College bulletin 1949 december

p� ��ale e(Jttege inter � § nlletin COLLEGE WILL SHA E IN ALC $3 MILLION DRIVE

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Spiritual Emphasis Weeks Scheduled

Gets 80% of N.W. District Ingathering

held on the campus during the school

College are cheered with the news

Two Spintual Emphasis weeks arc

All

yeaT. During the month of October,

at

the

Chapel

and cO(Jp("'ation to he found in America. Even though Pacifi(' Lu·

Port Angeles, Washington, will "om e

theran College is legally owned by the Pacific Dis t ri ct of the Evangeli­

to tl1(> Collcg-r' to conduct the official

Spiritual Emphasis Week during" the

cal Lutheran Church, still the insti­ tUlion will share with other institu­

week of F bruary 26 to, and includ­ ing, March 3. During that time, Pas­

tions of the A.L.C. in this ingather­

tOl' Fischcr, Se c.r etary of the North­

ing.

west District of the Am riean Lu­ will

spea k

The total "Pro�ressi\'c Goal" 'Ct

up by the A

every

m.orning at Chapd, conduct an evc­

ing devotional hour ev er y day ;It

7

and Finance, w i t h full Synodical approval, is $1, I 00,000.

This "Progressive Goal" is to bt' realized as soon as possible within

his office, as well as mix

with the students at their various

the nc-xt five years.

gatherings during that week.

Dr. S. C. Siefkes, President of th

In addition to S piritua l E mph as i s

Northwest

Week, Chapel services are held daily by administration and faculty peo­

DRIVE COMMITTEE MEETS-Shown ab ove are

members of th·; :'\orthwcst D ist rict A.L.e. education drive committee who met recently at PLC. From left to right the y include Harold Ricke, Rev. L. Gold­

ple, together with special gu sts th:lt

come

in

from

tIme

to

time.

enman, Dr. S. C. Eastv ol d, Dr. H. F. Schuh, Dr. S. C. Sid\es , and Rev. E. C. Wuest

The

Trustees old Annual Meel:ing

morning devotional hours are held in

.ollcgc gymnasium at 9:4-0 to

the

10:15 daily. Evening devoti on al s are

held in the various dormitories every

evening

'It.

about

Thc College Board of

10 to 10:30 p.m.

rustcf'S

held its annual meeting on October

Special meetings arc held every week y ,ud, t);",,;,.,.;vl,., 013 th . ""- --

13. In the evening following the all -

( seated ) .

PLC Dependent on UCEA Success; Dr. Eastvold Notes Keen Interest [ E. students frum our own congregations

By S. C.

Evcrvwh('[c I Ira"" l people art' is far lar g e r than ('vcr bdorc, thus .

Board " f.I ave a S,IllOf- ask' 'mg tlle ques t'\ JO, "IT '10" \. th m... ,. . ' ' r;ng � s ,u. "orkers at .. us. of nl" c'dcd Devotionals," t pt for ord d f on ul L"nitcd � r a e e b g a aB e t-y c h hristian home 8nd abroad, and i ath ring fo th rec dents Association," the "1-l iss ion So- g s . their wivt's in th(' Student Union.

E.(1ucatlOn l\PP"?

I go mg A . 'J" "'h "'''I:IEREAS , . l en I . , none 0f Our twcl ' . ciety," the visits to Home for the Among the many fficial [esolu· c e ac to the College, the Fac- institutions has buildings and cquipo om b k A ged, the jails, and other institutions adopted by the Board, those or ulty and S;udcnt .He all deeply con· lI1cnt necessary to the successful op­ tions. �cncral i.nterest to readers of this ecr!lcd about how the Appeal is nation of high standard Christian < ;:0'0 0 " Bulletin include: 0 f!,-oi n�. Naturally, ht're at Pacific colleges and other schools, and 0 U

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press its dccp and heartfelt apprecia­

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tion to the Am

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dcpcndcnt upon the success of this

financial appeal for Pacific Lutheran

buildill� will include, and house, our

that the Board unite in prayer and

support

in

every

way

possible

cial, educational, and spiritual suc­

cess as it is carried on in the North­

western District in the year 1950."

"RESOLVED, that the Board ex­

press its thanks and app rc e iatio n to the

three

Cooperating

Synods for

appropriations for the current fund,

s well as money given to the Build­

ing Fund of the College."

"RESOLVED, that the Board

ami

Wl'

r('cd it vny much. This new

Chapel, Auditori'lm, Speech, 1I1usic,

Drama

and

remember

cla,groom5. When

that iive

years

we

ago

we.:

had 144 student; in College, while

this year we have 993 (approximate­

to ly 100 part time and extension), it is easy to see that one new huilding

make this finc appeal a real finan­

I

we are so vcry

App(,·al. Vie need a new building,

a

"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,

n

Lutheran College,

n Lutheran

poses.

D1 :::I

...

a

in 1950 for building e x pans ion pur­

..

� at

I' i e

ollege in the Northwcstern District

=" at

a at CI at

e

Chun'h for its deCIsion to carry on

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"RESOLVED, that thc Board eX­

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cIav th 1 nl('('ting-, �

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ca n Lutheran

ardship

ling metings with students that will 0

111 C ri

Chlll'ch Icad�rs in th e field of Stew­

until 8, ancl hold spiritual counsel­ com e

learning in the year is one of th" most out­

standing E'xampks of Lutheran unity

of Holy Trinity Luthcran Chlll'eh,

Church,

of

1950. Here

ev. Carl E. Fischer, Pastor

th e ran

Lutheran

building purposes for all of its in­

stitutions

hour.

