Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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Arafomg— Seniors ALBERT L. WALTERS Hail to our Hoosier President. President of Class; Editor-in-Chief of the 1914 Aurora; Associate Editor 1915 Aurora; Busi- ness Manager of the Concert Band. JOSHUA C. BREUNNINGER Those good old school days. Vice-President of Class; Art Editor of 1915 Aurora ; Assistant Business Manager 1914 Au- rora ; member of the Class Quartette. ESSIE FISCHER And to her was given the gift of prophecy. Secretary of Class; Class Prophetess. 17

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Altruism UNSELFISH labor in behalf of others is proof of the spirit of altruism. In altruism self, or the ego, is lost sight of in the desire to benefit others. There is no joy so sweet as that gained by a service rendered for another. But no life ends sweetly that has been spent in service for self. Therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. All law lias its fountain bead in love. With- out love there would be no law. God, the source of law, is love, God loved, therefore He made laws to regulate and preserve the creatures of His love: yea. more than this, He created everything in accordance with law. Love could not do otherwise. All law-lovers are altruistic in disposition. God, in His nature, is altruistic. God is ever blessing, but He is not impoverished because lie is ever blessing. He ever grows richer as He bestows His gifts and benefits. (Jod is true to His nature, or is the perfect embodiment of law, and as lie benefits, He becomes blessed. All altruists become blessed as they pursue the the life of benevolence. God has founded the principle in nature, that if life is given, life becomes larger, sweeter and more perfect. We hear, and to some extent feel, the effects of the fearful war in Europe. This would not be if all would follow the law of love. No ill would have come to England or Germany, or any other nation imder the sun, if the law of love was active in man. It is evident that egotism has about crushed out all altruism in the warring nations. Nor is this the worst of the ease. Egotism is fast becoming the spirit of the age. In church and state and the commercial world it is the energizing spirit. Men are preaching the gospel for the aggrandize- ment of self: men are bestowing their goods and riches as egotistic philan- thropists; the commercial Avorld is rotten because of egotism. But does that discourage us that are finishing our college course and receiving our degrees from Illinois Holiness University? By no means. It only spurs us on to help dispel the night and scatter the gloom of egotism by preaching and exemplify- ing the altruistic spirit. We will become more courageous and wax mighty through our God and hurl the truth red hot into the very heart of the egotisic world. We will spend our lives in helping others: we will refine our natures by being beneficial to all classes and races of people. A on solum nobis shall indeed be the motto of us graduates, as we receive our degrees of A.B., Ph.B. and B.S., and we believe we have received the degree of godliness. Also having been taught that godliness is profitable in all things, as we work not alone for self we will become rich in heavenly treas- ures Avhich last eternally. Serve self and we die: serve others and we live by the law of love. Adam R. Shiply, Liberal Arts, ' 15. lfi

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Arafomjj— ntnra ROBERT M. FAULKNER bobbie Quiet, but always faithful. Noted for his high rank in scholarship. ALMA FAULKNER Quietness is by no means dullness: Valedictorian of Class. EDGAR S. SCHONK Wake up! ' Tis morn. The cock crows. I ' m from Missouri. Show me. Member Class Quartette. ;? i IS