Vanguard University of Southern California - Centurion Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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CHRISTIANITY AND THE YOUNG WOMAN OF TODAY The young woman of today wants the best that life has to offer. She is not at all the timid, retiring girl such as were her sisters of yesterday. She is awake to her capabilities and possibilities, to what life is and how she can live it; and truly there is something about her courage, her alertness to life, and her open frankness that we admire. Looking at her, with her eagerness for thrills and her zest for good times, one is inclined to believe that the last thing in which she would take an interest and find satisfaction would be Christianity. On the contrary, it is the only thing in life that does completely answer the seemingly insatiable longings cf the heart of the young woman of today. Because of a mad rush to keep up with the pace of the times and to take advantage of every opportunity that seems to offer pleasure, the girl who is popular does net have time to think very deeply on the serious things of life. She may for the time feel that she hos found the ultimate in this whirl of gaiety and laughter. To such a one I say, Stop in the rush of life for just one moment and think . . . think deeply. How lasting is your apparent success? Are ycu altogether happy or are you deceiving yourself a bit? What is your aim in -ore ycu satisfied with the future that is ahead of you? Is not everything that contributes to your joy, to your getting a real thrill out of life, completely dependent upon circumstances? How much of a blew would blast it all and leave ycu as a ship without a rudder on an un- charted sea? Come with me and let us look at the young woman who has made Christ Lord in her life We find her, too, awake to all her possibilities and the craving in her soul to think for herself, find her place in the world, and achieve success and happiness. But there is a difference. Those things that fascinate the average modern girl have no charm for her. She has abandoned the less for the greater ... the passing for the permanent. As we watch her, we must agree that she possesses something genuine. Her constant, buoyant, happy way speaks of a joy that comes from within and that does not vary with changing conditions or circumstances. In the social world she moves as one in whom the love of God is manifest and her presence means a blessing. Even in the business world this young woman holds a distinctive place, for her employers see in her one who is an asset to the firm. Yes, the ever-changing and the never-certain unrealities have given place, in the life cf the Christian young woman, to the never-changing ever-certain realities — abiding joy and peace. Men cannot give it — man cannot take it away — money cannot buy it. Young woman of today, Christ is what you need, Christ is what you want. VESTA E. KNUDSON, Second Year Class.

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s SWEET PEACE Dear 1 hove very little id( exactly what to tell you about Bil hot I i ior me and You remember when w K)l togethc tably drawn toward B b to be a di I haci ever known bef ised to do i t come into such an aln ange, ther acquaintance studies and i Lord Jesus Christ, but tl like deep, calm, beautiful pools sequestered along the bam mountain streon xe and co ! They had a hope and assurance about them that I could med to be working toward o I did not know what the ni at place I was headed. I recently heard the field of photography, at the height of his career when he should hov measure coi licide. He had wi one night after telling his assistant tl his own hands and proceeded to sr This story had alwa have everything that man could desire, a Fred, I have found a happiness and a peace entered into my life when I accepted J with which he if a man could se le, and I not be happ n could be h ice that surp i . rstanding ;sus Chi ; ersonal Friend and Sa You probably think that I have gone berserk, but if foi Saviour you would understand what I am talking aboul He wasn ' t i really wanted to know Him personally — when I di He came. From Bible school I plan to go back to CO ever I do or wherever feel assured in my soul that my future is planned, and that God, my Father, prints in His Mighty Hand. My prayer is that too, will knew the true day you will find your place in God ' s will et Peace. When I remain, sincerely yours, i i , i : ,

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EFFICIENCY FOR GOD Hi M he who dees not advance, falls ba iistonced, crushed, he who ceases to a 1 i every phas endeavor and demands of everyone that he -:atest efforl all progress, rears its head midst the cogs of modern i demands greater output . . iste motion, and unless a mon answer his eornmg -, i ardy. rases to grow greater, beci ■ -ds becomes a reality when one studies the reason for the failure of those who are content with med Is this statement applicable en of God to proclaim the Gospel through the preaching of the Word- ' If past experiences are cci in the affirmative. Nowhere in scriptun i find the motivating force of a man of God to be m preaching to live On the ther hand,. Paul gives us the true g ie Christian minister in the words I press towa e of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus That is — living to preach Thou shalt love the Lord tl heart, with all th soul, and with all thy ' mind This is th first and great commandment One can readily see in the liglo ire, that loving the Loi ill one ' s mm ! important as loving Him with all one ' s heart and so. S God ' s Word I believe the Hi i he scripture for a ver. .rpose Not only should th all the n „ of its potentialities. Rea not be our obliu is a sacred opportunity to cultivate this port of our being, that we might be able I e to Christ n the extension of His Kingdom ' Some have said: Why go to Bible School and there lose all your spiritual zi al ai I The weakness of this argument is easily seen, if one cannot keep his zeal an : th God while surrounded by Christian environment, is it possible thot lin these rare treasures os himself to the withering fire of infidelity and indifference ' A Bible School is not entiri absorption of relig but a place o one may acquire a knowledge of God ' - ige of God ' s will concerning his ful With very few except a thorough Bible School training, no matter what branch of Cr- oat secular education has been previously ac. A challenging thouglo es Gcd demand anything less than our bt PHIL GIBSON, Senior Class ,,,. , v, y, A