Open Bible College - Onward Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Jaw! 70666 cmd eazfamwz' We, the class of nineteen hundred fifty-five, do hereby make and declare this to be our last will and testament, to be read on class night to those in attendance. ROXANE BERGGREN leaves her knowledge of Greek to Bro. Fulton! DOROTHEA CAMPBELL wills her hearty laugh to Sharon Pfaden- hauer who only giggles! HARRIET CASHMAN wills her quietness to Bob Thomas. We are sure the teachers will appreciate this! GLORIA HALL wills her ability to drive carefully to Mrs. Archer! ETHEL HEBBERT wills her ability to cook to all the brides-to-be. We hope all you grooms like soup! DWIGHT HUNNELL needs all the ability he has - but to any future song leader he leaves his one specialty - leading the chorus to the tune of On Top of Old Smoky. JANET OSTENDORF wills her ability to fit into small places to Don Krantz! M, L, REEVES wills to Bro. Archer the present he received in the Christmas grab bag - a package of combs! DEAN SCHAGER wills his ability to unknowingly sit through the wrong class to Jim Groen! ROBERT SMOLDT leaves all the underclassmen a half of a beef, a gift from the packing plant to him as he leaves their employment to go into the Lord's work. HOWARD STONE leaves his ability to get a three year diploma in two years to anyone willing to give it a try! RALPH WATTS wills his expressions of wit to Quentin Quiner - such as the time Bro. Bechtel asked, What is General Electric's Slogan? and Ralph replied, Don't be a bulb-snatcher! 13

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wma 'ugh Semokew Search the Scripturesg for in them ye think ye have eter- nal lifeg and they are they which testify of me. John 5:39, As the graduating class of 1955 leaves the Open Bible College, we have chosen the name of BEREANS -SCRIPTURE SEARCHERS, Who were the BEREANS and why were they called Sc rip- ture Searchers? They were the first group of people, who, after hearing the gospel, sat down in a body and with the help of the Holy Spirit studied the Holy Writ to see if this new gos- pel be true. As Paul taught them through his mighty sermons they compared his preaching with the Word of God. This must have been the Old Testament for the New Testament was not yet in existence. They listened to the sermons, proved them by the Scriptures and thus came to believe what they heard. J. Glentworth Butler refers to them as being noble men and women because of their constant searching of the Scriptures. From the time of those BEREANS until today, we have had Scripture Searchers. The class of '55 have for the past three years been BEREANS, we have searched the Scriptures and found them to be true. As we leave we are going forth to inspire others to become Scripture Searchers too. Gloria Hall 12

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As the sands of time trickle slowly through the great hourglass of eternity we look away ten years into the future to catch a glimpse of the class of '55. Years have scattered the small group throughout the world and we must travel far to contact all of them. First, let us travel to the University of California, in Los Angeles. Upon entering the great doors we see a distinguished gray haired gentleman rushing down the corridor wearing black spectacles and carrying books under both arms. As we enter the classroom we see none other than Dr. Ralph Watts, D. D., Ph. D. lectur- ing the class in Advanced Theology. Traveling along we come to the suburbs of Washing- ton passing billboards reading, Vote for Schager. Upon inquiry we find that it is our own Dean Schager running for Senator of the state. We wish him success because Congress needs Christian men like Dean. After speaking with Dean a short time we journey to the big state of Texas and enter the Metropolis of Dallas. In the suburbs of this great city a large church is being constructed. High up on the pinnacle we see Rev. Dwight I-Iunnell, hammer in hand, still doing carpenter work. Next we head toward Mexico City, Mexico. While making a tour of the town someone called to us. I-Ier face is familiar. Instantly we realize that it is Harriet Cashman. We find that she is busy boosting her husband who is the electrical engineer of the famous Gospel net- work to Europe. Traveling northward across the continent we come upon a strange looking igloo type auditorium just eighty miles from the North Pole in this strange land of the midnight sun. From the entrance of the igloo we hear the melody of The Old Rugged Cross and entering we see Ethel Hebbert preaching to the congregation of Eskimos. We next travel to Casper, Wyoming where Rev. How- ard Stone is conducting the morning worship service. We note that the choir is made up of all the little Stones, lead by their mother. In the afternoon everyone gathers on 14