The

Pacific

will conduct an appeal for funds for

ducted the first week of Spiritual Emphasis. He spoke at the daily de­ programs

of

that the American Lutheran Church

Dr. E. B. Steen, collegc pastor, con­

votional

friends

ex­

press its appreciation for tht: whole­

heartt'd cooperation throughout the

is tht' minimum we need for purpo se.

This

doesn't

say

a

this

word

about the new dormi tori es we should

have, and other buildings in addi-

tion.

The success

Must!

of this Appeal is

a

passed by the

948 Convention

of

the Evangelical Lutheran Church:

Pacific Lutheran College area upon

"WHEREA , God has continued

have been enrolled for the fall semes­

the students at uur educational insti­

"RESOLVED, that the plan for

bonuses

for

the

faculty

and

staff

members of the Collegc as prese nted

by President Eastvold be approved.

It is understood tha t 5'/;, of all sal­ aries paid to regular employees of

the American Lutheran Church on ('taber 20, 1949 , as follows: "R e­

cently your Stewardship and Finance

Committee ll1('t with Dr. H. F. Sch uh and Dr.

S.

C. Eastvold at Pacific

Lutheran College for the purpose of setting up the pro/(r;l1n for the spe­

cial ingahering in behalf of our Edu­ cational Institutions. This is th e spe­

c.i.al

(,JYl pha sis

can Lutheran

for

""f

r>ntir Arnrt:i­ 1 50.

'hun,h in

"W' arc happy, of course, that

our

Pacific

Lutheran

College

has

bcen counted in as onc of our regu­

lar schools, and that 80 per cent of

all monies gathered within our Dis­

trict will go directly to P.L.C. This

is in accord with the request of our our Church have alre ady app r ov e d District at its last two conventions. ingatherings for institutions within "Dr. Eastvold has been appointed their borders, and by our Church as the Director for "WHEREAS, the Board of Trus­ The

Evangelical

our District, and your Stewardship

Lutheran and Finance Committee has appoint­ Church and the Board of Education ed 9 key men to work in close co­ tees

of

have approvt>d several of these pro­ operation with Dr. Eastvold. Thru

posed ingatherings, and "\VHEREAS,

the office of youI' chairman, Pastor

several

institutions

E. C. Wuest, Dr. Eastvold and cer­

aln-ady have adopted plans for ap­

tain members of his staff ar

rit'd out in the immediate future, and

congregations

pCills in a given territory, to be car­

making

thems.-Ives available to the various in

our

District,

as

appeal

much as time' will permit. You wiLl

ful to the Church, and would de­

"But here is something important:

one

"WHEREAS,

joint

b more economical, more be hearing from PastoT Wuest con­ eff e ct ive, more psychologically he lp­ cerning this.

would

cid edly tend t o unify o ur whole edu­ You are earnestly requested to send to Dr. Eastvold a complete mailing ca tional p ro g ra m , a nd

The E.L.C. Resolution "WHEREAS, the Board of Trus­ list of all families within your parish, Let us first take a look at the tees on March 30, 1949, by resolu­ so that informative materials may be resolution which was drawn up and tion endorsed 'the Church-wide ap­ mailed dir!:ctly from th.. College Of­

being informed that 992 students to bless the: work, the teachers and

ter of the school year 1949-1950."

"WHER EAS, several districts of

Distr'ict, addre ssed the pastors of the �orthwest District of

tutions, causing them to cuntribute

greatly to the glowth of our Church

and the advancement of the King­ dom, and

"WHEREAS,

the

<:nrollmcnt

of

void be attthori"d to enter into all­

fice. We arc thankful that the Col­ Edu­ lege will take ove r this big chore.

peal for Christian education in 1949 <IS

presented by thc Board of

cation,' therefore be it "RESOLVED:

"a)

That The Evangelical Church

authorize the

Board of Education,

the Board of Trustecs, and the De­

partment of Stewardship, in cooper­

ation with our colleges and Luther Theological Seminary,

and carry out

a

It means so much to us. It is im­

port-ant that you forward your mail­

to

Church-wid

organize

appeal

in 1949 for funds for capital invcst-

ing list to the College as soon as pos­

sible. It ought to be in the Co llege office vcry SOon. So p1t:ase atten d to

this right away, will you?

Thank

you so very much f or your cooper­

ation

"This Emphasis and Ingathering

shall, under Cod, be a great thing.

You will remember that for our last

the College be paid on December 21 and that an additional 5% be given

nuity agreements with such people

mcnt, building, and equipment.

on the same basis on July 31, 1950, pr oviding the financial status of the

with the Collegl'."

College mak es it fc-asiblc and pos­

press its deep

and hereby is chosen and rcquested trict stood head and shoulders above to be the general director of the any other District in the American

sible."

administration,

"RESOLVED, that President East-

as desire to plato> their funds in trust "RESOLVED,. that the Board ex­

appre ciation to th faculty,

and

(Continued on Page Thre )

taff

"b )

That Dr. A. J. Bergsaker be

appeal and that he be authorized to

select and employ whatever help and (Continued on Page Two)

Ingath.ering our Northwestern Dis­

Lutheran Church. I have every con­

fid nce that our District will make

( Continued

on Page Fou r )

PACIFIC LUTHERAN COLLEGE WINTER NEWS BULLETIN

Page Two

College Needs UCEA Funds

doubled,

the verse

reached as much as ten times the

with these words:

