Hardin Simmons University - Bronco Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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PRESIDENT'S WIFE Mrs. Jefferson Davis Sande- fer, wife and co-helper of the University president, who for thirty-one years has wrought and served for the furtherance of Christian education. Her heart and soul have been en- twined in the building of this worthy institution. No doubt, could one see inside her heart, a picture of the institution would be engraved thereon. Her loving personality, keen mentality, splendid character, and unusual faith exemplify all the virtues of a gracious and kindly womanhood. My service here has been one of love and devotion. To these who have had the privi- lege of passing the Hardin- Simmons way, and to those who may come, I extend every good wish. Think, H a r d i n-Simmons: Love Hardin-Simmons; be- lieve in Hardin-Simmons; and do for Hardin-Simmons, and your Alma Mater cannot help but be one of the world's greatest institutions of higher learning. I believe that Hardin-Simmons University is in its embryonic stage and I sin- cerely trust that the service we have rendered here will be but the stepping stone for a brilliant future. Devotedly, LUCILE GILBERT SANDEFER.

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PRESIDENT ★ ☆ ☆ ★ This school was founded almost fifty years ago with the expressed purpose of bringing young men and women to Christ, teaching them Christ, and training them for Christ. It is essential that we remind ourselves again of these fun- damentals that have made possible the phenomenal growth and development of this institution up to now. Whatever achievements have been attained here have been attained largely through the consecrated leadership of men and women, faculty, trus- tees, and students, who dedi- cated themselves to those ideals which are so funda- mentally eternal and for which Christ spent Himself on the cross. When these things cease to be basal, the institution forfeits its right to live and merits to be relegated to the things which in the past failed to render the rich and spiritual values that we must render if our great Hardin-Simmons University is to continue to live and serve. You have had and will continue to have a vital part in maintaining the high standards which have placed Hardin-Simmons University at the forefront of institu- tions of higher learning. I beg that you not overlook the three-fold purpose of educa- tion here as it is revealed in the intellectual, physical, and spiritual training offered you, and those who come after you. I appeal to you for a continuance of your love and loyalty to the school and the ideals for which it has stood down the years, and I pray that God in His infinite goodness may bestow upon each of you every joy and blessing you so richly merit. Tenderly, your friend, PREXY.

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OFFICIALS Always, it is with confused emotions that I approach the end of a school year—happy that once again a class has finished its many tasks and is about to begin an enlarged program in the game of life, but sad at the thought that soon we must part. Recently, a distinguished Texas edu- cator has emphasized the fact that the place of the college is to stress funda- mentals; fundamentals of knowledge, fundamentals of character, spiritual values, and the great truths that we hear so often and yet so often fail to learn. Let me express the hope, there- fore, that on leaving Hardin-Simmons you will go with a determination to keep ever before you the great prin- cipals which Hardin-Simmons has sought to maintain through the years. Some of you will continue your schooling; others will enter various vo- cations. Surely you will enlarge your intellectual horizons as the seasons come and go, and continue the educa- tion you have here so well begun. My highest hope for you is that you will never grow away from the idealism of college days, and the fundamental truths you have so often heard spoken. RUPERT N. RICHARDSON. Again a number of you students will have finished your college work, but I trust that many of you do not feel that your education is finished. It is won- derfully fine to be dissatisfied with yourself if that means that you want more schooling. I hope that you have realized that what the world needs today, probably more than ever before, is Christianity, knowledge, honesty and dependabil- ity. If we have partially succeeded in teaching you to act right and to think straight, to be tolerant of the opinions of others, and to know something of the fine art of living with your fellows, our efforts have not been wasted. JULIUS OLSEN. JULIUS OLSEN, Ph. D. Dean of College of Arts and Sciences