As stated in a recent number of the SIGNS the Healdsburg College school year begins September 23.
THE COLLEGE FACULTY.
Frank W. Howe, A.M., President, Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy; Elder Roderick S. Owen, Professor of Biblical History and Exegesis; George W. Rine, B.L., Professor of English Language and History; Warren E. Howell, A.B., Preceptor, Professor of Ancient Languages and History; Frank B. Moran, M.D., Professor of Natural Science; M. Frances Ireland, B.S., Professor of Mathematics and English Literature; Harold C. Palmer, Professor of Music; Sophia B. Kinner, Preceptress, and Matron. PREPARATORY SCHOOL, Florence J. Morrison, Principal. Business Manager to be supplied.
ITEMS AND NOTES.
Our latest information is to the effect that there will be a much better attendance at Healdsburg College this year from all parts of this state. Three we believe come from Honolulu. San Diego County sends ten. We hope that from Siskiyou to San Diego, and from the Golden Gate to Salt Lake City, there will be seen many students wending their way Healdsburgward.
The corps of teachers is strong and excellent, why may they not be used to the best advantage by giving them many students?
A prominent study in the College will be the Book of books, the Bible. This has been prominent in the past; it will be even more so in the future. Why not? There is no book like it. It treats not only of the life that now is, but that which is to come, the “life that measures with the life of God.” The Bible teaches us how to employ this life so as to secure that life. What book equals it?
If the word of God be studied and practiced with all the heart, it will better enable the student to grasp the principles of every other legitimate science and study. In fact, in the science of God, the All-truth, is embraced every other true science.
Said the writer of the wonderful 119th Psalm: “I have more understanding than all my teachers; for Thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Thy precepts.” “Through Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.” Verses 99, 100, 104. There is no copyright on the psalmist’s method; it is open to all.
When our blessed Lord needed special wisdom in the selection of his apostles, he sought God most earnestly. There is nothing which so illuminates the mind as the Spirit of God, and God is more willing to give his Spirit to them who ask him than earthly parents are to give good gifts to their children. In this way Infinite Wisdom will be a legitimate prompter to every teacher and student.
How Moses Graduated.—Moses at the age of forty “was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.” This was his preparatory course, and it made Moses believe that he was indeed a great man, able to conquer Egypt and deliver Israel. The education of Moses, however, was not complete. His graduating course was as a shepherd, alone with God and nature for forty years more, the greater part of which time, we opine, was spent in unlearning his Egyptian education. When he completed his graduating course, and found out how little he was and how great God was, the Lord sent him on one of the greatest missions mortal man has ever known. His degree (we say it reverently) was M.G., “Moses the Man of God.”
In the simple yet arduous lessons of life are oftentimes bound up our greatest struggles and achievements; but it depends on how we take them.
Healdsburg College is to some extent an industrial school; every student in the Home is required to do a certain portion of manual labor. This may seem hard to the soft-handed girl and the soft-muscled boy; but do not be discouraged. The lesson in washing pots and kettles or in digging a ditch, tho disagreeable, may be of more profit in character building than a year in algebra or Latin.
Whatsoever is given you to do, do it with your might and with the whole heart. There may be in it a lesson of eternal worth.
A good president and good faculty, with God’s blessing, ought to make a school a success. It is for these reasons we believe in the success of Healdsburg College.
The course of study arranged by President Howe varies somewhat, we understand, from previous courses, but it varies for the better.
The SIGNS OF THE TIMES urges our young men and women in California and Nevada to attend the Healdsburg College. Be willing to economize and sacrifice that you may obtain a good education, fitting you for better service.
Are there not those who have no children to send to school who can send worthy children of others? Would it not be a good investment?
Good tables are set at the Students’ Home. Plenty of fruit and excellent hygienic food is furnished. The location and surroundings are healthful.
