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

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The mysteries lay in the setting. Not even the eccentric personalities of its occupants could have produced such a motley thought pattern. A fantasyland, where imaginations were exagger- ated and vocal cords enjoyed the freedom of laughter, existed through the physical senses and social recognition. People came to trade words, to find a missing piece, to give and receive love. People left by the same door with a different walk. Some people stayed; it seemed like forever .

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p j. » ? ■ ' ■7 ,.. ' ■ ' ■ , :, ' , Professor Gordon Fee, In the years of our association at Southern California College, we have heard often and from many sources that you are quite a New Testament scholar. Now you may rest assured that your classes have been convincing!— and, believe us, we appreciate your scholarship. We feel honored to have studied under one whose education is so rich and whose thinking so keen. We appreciate the fact that you expected so much of us academically, and that you treated every class session so seriously. But for all that, Dr. Fee, we will have a hard time remembering you as a scholar. You have been to us too many things dearer far. We shall all doubtless remember you as our Cohort in Boisterous Collegiate Enthusiasm - a gangly, arm-waving supporter- superb of SCC 1 1 basketball ' s triumphs and tragedies. We shall remember you as our Friend indeed - the prof who could be located on campus by the crowd of students gathered around him, exchanging banter on one occasion, discussing current issues on another, both with equal zest. We shall remember you as our Brother in Christ one that cared who we were and where we were going — the teacher who wept with us in class as together we heard God ' s voice speaking from the pages of the New Testament. We shall remember you as one whose life changed ours. And that is why we dedicate this 1969 CENTURION to you. Dr. Gordon Fee.

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-( { . ■ Mil se M 3 9 m, t; ! 4-? V IJiJ ' .ijk:-V «« --V V iJi From preparatory prayers to the last ulcer, this inspirational den of ideas remained the site of sporadic synthesis. Through the excitement of a national election and an Apollo moon flight, above the conflict of campus diversity of opinion, and in the midst of the struggles of personal maturation, this one room remained open for critical analysis, dialogue, expression and prayer. Rising beyond its time and place in the history of SCC, the Centurion office proudly produced its own original offspring to counteract itself and the world; it produced the seeds of a new vision. AG,?jri « «