Trevecca Nazarene University - Darda Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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Our chapel auditorium provides an attractive place for our daily worship together. The physical surroundings complement the spiritual tone of the service which helps us to go out with renewed courage and stimulated vision.

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Preparing for ' PEACE ' Peace in Its deepest end fullest meaning is a state of heart and mind that gives one rest in his thoughts of others and others rest in their thoughts of him. True, It applies in a superficial sense to a condition of non- resort to armed combat or to a time of respite from use of organized force to gain desired ends. Yet here are seen only the external, the transitory accidentals, that may belie hatred, distrust, and evil intent which only watch from under cover for the occasion to go abroad and kill. Too often a severe war lurks under the show of peace, and peace itself is war In masquer- ade. Our world can look ahead with little hope If those who chart its course seek for such peace. Still, rare end elusive as peace may be here, its pur- suit Is not as some maintain a futile, foolish undertaking. The visionary who cries ' peace, peace, ' when there Is no peace merits commendation above the recluse who lends no efforts toward bringing rest from turbulence and strife to mankind. On those who understand the fundamental meaning and basis of peace there devolve the burden and privilege of working unceasingly to multiply the number of hearts and minds that are set to give the world a rest of peace. We may not expect complete success from our own attempts alone in this direction, but partial results are Infinitely better than the empty fruits of Inactivity. Our colleges receive young people who are on the threshold of full responsibility as citizens of the state and of the world. To these Institutions we must look for the actual Inauguration of tomorrow ' s leaders into their various places of leadership. The Importance of this task for us Is augmented today by the prospect of victory in World War II. It is the concern of every fair-minded, right-thinking person that that victory be followed by a durable peace. But If peace in its true, full meaning Is in prospect it is because our train- ing agencies have led and are now leading our youth Into rest of heart and mind with one another. At Trevecca Nazarene College we assert fearlessly the high importance of the preparation we give for this true peace. By pointing students to the ways of right living and useful service and away from fears and prejudices born of ignorance, we provide the intellectual basis necessary to understanding and working agreeably with others. In our classrooms. In our laboratories, on our educational tours, at our private study we broaden and deepen our knowledge of man and his natural sur- roundings. We learn of man ' s needs and determine the best and fairest means of supplying them — of supplying each man ' s needs without detriment to others. And yet, in this respect alone, we cannot claim to be greatly different from other colleges. Many Institutions equal and some perhaps surpass us In the training of the minds of youth toward peace. But It has been seen that peace has a broader, deeper base than mind only. It depends finally upon the will, upon the attitudes, upon the inner spirit, which prompt end give direction to the thinking and planni ng of the mind. Within this deep- seated but determinant realm Trevecca gives to its stu- dents their best opportunity to enjoy personal peace and to promote world peace. Every exercise and activity in connection with our classwork is blended into the over-all motif of gaining knowledge and acquiring skills. Impelled by clean hearts and right spirits. hience, with other colleges similer to ours, we are doing the world ' s best work in post-war planning.

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CHAPEL-EVERYDAY In the matter of chapel attendance there are remote and indirect values to be derived as well as those of more immediate value. Any student who for any reason misses the chapel services has lost a large and an in- valuable part of school life, even though he may not be aware of his loss. It would be the universal testi- mony of all students of our holiness schools who have attended chapel with regularity that these services have proved invaluable to them. It is a part of our educational program to acquaint our students with the broader aspects of life. Often chapel speakers present matters of general public and national Interest: such as community and war chest drives and the Red Cross Fund. These presentations have educational as well as cultural value to the young people. Then In the case of our denominational schools, and holiness schools in particular, the program of the general church is from time to time presented. This in Itself furnishes an Inestimable privilege. Furthermore, the student group has the opportunity to hear some of the very finest speakers that our denomination affords, and that is to say that some of the very finest preachers In America are heard. It Is gratifying to know that the leading preachers of our church would grace the pulpits of any denomination, as well as national platforms. In considering the immediate values of chapel attend- ance It is noted that the chapel services are to the school what family worship Is to the family. That home is happiest and can offer more good to each member when time is taken for family worship. The chapel serv- ice is a vital part of the family life of the school, and (ust as no member of the family should absent himself from the family worship, so no member of the school should get the consent of his mind to absent himself from chapel. Every Individual member of the school needs the grace and blessing that comes from participa- tion in the family worship of his college. There Is a very true sense In which the heart and soul of the school is portrayed through the chapel services as in no other way. Just as the prayers and exhortations of fathers and mothers at family worship reveal the char- acter of the home, so do the messages and prayers and songs at chapel portray the spirit and heart and soul of the school. To know what is the true spirit of the school one must be acquainted with Its chapel services. The college can be thought of as a living, breathing organism that is kept alive and dynamic through the conscious devotion and loyalty of the members of the school. A college should be strong, its Influence should be far-reaching, it should have a good name, it should be useful. If all of these elements are to characterize the school it will be because the members of the school will love and appreciate the institution. At no place do we develop this devotion and loyalty as we do In the activities of the chapel hour. We come together, we sing, we pray, and we worship together. So does our loyalty and appreciation for the school grow. It Is our aim to urge students to take seriously the privilege and the obligation to attend the chapel services. 17