Pasadena College - La Sierra Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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IAMES PROCT OR KNOTT walked here, e'er revered among the generations of his students-yes, loved and loving them in return. smiled here, e're respected by colleagues young and old fostered an easy air of pleasantness and grace. learned here, e're taught, indeed, by those who learned from him-teaching by the humility of eager mind. prayed here, e're touched by world needs that well he knew-yearning to match need with Matchless Power. lived here, e're challenged by young lives he helped to shape-indeed, he still is here though hidden by a veil

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In Remembrance . . H ORTON WILEY We pause a moment to remember one who eclipsed all others in his greatness and also in his humility. No man holds such a place in the golden memories that surround our Alma Mater as does Dr. H. Orton Wiley. Faithful administrator and friend of the college, he walked among us with a radiant countenance. Great purposes throbbed in his soul and great truths filled his mind. Pasadena College in a very real sense is but the lengthened shadow of this man who built his life into our institution and left a challenge in our hearts by his example. Foremost among Nazarene educators and Arminian Theologians, he left us a precious heritage in his writings. Taking up the torch passed on to him by our founder Dr. P. F. Bresee, Dr. Wiley held it high and kept it burning brightly that the people called Nazarenes might, in the formative years of their denomination, chart a clear and Biblical course to a valid faith and its proclamation to all the world. 354. lr' He saw the fulfillment of his dreams and Dr. Bresee's vision for our college: one thousand earnest Christian youths pursuing their quest for a Christian education in an atmosphere charged with a basic loyalty to Christ and the Bible. At last in this his 84th year he answered the call to that great commencement for which his heart had hoped. We acclaim him a graduate of this earthly sojorn summa cum laude and rejoice that he has earned a crown of glory among the faithful. We miss him from his favorite paths and from his chapel chair. We treasure truths he taught us and we seek to comprehend. But most of all we cherish the inuflence that lingers round us from his noble life. God grant us grace to serve our generation after the pattern of this our great colleague and faithful teacher.

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DR. OSCAR J. FINCH President of the College PRE IDE T Dr. Oscar J. Finch has quietly and firmly led Pasa- dena College according to a concept of the meaning of Christian education congruous with the purpose of the school. He administered according to the precepts of the conservative religous point of view as the basis of organization principles. Captalizing on the diverse attributes of his staff and groups representing the educational zone, he laid plans for expanding the campus and developing academic and spiritual standing. Following the teachings of Christ, he built soundly, though conservatively, so that if the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house it would not fall, for it was founded upon a rock.