'Even

so run; that ye may attain.' We, too,

are in a race, It is a race against

(Continued from Page On')

time, If our Appeal is going to be

assi lance he may need,

"c)

to win the prize, and then concludes

completed

at

the

time

dcsi 'nated

That the i1mount of the drive thus far, it will mean that w

for capital investment on th' part

will

and

in

some

have'

cascs

allocated Synodical bud�et for 1949,

Many individuals have given large

December, 1949

went out for its ,chools m 1945 and

p;atht'rcd up

a

However, they found it wasn't sufficient

and,

only

fivc

sums ranging from �500 to $5,000

they are going out

goal to b" reached,

fewer schools than

in order to make it possible for this 1\.fany

have to triple our efforts_ The late st

congregations

have

found

He

years

had

so many

possihilities

and

talents for se rvice, But Henry Kan­

grea t sum of Inoney,

A few days ago

ning is not dead!

later,

he

moved

into

one

whole

college

in 1950 for $3,- faculty, and into the lives of hun100,000 for their schools, They have dreds of young people sittin'S in the has the E v an g c li- morning

cal Lutheran Church, However, thcy

LuI have to ld the story

.hapel hour at Pacific

theran Coll ege,

report shows that, as of November it impossible to do their fair share put it on a " Pro gr essiv e Goal" basis_ of th i s good man evcrywhert' I have , set at $_,000,000 with the proviso 4, ' 64-6,340, II has come in in cash; toward th" United Chdstian Educa- They will .:;-ive the schools five years gone_ He hm heen an inspiration like that the Board of Trustees set t h e $143,483,24 in pledges, which makes tion Appeal during the year 1949 time to reach this goaL The friends the works of Dorcas held up in the

of the colleges and secondary schools

tiDle of duration of the solicitation. a total of $789,823.35. There wiJI be and have "d) That the five senior colleges a great deal of money that will be Lu ther

and

Theological

Seminary

shall share equally in the funds gath-

du r in g

remitted

the

next thre e

months. We had hoped by the en d

J't'quested

to

permission

c o ntinue their support of the App"al

of

P.L,C,

should

know

that

AIJIl'rican Lutheran Church

the Bible story of old_ He will always

has tak- be an example in the minds of those

Decembt'1' 31, 1949, f'n this institution into its warm cmFrom the resolution of the Church, hrace in this noble efforL Tht:re was made in 1948 in point C, it is evi- not a singil' vote against g-oing- out de n t that the Church has a tho rize d a second time in fiv,' years for the beyond

ered, with the provision th at the of November we should have hit the u . 'eminary shall be limited to the one million dollar mark, and that at maximuUl amount of $100,000, th .. end of December we should be the "Board of Trustees to set thl" A_L C_ schools, "d That the junior colleges and hitting- $I ,250,000, and that at the time of duration of the sol icitat ion ," The U.L.C.A., An E xam ple

secondary schools shall receive a pcrcenti\," "_ e of the income to be deter-

"Wht'_n one, goes out I'n the fJ'.- ld ' rnincd by the Board of Education a lnong tl1 .'P, pastors, the above does and the Board of T ru stl 'es after a not s eeln too optl'ml'stl'c, Howe ver,

ry

crops wcre to be, that !Circat illustra­

tion and example in life would havc

bct'n left out.

I day,

He

was

called

that

and he acted thf; n,

. Grosf'Ield , 1" rs, LOUIS n r. and'1 '1 L au IS a continuation of the United Chrisontana, 1 T'1mber, M $6,000,000 for its instituti ons 0f G rosf'IeId af B'1 tian Education Appeal until the time ' The newspapers nport th at I attend C d th e C'IrCUI't mCt:t'mg th ere karmng, and therefor", makes it possible for

end of January $1,500,000,

of us who know his life. Had H

waited until fall to sc:e what the

the Board of Trustees to authorize

The United Luthe ran Church of

Amnica .

will

go

out in

1950

for

I

,,,,,rs, And th ere are M r. and -..

