P. L. C. 'ViII I-lave New Gymnasium I'aciii" at
1:I�t It,,\
i.uth:.:ran
Cullege
I
P.L.C. GYMNASIUM CONSTRUCTION STARTS
eti
A New College
Dormitory
\\'ill
The !loard oi Trustees throll�h
t a fille new phy�ical "Iallt. The c: 01 leg to
"ducati"ll
its· huilding co,nlllittee, anthorized, directed. and enlpu\\'cred the I're'
!�()�lrd ui 'rrll"\tee�, tllrullgh its I,utld,ng lOlnlllitlee, met at the l.ullt'ge Ull Tuesday, June �5, and Ic:l " cuntract ior the erection of
the cJi
Ill'\\
oi
Peotr,un & R.ichards. :\5
CUlllllLittee,
Dr.
authorit\·
uf
Inittee
the
�f
of
tober
Dr.
At this tillie, the entire <lorlni tory sp'lce at the College, inc1nd iug the new fourth floor. is given
cum
over
Board oi Truste<:s,
appointed a� a faculty cOllllnittee the following: Cuach Cliff Olson,
dition
J. 1'. Pflueger, and Mrs. WaI will
to
the
gYlllnasium,
there
the
l':teifie
Luthcl all
C
() I l e g t:"
I in the expansion of the Sixty thansand
I
x
c:� � n
..,
j,)'"d _. 0 :3 '" to ..... c.t'!o
[.. "
!"
...
III
c: at ... _. :::I
the housing
of
women.
ment ing.
through possible
down the �;]oJlc
financial aid toward the
oi
unpaid
of
for
pledges,
tectural
t hus
giving
tireh'
that
an
students,
Board
of
Ev;tl1gelical
Education
LUlheran
of
of the funds needed to pay for the The ground floor will hous "l'parate
the
uil-burning boiler,
room", lockers,
at
La 11I1ry
the
"r:'"
contribution
toward apartment. science rooms. ,\Iso on t't IlIlU\\'lng ttll' lire Oil will be a reneati'.'l
re-equipment
<ieparunenl June
4,
Il)-I-6.
of
the
I
students
which
\
from the main bu J
2Sx57 feet.
Missouri Synod The
Lntheran
Ser . .. ice
bug
The first floor abO\ e the gronnd
Youth Convene
floor will be devoted to thinecn \'olun
le'rs School. under the auspices
student rOUllIS, apartment for the dean oi women. office, reception
of roo 111, and a kitchenette. Extend
the Intern;ltional \\'alther League,
ing out tn
the sonth with three
�7S Korth Ikarhorll Street, Chi exposed walls \\·ilI be cago 10. Illinois. \\'ill convene at Paciiie Lutheran College }\Ugllst
5-9,
1 "
th wash
,arne con vention fur a s[)(;cial
emergency
I
uf Trustee.
same at this time.
to
Church
Board
out on ;, progralll any larger than
thou
appealed
the
this inasmuch as \\ l' are iar short
fund. III adclition tu that. the Col,'\elministration
ground
does not iecl that it shoulel launch
sand dollars Inight come frolll that lege
th�
large enough to hold two hundred
It is en
thirty
&
Lea-Pea rson
one hundred students. \Vhile this building ,honlel be constrllcted
COlllC out of it i
!,o,;siblc
of
floDr and will hold approximatcl).
di<tribntetl to the senior colleges. Ju,t \\'hat will
firm
story building abo\'c
equal une-fifth share of the amount
not knuwn at this time.
been
158x48 feet, the same to be a th ree
distribu
P.L.e.
have
Richards, provides for a building
It is believed that the great
E.L.C.,
many
The preliminary drawing of the
to the Depart
Education
and
new dormitory, made by the archi
s·hare of that fund will be given
the
parallel
clollars of cash
tLl the five ,eniur culleges of the
Urges PLC Support
cific Lutheran C"llege to give all
dollars
turned over
in
turnecl away.
tion to nine institutions of learn
the
running
1946.
