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September, 1936
The "Bible Institute FAMILY CIRCLE
New Faculty Members W hen Biola opens its doors for the fall semester, the students will be greeted by Miss Beatrice G. Prosser, the new Superintendent of
the Glide Memorial (M. E. South) Church, as personal worker. This is the large downtown church of which J. C. McPheeters is the pastor. Until recently, Mr. Null was the Executive Secretary of the Chicago Council of the Pocket Testa ment League. Under the auspices o f the League he conducted a booth at the Cen tury of Progress Exposition in 1934, dis tributing a large number of tracts and dealing with individuals .about their rela tionship to God. At the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Mr. Null-will teach Personal Evangelism, and he will be in charge of the Practical Work department. He will continue as Executive Secretary o f the Pocket Testa ment League for the Pacific Coast area, and will have his headquarters here. A Christian High School M iss M abel M. C ulter , who has served Biola as Superintendent of Women for six and a half years, has tendered her resignation in order that she may give herself to the task of estab lishing a Christian high school where young people can receive their training under Christian auspices. Miss Culter has been a conscientious and faithful worker at the Bible Institute, and hundreds, of girls have been blessed by her ministry. ' She will be followed by the prayers and good wishes o f her many friends in the work of establishing Culter Academy, which she trusts will be a feeder for Biola, Wheaton College, and other sim ilar institutions. Parents of high school pupils are urged to interview or write to Miss Culter, who can be reached at 935 S. Mariposa St., Los Angeles, Calif. The Bible Institute o f Los Angeles wishes Miss Culter the blessing of God in her new venture. Enlarged Opportunity in the Evening School B iola believes that God is about to enlarge His mighty working through the Evening School. With much prayer and expenditure o f consecrated ef fort, the privilege of such training as the Evening Bible School affords is being em phasized afresh in all the churches in and around Los Angeles. Sunday-schools and churches are being urged to prayerfully consider defraying the small two dollar per semester enrollment fee for those in their churches most deserving of such con sideration. A rally held at the Institute on August 21 has aroused widespread interest. The dates o f the Evening School are identical with those o f the Day School, the fall semester opening September 8, 1936. In addition to regular members o f the Biola faculty who will teach in the Evening School,” President Paul W. Rood, and Louis T. Talbot, pastor o f the Church of the Open Door, will teach prophecy in both fall and spring semesters. Inquiries should be addressed to W il liam Harllee Bordeaux, Secretary, Eve ning Bible School, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Summer Bible School for Children C ontinuing the growing emphasis upon child evangelism, the first Summer Bible School for Children to be sponsored by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles was held in the classrooms o f the Church o f the Open Door for a period of four weeks from June 22 to July 17. William Harllee Bordeaux o f the Institute faculty served as director of this school, and Institute students and recent grad uates, as well as workers from the Church of the Open Door, comprised the faculty. The school operated on an “All Bible” basis, the leaders feeling that the time was too valuable to be spared for handcraft. Enthusiasm o f the boys and girls amply verified this belief, and in the memorizing o f Scripture, the study o f the catechism and the map of Palestine, and, in the case of the older pupils, o f Christian evidences
Women; and by Carleton E. Null, Director of Prac tical Work. Mr. Null will lead the students in an- ag gressive p ro g ram of personal evan gelism. T w e n t y - t w o years o f experience in working w i t h young women have fitted Miss Prosser f o r t h e position which she assumed
Miss Prosser
on August 1. It was while actively en gaged in Sunday-school and young peo ple’s work in her own church that she heard the call to serve the Lord in the Pa cific Protective Society. This work is con ducted on definitely fundamental Christian lines, the salvation of the girls being its chief concern. After completing her training in the So ciety’s school in Portland, Ore., in 1917, Miss Prosser served this organization in Portland and in Seattle and Everett, Wash., before going to Oakland, Calif., to organize the work there. She has been superintendent of the northern California division and home of the Pacific Protective Society in Oakland for the past fifteen years. There she earned the reputation of being the most able executive o f the So ciety on the coast. While the Society is primarily a welfare organization, Miss Prosser believes that the work o f character building can be per manently effected only through the miracle of Christ’s regenerating power. She has been instrumental in leading many o f the girls who came to her to a saving knowl edge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Mr. Null’s zeal
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Summer Bible School Group and personal evangelism, the members of the school earned a total of 6,400 credits. There were thirty-one decisions for Christ, and at least two hundred children were contacted with the gospel message. Twen ty-seven pupils reported that they had never gone to Sunday-school regularly, but all o f these promised to begin attend ing. Further, among the children able to read, there was a unanimous determination to continue or to begin ,the holding of daily personal devotions. Prayer on the part of Institute friends can insure the continued fruitfulness of this evangelistic effort and can prepare for a summer school of even greater influence next year. Alumni Notes ord o f the recent organization of the Columbia Biola Union comes from Byron Travis, ’25, pastor of the Unity Presbyterian Church, Portland, Ore. Membership is centered in the Port land, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash., area, and was formed for the purpose o f fostering Christian fellowship among graduates and students o f the Institute in that vicinity. Charter members are: G. M. ( ’21) and Mrs. Baergen; Keith Fields; Margaret Macmillan; Frances Matthews; Lena Mus- grave, ’36; Jennie Pedersen, ’35; Eloise Stickney, ’36; Newel Stickney; Byron ( ’25) and Mrs. Travis. A Biola gathering was held at the home of Martha Low at Mt. Hermon, Calif., on July 17. About thirty Biola students and [Continued on page 365]
for personal evan gelism is known in Christian c ir c le s th r o u g h o u t the la n d . S a v e d through reading a Pocket Testament League edition of the N e w Testa ment, which had been sent him by a Christian business man, he gave his life for full-time service and be came one of the
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active workers of the League. In prison work, on the highway, in the office, and in the home, he has confronted men with the gospel of Jesus Christ. While his work has taken him into nearly every section o f the country, Mr. Null hitherto has concentrated his atten tion on San Francisco and Chicago. In San Francisco, he has been connected with
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