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The students shown in this picture of the graduating class of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles for 1939 came from 11 states and 4 foreign countries. No charge is made for tui tion, and yet 18 have completed four- year courses and others have taken three-year courses, funds being pro vided by the gifts of God's stewards who make the work of both this school and the Institute in China possible through their sacrificial giving.
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ticular help to the sixty-five employed graduates, sparing them the burden of earning this added ex pense. Thus their training is the priceless result of the sacrifices that our friends have individually made for this Institute during the past years. While the majority of our graduates are from Cali fornia, and nearly 80% from the Pacific Coast states,
As no tuition is charged at Biola, none of these graduates has had to pay for his or her training, which has been made possible by the sacrificial giving of God’s stewards everywhere. However, the major
ity of these students did have to earn their living expenses while at Biola. The Institute’s employ ment departm en t was ever on the alert to keep these men and women supplied with work for the afternoons. God has blessed the school’s ef forts and the students’ individual labors, so that 38—22 women and 16 men—can claim to have earned their way without any outside aid. This is a rare accomplishment in these days of sparse em ployment, and a fact re flecting great credit upon the earnestness of the students themselves. F o r th e ir liv ing ex penses, 27 others — 17 women and 10 men—had
yet in all, 11 states and 4 foreign countries are represented, as the list on the opposite page will show. Within a few weeks the seventy graduates, for whose training Biola has offered m a n y earnest prayers, will scatter to many fields, m a k i n g known the Saviour’s love in foreign lands as well as in the h o m e l a n d . Although there are heavy expenses yet to be met for the balance of this school year, Biola is confident that God will provide through His stewards for these charges, and is already planning a Summer School and a fall term of great promise and e x t e n d e d activity.
DENOMINATIONS REPRESENTED Seventeen Christian bodies and churches are represented among graduates of the 1939 class. Denomination Men Women Total Baptist..................................... ..4 14 18 Mennonite ............................ . 6 8 14 Presbyterian ....................... 8 8 Methodist................................ .. 3 2 5 Mission Covenant ......... . . 2 1 3 Congregational .................. . 2 1 3 Evangelical ......................... 2 2 Mennonite Brethren ........ 2 2 Friends ................................. 1 1
Church of God .................. Christian and Missionary Alliance ...................... . 1 Swedish Evangelical Free. . 1 United Brethren ............... . 1 Dutch Reformed ............... . 1 Fundamental ....................... . 1 City Mission ....................... . 1 Interdenominational ........ No denominational . 1 affiliation .................... . 2
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partial support during their attendance at Biola, while only 5—all women—were fully supported from home sources during their training period. W e ask that all who donate to Biola consider this last fact. The absence of tuition charge was of par
W e ask that each one who reads the record of devo tion and lo y a lty to the c ro s s which these young people manifest, will remember the work of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles in prayer and giv ing between now and Graduation Day on June 8.
THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES S58 SOUTH HOPE STREET INCORPORATED LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
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