Southern Nazarene University - Arrow Yearbook (Bethany, OK)

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-:-S DR. O. J. FINCH, President Behind ever} ' worthwhile endeavor there is always a man and a vision. On Bethany-Pcnicl College campus Dr. O. J. Finch is that man. With his leadership the College is making rapid strides in increased usefulness through a $300,000 Expansion Program, tlie development of a thorough and effective curriculum, and a more fervent spiritual emphasis. Having been bom in a log cabin in Ohio, and having enjoyed the rigor of the homestead life of Nebraska. Dr. Finch journeyed to Illinois and then to California to gain his education. He graduated from Pasadena College with both an A. B. and B. D. degree. At Pasadena he served the student body as President of the Student Council and editor of the La Sierra— student year-book. In 1941 B.P.C. conferred on him the Doctor of Divinity degree and in 1945 he was elected to the Who ' s Who of America. Dr. Finch has served the Church of the Nazarene, which he joined when there were onlv 16,000 members, in a number of im- portant positions. Following pastorates in the First Churches of Grand Rapids and Lansing. Michigan, and W ichita. Kansas, he was elected to the Superin tendency of the Kansas District. He has ser ' ed on the Boards of Trustees of Olivet. Brcscc. and Beth- any-Peniel Colleges, and for four years was a member of the General N.Y.P.S. Council. Dr. Finch ' s hobby, photography, is a source of great enjoyment to him and in turn has nuidc possible the kodachromc photog- raphy in this ARROW. .Mtliougli he has been our President for only two years, we feel that he is really one of us. He joins in our work and our fun, our joys and our sorrows. As President Finch leads on to greater mental. |)hysical. spiritual, and cultural develop- ment Bethany Pcniel College marches ahead!

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Bethany-Peniel College is governed by a Board of Trustees elected by the ten districts of the West-Central Educational Zone. Although this group is seen en masse only once each year by the student body, yet it would be impossible for any student to fail to sense their great concern for the spiritual and material welfare of the college. It is these men who have labored diligently to find the best administrative officials and faculty members possible to give the necessary Christian leadership to our Nazarene young people. One of the most recent actions of the Board has been the authorization of the $300,000 expansion program that will add six new buildings to the present campus. The outstanding manner in which these men have encouraged their home districts to meet their apportionment of this great program has been ample demonstration of their sincerity of purpose and resolve to give Bethany-Peniel College students the best in Christian education. A look at the personnel of the Board of Trustees re- veals some interesting facts. Seventeen of the members are Alumni of this College. Four members, B. F. Neeley, G. M. Akin, J. F. Roberts, and W. A. Carter, have served on the Board for twenty years or more. The senior mem- ber is B. F. Neeley, who was first elected in 1908. Rev. W. A. Carter is completing his fourth year as chair- man of the Board. He has been a pastor and superintend ent on this Educational Zone for twenty-five years, and a director of the college since 1926. Rev. W. A. Carter, Chairman (First row) Finch, McCraw, Carter, Taylor. (Second row) Williams, Garrett, Hance, Ogden, Hayes. (Third ro«) Donaldson, Kdley, Akin, French, Turner, Zacharey. (Fourth row) Smith, B. M. Hall, Stockton, Reed, Neeley. (Fifth ro«) ' illiamson. . vcock. Walker, Collar, Parks. (Sixth row) H. Hall, Thomas, Wood, Diffev, Snowbarger. (Seventh low) Johnson. Brown, Short, Roberts. (Eighth row) Fisher, Dodd. 17

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