Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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Pearl Morris Jennie Jacobson Cora Ryan JENNIE JACOBSON, President Motto: All for Jesus Colors: Crimson and White 23

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ber of our much loved Aurora. Everybody realizes that our purpose has been accomplished in the first edition of the Aurora, which was a grand success. In the fall of 1914, the beginning of our Senior year, we were glad again to greet our teachers, the new students and our classmates. At the same time we were saddened to learn that it would be impossible for E. Guy Matthewson, better known as Matty, to be with us during the remainder of the school year. He was always on hand to enliven the class meetings when business grew dull, or to help find a means of escape when the proposition we faced was difficult. In his place, as Treasurer, E. E. Turner was chosen, and, although he has not had large amounts of money to handle, he has been faithful and earnest. We, as a class, had to blaze our way in carrying out our affairs, and have striven for new and beneficial ideas for the Class and the school. May the Juniors gaze upon us for guidance and be wise ! In all our social affairs and gatherings, we have striven to please those about us without regard to ourselves. We have also carried away notes of praise in music, as one of our class- mates is the assistant conductor of the concert band, while there are other members who are accomplished musicians on various instruments. Out of the group of boys in our class, seven are studying for the ministry. Two of them are now holding a pastorate while attending school. There is also one young lady in our class who is already a minister of the gospel. The girls, for their part, rank among the highest of I. H. U. students in scholastic attain- ments. Greek and Latin must bite on the hook of success when the Fischer easts the line. You may be sure that our class is composed of talent, since it has poets, historians, prophets, public speakers, teachers, musicians, singers and preachers. As we come to the closing days of our academic life we say to our classmates : Now, to thee, farewell. May virtue, truth, and fortune ever be thine own. Our days with thee We gladly review. Then forward into the dim unknown. During the short period of four years this Class of 1915 has made history that has counted for themselves and for the school. As we now depart, some to take up the duties of college life, and others to meet responsibilities in the world, we all go forth with determination to make history that will count for God. R. Wayne Gardner, Academv ' 15. 22 m

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(Erittt00tt nnh Wtyitt EVERY observant reader of the Bible lias had his attention arrested at times by what seemed a mystical or symbolical use of numbers. This is also true in regard to colors. Crimson and white are so often associated with the ideas of bloodshed and purity as to have become emblematical of them. White is preeminently the color of purity, righteousness and holiness. God ' s attitude of holiness was symbolized by the patterns of Levitieal economy, hence we find the Hue linen in the covering, the veil and the curtains of the tabernacle. The Levitieal singers were arrayed in white garments, the priests and the Levites in white, and the raiment white as the light in which the transfigured Christ appeared, the apparel of the angels, the white robes of the glorified and the white linen bright and pure, symbolic of the righteousness of saints which is the ornamental vesture of the bride of the Lord, are all naturally associated together in our minds. Purity is a priceless jewel. It is most admired of all the virtues, the su- preme quality in all noble characters. It rises as queen of Christian graces, exciting in the hearts of the beholders a Cod-given admiration. We, as a class, have chosen the colors symbolic of that which we want our thoughts, our actions and our lives to be. Crimson is typical of our gospel. From the book of Genesis to Revelation, there is a scarlet thread, a blood-streak, the hope of mankind. It is the life- giving flow; and since the night when God spoke the words, When I see the blood I will pass over you, great multitudes have stepped into the crimson tide and have been saved from eternal death. Without the blood there is no remission of sins. Our motto — All for Jesus — means all; not one mite would we withhold. Had we a thousand lives to give we would lay them all at the feet of Jesus. We have purposed in our hearts to take the blood-sprinkled way — no sacrifice too great, no service too hard. The center of our »ospel shall be the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. May the Crimson and the White be cherished as reminiscence of our pleasant days spent in I. H. U., and may our lives ever fulfill their meaning. P. B. Morris, B. Col. ' 15. 24