 1978. Overall the $4 million Ross Center has some 48,000 square feet of floor space and has centered the College ' s religious and fine arts divisions in a new complex replacing three other facilities The new building, on the west side of the Ross Center, had its groundbreaking ceremonies July 30, 1981. Construction by L.D. Mattson Company, Salem, Oregon began September 14. Dedication events include several open houses for various College, constituencies, a formal inaugural concert, reception and dinners, organ concert, and church services. The new chapel, auditorium, equivalent to four stories in height, completes a long time dream, first started in the 1950 ' s by former President Milo Ross, then carried out by former President David LaShauna.