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I have consulted three experienced educators of high
standing. All three are emphatic in saying the addition of the
European institution would very greatly increase the practical
educational value to the students, and fit them for greater
accomplishment in life. Since only the best-qualified FORTY
students each senior year would be admitted to the European
division of the college, there would be incentive for every student
to apply himself and work harder thru he first three years, in
order to qualify and get to go to Europe.
Of those who become ministers or evangelists, the fact of a
year's study abroad would add prestige, attract larger audiences,
cause them to listen to the real vital Message with more respect.
Certainly those who LIVE a year where several foreign languages are
spoken will better be able to preach the Gospel IN those languages
in foreign lands!
I also consulted a banker in Pasadena, explaining the
proposition. I expected him to say it was a sort of fantastic or
impractical thing, but he very seriously said, "Why, no, that's not
fantastic or impractical at all. That sounds to me like the
soundest, most sensible thing I ever heard of in connection with a
college." His wife has spent some time in the town where this
place is located---and he himself has been in Versailles and is
very familiar with the famed Versailles palace. His judgment was
that it is a most practical proposition, and most unusual that such
opportunity should come to us.
And now I am consulting YOU, as one of a thousand of our
good friends and co-workers. I'd like to know what YOU think about
it.
I've tried to explain the facts as fully as possible. Of
course it will cost money---but in such a way it will be paid
gradually, and never in too heavy amounts to handle. Nobody gets
ANYTHING for nothing. Even the payments we'd have to make after
the college is established in Europe will not be excessive for the
size of the college itself. It costs money to establish and
operate a college. And frankly, I am wondering if it will not
actually be EASIER to raise the money for BOTH European and
Pasadena colleges than just the Pasadena institution alone---and
primarily for this reason: I feel, as this banker said, it would
add a prestige to AMBASSADOR COLLEGE, especially locally in
Pasadena where there is said to be more wealth than any city in the
country, and result in gifts and endowments from perhaps a
wealthier class of people than we have among our own co-workers.
HOWEVER, that is a miner and unimportant consideration, for after
all, WE LOOK TO GOD FOR THE SUPPLYING OF EVERY NEED, not to people.
And if this is really of God---if it is the Hand of God that has
opened this to us, and it is His will, then He will see to it that
all financing needs are met, I have perfect faith in that!
One last question I think of which may come to your mind:
How can students themselves afford this year in Europe, and will it
exclude those who cannot afford it? No, none would be excluded