receIves tI1e re ports from of the General Con e ntion in June they expect to do this in six days, on a Sunday mOT ' h t. I saw th-" young quite a Shurson's office each day, thc above of 1950, This seems to be That certainly is a challenge to ev- man of 32 get up and acknowledge (1948 Report, pages 59, 455, 497, prospects may seem somewhat on universal demand_ Those who have crybody in the Christian Church having given a whole Bible camp to failed to do their bit certainly do �98,) " thc 'up' side, runnIng Christian institutions of the Big Timber CircuiL I wanted to Dr, L. W. Boe, An E xample "No matter what may be the i m - not want to be left out when the ' Iearnmg_ Hat aff t0 these brcthren mt'''t ' that man, I shook his hand, I A considera ble amount of debate mediate results, we cannot let up roll is called at the Convention in him about the United Christian told to enough out go faIth havc who 0 9 ' ' ht weII ask ne mIg , l,as be n carri d on as to whether until the entire amount of $2,000,000 J une af 1 , 50, ' A ppeal , O n Tliesday af t' ' EdueatIOn _ m thclr " 0f a captIOn ,with that kmd or not the entire Church, with 'very is raised, and let none say that this the questIOn, How can pastors and " AppeaL "Vl th all hands on deck, and ernoon he an d h'IS f-me young WI'f e ' l (' spend a wee k or two 0f thel ' pastor and e ve r y congregation, cannot be accomplished, When we peopI. I everybody working, who is there drovc m - forty ml' cs to Har I owton, should join in supporting a resolu­ consider the fact that we have spent time where it will do more good, las t Montana, I wish I could pass on to that would darc to say that it can't tion w h ie h had a considerable a whole year in praying, prodding, longer in its influence, than to gather you the spiritual example w had as be done, amount of o ppositi on, and pushing, and that only now half up this sum of money to ma ke $2,­ wc sat in the car the r e conversing Some Notable E xam ples I like to thi nk of the example of of thc Church is beginning to roll, 000,000 for the extension of the about this challenge while we were There are some notable examples our late, sainted, and beloved Dr. then we should not he discourag ed , work of God m Christia n higher waiting for the train to take me to of g-iving in this AppeaL Should we L, W, B;", President of SL Olaf If we will plan very carefully for education and in the bui lding of the midwest, Th y ar' people of write them all, it would take at least College for nearly twenty-five years, the months that lie � head, every- thc Church? moderate means, but with grellt A telegram has just been rf'ccived a small book_ When I now pick out It was my privilege to be one with thing will work itself out fine, hearts, They have obligations plus a few, I trust that those who have him on the Centennial Committee, "From the above, we can easily from R ev, Clarence Solberg of San three little ehildren_ The wife was which went out to gather $1,400,000 see that wc are very mu ch in the Bruno, California, in which he says, done just as weU in proportion will of the opinion that when the chil­ for the Church as a whoie, Many of race as yeL If w e can say th at it is "Last minute developments \cad pas­ not feel that they have been left out. dren get bigger, they might not be us remember how desperately op­ a ra ce of three laps, then we can tors to believe it far wiser to ha e We do need to have some stand out able to do anything of outstanding as examples, p os -d he was to the Centennial in­ well imagine ourselves in the second the Appeal in January, 1950, rather importance, You may be sure that Hen ry Kanning t h a n in November, 1949," This gathering, He used every means at lap, with onc lap to go, , it was a moment that I shall never hill disposal to stop it. He had deep I cam .. into the homestead house "The first lap was the period from seems to be the sentiment in many forget, when betw ee n the two 0f convictions in that matter. He had last October until August I of this circles, They do not want to do it of baehelor Henry Kanning, Plenty them, joining in prayer, they cheer­ perfect right to oppose iL Every­ year, at which time we changed the at a time whcn it might jeopard ize wood, Montana, during the early fully pledged $5,000 toward the ppeaL This ma ' spring of 1949_ r sai d to th ' .gentlc=-­ one should oppose th i n s whcn he organizational sd IP s omewha L The the SUCCeSS of the United Christian Education AppeaL has convictions that run deep into second lap will be through Dece m­ be onc of the rcasons why we have man, "Henry, we are looking for Modest people as they are, I know his very nature, However, when he ber 31, and if there is to be a third reached only half-way when som onc hundred men in our one hun­ that they will hav e mingled emo­ lost out III his opposition, he turned lap, and I am of the firm conviction of us had hoped we would have been dred circuits who can and will give tions when they read these lines, not around, and with equal strength, he that it cannot be anything else but over the top by November I, 1949. $5,000, We are looking for one knowing that their gift and example went at the job of supporting the that, thw the lap will be from Jan­ U,M.A., An Example thousand men that will give $500, shines so far. I am going to be inter­ Centennial ingathering_ I was with uary 1 un til the completion of the We well remcmber that when the and we are looking for five hundred ested to scc how God deals with e him on nany occasions, speaking to­ AppeaL Church allowed the Unit d Mission men that will give $1,000, and then, people who a re so willing to give gether with him in con<Tregations "It becomes very necessary that Appeal to go forth for $2,000,000 Hen ry, we arc going to look for of their means to a great cause, and before groups, Everyone knows we consider how we run from now that the goal was not reached at the thousands and thousands and thou­ Mr. and Mrs. Hjalmer Borrod today that Boe w as wrong in the on_ Certainly we should ' run so as time of the deadline, The Board of sands of peo pl e who can and w il l first place and that he was ri ght in to attain.' "tic dare not do othcJ- Trus tees saw fit to extend the time, gi\'C sums of $100, $75, $50, $25, It was at Williston, North Dakota,

careful

study

o[ the comparativc

needs of the inst itutions,

\IIhen one

v

�

t'

t he second, Thc point of importance WIse,

"In what remains of the se cond

is th i s, that whcn the. Church has spoken, the entire Church moves,

The U.C,E.A. a Reality The United Christian Education

Appeal has been launched,

A trc­

mendous amount of effort has bee n

lap, the period from now until the

dose of the year, there are several

things

that

should

be

considered,

Tlwy are three in number, as I se them,

I)

That

we

approach

the

Board of Trustees for an extension of

which made it possible for the Unit-

t'd

Mission

Appeal

(Foreign

sions a nd Homc Missions)

Mis-

to come

within $2 00,000, approximately, of

their goaL

C ntennial

Appeal, An Example

How wcll many of us remember that the Ce ntennial Appeal for $1,-

put i nto the whole matter. Of all the appeals I have had a part in time_ 2) Approach to pastors and '100,000 was set for five years, We since my ordi nation in 19 2 0, I know congregations from now until De- g ot pledges from people covering of none that has had more of dfort cembe r 31, And 3) P erfe cti ng of an 60 months, It i sn' t reasonable t hat put into it than this one, In

the

first

place

we

organizational

have

the

valiant leadership of Dr. Mars Dale,

who l ef t his ark as President of the Canada District for this entire year to put into it everything he has had of brain and brawn and spirit. Add­ ed to him has been the splendid work done by the Publicity Commit­

tee,

Few cffor

good

publicity

Then we hav Directors,

have had so much

as

this on> has had.

lhose of

Directors,

the

hundreds of people on our faculties,

and congregational kadel's that have

one their bit to make our appeal

for

1950,

If

who are directing the

Appeal could have had

In

an

address

Directors, Dr.

to

the

Mars Dale

Associ ate said on

November 10, 1949, "Paul uses in

I Corinthians 9:24 the figure of a

race.

