Houghton College - Boulder Yearbook (Houghton, NY)

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Edith Burringer, A.B. CCIYOI KYeCkm0f1, A-5- Mildred Burton library Esther Jane Carrier, B.S., M.A., Head Librarian 22

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Robert O. Ferm, A.M., Th.M., Dean of Students Alice Allen, Secretary Viola Blake, A.b., Dean of Women Elizabeth l. Rennick, Assistant Dean of Women iq . i Dear Seniors, On the Houghton College seal are found the words, Fiat Lux . Often I sat in chapel as a student and lknowing no Latinl wondered what these words meant. Then one time while reading the scriptures, l found the words in the book of Genesis. The words meant Let there be light. Then l realized what the founders of Houghton had envisioned. They had built and dedi- cated a school that would cooperate with God. God desired light for the dark places that the ignorance and spiritual blindness of men might be done away with. The Bible is sometimes likened to light. Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my pathway tells us what the Psalmist discovered. So Houghton has discovered for herself and for all who pass through her halls and classrooms that the true light of life is to be found in the Word of God. To be trained intel- lectually alone is to be denied the full light. Only when the highest scholarship is joined to spiritual insight do we have light. The accumulation of information is not enough, for we must have understanding. At Houghton, the Word of God is upheld like a lamp to shed light on the perplexities of life. lf we walk in the light as He is in the light we have fellow- ship one with another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. ln His Name, Robert O. Ferm 21

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