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

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fV i I H s V IS EDUCATION THE PRESERVATION OF THE WOFOX ? Education, tlie thoughts derived from the beginning to the present, never ceasing, but aimlessly presented by man him- self. Education itself is notsomuch an idea or a subject matter as it is a theme to which college and the basic subject matters are relevant. It is a problem whicli we die sttidents carry discussions into and across great many subject matters such as liberal arts, logic, psychology, medicine, theology-, ethics, poUtics, and economics. A problem which draws into our focus many ideas-- virtue and trutli, knowledge and opinion, art and science, desire, will, sense, memory, mind, habit, change and progress, family and state, man, nature, and God. Combine these elements and tlie matter of eternity comes into existance if that be possible. The notion of eternity like that of infinity has two meanings. One meaning of eternity we conceive by denying time itself and witli it, change or mutability. Tlie other sense of eternity may refer to something positive, yet both seem to be formulated by die human mind in a negative way. We grasp one meaning of eternity by saying that there is no beginning or end to times process. Is our beginning coming to an end? Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning, not only remains young but becomes increasingly valuable. We the Class of 69, desiring a Christian college have graduated with tlie knowledge tliat cannot be surpassed by tlie greatest intellect in the eyes of the natural. The wisdom that we have obtained is from the Creator above. It is pure, peace- able, gentle, and is easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and hypocracy. More than this we have learned to respect the Creator. As simple as the ABC ' s, without the knowledge of God, education is as useleK as a lead duck and will exist in vain to tlie materialistic minded fool. Figuring out our creator is not our desire nor necessarily under- standing Him but simple faith has given our class the ability to see tlie possibility in the impossible. Our beginning is not coming to an end. It is just the Beginn ing. With this Christian education the desire to teach others of man ' s simple faith in an infinite Being is the only preservation of the world. Go ye tlierefore and teach all nations (Matt. 25:19), This truly is our desire. Most of mens problems cannot be solved by tlie mentality of the educated brain- -God desires man to be involved spirit- ually instead of by the flesh. Each graduate, whether continuing his education or becoming a fulltime minister for Christ, must both preserve the world for eternity. The Class of 69 is intensely interested in the futre. We expect to spend most of our lives there. We plan to preserve the world. Education is a machine. Place Cluristian before education and you receive the power to run the macliine. Our machine will operate as though we live forever, but being prepared though we should die today. Southern California College has placed the motive that each graduate of 69 might say, I am only one, but I am one. I can ' t do everything but I can do something. What I should do I could if I would, Dennis Lindsay Senior Class President