He mentions that someone has

1IIorc

tunity to chip in and feel that they have a part

first planned, It is the pastors and that

added time.

"The

have ask ed

question arises as to

for how

much of an 'xtension of time should requested, It is my opini on that

we should ask that the Appeal be continued until the General Convention of the Church

money could be gotten in that par­

in this great AppeaL" ish, He had gathered a great sum of

This big, sturdy man of 63

years

looked back at me with steady eye, As I saw him there I thought he

money for a new church, They were

just ga the ring up a lot of money for

a

first

class

Old

People's

They had just givcn liberally toward

said slowly, "If you had come to me

hood, They had done their part in

any college football team, Then he a fine

in the thirties, I couldn' t have g i ven

every

Bible Camp in the neighbor­ 0 t h e r

department

whi c h ,

stand, is to be held Jun e

of

the

you $30, but since 1940 we have Church_ It was reasonable to assume than that in only t w ei v e had good crops and good prices, and that there wouldn't be much money

years beyond the time of the bcginning,

Home,

could well have been the center on

Stewardship Secretary of the Church, ought to be the m an, " I looked back would have been over and the Ap- goes a tremendous amount of credit at him_ I was so stunned I could peal finished by December 30, as because he went on working five hardly believe it. It was too easy!

congregations

whether or not any large amount of

it the way mon th s_ To Dr. A, J. Bergsaker, if anybody ought to j:{ive $5,000, I to be had, But valiant

This

,ade it possible for uS

to have about $2,500,00 instead of

$1,400,000, which was the original

goaL Without that, we would no t have a new building at thc Seminary

to be dedicate d during the time of

Then

a5

Rev, Ner­

vig is, he said, "Let us try it:' I

shall never forget coming into the

fine, yet humble, home of Mr. and

I said , "Henry, do you rcally Mrs, Borrud, This gentleman is a

mean it?", and he answer d, "Yes, baker, He you have come to me in the name

sleeps

a few hours and

works long days, He is up at three

of the Lord, and I feci that wha I or four in the morning to get the have I have as a gi ft from Him:' bread r dy for the restaurants. We So he pledged $5,000, with half of came into his house. He said , "I it this year and half of it in 1950, heard the story last Sunday. We have

the Conventiun in 1950, I was re- because of the gov ernme nt' s arrange- decided that we want to give $5,000

I u nd er- cc.ntly told hy Dr. B ergsaker that ments for income tax credit. I ate to this AppeaL" I looked at Pastor 21 to 27 thc Rocky MountaIn District gavc the meal t hat had been prepared in Nervig, and it seemed to mc that he

for two million dollars a rcality. next summer. By that time every Thousands of dollars wor th of Cree congregation in the Church should service have b en given by this whole be lined up on a definite program : ' army of people.

Many Have Done Very \Vell "It Is a Race Against Time" Many congregations and individDr. Mars Dale

we can at any t i me we choose, do

and last March, Pastor Ncrvig doubted

orphan have been g'iven an oppor-

we would have liked, then the work

the splendid District b

Circuit

us

setup

and down until the la st widow

$160,000 to the Centennial Appeal

because an extc.nded time was given,

In this Appeal we ask only $49,000

the kitchen and we nt my way, Two

months later I was in Minneapolis

almost fell off his chair. He didn't

realize

that he had such generous

and word came to mc that Henry

peoplc under his pulpit. The preach-

and it looks like they will go to and had died. It wa s a real shock

doing its work. This was but reaping

from the Rocky Mountain Dislrict, be -

Kanning had gone w est in Montana ing of the word had for years b en

r know that the whole pledge a part of the harvest. Then Mr, ecedingly welL A great many congre- yond the goal. Thl e che ers for the will be paid because it will be count- Borrud went on to say, "If I don't gations have gathered in a sum Rocky Mountain District! cd as a debt in the estate when it is live long enough to pay this pledge equal to 115% of the allocat ed American Lutheran Church, finally settled. It shocked me to in five years, you will get it because Synodical budget for 1949, while An Example th ink that a man of that kind had it will be nam d in my will." Last many others have doubled, or fiveThe Amcrican Luthe ran Church suddenly died, and so early in life, I (Continued on Page Thre ) uals in the Church have done ex-

about $75,000, or about

50%

to me,

December, 1 949

PACIFIC LUTHERAN COLLEGE WINTER NEWS BULLETIN

We Dare Not Fail

(Continued from Page Two) Sunday

I

was

in

Williston

Page Three as a pastor in the American Lutheran

Our Lutheran system of Christian

again

Church i n the west."

ov. 1 3, 1949 ) . Of all the happy Higher Education is among the best

(

people I have met, none were hap-

of its kind in America. From 3,500

pi" f than M r . and Mrs. Borrud when

students

ago

years

five

"WHEREAS, Pastor has

have

we

� little chat whm we left the Droth-

came cancelled,

very

this

than

000 is

the beginning. . . . thIS suhJect untt!

J cannot leave

T te ll th

so pitifullY little when

think

Two Montana Ranchers

readers of th e P.L.C . Win-

tcr " ('ws Bulletin about two Monlana mncht'rs. With two pastors we

I

of

the

good

SOL VED, That the Board express a

Christian

Education enterprise. And $2,000,it's

doing.

deep and heartfelt thanks to Pastor O. A. Schmidt for the many yeat·s of

we

service he. has given to Pacific Lu­

It

Pacific District

new snow. We found a father of 7 4

much money

I unnecessarily, unwisely, and foolishly

"RESOLVED ,

Be Not Content Unless Goal Is R ea che d

into the house. We stoked the stove finally the house was comfort-

and

f:lther told his

able. Then thl' old

story. He expected that there might not be another appeal for things like this while h(' was still aliv,'. H e said what

h

would do. In the meantime,

Let no pastor, no school man, no

2,725 churches be

member of our

content until at least the minimum goal of 115 '10 of the

1 9 '19 Church

budget has bern pledged by June 21,

h aps

he was

would

I,

children give

that

anything.

father

Sometimes

don't want the fathers

anything

away because

to

there

will be less when the will is read.

achievement

up his face and said wi.th conviction and with Christian humility, "I want t o gi e twice as much as father just

pledged. You sce, I cannot preach, :!ling.

