Southern Adventist University - Triangle Yearbook (Collegedale, TN)

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A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT THOMPSON Victor Hugo, French poet and novelist termed progress the stride of God. ' Edward Gibbon, English historian, believed that all that is human must retrograde if it does not ad- vance. Robert Browning said that progress is the law of life. Ellen G. White wrote, There can be no life without growth. The plant must either grow or die. Johann Goethe concurred in this observation when he remarked, Nature knows no pause in pro- gress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. ' One writer has admonished us to look up and not down; look forward and not back,- look out and not in — and lend a hand. Contemporary history gives point to the thought that the true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian. The twentieth president of the United States, James A. Garfield, once remarked, I must do something to keep my thoughts fresh and growing. I dread nothing so much as falling into a rut and feeling myself becoming a fossil. ' Jonathan Edwards, American divine and metaphysician, could not believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan ' s lurking-places have already been found out. That Southern Junior College has a work to do, a destiny to fill, there can be no doubt. Its function is the formation of efficient, Christian character and the preparation of workers for the cause of God. Heaven s benediction has rested upon the institution in the past. We are conscious of present blessings. A bright future looms ahead. We face this challenging prospect with enthusiasm! There is much talk about a senior college for Seventh-day Adventists in the South. For the present, we are ambitious only for a progressively fine and effective junior college. We are growing. Our enrollment is steadily increasing. Our staff is larger and better trained. For next year, we have already invited seven new staff members. One, a seminary president and doctor of philosophy, is being brought from Europe. In my day ' s mail is a letter from the head of a department in a senior college, also a doctor, asking for a place on our staff. Recently we have been making improvements — many thousands of dollars ' worth— improvements to our grounds, buildings, library, shops, equipment, fiscal structure. Our industrial growth is con- tinuous. We need to add courses, termi nal and transfer, in industrial education. America is embarrassed today in her preparedness program by a great lack of skilled artisans. We have larger plans for the immediate future. At the close of the current school year, construction work begins on a twenty-five thousand dollar addition to the girl ' s dormitory. Similar expansion will be necessary to accommodate our young men. We are raising money for a new infirmary. Affluent friends have made sizable gifts. Other funds are being sought for a definite improvement program which will spread over three to five years. We desire the active support of all friends of Southern Junior College. We must have God s presence and blessing! We believe He is leading the way, and that the time has come in the history of the institution and of our work in the South to Arise, shine,- for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. J. C. Thompson

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C elleae f caxJL sf Jrmlees Front row: R. I. Keate, C. A. Russell, H. A. Morrison, J. K. Jones, C. O. Franz, J. R. Mitchell Back row: H E. Lysmger, C. V. Anderson, L E. Lenheim, L. R. Coolidge, M. D., H. W. Walker, J. C. Thompson, F. L. Green Not in picture: E. A. Sutherland, M. D., M. V. Tucker, E.C.Waller

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FRED L. GREEN Treasurer RUDOLPH JOHNSON Dean of Men, History MARY CARTER-CHAMPION Dean of Women Mathematics