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countries. About 100 have foreign service in view; 39 home service; others plan additional education or are undecided with regard to the future. Those who plan to go to the foreign field have the following countries in view: Africa, 24; Central Asia, I; China, 14; French Indo-China, I; Hawaiian Islands, I; India, 4; Japan, 6; Mexico, 4; Mongolia, 3; Philip pines, 2; South America, 19; So. Pacific Islands, I; Tibet, I. The class officers are: President, Joseph Cooke; Vice-Presi dents, Gerald Hawthorne and John Shigekawa; Secretary, Ruth Brown; and Treasurer, Ruth McCormick. The class speak ers are: Seminary, Carl Brydon; Institute, Gertrude Cutler; and School of Missionary Medicine, John Shigekawa. The Bible Institute of Los Angeles is grateful to God for the honor bestowed upon it in being allowed to train such a promising group of Christian young people. May God's rich est blessing be upon every life as they go into all the world with the gospel of the Risen Christ.
f j NE hundred years ago, California was invaded by the 49'ers, lured to the West Coast by the promise of great fortunes in the newly-discovered gold fields. While it is pretty obvious that the Biola 49'ers have not found any earthly treasures during the three or four years they have been "prospecting" at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, they agree unanimously that here they have found "some thing more than gold"—spiritual wealth of inestimable value, through the study of God's Word. They in turn go out from Biola to seek other precious hidden treasures—the souls of lost men and women in all parts of the world. Their class motto, based upon Romans 6:13, seems particularly appropri ate: "Instruments of God." As such, they cannot but make an ineffaceable impression for God upon their time and gen eration. The 208 graduates (33 Seminary, 27 School of Missionary Medicine, 148 Institute), represent 31 states and 3 foreign
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