London College of Bible and Missions - Archway Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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grcwluafion ganquef Live the message you will preach to the world. challenged Rev. james P. Vold, pastor of Ottawa's Metropolitan Tabernacle at the Graduation Banquet held last April 17 to honour the graduating class of 1959. Christians need a definite revival of personal faith in God if the three greatest foes of civilization -communism, seoilarism and complacency - are to be overcome, he said. Pastor Vold urged the twenty-two graduates to follow in the paths of the great men of old who had personal confidence in the promises of God, ability to adopt God's pace of living and the courage and conviction to be active in the project of God. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morrison of Toronto thrilled hearts with their special selections in song. Mrs. Morrison's solo God Hath Not Promised Skies Al- ways Blue, left a lasting impression. More than four hundred guests enjoyed the ban- quet of spring chicken in the Beal Technical school dining room. Red rose buds, made into a large '59 behind head table, became a favorite background for pictures of graduates. The evening was planned by the class of '60 and their president, Doug Routledge, was the relaxed and capable chairman. The graduation banquet Rev. james P. Vold Cfadd may gxercided The graduating class presented the last chapel service of the year on the morning of graduation day, May 5, 1959. Every student testified briefly on the Lord's leading for the future. . . remaining at L.B.I. for further studies . . . linguistic training . . . col- lege or further education . . . pastorate. Others were still looking to the Lord for His leading. We must spend much time in His presence to get to know Him, challenged jim Twinem in his message to his classmates. In her admonition to the junior class Ruth Bel- lingham said, To know Christ and to know Him better should be the desire of each student and not merely to obtain a high academic standing. Through the years together the class had carried with them the theme, Not I but Christ. This was the basis of the class song, written by Helen I-Iisey and sung by the whole class as the climax of the Class Day Exercises. In ihe afternoon the graduates gathered on the lawn with their families and friends at the Gradua- tion tea. Faculty and parents were introduced, gifts were given and cameras clicked and flashed incess- antly. Dainty sandwiches and cookies prepared by the Ladies' Auxiliary added the finishing touches to a wonderful afternoon.

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Lost an Found enior Rffeaf Found: Some sober QD seniors On a cold Friday morning, November 6, twenty-five senior students squeezed into their loaded cars and headed north to Chesley Lake, a summer resort near Southampton. In the scarcely heated cabins and dining room every- one shivered and walked around in overcoats. The activ- ities, however, compensated for the lack of heat. The seniors had brought their own food. The menu included such delicacies as turkey, juicy steaks, and home- made pie. The girls took turns cooking and proved they could keep house as well as labour over theological prob- lems. The fellows washed wishes. Dean Oakley spoke on the class's theme Learn of Me. Dr. Beckman continued this theme in discussion periods in which he applied the truths of learning of Christ to the life of each student. Ping pong, football, hiking through swampy woods, rowing boats on an ice cold lake in a biting wind, tending fires in the middle of the night - all were great sources of' fun, and exercise unused muscles. Games, preparation of the food and discussions around the Word of God drew the class closer together and closer to their Master. On Sunday the seniors returned home thanking the Lord for a weekend of physical relaxation and spiritual refreshment. Shirley: a V Lost: Their joy Doug. Found a new outlook on life . . . 1 :Q And lost his moustache . . . Bm: .- 1 3-' t. 1 1' ' Found his appetite . . . Found some admirers but lost her hair. . . . But lost his P.j.'s.

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Rev. E. L. Simmonds, M.A., B.D. Mr. Simmonds and Dick Fox CLCCCL 6Ll,l,l 8CLf2 Three days of graduation activities be- gan in a flurry on May 3 as the seniors donned graduation gowns and adjusted their. mortarboards for the Baccalaureate Service. A few minutes before four on Sunday afternoon, students and faculty formed the procession which moved down Queens Avenue to Central Baptist Church. Solemnly the students entered the church to the strains of How Firm A Foundation. The faculty, impressively gowned according to their respective de- grees, followed. Choral selections were Praise Be To Thee and Pleasant Are Thy Courts. The ladies' trio sang the beautiful dedi- catory hymn Consecration. Guest speaker, Rev. E. I., Simmonds, M.A., B.D., Principal of Toronto Bible College, admonished the graduatm to look only unto jesus and become loving servants of His. Realizing afresh God's love for them, the graduates sang exaltedly with the congregation Like A River Glorious Is God's Perfect Peace.