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Exciting things are happening at Biola. The Lord has been blessing in so many different ways that we hardly know where to begin to thank Him for each area of out reach. We felt you would like to share in just a few of them through the lives of our students, faculty, and through the growth that has been possible through the gifts of concerned friends. This Fall, we began our 1972 academic year with just seven stu dents short of the 2,000 mark in Biola College and Talbot Theologi cal Seminary. It was five years ago that we broke our previous records
with 1,453 enrolled. Ten years ago there were 994 students. So we have doubled in this past decade. About 76% of our young people come from California. The rest join the student body from every sec tion of the United States, Canada, and various countries of the world. Quality is essential and uppermost in our admittance program, not only the academic but also, and most importantly, in the spiritual realm. In 1969, about 44% of our col lege students had a "B" average or higher. In 1970, that figure went up to 52%, and by 1971, it was
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