Trevecca Nazarene University - Darda Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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ji wu f % om il PRESIDENT The battlefield is a market place where the usual market values are compared to those values which are not bought with money. A soldier is not concerned about the fifty dollars a month that he is paid for risking his life. In fact, in many cases fifty thousand dollars would not be ac- ceptable. There are probably two outstanding classes of soldiers in a world war — one who is facing realities with his eyes open, and another who goes blindly into the conflict, rendering about as much service in dying for the cause as he does in living for it, because when he lives for it his life is not vital. When he dies for it someone else is directing his action and he is in no position to do anything about the results. Among those who go to the battlefield to face realities are those who are pre- pared and those who are unprepared, and those who are prepared will do the better fighing and will be in the better position to conserve the results of the victory when the war is over. Those who are not prepared, as a rule, are cowardly and fail to be good soldiers, and cer- tainly are in no position to profit by the victory or defeat. Those who are prepared are those who have been taught the real values of those things found in the market places of life. Food, clothing, and social approval have not been the important commodities to them. Therefore, they are victorious re- gardless of how the war goes. Their nation may lose in the war but they do not lose because the important thing in their lives is not power or official posi- tion. They have been investing in Chris- tian character. It has never changed in value since the beginning of time. Banks may fail and nations may fall, but those boys and girls at Trevecca College — who have been here before, who are here now, and who will come later — investing their time for the building of character which wins in peace, in war, in life, in death, are wise. The storehouse from which they get their goods does not require ration points, and the bank in which they keep their deposits will never fail.

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cla MSI THINKS FIRST A man ' s success in his pursuits is con- ditioned upon his applying himself most seriously to the firsts among his tasks. Such an emphasis recognizes the primary of the prime, the majority of the major. It does not preclude, albeit, the existence of secondary factors, which, though they may not be determinants of success and failure, are nevertheless essential to the full attainment of one ' s highest goals. To him who gives first attention to the firsts in his work, success is the looked-for prize; him whose strivings encompass both prime and tributary matters in his realm of en- deavor two-fold success awaits. Where the task of the workman is to fashion mind and spirit, clean hands and pure heart ( the Kingdom of God ) are the firsts he must seek. The person who has passed through these prime crises of experience has met the highest challenge and filled the deepest need of human ex- istence. He is prepared for death and for eternity. If thereupon his mind be quickened and his spirit enriched through discipline and cultivation, to him are added life ' s most vital auxiliary endow- ments. He is prepared for life and for service. God First, Others Second, Self Last.