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

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The acknowledgement of verses like I John 4:19 humbled the student to submit his life totally to the will of God. Knowing that we love Him because He first loved us enabled those who sought His Will to love the unlovely and unloved. A new vision beyond all men was bom because one Man loved so much as to die for all of us who hate, lie, cheat or destroy the good and pure of this life. Only the love and grace of Christ could compose a message that was so pertinent and exigent to the college campus and community. The light of spiritual relevance was illuminated in an active and viable involvement with the simple and beautiful Christian ideal, Love. 37

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•f % u t y ., f ' ' Beyond a growing social awareness, athletic extension and academic projection, there lay a quiet new vision of spiritual relevance. A dialogue developed between the student and his religious teachers. A new generation sought modern perspectives for practical application of the Christian ideal of love and charity. The college community cried for a church that could meet the needs of contemporary man and his society. Students wearied of talk and abortive preparations for revival. Students yearned for genuine love and a taste of new wine. They desired something that would activate and actualize their faith. They had grown tired of the milk. The foundations of a total spiritual involvement were laid by faculty members. Three types of love, AGAPE, EROS, and PHI LI A, were translated by one educator from the chapel lectern, and students responded, transmitting the inspiration from one hour of that one day into the total span of the year. Another faculty leader revealed that all things worked together for good to them that love God and another Christian axiom was tested and confirmed in the witness of those who truly heard. In small devotional groups, various teachers were able to inspire the collegiate youth to actualize their Christian testimony. These Christian men fed the maturing students meat, allowing them to take Christ to the world and not from the world to a little box they had built and would have to defend. 36

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From the tintiimabulation of an early alarm to the soft pillow, tempting a nodding head from nocturnal devotions to drift off into ethereal sleep, the life of a student is being continously shaped by his daily relationship to his college home, the dormitory. Whether it be the seven-story Men ' s complex housing facilities or the sentimental older Quadrangle around the memorial fish pond for the women, the student is given a spot in which to sleep, to study, to reflect, and to live. Dorm life provides opportunity for the personal, social, and spiritual maturation of the student. The student chooses his own sched- tile for introspective privacy or convivial fellowship. He decides when to escape from the pressures of a collegiate society or when to involve himself in the affairs, problems and joys of a roommate or friends. In the course of dorm contact, the student is introduced to the ceremonial customs of dorm life in Lifting five guys or discovering a secret heart sister. The student resident is exposed to the routine activities of ordering pizza, playing with the intercom, or wasting many hours of precious sleep while lost in idle discussion relating the important trivia of the day. He receives a new vision in living with people and becoming alive to see the needs and sufferings of a lonelier neighbor. He learns lessons of patience, friendship, and love and thereby supplements his academic education with the education of ex- perience with people.