Wheaton College - Tower Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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I-ACULTY Our Profs ln order to function properly, to carry out the various intricate details to which it is assigned, an organism is wholly dependent upon its component parts. The regularity and the effectiveness with which each part performd its own peculiar work determine to an immeasurable degree the efficiency of the organism as a unit. This is obvious from the outset. It would taker only a casual observer to realize the deep significance that this simple truth illustrates when applied to our Faculty. Were it not for these faithful men and Women, and the truths for which they stand, Wheaton College could not exist. One needs 'only to give a cursory glance at their past records to prove that this fact is not only palpably true but beyond dispute. But that is not all by any means. There is another fact which does not lite so near the surface and which is of deeper significance. Were it not for their strength and beauty of character, the lives they daily live in our midst and their unwavering faith in the Word of God, Wheaton would not stand out among the colleges. of the land today as one which stands preeminently For Christ and I-lis Kingdom. A Through their patient toil and never-ceasing vigilance they have fastened the college on a foundation which will stand the shock of centuries. Satan has hurled and will continue to hurl at her his age-old modernistic artillery. But she is built on the Rock, Christ Jesus, and because of that she will endure. It is through their patient and kindly help that men and women have gone forth into the many walks of life to serve I-lim. And they are better equipped for the battle which everyone must face sooner or later because they have been under minds governed by the principles of our Lord during the years when the least pressure changes the shape of the clay. g Gratitude is all that we can give them, for man's praise is emptyg but this we know, that for them there awaits a greater happiness-that of the lVlaster's voice, Well done. Seventeen