Warner Pacific College - Beacon Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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9' hu? .0 .M AKES FCRM . . . Activities on campus were conducted in a very informal way. One of the high- lights of the days' activities was the meals that were served in family style. Two stu- dents graduated in the first graduating class in 1939. A male quartet was or- ganized in the same year. Members of the student body gathered in the library for study. In 1940 it was voted to move the school to Portland, Oregon. Dr. Gray and the student body gathered for this last picture before the move was made.

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-3'-,Inn 34 M .Er THE YOUNG MAN DREAMS AND THE DREAM fc ,iv- M is I V, . , Y? It 9' . ,sf I .ivy Pacific Bible Institute's first home was located in Boise, Idaho. A. F. Gray was I elected president in 1920. After two years of operation the school closed. In I 1937 the school reopened in Spokane, Washington under the name Pacific Bible College. At this time there were eight regular students, three special students, and two instructors. 'Ybw

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