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Amhassador Co//ege
Supplies Missing Dimension
in Education
Nov. an
1li
twenl)·~eighth.
year. Amba.ss.a·
dor C'ollege ha<
produ~
hundreds or grad–
uatc~
who lcad successfullh•es outside of the
collt(tt cnvironment. Many of
thcm
have
cxpre,\SCd thc1r fcehngs tO me aboul thc::n
Ambns~ndor
Colle,gc eduC'.IIIón.
"Tho \ype of educuaon
an
Ambnssador
'tudcnt receivcs prepares him 10
))e'
the hon·
eM per;.on
that
ntcxt employeffl want. And
therc·s quite
tt
lndc of that out hcre:· said
onc::
A.C.
graduatt. ''Once wc get out •nto
SO(tC'l).
···~
not the
~autiful
buildmp
or
t\mba~•dor
that
•mprt$.~
peoplc. lfs not
nec~\.lnl)'
the pcrwnal appearan« that tm·
ptt'\~' ~pie.
What •mpre»eS thcm
tS
thc
char11ctcr - thc •nd1'1dual. the attuudc. lhc
approoclt."
Tho\oC a_rc thc words
or
Da,,d Sronc. E'<·
eCUh\'C
Oarector
of
the
Bdl-\\ hntl}
Act10I\
Ascncy.
v.·h•ch
admtnist~rs milhon~
of do1·
Ion \\:onh of
go\·ernm~nl
proyd.m$
m
~utb
c:ast~m
Kcntud.).
Mr.
Stonc sbould
know.
He"" grndualeof AmbassadorCollege.
\V
Jad
Kessler.
a partner
tn the
6rm
or
R11der, Cornwall, and
Ke~~ler.
C"ertifiec.l
Pubhc
1\ccounlant,, in
Los
Angeles,, re·
Rccted on
h1s
Ambassador education 1
h1S
way'
"You mtlSt ha\·e
techntcal
competencc
an\1
spet.ali7ed knowledgc or you will ne\ler
bt ••blc: to
entcr
a
profession
H.k.e
publ1c
accountancy.
Out
the
uue
professional. thc
onc "- ho becomes
3
manager and la
ter a
&eneral p•rtner in bJS lirm. has blended
thc\,c
'k.Us
~·uh
tta1n1n,g of a morc funda–
mentJI son. The character
aunbutc:s you
need U\ succeed
.ue
no sccrct. The
tncl.
1f
che
re
•~
one.
•~
to
build thcm into >·our lift as
tarly as posstbft_ That's why an instnuuon
hkc
Ambas.adOr Coll<!•
1S
S\f<h
a
thong of
be3uty.'"
M
r
Kess1cr's
expenenccs underscore thc
$U:Ucment
of
Htrbert W. Annstrong.. foundcr
of Amb;o«ador College. He wrote: ""Al Am–
ba(S.:ador Collegc. studcncs find
true
valucs.
1
hcy lenrn 1he re•l purpose of human Jire.
L..irc lake.s on meaning.
There
ls
not
only
nund
de~r·elopment,
bUl
a1~
thal of
ptrson–
ahty, culture,
and emotionaJ maturity.
Em·
phasis
JS
upon
ch3racter building,
·-ro tl\31 end. the small Studenl body pro–
v•des a d'sllnct advantage. Tht relahonsh1p
betwetn student and tn.s:tructor
a.s
as happy
and hclpful as il
IS
unusual. The smaller
10
by
Les
Stocker
college. adequat<ly stalfed and equopped for
ot> need•. olfer< special opportuml) for selr–
upress.Jon
1n thc arca
of the
studenl's tal·
cnu.
h
rroduces an
ahogtther dtffcrent and
more dcs,rable campus
atmosphcre.
Stu–
dc:nts
~tcqu•re
a foundation
for
thc art of
llv1ng happy. uscftal. succcssful li\'cS. [ha\
emrhOSIS
UJ)OI\
charactcr
bulldil\g
and
spin..
luJ
~cvelopmenl
i>
aplly staled
on
1he Am
b.¡tssador
mocto:
'Recapture True Values.· ...
Thr pr•nciple*;: at1d foundat•on.s for
lifc
taught 11 A
mOOssador
wcre reoognized
by
1967
grnduate. Earle Canlrell. now a prmc1..
p_.l
or
a
m1dwescem
eltmentary
school.
He
$atd....lam
\ti)'
tlunkful for thc opportunll)'
1
had
10
!"
