Tyndale University College and Seminary - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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K. R VICE- PRESIDENT BOARD GOVERNORS MR. NVM, INRIG ll3llDlNlEfllR24VllflIllllbfXQlflllllDlEll CLASS 4IlEllP That the Board of Governors is pleased with the success of the graduating class, is but a mild statement of what is, in actual fact, a deeper feel' ing of pride. A term of hard study has ended, which demanded the strenuous application of mind and will on the part of every studentg and the second largest class in the history of Toronto Bible College has come through to graduation honors. Of course, it was expected that Class 49 would do their best. Someone said, they are a brilliant lot. Christian effort, in the matter of Bible Study, is like Christian warfare, fll Tim- othy 2: -aj. The admonition of the Apostle Paul has been taken seriously by the student body, They have been diligent in their work. and the Lord has given them victory. It is undoubtedly a fact that the curriculum of the college has been more exacting and dini- cult than in some former years. This has been beneficial in two ways. lt has maintained the high standards of T.B.C., and has better fitted the graduating class to meet the challenge of the future, all of which is in keeping with the need of the limes. lt has been a high privilege to sit under emin- ent and able teachers. XX'hether it was Biblical and Systematic Theology under Dr. .lohn Mc- Nicol and Rev. j. B. Rhodes. or Homiletics and Evangelism under Rev. Dixon A. Burns, or Philosophy and Pedagogy under Rev. C. A. Armstrong, or XY'orld Missions study under Rev. ,l. B. McLaurin, Class i-19 met the challenge of the entire faculty. They have not been plucked, The results have been magnificent. Congratulations are in order. lt has been quite apparent in the corporate life of the College that the missionary spirit has prevailed. Young men and xx omen, with an accumulation of experience during war years, have envisaged correctly the need of this world of today, and have turned to Toronto Bible Col- lege for preparation to meet that need. The graduating class members have prepared them- selves well. They will go forth from the College equipped and consecrated for service for Christ for life. Members of the Board of Governors con- gratulate the splendid Class of '49. On behalf of the Board. NYM. INRIG, Vice-President.

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it ,qi ,..,, iff WX 'Ni Printipal-limeritus Rev. john McNicol, D.D. Dr. McNicol joined the College Faculty in 1902 and four years later became Principal, which position he held for forty years. He graduated from the University of Toronto with honours in Classics, from Knox College, Toronto, with a post-graduate B.D. degree, and in 1955 received the honorary degree of Do:tor of Divinity. His contribution to Christian literature includes The Christian Evangel and Thinking Through the Bible in four volumes. Dr, McNicol's teaching and example serve only to incite in the students a desire to follow more closely the Risen Lord until He shall reign, whose right it is, whose we are and whom we serve 1. Principal Rev. B. Rhodes, M.A., B.D. Mr. Rhodes received his early education in the Chefoo Schools, China. Coming to Canada, he took honours in Phil- osophy at the .University of Toronto, earned his M.A. the following year, did post-graduate work at Princeton Seminary, graduated from Knox College, and later received his B.D. degree from the Presbyterian College in Montreal. After a ministry of ten years in Exeter and Cobourg, Mr. Rhodes joined the College Staff and became Principal in 19-io. Called to the high responsibility of guiding T.B.C,, Mr, Rhodes performs his duties as Principal with a devotion that never ceases to create in the students a determination to seek out the particular task which God has for them and to per- form it. Registrar Rev. C. A. Armstrong, M.A. The call to the ministry challenged Mr. Armstrong when in his early teens. Following this call, he has graduated from T.B.C., earned his M.A. at McMaster University, and engaged in graduate studies in the University of Toronto leading to his Doctor's degree in Philosophy. He has had pastorates in Ontario, Quebec and B.C. Mr. Armstrong served in a part-tiine capacity for two years and last year became Registrar of the College. During this time he has become the very good friend of every meinher of the student body. A, IQC..