For the past 30 years, the school has been completely dependent upon the prayerful gifts of God’s people in order that its work might be carried on. The school is not sub sidized by any group of individuals or by any denomination. It does not have any endowment. One of the most remarkable evidences of the Lord’s blessing upon the con tinuing testimony of B i o l a is the fact that thousands of people pray regularly and give of their sub stance, many times sacrificially, in order that young people might be equipped for the Lord’s service. The school is a vivid testimony of a great working together — of praying and giving people, of fac ulty and staff and of dedicated young people who are willing to give their lives all to the end that the gospel message might be pro claimed to the uttermost parts of the earth. END.
ately surrounding the campus is zoned for single-unit residences pro viding a quiet location for the new campus. The board of directors had come through a severe time of testing during the depression years. And once the Institute’s indebtedness had been eliminated, the board made a solemn resolution before God that never again would the school go into debt. With this pledge before them, the board now found it necessary to conduct a campaign to raise funds for building before the actual work began, rather than borrowing the money and then asking the Chris tian public to help pay off the debt. While this pay-as-you-go policy is somewhat of a novelty in this age of deficit financing, the Institute’s board is determined to follow it even though it means building at a slower pace.
brary, gymnasium and other facil ities which were either totally lack ing or quite inadequate for the stu dents of the four schools. Estimated cost: $1,500,000. Board Chairman Ray Myers later suggested that dollar-for-dol- lar a better campus could be estab lished outside of the congested downtown area. The idea was en thusiastically received and after more than a score of sites had been inspected, the board of directors purchased land for a 50-acre cam pus in suburban La Mirada, billed as the “one hundred and fifty mil lion dollar planned city” some 20 miles east of Los Angeles. School planners liked the loca tion because it was in the center of one of the fastest growing areas in the nation with ample opportuni ties for students to find part-time jobs (about 90% of B i o l a students work part-time). The area immedi
A happy Louis T. Talbot burns facsimile of huge second mortgage on Sunday morning, Sept. 11, 1938 in the auditorium of the Church of the Open Door.
The King's Business/February 1958
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