10
Ambassador. lfs
tiK
basoc
pnncaple" lhal
)'OU
lcam moR than the l«h·
nJCahltC$ h's
thc
baste pnncaples
oflife.
ho"'
tO
&1!'1 along -.ath Othtr human ht1n,s and
how 10
"0'~
hard ·•
Whether they have ¡¡one inlo the profc:s–
)-ton,. thc bus1ness world. educauon. home·
maL•n&
or for that mantr
an.1
field -
Amba)~dor
graduateS- ha\'e all had lhc
~ame
foundationo.l background of
charQCier
tr:unmg.
While prescnllng lhe prorou11d principies
of s ucc:essful life. Amb;ossador a l>o olfcn
mujor course:s
or
5tudy
1ft
a numbet
or
.spe·
citic
ricld~.
The
Ji~;c
of
majors
offerc:\1
is
grow–
IRJ wath
each
year. and presently it includes
1hc
roltowmg
1ft Pasadefta: bli$íftC:SS
admln–
lstr3toOn. ehem,.try. English. general studoes.
h~IOt).
homc
ecoftomJcs. mass commuftiCI•
c.ons.
phy3oac:al
tducauon. Spantsh.
spuc:h
and lheolo¡y Ma¡or< 10
~
inlroduc:ed on the
ntxt academic )ear are m
ps:ycbok>&l·
enn·
ronmtntal stud1es. and enyneenng setena:.
M•¡or courses or study olfered at Am·
bas<ador College. Bog Sandy. Texas. a re
•s·
tJcullure-busJne-ss. commumc:auons arb.
lo~ral
ans.
and theology. Courses of study
10
bt
tntroduced 10
che
near future are
envJ–
ronmental scu:ncc. computer seicncc, and
homc economics.
You may apply 10 anend Ambassador
College in Pasadena by writing lo the Ad·
mo<!lion< Office. Ambassador College.
300
West Oreen Slteet. Pasadcna. Cahrornia
91123.
For an applicatoon 10 Amb;ossador Col–
le&•· BigSandy. Texas. wnte Admissoons Of–
fice. Amb;o<Sador College. Big Sandy. Tu:u
7S7SS.
O
Howto
Survive
Scarcity
by
Ron Horswell
ScarcJt)' is
not
really
a
new
v.-ord.
We
an
the
UftiiCd
States have practicall) for¡oucn
such 1 term
e.u~ted. but~
bclie,·e
11
or nol.. u·s
becn
n¡ht
therc
tn
)OUr
Webstu's
all
alon!
1 know: 1
JUSI
chc:cked n to
be
sure.
Nov. all
o(
a ludden the
old
standbys:
~·e
u~
to dcscnbe 1ht Ameñc:an
eoonom~e~
scene - '"plen1y:· ·•surplus." "growth" and
thc hk.e - sound archaic.
In
ract.. scarc1ty has
achiC\Ied
such dreaded proponions. at lta)ot
m
th~
mindi of
oon.sumers.
that
we
m1g_h1
wcll
Mn~1der
11
a new word artcr aH.
Whllt
rnost
people don'l
know
•s
that
sc¡~r
CHy
1-~
0,1e
O(
the
fundamenta l concepts
bchond
11
science (or perhaps more approprl·
a1ely.
an art)
chnt's mueh in lho news coday.
economocs. Ir you browse tluougb a high
school or
tntroductol')'
oolleg~:
cconomfcs
te:<
t.
on one
or
the first fcw
paga
the author
woll probably go 10 quot< some trouble ex–
pfa•n•ft&
th.at
the
ba3oH:
cQnttpl bchind
cco–
nomaa:
t\
noe
money but
sc:araty. lo
fact.
therc: v..tll likel)
be
a dcfi.tuuon somewhat
h1e
that
(ouod
in Samucbon'$ famous tcxt
"'EC:OftOmu::s '"'
lht
slody of ho-.
men aftd
sc>ctely cnd
up choosang. wnh
or ""•thout the
use
of
money.
to
tmploy
sea-"«
producU\'C
rc:~urces
thal oould havc ahemative uses. 10
produce them fOrconsumpllon ..
:·
1
n
~hort.
cconom1cs is the study of how
mcn
allocate scarce
wtahh - how
they
handle scarcJty.
In
ahe
'lvppo,.~;cdly
free
market economy.
1f
Roto-rooter Ratings
Who need< Noelsen?
A more rtprtsentauve rating systen1 was
dascovered
down at thc \Valer
Works.
Dur·
1ng advert1sc:ments 1n
the TV-movie
~reen·
ing
or
Afrpcrt,
cüy water pressure dcc.:hrted
26
pounds per square inch.
