Trevecca Nazarene University - Darda Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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FRIENDSHIPS 9 We are constantly making new friends and when we depart from the halls of Trevecca we may be inclined to forget the old friends of our school days. But we should always re- member that old friends are gold, new friends are silver; and friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best. Among the satisfying sentiments that are common to humanity none is more constant and abiding than friendships. Respect, liking, ad- miration, infatuation — all pleasant in the feeling — have roots that are easily plucked up. These are the beginnings, the starter-growth, for the great prime mover that connotes a friend. They lengthen their reach in sunshine but may shrink and be lost in minuteness when shadows hover in prolong. They make brighter the lucen skies of prosperity but may lose their radiance in the darkness of misfortune and transmute into their antipodes. True friendships form through patient growth. Th ey are nurtured ofttimes on the shocks of adversity. They persevere in constancy with- out either flower or veil. Nature and reli- gion are their binding cords, nobility and mag- nanimity their great endearments. They only reach full flower when animated by divine fer- tilization, but thus quickened they radiate splen- did beauty in those who share them and time- less service for the doubting on-looker who aghast contemplates their silent precepts.

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m III! Trevecca College is advantageously situated in one of the leading educational centers of the South. Nashville has been called the Athens of the South because of its numerous col- leges, universities, and other educational insti- tutions. Chief among these is the recently constructed Joint University Library which af- fords unusual opportunity for advanced college students interested in research. Other library facilities include the libraries of Peabody Col- lege and Vanderbilt University, and the State and Carnegie libraries. Nashville has played an important role in the history of the South. Many points of historical interest may be visited by students of Trevecca. Points of major interest are the following: battlefields of the Civil War; Ft. Negley, a replica of a confederate fort; the homes of Andrew Jackson and Sam Davis; and Ft. Nashborough, a replica of the first settle- ment in the vicinitv of Nashville. The Maxwell House, dating from pre-Civil War days, is still an attraction to visitors of the city. Being lo- cated in the capital city of the state, Trevecca offers students the opportunity of visiting the state legislature and learning in a practical way how law-making bodies and state governments are operated. The city of Nashville has many industrial plants which may be of help to the students who must do outside work in order to attend college. The city also has one of the best air- ports in the South, located approximately four miles from the Trevecca campus. Nashville is a city of churches. Some of these date back to the early frontier days when only a small settlement represented what is now a metropolis. There are eighteen Naza- rene churches in and around the city giving ample opportunity for religious activities. Our students attend most of these churches and render assistance in carrying on the work.