Northwestern Bible School - Scroll Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Two Stories Up gan to take shape, until out of this intricate network has emerged an exceedingly handsome edifice known as Jackson HalL The interior, with its spacious marble halls and stairways, its beautifully decorated and commodious classrooms and offices, calls forth the genuine admiration of everyone. This magnificent structure is the fulfillment of the vision long cherished by our superintendent, Dr. W. B. Riley. For years he has seen in his mind’s eye a building erected on this corner. Though at times it may have been somewhat 1 he Laying of the Corner Stone 13

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2 Stimson Hall acquisition of all this ground there would be ample room for development for some lime to come. Yet this was not the case, for it grew and flourished beyond all expecta¬ tion, and in the month of September. 1920, the dormitories at 1423 Harmon Place had to be secured to accommodate the rapid progress. Just take a glimpse at the rosebush now! There are numerous branches which repre¬ sent the more than twenty separate and dis¬ tinct subjects that comprise the course of study, and also typify the seventeen efficient and earnest instructors Do not overlook the full-blown roses, the grace¬ ful ha If-open roses, and the beautiful buds, which give promise of a rich harvest. Surely, you say, it will re¬ quire years for that rosebush to outgrow its present quar¬ ters, but in this you arc mis¬ taken. On the 22nd day of June 1922, a great steam 1 he Beginning of the Fulfillment Grrc f Opening shovel fairly pulsating with life, found its way to the corner of Eleventh Street and Harmon Place, and began to make the dirt fly. Before long there was an enormous hole which was no sooner dug than it was lined with bricks mortar and clay. When the foundation was completed the framework be-

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Climbing Upward dim and far away, yet he has never lost courage, but has stood firmly on the everlasting promises of God, + Though the vision tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come- it will not tarry. 1 ' Before you there looms a rosebush of wondrous height and immense diameter. It has spread even to Yale and Thirteenth Street, a valuable site, where stand the two spacious residences, bought in December, 1922, to be used as dormitories for married students now. On the strong, leafy branches of this bush there arc a multitude of lovely roses, whose dew-covered faces are turned toward the sun from whence comes lheir blessing These roses are typical of the scores of graduates who have gone Almost There! 14