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is on character building? The
Bible is taken as man's infal lible
guide.
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tells him how to think,
and how to live-successfully,
happily, abundantly.
But, at Ambassador other sub–
jects are also important: history,
science, (true) psychology, music,
foreign languages, speech, home
econom ics (for the wome n) ,
geography, E nglish and writing
courses, international relations.
History, as an example, is an
important subject at Ambassador.
Unfort unately, many colleges no
longer stress this vitally impor–
tant subject. Robert Penn War–
ren, one of America's most dist in–
guished me n of letter s (he
received three Pulitzer Prizes) ,
made the following significant
comments regarding the impor–
tance of history:
" One sign of our loss of
humanity is the
dec/ining interest
in history.... But history today
is almost ceasing to be studied.
" ... How many people coming
out o f
college
now know a ny
American history? And if they
know U.S. history, do they know
about the history of any other
country?
" There's an appalling
igno–
rance
and
contempt for history.
"Not only is there an
igno–
rance of history in colleges,
there
is also a problem with literacy
among students" (U.S.
News
&
World R eport ,
August 18,
1980).
Here at Ambassador history
remai ns important.
We also offer various courses
in business, teaching, home eco–
nomics, sec retaria! sk ill s and
other arcas that will enable grad–
uales of the college to obtain sec–
ular jobs immediately upon grad–
uation. Only a select few qualify
for the ministry.
Quite recently, a number of
graduates of Ambassador College
informed me how their intensive
tra ining in character develop–
ment , leade rship, writ ing and
public speaking enabled them to
get and hold good jobs after grad–
uating from Ambassador. One
young mate graduate of Ambassa–
dor earns a salary three t imes the
national average, and he attrib-
February 1981
uted his financia! success to
intensive training at Ambassador
in the fields of character develop–
ment, public speaking and leader–
ship training.
A young female graduate of
Ambassador recently told me that
though she was not yet "quali–
fied " in any par ti c ul a r field
(didn't possess that many techni–
cal qualifications) she was able,
nonetheless, to go out and leap–
frog a long list of graduates from
other colleges and get a job that
pays more than $20,000 per
annum. Sbe attributed her suc–
cess in the field of business to her
excellent training while at Am–
bassador in the fields of public
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Ambassador, over the
years, has provided the
vital, but missing
dimension in modern
education. The
development of character
not the intellect only.
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speaking, dress and · g rooming,
leadership and all-around charac–
ter development.
Many of America's 3,000 insti–
tutions of higher learning teach
st udents a lot abo u t specific
fields, but most of them utterly
fail to teach students the basics:
what life is all about , why man
was put on this earth, the real
sou rce of all life and intelligence,
the right way to attain real peace,
happiness, wisdom and under–
standing.
King Solomon, the wisest man
who ever lived, was inspired to
say: "The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom: and the
knowlege of the holy [i.e., to
know God) is und ers tanding"
(Proverbs 9:1 0) .
Ambassador Provldes Answers
At this coll ege-of-the-future,
students are taught that man is
limited, fallible- that of himself
he does
not
have the solut ions to
the complex problems of life.
But God, the Designer and
Maker of man, knows what is
good for him. Ambassador s tu–
dents are given real answers–
workable solutions to life's diffi–
cult prob lems. Students a re
taught to h ave hope in the
future- not unl imited hope in
man!- but unbounded faith in
their Creator and in his great
purpose for all mankind.
Though students at Ambassa–
dor are taught how to earn a
living, the primary emphasis is
first and foremost on how to
live!
What is it that really makes a
"whole man "- a complete per–
son-a truly educated individu–
a l ? Is it merely material or
physical knowledge? Or, is it
that knowledge coupled with
true spiri tual wisdom and under–
stand ing? "T he end of the mal–
ter, all having been heard: fear
God, and keep His command–
ments; for
this is
[
or, this com–
prises] the whole man" (Eccle–
siastes 12: 13, J.P.S.).
What makcs a young man or
woman complete or "whole" is
knowledge of true spiritual val–
ues-a comprehension of man's
incred ible po tential , tbe true
knowledge of how to conduct
oneself toward our Creator and
our fellowman . These are real
basics of life.
Ambassador students are
taught the r eal meaning of
human existence. They quickly
learn that it is only through the
development of s terling c harac–
ter that they can become whole
or complete in tbeir education.
Any educational sys tem th a t
leaves God and his way out of
the picture will of necessity be a
lopsided, incomplete edÚcation.
That is why at Ambassador Col–
lege, education is for the " total
man." When this vital "missing
dimension" in modern education
is supplied, students are equipped
to live ha ppy, successful and
abundantly productive lives!
It
is thi s education that
is standard at Ambassador Col–
lege! o
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