Trevecca Nazarene University - Darda Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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The future success of our democracy depends on the intelligence of its people and the discretion with which they exercise its political, social, economic, and Christian principles and ideals.

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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.

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Education 3 or Cjr eater ri J Teaching weaves a strong and intertwining thread into the characters of mortals. It com- mences at the mother ' s knee and consists of every word spoken within the hearing of the individual, every sentence read by him, and every attitude displayed before him throughout his life ' s duration. But if teaching be so ever- present with us and if it be thus inescapable, there rests upon mankind the constant obliga- tion of willful choice of teachers. Daily each learner must choose over his course of study and weave a segment of the character he is to bear eternally. The daily woven piece in life ' s broad pattern portrays unerringly the image the weaver has of the distant whole while the final pattern will reflect unfailingly the daily fabrications that went into its fashioning. In schools and colleges rules should be learned for discharging wisely each day ' s responsibilities, principles apprehended for planning with broad vision life ' s whole design and habits formed for fitting the principles logically to each particular circumstance in life ' s detailed skein. The char- acter shaped after this threefold motif of in- struction rewards in rich bounty the efforts of teacher and pupil and widens its compass multifold in service at teaching others. Christian education en- ables us to better serve man and God. We appreciate the opportunity which is afforded us to obtain an education in a spiritual atmosphere. If