]11\'il,ltions
have
gone
a fine living
r00111 \\'hieh will be 28x57 feet plus a
t\vtllty-foot extension into the
main iJuilding, tllllS making it
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(on,tru(tion of lJew bnildings for out to tile young people in all of icet lung. Hitherto the Colic 'C Clover the afureillentioned departments." the Missouri Synod congregations has hac! no ade.quate reception Crcck to t he new �:[ elll(Jrial C;)'III These re,;olutions were passed in the I'.L.C'. arca to enlist for 1'00111 for it> �tudenb. llasiulll. at the 1\ 111lual Convention uf the greater s('1'\·ic(:' in the chnrch in its The second floor \ViI! be de .\ugust;tna Synod which was held yonth progralll and to pledge will The Contract Price voted cntirely to stnclent living June II-It)' in1946, at Dltluth, M ingness tt> undertake special train The contract I'nce. including quarters in addition to a place for sales- tax and architect's fees, will lle,ota, and ,;ent to the College by ing for this pnrpose. the house mother, wash roo ms, Secretary the of the .\ugustana Re\·. Ernest k. Drews· of OIYII1be $238.400. With equipmeut alld and a pressing room. Extending pia, \Vashington. and Mr. Lloyd <:d, the entire gYlllnasiulll athletic Synod. Dr. D. Vl'rner Swanson. uut to the south there will I) a U pun rccei\ ilLg tl>is resolntion, Hickok of Tacoma, \Vashington, uuit will cost nearly a qnarter oi rooi terrace abOve the living room Dr. East"old said, "Tlli,; is a very have arranged for this school with a lIlilliun dollars. whicb protrudes from the first encouraging r('�p()nse frolll thc the College Administration. floor. John S. Baker Augustana Synod, coming at a Pacific Lutheran College welThc third floor plan will be the Juhn S. Baker. hOllorary rhair- time like this. Not only do we comes this group to its camplls. top flour and will be devoted to Illan in the dri, e fur funds in Ta- appreciate t h e fa c t t h a t the �Iay God add 1·lis rich blessings dormitory rOOIllS. said at the tillie of the churches in the \iliest, especially, to this fine ll10,'Clnent which will coma. Financing the New Donnitory letting of the contract, "Since the are urged to sllpport the constrnc- bring so many young people of The Pacific l.utheran Colleg_ College lost its uld gYlllnasium in tion of ne\\' Ilnildings for the afore- anI' Lntheran LLith to the call1pus Association, which is the legal cor nothing 4, there is the fire of Tune mentioncd departments, but we of onr College. poration owning Pacific Lutheran else fur P � cifc l.utheran College are. not least of all. encouraged College, met in Minneapolis 011 tu do than to construct this fine t , know tllat this great utheran . : June 17, 1946, with a record-br<:Zl.k Chmch Hody ha, given Its moral \Jllildiug." ing attendance of pastor' and del Dr. l::astvold sa i d, "vVc are support to the advancel1lent of About lOti rUOlllS have now been deepl'y grateful to lllore than three Christian higher education as car refurbislled hy individuals, socie gates totaling 1.'i2. At the time 0 [he meeting of tile Corporation Illlndred Tacoma people who have ried on at l'aeiiic Lutheran Col ties, organizatinns, Circuits, and thl' Rev. O. L. Uaavik, Pastor Of gi\'cn contributions to make it lege in the only in,titutiun (J.f District, at $400.00 each. With the Ballard First Lutheran Church pu,siblc for us to launch this· im- hig-Iler learnin� in the \\'e;;t o\\'nl'll cUllling of the new dormitory, we purtant expan,;ion prugram in our and contrulled hy the I.utheran will need another forty or fifty Seattle. introdnced the followin resolutions: physical education "Iant. \ilie firm- Chureh of .'\meriea." gifts of $400.0() each. 'We want to "\Vh e r e a s. Pa c i f i c Lutherarl . Iy believe that our friends, both send an invitation to that many College finds itself to be in great (Jld and new, II! Tacoma and people to complete the refllrbish need of new huildings. equipment& Pieree cuunty, will join with us in lllt2.- and furnisiliny: (if 1'00111:; in The C (0 I leg ... Adlllini.;tration Ollr 1\\ () dorn,itories 'Yltich tog-eth· and other neces;.,ary assets to car a whole-hearted support so that when the building is set llP and '!lade a special appeal to the er will handle 260 resident stu- ry on a modern anel accredited institution of learning, dedicated, we will he able to say Board of EducatIOn llf tlte EV311- dents. "THEREJ70RE BF IT RELntheran Chur c h at its that the ('Iltire structnre has becll "elical \Vc \\'ant [(0 exnrcss a ,pceial eOlllpktely coverul with cash and biennial conH'l1tion in Minneapo t IIan.' I ylJ\1 to a II or thuse who have SOLVED, That, the Pacific LuCollege Association exlis. ,fUll<' 11-18. 1946. ior the pur supported us 2.nd to those \\.Il() \\'j'll theran pledg-t's.'· an
!ill
was
Augustana Synod
the main College cauljJus.
the fir trccs and thcn. at a right
at .a at
sand
.
