Mount Morris College - Life Yearbook (Mount Morris, IL)

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dk ite A w - Commercial Department - Ilay .Xvev Iiutli NYylii- XY. A. Robinson tlrarw- Nt-her Ralph Mahoy tlnstruetorl t.Xss't lllSll'llt'llPl'l Leslie XYilliams .lesse Lt-ruv iilltll't'lilHttffH1klll This year we were somewhat handicapped in our temporary premises. llowever. next year the Commercial Department will be in its new quarters-the room in which the library is at present, This room was selected because of its special Fitness for the purpose, being large and well lighted. On account of the destruction of everything in Commercial Hall in the fire which destroyed Old Sandstone, it is necessary to install an entire new equip- ment. This' will be of the most up-to-date type. A course in lfarm Bookkeeping was introduced for the benefit of the Agricultural students. It has proven a decided success, and so will be continued next year. The changes made in the Business and Shorthand Courses this year have proven beneficial, and the students who took Commercial work last year and this have expressed their appreciation of the benefit to be derived from the introduc- tion of the new features. As the courses stand at present they are thorough, up-to-date. and prac- tical, and coupling this with the fact that next year we will be in our large and well-lighted new quarters, fitted with entire new equipment, the future of the Commercial Uepartnient looks very bright indeed. XV. A. ROBINSON. Prof. Robinson: Student, do you have your trial balance? Student: It is still a trial and somewhat of a tribulation. but it isn't a - balance yet. .. NQZM 1 'et' OUNT MORRIS COLLEGE RCN 46 Aki r

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WZ ite A ii The Bible Department The idea of biblical instruction was fundamental in the establislnnent of Mount Morris College. ller founders were llible men and felt the need of institutions where secular and sacred studies may be properly correlated. They held the sensible belief that knowledge of the Scriptures is an indispensable qualification for creditable citizenship in a Christian nation. Tl1e most prominent and honored of our statesmen have been able to reinforce their public utterances by means of illustrations based on scriptural characters and incidents. No school aiming to give a general educational training is living up to its complete opportunity when it has no place for the Bible in its course of study. From an educational point of view there is no more profitable subject of study than the llook of llooks, whether considered as history, literature. philosophy, or revelation, It is the most practical handbook on life and all our training is for living. For this reason the college curriculum at Mount Morris makes one unit of Bible study prescribed work. More may be elected. NO young person can pursue an extended course in any department at Mount Morris without being advised to include some Bible study. lilder M. XV. Emmcrt, A. B., is Dean of the Bible Department and also the present pastor and elder of the Mount Morris Church. He is a man of spiritual character and has the ability to inspire young men and women toward lofty ideals of the Right. llis method of teaching is to let the llible speak for itself to the students and thus make its own impression. During 1912-ISHS? Elder limmert was called from home to participate in four different religious institutes in lowa and Illinois. Courses given during the current year are: The Life of Christ, Proverbs. Pauline lipistles, Christian lithics, and Systematic Theology. Those taking classical Cireek are devoting part time to a study of the original language of the New Testament. Other courses available in turn include Apologetics, Homiletics, Doctrines, Acts, Psalms. Prophecy, Sunday School Pedagogy, Old Testament History, and Church History. lflements of llebrew can be given when requested. From these subjects it is clear that the department offers an opportunity for a broad and general biblical knowledge. Outside of the scheduled classes Dean Emmert conducts a special devotional class on one evening of each week in which such doctrines as Prayer and The Holy Spirit are studied. Anyone inter- ested may join this class and not only students avail themselves of the privilege. All who have attended this class in past or present years testify to the uplift of this devotional hour. The work of the ilible Department nattu'ally has influence over the religious activities of the school and church at Mount Morris. llaving received instruction in their classes, students are better able to participate in the Prayer Meeting, Sunday School, and Christian Mforkers Meeting. They can speak from systema- tic knowledge of the XYord. Most of the members of the Student's Yolunteer Rand are Bible Students and take an interest in the Mission Study Classes estab- lished by the Hand. The same is true of the membership of The College Mis- sionary Society and its Mission Study Class, conducted this winter by Sister M'ilbur ll. Stover. The surest indication that the M. M. C. Bible Department does telling work is the testimony that comes from former students now scattered far and near. They are engaged in the various vocations of life. orofessional and other- wise, in the homeland and abroad. Tint no matter whether they are ministers. teachers. physicians. business men, or whatsoever. all alike express themselves gratefully for the helpful intiuence of llible study at Mount Morris. I. HUGH HITCKMAN. jZM0UN'1 MORRIS COLLEGE A . N92 Xi 45 '25

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