Biola_Catalog_19360101NA

INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION

Persons desiring to enroll as students of the Bible Institute should write for an appli catio n form to the Superi ntendent of Men or Women , as the case may be. Directions concerning filling it out should be fo ll owed explicitly. No one is accepted as a student until aft er the references given by him have been heard from. Applicants should not present themselves at the Institute expecting to be received as students until notified of their acceptance .

ARRIVING IN LOS ANGELES

Several lines of railroads enter Los Angeles, corning in at different stations. It is impossible to meet st udents at the trains . Incoming students, however, should notify the Superintendent of Men or Women , as the case may be, as to the time their train is sched uled to ar ri ve in Los Angeles, and also the road over which they are tra ve ling. We advise that women unaccompanied take a Yellow Cab from depot to the Institute, 558 South Hope Street . Present rate from Santa Fe Depot is fifty-five cents; from Southe rn Pacific, forty-five ce nts. Immediately upon ar ri val at the Institute, men shou ld report to the Superintendent of Men, and Women to the Superi ntendent of Women.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Young men and women making application for admission to the Institute should be at least eighteen years of age, and in reasonably sound health. All appl icants desiring a degree, from the Institute must ha ve completed the-- high school course or its equ ivalent. A thorough co ll ege course is desirab le. For Christi an service the best possibl e preparation ought to be secured. All appli cants for admission to the Institute must be of approved Christian char­ acter, and should ha ve at least one year of Ch ri stian experience. They should mani ­ fest a ge nuine love for souls. They must be wi lling to do hard work and submit to di scipline and order. Students expecting to enter the Institute should plan on doing so at the begi n­ ning of a semester either in September or in February, preferably in September. Students are accepted on t rial, and if for any reason they are found unadapted for Chr istian work they may be asked to withdraw at any time. All st udents are required to take a STANDARDIZED ENTRANCE EXAM­ INATION in English. Those students who have not received a diploma of graduation from High School , who fail to pass the examination, will take a regularl y prescribed Course in Engli sh. For such students it will be necessa ry to prolong their stay in order to com­ plete the regular work of the Institute, in addition to the ir requirement in English. T hose students who have rece ived a High School dip loma but who fail in the examination, wi ll rece ive INSTRUCTION in Engli sh until such time as they are able to pass a satisfactory exami nation. Since the fa ll of 1931, instruction in English has been a required subject for all students who have not completed English for a four-year High School course or its equival ent and who expect to rece ive the diploma , of the Institute.

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