Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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ijtstflry of rijool |v n UT nf the conviction of a common need came the desire I in an P ra ver of a few of God ' s people in the state of Il- linois for a school which would stand definitely and always for holiness of heart and life. The answer of that prayer and effort is: Illinois Holiness University. The conviction was: that the religious element is necessary to education; that religious experience and ethical culture must come in the formative stages of one ' s life; that God can have his way with man only when man ' s spiritual development is at least equal to his intellectual development; and that the beginning and develop- ing of the spiritual part must be undertaken in early life, and con- ducted from the first in a sane and safe manner, with the Bible as a text-book. To this end a small school was started in 1907, in Georgetown, Illinois, where the best means of grace with the best facilities of the school-room could be had. Later the present site of the University grounds, three miles south of Georgetown, was secured, and the Grammar School and Academic Departments were added in 1908, and carried on in a small three- room frame building. Succeeding in the aim of the school true to Bible and holiness, the trustees, in 1909, added the College of Liberal Arts, and erected that year the present large brick Girls ' Dormitory. This being inadequate for general school purposes, it became nec- essary to erect an Administration Building. This magnificent struc- ture has been highly praised by all who have seen it. [24]

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■mm Chapel, Administration Building and Canaan Hali

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Gtye (Campus ■HEN our eyes shall have grown dim, and our hair become Y sparse and somewhat mixed with silvery threads; when our voices shall have become husky and our ears dull and heavy; when our shoulders shall have become stooped and our steps slow and unsteady -- even then the memories of the sacred spot over which we have roamed in our school days will be fresh and green. Next to the place of our birth it will lie dear to our hearts. It will be a place of fond recollection, not so much because of its external beauty, but because of the pleasant memories which it will awaken in our minds. It is here that we have basked in the sunshine, and heard the joy- ful voices and hearty laughter of our fellow students; it is here we have seen our beloved professors go to and fro with stately steps along its winding paths; it is here that He our souls has come to greet, while tarrying at the mercy seat. There are multitudes of pleasant memories that we ' ll have which will cluster about this campus of our Alma Mater. We hope that it may also become the sacred spot to thousands of those to whom now its beauties are un- known. — A. L. W., ' 15 W E WOoD 25]