Hesston College - Lark Yearbook (Hesston, KS)

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The Lark 'T I Milo Kauffman, A. M. President Bible, Christian Education Our School And !ts Aim Hesston College :Ind Bible School was founded to give young 111011 und young women il Christian Educatioll ill 21 Cln'isti:u1 li'1lVi1'0l11llG1li. Since its opening hundreds of young people have been blessed, and are now blessing others. Our students are serving God und their fellowmen far and wide. Some are in the ministry, some are in l1liSSl01l fields, some :ire touching young lives in the school room, while many ure holding the highest position that God permits His servants to fill-that of hoineinnkers. A1151 CTIUPCII School that is faithful to its duty must seek to send out from its halls young people who :ire cl1n1'z1.cterized as follows: 1. A living faith in a living God, and a firm conviction that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. . 2. A good moral C1l2l1'21CtG1' :ind higl1 ideals. 3. An attitude of loyalty to God, the Church, and the cause of righteousness. -t. Intellecturxl development suited to the facing of life's problems and duties. Healthy bodies, and the knowledge necessary for the 1'I12lll1ft:'l1211lCQ of health. 6. A sense of obligation to fellowmen and n burning desire to serve. 7. Ability to upprecizlte life and God's creation and an understznuling of human nature. 8. A cultivated devotional life that results in intimate contact with God. All this Hcsston College tries to accomplish. The testimonies we receive and the fact thot nn increasing number of our students are being'f':1lled and used of God makes us feel thot, i11 4: slnnll way at least, we ure succeeding. Our prayers for our students may be expressed by the following verse: HXVZIIIUBG, hearts baptized with fire, Hearts completely cleansed from sin, Hearts that Will go down to the mire, Hearts that dare do aught for I-Iilng Hearts that will be firmer. bruver, Hearts like heroes gone before, I-Ieurts to love Hiin more and more. The lust few years have been years of struggle. Some advocated closing the school. But. thunk God. this was not done. God has a great place for Hesston College and Bible School in the future of the Church. His inuuifest presence has belill felt very definitely. Our enrollment has doubled, and God has nmrvelously supplied our needs. The prospect for 1936-1037 is indeed encouraging. We are counting 011 :lnother increase in the size of our student body. Why shouldn't We have? There are many young people that want to nttend. We want to do all in our power to help every worthy young person who wishes to nttiend to do We are grateful for the COllllllOllti2lil'iG :itttitude of our students this year, :ind for the un- spnring efforts of the faculty ineinbers. The faculty showed that they were willing to lay down their lives for their students. The students responded becoxningly. The students :md faculty together have been workers with God. XVe ask our many friends to continue to 1'01Il8ll1ill'l' this work in their prayers, that Hesivenls blessing nniy continue to attend the work. and nnuke Hesston College and Bible School H great School for God and the Church. Yours for Christ und' our Young People, MILO KAUFFMAN TVVO

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The Lark 195586 1 en Published by The Students 'of Hesston College and Bible School ill Hesston, Kansas Entureul :ls second class mutter Mny-ljl, 1914. :lt the Post Office at Hesston, Kansas under the uct of Mzlrcll 3, 18719. Acceptance for 1113111115 nt special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, ACL of October 3, 1917, authorized October 12, 1921. ONE

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The Lark Paul lfrb, A.M. ' i Dean Music, English Education as Exploration From the hour of his birth the child becomes an explorer. The mysteries of his bed, of his toes, of the shadows moving on the wall engage him for hours and days, When he learns to crawl, and later to toddle around, his curiosity stops at nothing. Every recess of the room, every leaf fallen from the geraniums, every loose thread of the rug must be investigated for its possi-f bilities of interest and pleasure. When he is able to roam out doors, the calls to attention multiply. The catalpa grove behind the implement shed, the little creek in the pasture, the dark corners of the haymow, the hranchy paths of the great elm in the yard-these all become familiar realms of delight. There no nook of his own home, or probably of the neighbor's either, that hc does not become familiar with. He is an explorer who will not be denied. For the normal individual this process never ends. As long as he lives he is receiving through his various senses bits of knowledge from here and there. I want to know, he calls, looking i11 every direction for possible sources of information. Something new to be seen, or heard, or felt, or tasted - how alluring it is, how impossible to he resisted. Learning is a delight, a pleasure which always calls for IDOIG. lVhen the boy or the girl goes to school, the haphazard nature of his learning gives way somewhat to the system of a cu1'riculum. Knowledge has been organized by his teachers into integrated bodies, and is presented to him in somewhat logical and related forms. He learns how to get facts from books, from laboratories, from observation in field and factory. A well organized and well conducted school experience sets l1i1n on paths of life-long exploration. It stimulates in him the fun of knowing, and teaches him what there is to be learned and how to go about it. The business of learning is life-longg but a limited period in school and college is such a concentrated and directed devotion to this business as will make it vastly more effective. The curriculum of I-Iesston College, of other similar institutions, introduces the learner to the facts in various fields of knowledge. He discovers what hc does not know and something of how he may find out. He thrills to see the crystals in the begonia leaf and the curious variety among the one-celled animals. He marvels at the orderly laws and infinite possibilities of com- bination in chemistry, he fairly loses his breath at the vastness of the interstellar spaces. The synapse ill psychology and the law of diminishing returns in economics become to him more than words and phrases. Pericles and Napoleon step out of the darkness of historical shadows and walk before him i11 the reality of their achievements in the world. Aristotle and Kant are no longer merely words to pronounce, but stand for something definite in the history of the world's thought. Through actual acquaintance with great literature, he discovers that Shakespeare is more exciting than the Rover Boys Series, and Walter Scott more worthwhile than Zane Grey. The list he makes of the books he wants to read sometime will probably last most of a lifetime. Through the study of language, both his native tongue and several foreign ones, he discovers the romance of etymol- ogy and the indefinable charm of sentence structure. In a school with such an emphasis as ours he will get at least an outline knowledge of the Bible. He will at least have a splendid opportunity to know God bettter and the experience of daily salvation. - It is fun to know. It is more fun to know more. Explore! Discover! It is the life! THREE