Southern Adventist University - Triangle Yearbook (Collegedale, TN)

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regibent ' s bbres:s IDEALS are the stars which God has placed in the sky of young manhood and womanhood. They are not fleeting clouds after which children run, only to find that the hilltop is no nearer to them than the valley, and that the climb has been of no avail. They are real, tangible, and each ascent brings us nearer their posession. As the wise men followed a star to the King of the universe, so every youth who is guided by the light of his ideal will discover a Bethlehem. In his childhood, Abraham Lincoln fixed his eyes upon an ideal, the highest possible service to humanity, and never for an instant lost sight of it. Step by step it led him. With a dauntless courage and unswerving purpose that was death- like in its tenacity, he followed. The light grew brighter and clearer. With patience and grim determination he overcame obstacles that seemed insurmountable. Finally, his ideal hovered over the president ' s chair; Lincoln followed until he sat on the throne of a nation, crowned under his life ' s star. The swallow flutters over the plain and meadow, but the eagle lives on the crag and soars among the clouds and mountain tops, never knowing weariness. This is the divine right of every individual in the universe. There is no power sufficient to shackle a man ' s aspirations. Spurred by a noble purpose, he can rise out of the dungeon and mock the chains of his enemy ' s forging. We rise upon what we wish to be by constant effort. To reach the summit of our aspirations we must climb a steep and dangerous mountain side. There are curves and precipices which make it almost impossible to return. To go back is to fall. The only safe way is ever onward, ever upward. The one essential to true success is a worthy purpose — an ideal with conscience in it. The perfect pattern and highest ideal to which mankind can aspire is Christ, and in him is bound up the mystery and power of attainment. It was because we had caught a vision of this highest ideal and purposed in our hearts to follow the perfect pattern, that we came to Southern Junior College. And as we, the class of 1923, have reached the first ledge of life ' s great ascent, we pause for a moment to pay tribute to our beloved teachers, through whose untiring efforts we have been urged on toward the realization of our ideals. Theirs was the courage which taught us to Welcome each rebuff That turns earth ' s smoothness rough. Theirs was the faith that bade us, even in the face of failure, Nor faint, but climb. And so tonight, our hearts filled with gratitude, our eyes fixed upon the Day-star, and our ears attuned to the great commission, Go ye into all the world, we pledge ourselves to the Master ' s service. For time, we claim the tugged heights of noble achievement, and for eternity, The shining table land to which our God, himself, is moon and sun. Frederick E. Fuller.

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Ruby Ione Wade Academic A jolly friend to every one. She is an optimist. In all our work and all our fun. She ' s willing to assist. Mildred Olinger Academic Happy laughter, smiles for all. But quiet in her ways. Ready to answer any call. She fills her busy days. C. A. WOOLSEY Collegiate A busy man — he draws and prints. But quiet in his work. Willing to help a friend in need, He ' s never known to shirk. Masie White a M. ' c- Advanced Normal Valedictorian Secretary Modest, quaint, reserved, and delicate: And with these all, of steady will. A maiden, true; fair Sunshine ' s birth is she, And Sunshine ' s work doth she fulfill.

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ertitce if- -i Service — what a wealth of meaning; Service — who can understand? With what high endeavor teaming; Fraught with Christ ' s own heart and hand. Years ago in old Judea, By the shores of Galilee, Did our Saviour work and labor, Seeking sin-sick souls to free. Then we see on that hill yonder, Crosses three are raised to view. On the high one hangs our Saviour Dying there for me and you. Thus our Lord fulfilled His mission; Then came life, that we might live; And to us, the great commission, Go and labor; work and give. And tonight we hear the Saviour As he says, Go serve today — Yes, go serve Me in my vineyard; Work, O work, do not delay. Then the answer swiftly follows, Here am 1, O Lord, send me ; Just to serve Thee every moment — This our prayer ascends to Thee. BeRNICE HOLLISTER.