"
taken
College.
on hand , plus four hundred thou -
\' Dung-.
n a -
to
One hundred sixty girls have been
be classrooms for physical Iloard of Trll,;tee� was repres""ntIt is expected that the education. lOti hy its lmilding" COllllllittee, <:onbuilding will be rtoady for llse si,ting Llf the followillg: Dr. ll. L. Radio Booth alJllut January 1, ur at the end of Foss. cl>ai[lllan, Seattle; Rev. I�. A !,pet:iai ieatllft.:: ill the gY111.\. ()istc·<ial. secretar y, Seattle: the iir,[ SCIllt,;ter on February 1, nasillill \\' i II be a hroadcasting 1')-17. l u the ll1eantime the pro- lUo M r. F. E. Edlund, OlynLpia: .\h. I . . th "'hich will be eqnipped with granl ut phY'lCal educatlOll ",til be .\ . . \. :-'Iyklanli, Superintendent of e.xll'llsiuns tu the radio ,tations in Pnblic Schools, Issaqnalt: Re\,. A. carrie,) on about the campus and Tacoma. The building will be f o, schouls publtc the likelv \ t"I'" ,{ . •\'1. l":ettner. \·icc.: president, Tao . . . eqUipped \\ lth showers rUlllllllg cunla: alLd Board j'l'leillber :\rne I arklalld ",til agal n lend u, the . tIle l'lltire length on either side of . Stl :Ind. Puyallnp, together \\'itlt courteons cooperatwn which has . tlte building for 1l1en and WOlllen, Dr. Eastvold. cltarauenzed the relatlOnslllp h ere . respccti, ·clv. :\ separate uil-hurn. ' . I In'up' , � J ye'lrs The Board pa;;sed a resulution , by lettll1g f \.II. ..1 gUU( ( • ing lleating unit \\ dl he a part ot . ui deep and hcartklt thanks tu thc u, u"e the pnbltc school gym 111 the building. l'ar" bill!. citizens· uf Tacoilia ior ha\'lng .'\ 11 addition t() the huilding', Reinforced Co nc rete Ill;,,1e it possible tl) cdl for bids -I-6".;U Icet. \\ ill take cart· uf the 'I ht' nc\\ gymlla,iu1ll will be all <I tl! let the cor tr:lct un J un� Li. varsity io(Ot!J:tll t e a Ill. rublling lOll, trllned of reinfurced concrete rOUllls, Cl;tI:"llLent rUOlns, and of \'', ith -teel beams iur the ceiling. fices for the coache.s. Provision Tlte Illdin huilding will be 13-1- 142 has been llladc fur a Swilllllling in roOlu ,,,atiug' be Icel. Th"rc will pool, which will be the next nnit tilc Idt'acilcr,· f()r 2,300 peuple. The cOllstructed wheu the prescut fund Dr. S. C. East\·old. President of lIl;lill plaYln� fluur will be SOx90 rdi�itl� ":lIT1!");\i!"""tl l"'d,,-, that ::tc1i.laciiic i .LltIH (all LUJ;ege, recc.:ivt:li fed \\·ith a ten-loot marglll around dition possible. the following "tatelllcnt from the the elltire area. It will be used for The gynlnasinlll will face J ohn Secretary of the Augustana Synod: the ilitra-lliural g-ames by - dividing son street (Iirectly opposi· te the "In response to your telegram, the g� lllna,inlLl into t\\'o fields. In ad- College Golf Course and football Augustana Synod took action as field. Directly we,t of the new follo\\'&: ke';llln,d, that, The Au< gymnasium, a bascball field is in o gllstana Synud ta ke� cognizance ;; AI preparation. South oi the building ut the loss by fire on Jnnc 4 at S four new tennis COllrts will be .. n i'al'ific Lutht'f;JII College of its _. coustructed. gYlllnasil1lll ant! SCiCllce depart_. Causeway IIlellts. \\'e l1rg� especially the n A causeway \vill be huilt irolll churches in the :I[('a sen'ed by Pater
10. 1946, in order that the
1946.
Lea
011 the
building
planned that bids are
Iloar<l lllay make ib decision at it� . anuuai nlecting on October 16,
a facnlty
Ea"tvuld.
tile
it i;;
to he calIed for on ur before Oc
,\iter e'te'l,i\1:: siudy, plans han' I>"en Jra\\ n and specified by i i r nl
Adlllini,tra
,\t the present
a ne'.\' (il'rllliton·.
tilllC',
j
architectural
I'roduction
tion for !,riority for the erection
Legllll.
tile
of the C()llege tc' I,clition the
Civiliall
tu the finll 'L-'Ylllll�.':lillIlI clllt " T;::c(lllla, \Va"h Constrllcticol' kh already
j)olph
ill'·tull.
ident
g I"
turn left
across
I
�
Refurbished!
Centennial Fund
\t the Ietti!lI'; "f tiw contract. pos<.: of !!ettin)! extra funds to hel;.! CUlltlI1\'.t: to aid.
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