Southern Adventist University - Triangle Yearbook (Collegedale, TN)

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l etros(pect anb Sims; Our president ' s history began on November 15, 1901. We conclude that his experience must be rather broad, for his life thus far has been spent in about twelve states. Frederick E. Fuller accepted this message four years ago, in Pensacola, Florida. His energies were immediately directed to obtaining a thorough education, and he chose Southern Junior College as a school well fitted to give the training he desired. Fred heartily approves the standards and ideals for which Southern Junior College stands and has upheld them during the four years he has attended the school. He was graduated with the class of 1921 as president. Since then his time has been devoted to stenographic and printing work at the school and elsewhere. Fred has a love for literature and purposes to become an editor of one of our periodicals. We see in him those qualities which will bring success in his calling, and are glad that his worthy talents are consecrated to the Lord. Cecil Frank Graves was born in Kansas, on December 27, 1901 . The influence of five years in that state, two years at school in College View, Nebraska, and the remainder in Tennessee have shaped his life. Cecil ' made CoUegedale his home in 1918, and has remained true to it ever since. Under the press and the roller. Into the jaws of the mint, Stamped with the emblem of freedom, With never a flaw or a dint; Oh what a joy the refining Out of the damp and the mold And stamped with a glorious image. Oh. beautiful coin of gold! We should not be surprised to find Cecil as a missionary in Africa some day, for he is leader of our African band. There is a beautiful spot nestled in the hills of middle Tennessee which holds fond memories for our beloved secretary and valedictorian. It was on a sunny day in May, when a little log cabin welcomed the birth of Masle. As a child, she had a quiet, shy disposition, nevertheless, she spent much time playing with other children. Nashville claimed nine years of her early life, which was spent in church school. We give Professor Wood credit for persuading Masle to come to Southern Junior College, when it first started in 1916. After remaining at CoUegedale two years, the church schools in Mobile, Atlanta, and Jacksonville, took four years of her services. When school opened on September 12, 1922. Southern Junior College claimed her again, But selfish it would never be. So, back she goes to fill the world ' s great need. Two years ago we welcomed to our midst, Mildred Dorothy Emanuel, a child of Virginia ' s Blue Ridge Mountains. While Mildred was yet quite young, her parents died and she was then placed under the tender care of her aunt and uncle, residents of Florida. Thus, coming to us, as she did from the Land of Flowers, she brought with her the sunny, happy life of a carefree maiden, whose mission, while here at Southern Junior College, has been to radiate to others the sunshine

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alutatorp AWAY back in eternity God purposed, in His heart, a great purpose. It was to make our little world. The thought of it brought great joy to His heart, and it brought great sorrow, too. But. looking beyond the few thousand years this world would remain in sin, He saw the riches it would bring to Him; so He made it. At the end of creation week, as the earth lay in full glory, a glory which is found only in the yearning purpose of the heart of God, He called the heavenly host together. They looked upon His work, and the record is, The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. Upon us. the creatures of God ' s handiwork, rests the responsibility of harmon- izing the closing stanzas of this song, with the triumphant notes which marked its beginning. Only as we understand that which caused the first joyous strains shall we be able to meet this obligation. Perfect faith in the plans and purposes of God filled the angelic host with rap- turous song. If we would join that swelling chorus, there must be an entire trust in the working out of an infinite plan for our lives. It is because we have this trust and because we have purposed in our hearts that God shall use us in the perfecting of His great plan in creation, that we stand before you tonight. Fathers and mothers, we welcome you on this occasion because we wish to share with you the joy which it brings to our hearts. When we were discouraged, or disheartened you urged us on, by your kind, loving words, and by those comforting letters, and have helped us to stand successful tonight. Had it not been for those years of training under you, our first teachers, this success would not be ours. So, to you. we extend our heartiest welcome. Dear teachers, in view of the fact that our lives have been molded for the best by your untiring, persevering labors, we rejoice to welcome you, to this, the partial culmination of our hopes. With the thought of whatever of success has come to us during these years at school, our minds turn to you. Accept our gratitude. Friends and relatives, we welcome you because life would be incomplete without you. Those ties which bind us can never be broken. You have put joy into life, for friendship improves happiness .... by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief. We gladly welcome you. Juniors and fellowstudents, you. too. have a welcome this evening. You have helped us. You, perhaps, have looked to us for examples and by so doing have made us strive the more to give you an example, the results of which we should be willing, always, to face. Our message is Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe And so, in behalf of the class I welcome every person here tonight. We have reached one goal in the fulfilment of our hopes, and this evening, our last oppor- tunity for united endeavor is to us an occasion of great joy. And as you enter into our joys with us tonight, with your prayers and good wishes, enter also into our hopes and desires that this maybe the beginning of years of greater usefulness and nobler endeavor. Sanford Horton Ulmer.

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of her own joyous heart. Mildred is gifted with a keen, sharp, intellect, and is ambitious to use her talents in school work. If we were to tell you of a quiet, timid, retiring boy, who. having a star which never set, led his classmates for seven years, and then, following that star through four years of high school, still followed, could you believe it? We have such a person in William Haynsworth Jervey, who stands among us as one of the brightest in our class. A desire for service, and a love for the beautiful bless his life. His noble character is the result of years of training under a faithful mother. We predict for him a successful summer of canvassing, and then, six years of hard work on a medical course at Loma Linda. Our prayers go with Haynsworth. Alice Lay Pierce entered upon this life in the city of Nashville, March 3 1904. When she was only nine months old, her parents moved to Fort Worth, Texas, where her father was manager of the branch office of the Southern Publishing Association. She has never attended any schools other than our own. Her first grade work was taken at home, under her mother ' s instruction. In the fall of 1919 she came to Collegedale, and was baptized that year. Alice says that while the school has done much to give her high ideals, she still regards the influence of a Christian father and mother as the most potent factor in her life. From child- hood she has desired to become a nurse, and according to present plans will enter upon this course in the near future. Her reason for preferring this work is that it is necessary, and that this ministry offers so many opportunities for acts of kind- ness which may lead suffering ones to believe in the love of Christ. About eighteen years ago Helen Leanna Curtis was born in East Lake, Georgia. We do not have to guess about Helen ' s playing as a child, for we have her word that she never played with a girl in her life. She loved to play doctor and has not changed much since, for she says nothing will suit her but to be a first class nurse, and we should not be surprised to find her some day as a missionary in Africa. Wc see in her qualities that will make her a successful worker. It was on a hot sultry day in July, 1906, that a little cottage in the quaint old city of New Orleans welcomed the birth of Sanford Horton Ulmer. Under the training of faithful and God-fearing parents he early gave his heart to the Lord, and when, in the fall of 1920, he first sensed the world ' s great need, he came to Southern Junior College to begin a preparation for service. From the day of his arrival he commanded the respect of his classmates, and made many warm friends. The high standards which he has set for himself have been a guiding factor in shap- ing his life. Sanford holds an important office in the Collegedale Young People ' s Society, and has had a prominent part in the religious activities of the school. His highest desire is that he may be spent in helping other young people to catch the vision which has been the inspiration of his life. It was one of those May days, when all the world was attuned to nature, that welcomed the birth of Mary Earle Farley. Her quiet disposition, as we know her today, is in contrast, we understand, with that of her childhood days. She attended public school until she heard of Collegedale, and then she could not rest until she was permitted to enter school here last fall. She has always made high marks in her classes, mathematics being the study in which she took the keenest delight. Her heart has gone out to the islands of the South Seas, where she hopes some day