La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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p o w E R S T H A T B E Board of Trustees: Few of us knew them all— all of us felt their guiding influence. FIRST ROW: W. O. Baldwin, G. T. Chapman, H. G. Lucas, F. Griggs, L. K Dickson, David Voth, chairman; L. R. Rasmussen, L E. Biggs, William Guthrie, J. T. Porter, R. G. Lewis, C. J. Nagele. STANDING: A. C. Nelson, K. F. Ambs, C. L. Bauer, H. J. Klooster, A. C. Larson, KEEPERS OF THE FLAME. In the early pioneer period, before the days of matches, lighting a fire was a very difficult assign- ment; so it was always kept burning. Letting the fire go out was considered a real tragedy. The sacred flame was handed down from one generation to another. Has the sacred flame died out of the Christian college? Does the Christian college have an authentic leadership, an authoritative message, and an undying flame adequate in a time like this? This hour of crisis and bloody darkness brings to the truly Christian college its greatest challenge and its greatest opportunity. The college must be able to justify its existence, and to demonstrate its ability to lead a confused people to the Light of the World if it is to merit the trust and confidence that has been placed in it. To the Christian college is commissioned the sacred task of tending the fires of faith, of worship, and of love; the task of holding aloft the flame which points to the Christian way of life— the only way to victory and peace. It is the young person ' s right by heritage to turn to the Christian college and find a glowing flame that will warm his heart and enlighten his mind. It is our desire and conviction that La Sierra College shall be a school where the youth can return and find the fires of learning, of faith, of love, of liberty, and of trust in the Divine Light, ever burning brightly. La Sierra College invites you to come and replenish the flame. President ADMINISTRATION 26

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Youth ' s plasticity is trans- formed into the solidity of man and womanhood as the skilled craftsmanship of La Sierra ' s Architects of Lives shape and burnish minds and souls for unre- served service to God and coun- try. Nor is this prevailing flame of intelle ct alone in its being; for the warm glo v of equality, the mutual joy of consecrated living, and the sincere desire for friend- ship produce that secure feeling of trust and honor that exists be- tween student and teacher. Jtemi c jjweL.

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L. R. RASMUSSEN President K. J. REYNOLDS K. F. AMBS Business Manager WILLETA CARLSEN Registrar