Multnomah University - Ambassador Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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I8 M55 TIHICQ fi lilwfm The 1975-76 school year, Multnomah's 40th, began with an air of expectancy-smiles, laughter, and hopeful hearts. Deep inside we each wanted God to do great things in our lives-individually and cor- porately. The new prospect of supportive fellowship groups seemed to provide a concrete avenue whereby we could change. Accountability was a way we could measure our growth in definite ways instead of just floating goal-less through our first semester. We were just plain excited about the prospect of a new year, a clean slate. New classes, new people, new opportunities. The trials ahead-the late nights typing, the social pressures, the early morning exam cramming, the pressure-didn't scare us. We'll be more organized and consistent, we said, and we won't get behind this year. We had the world by the bookstrap and we were confidently swinging it over our shoulders and press- mg on. Then came the combined difficulty of the homework load, Christian Service assign- ments, meetings, activities, interdorms, dorm devotions, working off campuses, and fellowship groups. But then not everything was tough. The weather was beautiful, God was faithful, and the world was rich with new surprises. The kids in our teen clubs were responding, our roommates were opening up, and Rev. David Needham was unfolding the beautiful book of Isaiah to lucky seniors. Then one week the pressure was really heavy. Man, if we can just get through this week we'll be on top, we said. But the next week wasn't any better. In fact, it was worse. The people in our Christian Service assignments started losing interest. Our roommates started being really unrea- sonable. And the weather tumed gray and drizzly. Midterm exams and papers came. It seemed like mid term took place at least four or five times that semester! We allowed ourselves to become discouraged. We wondered why God would allow us to have to endure this. We prayed: Lord, to my heart bring back the Springtime, Take away the cold and dark of sin, Oh, refill me now, sweet Holy Spirit. May I warm and tender be again. We got bogged down in the routine of living-rain, roommate arguments, late night typing and early morning exam cramming. And then some of us got the idea. What was LIFE? Easy, sluff-off, do-what-you-want irresponsibility? No. LIFE- resurrection life-is WGRK, hard work. Multnomah and all it has to offer-classes studies, dorm life, Christian Service, relationships-provided the challenge needed to cause growth in our lives. This fall was a special challenge to us-individually and corporately. But through it all, we rose to the challenge. Here are the activities that made up the fall portion of Multnomah's 1975-76 school year: by Vickie Webb

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Carl Thompson 1 AUGUST Registration and Orientation Do you have your financial clearance card? . . . well, a, there's a few more details that need to be . . . You'll need financial clearance before you can begin registering. No, you cannot skip both lunch hours in order to get Wilkinson for Bible Study Methods. Hey, what's on the list for tomorrow with this orientation business? There's a Bible test at 8:00 a.m. in the dining hall . . . and then we go checkout the library . . . for is it on reserve!?l What's this about a test on the rulebook? Saturday, 8:15 a.m. 'tWhat!!!? It's a hectic week hence, the oft- repeated statement. If you can survive through registration and orientation, you can make it through Multnomah. 22 Classes Begin. Sunny and clear. High 70, Low 50. Where's M3, doesn't anybody know where M3 is? Lord, you led me to Bible School, now will you help me find my first class! ? A confident-looking senior strolls into M3 hoping for theology and finds a room full of freshmen. Approximately 804 students attended classes this first day. Full-timers included 365 Freshmen, 176 Juniors, 111 Seniors, and 86 Grads, plus 66 part-timers from all grades. There are 455 men and 349 women. tWow! what a nice ratio, huh, girls?l fl ,O Mr. Muir's first class on Contemptible Home Strife. He greets the class with a smirk that reads like: Say, ya never know, you may meet Mr. Niceguy tforever typel right here in this class, Here at Multnomah, with all these Christian young people, we feel this is just the right place to . . . 2583 All Student Mixer. Eight hundred shoes were dumped into the women's lavatory as four hundred un- aware students sat in their stocking feet on the gym floor listening to Tim Killgore tell the story of Cinderella backwards. The evening included blue grass music from Mark Greeno, Scott Pope, Bob Lambert, and John Dunn, plus jokes fjokes?J from Dave Breedlove, mixer games, and other entertainment. Keep your shoes on. 3 New Student Reception. Multnomah faculty and their wives graciously opened their homes for the even- ing to incoming freshmen. Divided among various homes freshmen students were able to become better acquainted with faculty members and see them in their home at- mosphere. Refreshments were served, songs sung, names learned, and just general sharing , SIEIBTEIMII EIR ll First Grad Party. This party was sponsored by the grey house C8322 NE Glisanl. It included games, sharing, and singing. lf? M53