I cannot teach, and I canllot If I can't

give some money,

then there isn't anything I can do:' All three of us were deeply moved.

I said to him, "Bless your heart, can preach, and I

can

I

teach, and

:somebody else can sing, but I can't make money like you can. You give what you can give i n the form of money, and I will give what I can i n terms of service, and togethcr wc will build the Christians institutions

Qf learning and the Church. Be as­ su red, my dear brother, that you arc

as important out here on the ranch

raising

sheep

and

attic

as

I

am

preaching i n the pulpit or directing -one of our colleges. When wc are Tone, and you are frc<::zing i n the wInter,

and

almost boiling

summer out here on praIrIeS

rcmember

turning money

yourself ii

liquid

the

t h a t

into

in

the

Montana you

are

money,

personality,

for it

is

coined character. and it is petrified weat." It was a happy and blessed 'Occasion.

this

great

crusade.

of St.

Paul, "Forgetting the things

that arc behind, we press on."

There is no way to success in any­ thing except the hard way. Certainly that is true i n this ingathering for our schools. But if every pastor will put

in

one

solid

week

soliciting,

either in his own parish o r i n the neighboring parish, we will succeed.

Many other efforts bear far less fruit than this. Sometimes, when w e look back upon any week of _ our lives, when we think we have had so much I

busy,

have

"Just what

tenibly

been so

and we've

do,

to

the

asked

question,

happened ? " Perhaps one

or two of that kind of weeks could have bcen left out and more effort

'Nithout our schools, you would have no pastor, and without any pastor, there would be no church, and with­ out the church, we would soon have

a fine form of heathenism even m

our much blesscd America."

A Five-Man Commission

At thc Synod mceting in 1 948 the to study ou r schools and to draw up

regulations for the purpose of con­ trolling them. Let us keep i n mind that if the Church wants to control port them. The price of control is support. Right here at Pacific Lu­ theran

College, where

our

budgct

has gone from $ 1 00,000 to $500,000 for the current operations each year, the increase gone

only

$25,000.

from

from

Many

the Church has

about

$15,000

Christian

to

colleges

have gotten away from the church in other denominations because they ha

to go to ontsiders to get money

for building purposes and for cur­ rent operations.

What Are We to D o ?

Now what are we to do about i t all ?

It is a certainty that w e can

succeed.

We havc been at the in­

the

as

the

gathering now for abou t six months.

U . C . E .A. Let uS lift our eyes unto

We still have six months to go before

interest

of

such

put

forth

t h i n gs

21,

that thc Board of

express

its

sympathy

to

are Gudrun Ness of the student body who have suf­ D oroth y Brann Malmin who pl ayed fered losses in their families through

1 950. No kind of excuse

thc harvest and see that i t is great.

June

Don't wait for somebody else to d o

can possibly make up for failure. If

your w o r k for y o u . Pitch in. There

one thousand miniliters will get busy

"RESOL VED, that the Board ex­

Prexy Dedicates E lectric Organ The

new

dedicated

Hammond

in

the

organ

press its

appreciat ion of the news which has been conveyed that Mrs. Malinda Eri ckson, Aberdeen , Wash­

ington, remembe red the College by willing one-third of her estate to the

was

Student U n i o n

institutio n. The Board expresses its deep and heartfelt thanks to God for vembc r 20, 1 949, at 4- p . m . Music the beautiful, rich, and useful life was furnished by Mrs. Dorothy B. which Mrs. Malinda E rickson ren­ Malmin at the organ and Mrs. Gud­ der e d to the Church through the run Ncss Ronning as vocal soloist.

Deaconess Hospital i n C h i c a g o, Dr. S . C. Eastvold, College Presi­ through the W . M . F . in the West, dent, formally dedicated the organ. through service given in the Sunday In his address, Dr. Eastvold callcd School, Women's Organizatio ns, and attention to the fact that the word the Church in general during her "organ" appcars four timcs in th e lifetime. Blessed bc her memory."

Bible; onc in the book of Genesis, "RESOLVED, that thanks be giv­ twice in the book of Job, and once en to Almighty God for His blessings in the book of Psalms, He notcd that showered upon Pacific Luthcran the Bible speaks of the organ bcino­ College and the work of the institu­ used for those who sin, for those who tion during the present year." weep, and for those who rejoice.

The following officers were elected The organ has been paid for out Lounge on

in

could have been

Evangelical

death."

several organ numbers.

these schools, th �l Ohurch must sup­

The Hard Way

Sunday afternoon, No­

of Building Fund money at a cost of for the ensuing year, 1 949- 1 950:

Chairman, Dr. H . L. Foss ; Vice­

$2,200. Dr. Eastvold expressed thc

hope that somehody would take the

CI1alri1iai1, Rcv. F. J. Molter; Sec­

opportunity to purchase the organ

retary, Mr. Arne Strand; Treasurer,

either as a memorial to someone, or

utive

as a n outright gift, or i n honor of

Ford.

, and have a silver plate placed on it,

Mr. F. E. Edlund; member of Exec­

somebody that may be living. He re­

Commi ttee,

Mr.

