Trevecca Nazarene University - Darda Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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President s Message REVECCA COLLEGE is a child of providence, was a much used ex- pression of the founder of this institution. He often said that he never in- tended to start a college, or a school of any kind, hut that the Lord thrust it upon him. Let us then as members of the faculty, and as a student body, never forget the divine call of the founder of this institution. We should always re- member that we are not dealing with a mere human organization, but with that which God has given to the present generation. Trevecca College has passed through several crises: The first was the loss of its founder just at the time it was making an important change in location. The sec- cud and third were due to the crushing weight of debt made by the purchase of the present location and the erection of the two new brick buildings. From all of these Trevecca has come out safely. Very few if any like institutions are able to point to a better record than that of your school. You have a heritage which is not to be hoarded but is to be given posterity in a better condition than that in which you receive it. The success of the school in the future largely depends upon the present student body; a school is sold to the public by its student body. You are to be samples of its finished product. There are other things however which will help Trevecca to be successful. Its location alone promises great things in the future; it is acknowledged by many that the south-land is the coming section of the United States. With her debts all arranged for, with all departments standardized, and with prospects for a good endowment, it is possible for Trevecca to train her students in such a way that they will be able to compete with students from larger schools. As students you should be thankful for the extraordinary circumstances of your life. Your future success is made possible by the training you are now receiving, but in the midst of success do not lose sight of the vision that your schools has for you. Let nothing turn you from the Holy purpose which was in the mind of God when he inspired the founder to start such an institution. Keep before you the same pur- pose as that which was held by those who have labored, suffered, sacrificed, and toiled in the heat of the day in order that there might be a school which would exalt God before creed, and would place experimental salvation above dogma. Ever keep in mind that posterity is depending on you to be true to the heavenly vision you received while here. Keep an eye single to His glory. He alone is to receive all your strength, all of your thoughts, and all your heart ' s deepest affections. Let skeptics doubt, agnostics question, infidels throw their sarcastic slurs, and modernists make fun of your belief in a personal God, but ever be true to Him who loved you with an unspeakable love. Go through the world in poverty if needs be that you may be rich in the Christian graces. Count your life ' s profits only by the way you have enriched others. Never call your life a success only as it is measured by the souls you have won for Him and by the way you have encouraged God ' s own in the way of life. Remember that the church and faculty have invested their time, talent, and treasure in you and that they look for their dividends only as you invest them in others