Pn11o11
could
only mus1er
a 22
pound p.s.i. drop. and thord
place wenl 10 T/oe
Good. the Bod and th<
Ug(Y
"'"h
a
19
pound p.s.i. drop. The
ca
u~
"'a)
che
c•ty's
simulcancous
1oil~t
flush·
'"5·
whoch usually s1ruck dunng the com–
memal follo"' mg thc drarnatic chmax of
che
mO\IIt
•
•horta~c
orsome eommodily de,·elops.
ot
11
only logJcallhal consumers will bid lhe p<icc
or
lh4l commodity upward. This is why the
Mono Usa 1.s so valuab1e - because there·s
only one.
Or. to lnke
3
practica! and recent example,
¡(
there
1$ "
parcial failurc or
lhe
soybc.an
erop. then the proce ofsoybeans and of prod·
ucu mode from 1hem will logically
so
up.
People woll hove lo cother buy lcss soybcan
produces or bu
y
less of something
tlst.
a fact
COOlumers
.should
be
qukk to
rc-co¡niu
and
accepc Unrortunately they"re not. lnstead or
acto•¡ loke capotahsts and realizlng thal soy·
bcan.)..
due to thelr newdegree
orscatal)
a~
more valuable. they ac1 like .soc•ahsts and
nan
upecun¡ lhc
to'·emment 10
bnn&
down
t.ht
pnee. 11•s always good
to
han a
&o,·ernment around so you have somcone to
bl•me
Certaonly a pnce nse oould
~
paroally
1he
g.o\letnment')
fauh. A pnce rise could
also
he
the fauh
o(
a pti\late
ioteresl
th1n
~~
'o largc 11 can parually control 1he market.
but
when a
price
incrtase
ls
mductd
by
a
erop
failure.
an oil
~horcage.
or somc eco·
nom~t:~lly
similar
cause. thtrt
are
only three
alternauve, ronsumt·r.s c:an
pursue:
•
Use polltiral
prt$.Jur~
1(1
force
tlrt
prltt
lowt-r
Such
eff'orcs
wiU
more than hkel)·
backfire,
smtt.
~1th
a
lowtr
price.
produ«rs
wall
no1
be:
mOtt.,'3ttd 10 produce more. and
the
scarcuy
condittons
wilJ
pcrsist.
That's
pan1ally what h3ppened when former
Pres1·
dent Nixon firstapplied price control>.
•
ArtijiCIDII)·f(.)l'« thnr
Q'wn
tnC'Ome 11p.
lf
suclt ac1oon beeomes widespreod 1hrou8hou1
thc
tconomy.
bowever.
il
does hule
mo~
than sprtad more demand. This
cau~
the
pncc- orone produc:t after anothc:r to rise and
lhreatens
che
economy
w1tb runaway
1ft•
flauon.
• Acccpt thl' priu
rrs~.
realizing thal 11
mean~
they wlll have
10
t Jiher buy te*
or
that newly scarcc commodhy
or
less
of somelh1ng
else
in order
to
balanct
thetr
budgtl$. But lbaf• such on
un.savory idea
w
most or
"'·
So
it
seems
cntirel}
con-
ClCI""able
that should the cn–
ure food producuon
or
the
Unued St.ates
be
-..,ped out
by
natural fortt:S. Amencan
ho~,,·cs
\\"OU.Id
be marc-h·
ang
on \Vashtngton. '-'tlh
the1r
liule
rema•n1n3
strength.
incc:n~d
that lhe
g.ovemmc:na had gouen us
1010 such a mcss.
M painrul as
1t
may seem.
the
th1rd
a ltemat_ive
Í$
thc
i>eJ~t
solucion to
inflatíon
in a
free cconomy. Just buy l'ewcr
or
those
llttnS
whic:h
3rt
IR•
ft3ttd the mosl bul netded
the leOSI.
Use
lh< power of
the consumeras 11 was
meant
10
be
u~
-
IJ1
thc
market·
place. ratber than on the
~ide••alks
o(
the Whlle
Housc and Capoto! Holl
O
Man of Few Words
Exten~l'"t
cape
rerordings of nonnal con–
\ersauon rt\•eal that 3.S9 words make up 81
percenl or nll speech. Th< 01her
599.641
word.' on lhc English language appear le>s
thl\n once in every five utterances.
The Book Tells You Why!
The publosher or
What Yau Should Kroow
Aboul lnjfatlotr
regrct.s to announcc thal thc
old pnce of
95
cenu sbould be over>tamped
10 read S2.2S. The prie< you mus1
now
pay 10
understand "'h) you musl
poy
•uch a hogh
pro« has
rucn
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