Morris

E.

Rev. C. H. Norgaard called for the

ferred to the Baldwin organ which

floor and delivered an unusually fine

was bough t earlier in the year by eulogy which was directed toward of Volin, South Dakota, Dr. S . C. E astvold. He reviewed the which was dedicated in memory of history of the school during the last

friends

his own father, the late Rev. C . J . seven years, during which time Dr. Eastvold, D . D . , one time Presidcnt o f Eastvold had been the President. t h e Hauges Synod and later Presi­ Having been a Pastor in the West

those

and raisc one. thousands dollars each

who work faithfully and hard i n the

on thc average, it will be a million.

dent of the Southern M innesota Dis­

during the

vineyard. Such a solicitation by the

That will bring us ahout to the goal.

trict

pastor will give him opportunity to

Let us follow the plan laid down by

Church.

he gave expression to the .ighs and

the

the Directors of the U . C . E . A. Onc

are

great

awaiting

blessings

to thc people, pray with

talk

which

people,

should

be

done

in

weakness in th

whole plan is thc

of

the

Evangelical

Lutheran

dent of the College.

turning of the whole matter over to

things that otherwise might he prob­

lay people without the definite, full­

mad

lems along other lines. Let us help

fledged, all out support of the min­

the

ister. Where the minister goes out

unusual

every

to see the people himself, the con­

solicitation,

people

millions

to

they

and

to

divert some of arc

spending

past thirty-sevcn years ,

prayers tha t had been in the hearts Anyone interested in paying for of friends of Christian higher educa­ this organ should write to the Presi­ tion and evidenced the depressive

explain

every

our

Chris Knutzen Yes,

in

We will need to rcmember the words

Imagine my surprise when he lifted

and

who sang, and

I fclt that per­ to 27 will rejoice i n a successful Synod clected a fivc-man commission

resenting

gi",·

( centc r ) ,

Ronning

1 950. The Eva.ngclical Lutheran the son was sitting and scraping his Church a t its Synod meeting June 2 1

feet o n thc floor, and

the

membe.rs of the faculty and members

school. Other participants in the ev e nt held reccnt!

Their confidence in the Church will be shaken if we fail to d o this job

were bachelors. They willingly came

Trustees

dedicated a new Hammond electric organ reccntly purchased by the

arc watching us. They are expectant .

the sheep and cattle. Mother had ocen dead for quite some time. Thcy and compl,·te it with success.

of

Lutheran Church."

every sixty days. Our young people DEDICATE ORGAN-Dr. S. C. Eastvold, president of the college, (left ) drove out through fourteen inches of and a s o n of 40 ou t looking after

a mem­

ber of the Board of Trustees i n the

in our m cmbership of 8 00,000

I souls are spending that

,011 ge "hile he was

theran

means only an average of $10.00 per . famI'1 y. I am convmce d t h at t h to peo-

I pie

be­

"T H E R E F O R E , BE IT RE­

h ear t w as gladdened to see that they we carry on that will be more im­ portant

Portland,

term on the Board automatically

("rhood Convention which was he ld 3,500 more today than w e had fivc f mission can m thc high school gymnasium. M y years ago. What kind

nine months later as they were at

O. A . Schmidt

call at

burg Publishing House and thus his

ha ppy we should be that we have

wnc as happy about the gift nearly

his

Oregon, to take a position at Augs­

reached 7,000 during this year. How

1.hey waited in the evening to havc

resigned

circumstances which had, at times,

I

Trustees Meet ( Continued from Page One)

i t look almost hopeless. W i t h fervency,

Rev.

Norgaard

praised the work of the President of

. the College, who had during these thc Business Manager

and then there is Chris Knut­ week for the world, the devil, and gregations go ovcr the top. If therc members for continued faithful ad- years been

"Zen of B u rlington, Washington. He

the flesh into the channels of God.

has been an offering, let's take an­

hercnee

to

the

duties

assigncd

to while the institution has gone for­

is so well known that he scarcely I t is a fearful rcsponsibility. Pastor other and another until we succced. thI'm." ward materially, academically, and n eeds to be mentioned. He has given Nervig told m "RESOLVED, that thc Board wel- spiritually. All of this was under­ that aftcr we had I know one pastor who wantcd some­ thousands of dollars to Pacific Lu­ gathered $11,500 from a few of his

thing i n his churc.ll., and h e pas� 'd

come to membership Rn . Harry V.

tllcran College during my time here

pcople i n two days, they went out

thc collection plates threc times on

Vietorson

as Presidcnt. I dropped into his home

one

one Sunday morning, and at last in

and Rev. F . J. Molter of Tacoma,

just for a few minutes. He and his

$20,000

for a local projcet. They had given

the third offering there was enough

Washington, respectively."

a lunch to anyone who might come

things. That Church isn't dying be­

afraid of our people. They do not

into thc ir home . I share.d in that. I

cause so much money is being taken

want the pastors to

barely mentioncd to Chris that we

out.

people want unafraid pastors.

were looking for a hundred men who

The Schools Belon g

month later and

ot

hospi table wife w -re ready to serve many thousands before toward other to fulfill his demands. Let us not be

might give

$5,000. And as if that

was settled by Cod whcn it was com­

ing from a servant of the Church,

to Our Peoplc

Let us educate our people through­ ou t

2,725 congregations to under­

stand that these twelve institutions

be afraid. Our

of Los

ng.'les, California,

"WHEREAS, the Rev. W. H. Hell-

girded with the help of God as the

P.L.C., of God's kingdom out hert in the West.

work had gone forward at

thus emphasizing the furthering

Dr. C. A. V. Lund, President of the

man has done outstanding service to

Columhia

Pacific

the

Synod, seconded the speech of Rev.

whole program of Christian higher

Norgaard and expressed his fun a -

years, during which time he served

b en expressed. It was mov d, sec­

cher at Spokam' College and

onded, and carried that thcse senti­

Lutheran

College

and

Conference,

Augustana

Use whatever plan is best i n your education during a great number of proval of the sentiments that had

congregation, but use your plan to thc limit and make it work.

