$ 82,747 Yearly
Biola Students Earn Of Their Expenses
Part-Time Employment Supplies All but $12.44 Monthly of Cost of Training for Christian Service O F COURSE tuition at the Bible Insti tute of Los Angeles must be free of cost to the student.
Dining Room, I have been learn in g in a v e ry p r a c tic a l way ju s t w h a t the w o rd s m e a n w h i c h s a y , ‘Whether there fore ye eat, or drink, or what soever ye do, do all to the glory of God.’ It has been a s p e cia l jo y to me to
austere about this nurture. Biola, herself the almoner for a host of hidden and often very humble donors, gives unstintingly, and in giving is herself rewarded. What the Employment Departments Do Young women of the Institute are finding their financial needs supplied through their widely varied work as secretaries, mail clerks, bookkeepers, d o c to r s ’ assistan ts, school library assistants, cashiers, waitresses, “bus” and counter girls for cafeterias, ja n itre ss e s , w o rk e rs in homes, mothers’ assistants, and nurses. One young woman works as a city playground director. W ilfred Hillyer, Women’s Employment Secretary at the Institute, reports that ap proximately 160 jobs outside the Bible Insti tute, and also 103 more in connection with the Institute itself, or a total of 263 jobs for 165 young women have been placed or recorded through her office thus far this year. Some of the students hold two dif ferent positions at a time. The equivalent of between $17,000 and $18,000 in cash was earned by this group during the fall term, and this amount will reach at least $42,850 before graduation day on June 9, 1938. “ I do thank the Lord for making it necessary for me to work while I attend B iola!” declared a smiling waitress. “While serving the public at the tables in the Biola
This necessity was fully covered in our article, “ Biola Does Most for Least” in the March, 1938, issue of T he K ing ’ s B usiness . Employment for the majority enrolled must also be found. These are the endless tasks of the Bible Institute o f Los Angeles. As soon as one class is graduated, another appears. Each year brings its recurring burdens, and each year its hour of victory at graduation time. The Background of the Story Students come to Biola in answer to prayer—their prayers and those of Christian friends as well as of the Institute. The great majority o f them are products of Christian homes, of praying parents, of Spirit-filled churches. Each one who is called here by the Lord has had a Christian experience and longs to prepare for service, to study the Word, to devote himself or herself to preaching and teaching and per sonal evangelism. Perhaps the ambition of certain ones is to qualify for a lonely faith mission post, or for mission hospital service at home or abroad. Biola opens .its arms to them all, asking and receiving the recom pense of beholding the faithful Christian service in after-life rendered by her sons and daughters. There is something divinely
Two Biola Waitresses
find that customers often invite conversation about our blessed Saviour. Only last evening a quiet, reserved woman seated herself at one of my tables. She asked me concerning the students, and in turn I asked her to come to the Church of the Open Door with me Sunday evening.” Witnessing appeals also to this young woman’s friend, another waitress in the dining room, who describes her experience thus: “ By His grace I have been called to reveal Him in my work in the Biola Din ing Room as a waitress. When God sendeth His own sheep forth, He goeth before them. So too, when He called me into training for His service, He provided the necessary work that I might continue in school. Thus when He calls one into training for His service, He gives many opportunities of
This article is the third of a series of three announcements describing the life and work o f the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. The first appeared in February under the title, “ Giving to Biola Means Giving to Missions.” It pictured our student body and listed Biola students who have served in foreign fields.
The second section appeared in our March issue under the title, “ Biola Does Most for Least,” and contained a comparison of the tuition and living charges o f various Christian colleges, showing that training at Biola costs on the average $136 less per year than in the average denominational college of the nation.
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