In the meantime, lct us a ll

as a t

speak later at Pacific Lutheran College, mcnts should be included i n the min­

he said i n just a word that he would of learning helong to our people. all the good words we can, use all and i n recent years as a member of utes of the Board and that the Board i e that much sincc it was request­ Sometimes people say, "But we have the effort within our power, and the Board of Trustees, i n this way should express its full

ed.

In

the meantime, he had

just

pledged $5,000 to the Stanwood Old

P

e o p i e's

Home,

and

t h u s

this

U .C .E .A. gift would be deferred un­ til 1950 and 1 95 1 , respectively.

t

t.'lke care of our own work first, then constantly beseech the throne

a.nd then we will See i f we can do

something for the things you talk to us about." I never get through tell­ ing them that, " I am your servant as

of God in our most intense prayers

for an enterprise that is a spiritual

"T H E R E F O R E , BE IT RE-

SOL VED, "That, the Board join i n tMnking

crusade. We need to give our cxam­

Pastor Hellman for his

pie to our sister Church bodies as

services and in praying God's richest blessing upon Pastor Hellman as he

one of the college Presidents and the

wcll as to our own people and to

College belongs to you just as much

oursclves. God has called us ; we dare

continues his scrvice i n the cause of

God looked upon these transactions.

as your congregation belongs to you.

not fail.

Christian higher education as well

hcaven some day and

and

faith

in Dr. East-

ARNE STRAND,

utstanding

see how

I t is going to be interesting to get to

confidence

void's leadership.

Secretary of the Board.

This

issue

is

edited

by

Milton

Nesvig, News Bureau director.

PACI F I C LUTHERAN COLLEG E WINTER NEWS BU LLE TIN

Page Fou r

Colleg'. S hares I n A. L.C. Drive ( Continued from Page One ) the s ame fine record t h i s time. But

with consecrated effort cooperate i n every way. ou r forces

with those of our fellow Luther a n s the

W es t

in

building

our

only College along thc Pacific coast.

Prog r essi v e

The total

that

plained

be handled

will

according

to

Goal for all

Higher E du c ation of our American

the

take the step soon, the opportunity

i n g list

at

Thank

once.

you

Exemplary C ooperati on Wh ile

P ac ific

has not been sponsibility

ch a rg e d

of

ganic union

Lu t h e ran with

bringing

the

about

among Luth e ra n s ,

fincst examples of how

information

ature that would be approved by the

regard ing

the

several

steps to be tak e n a t the seve ral In­

most

stitutions. The rule in gen eral will

gent Lu thera n people. The Chapel

th ing when our children

ing,

brochure,

as

be

submitted

to

1 00

a

College

Economics

infirmary,

D�partment,

a

Home

and

otht:r

mis cella neou s e q uip m e nt.

such

well

as

through the C hurch papers, and at rallies a n d conventions. The rcqu 'st wa s madc th at Dr. Eastvold be p n's ­

a

t- nt

en­

as

thc Spokane Con­

at

fere.nce of the American

D is tri c t

th"

to speak

have

had

coope rat e ,"

Lutheran

at

in areas, Congregational meet-

cils

ings, and panel discussions at various gatheri ng-so

gifts

c a sti ng

We

inter­

e s t imate

Would

it

AppC<l I and tha t they au thorize the Ladies' thereof

by

that band uniforms wil l

cost us an aggregate of about $4,000.

ested friends toward the Educational solici tat i on

aspersions upon those who

h ave done so valiantly in the pasl.

District

from

representa­

be

possible

Aids,

for

ei gh ty

or

eighty

Lu th e r

Leagues, or eighty L.D . R .'s, or eighty

o f the Pacific Lutheran College individuals to give $5 0.00 each in

tives

order to make this possible ? Would­

General Convention, June 5-9,

n't it be grand if at Commen c e m en t

1 950, at P.L.C.

time next spring, or at Homecomi ng­

A s pe cia l climax to the promotion

in the fall of 1 9 50, or at t h e opening

of the Appeal is to be held at the General

of th

Convention

of

North­

canvass

is

to

Chapel-Auditorium­

si x ty young mcn and women clad il l

1 9 5 0 . On the Sund a y following, the house

new

ing, we could com" out with fifty or

Pa c ifi c Lutheran College, June 5-9, to

our

Speech-Dramatics and Music Build­

west District which will be hrld at

the fi nest, most up-to-date band uni­

b

made

unani -

w as

opinion

re et

When

terminology.

was

this

film

picture

being

for publicity

the College

at

is

purposes, and will be accompan ic:d

mous that "Our C ol l e ge " i s the c o r-

Pacific

moving

by

sound,

which

will

be

provided

lat e r presented to the Board of Trus-

by a record to accompany the film.

tees of Pacifi c Lutheran College, i t

The Northwest D ist r ict Go al

was the unanimous agree m e n t of the

Considerable discussion was given

official Boa rd of the College that i t

to the matter of what might be the

was

by

fi nan c i al goal for this Ingatherin�

thc Amcrican Lutheran Church that

during 1 9 5 0 . There was unanimou s

P . L . C . was thus taken so completely

ag r ee me n t

secretary, Mullan, Idaho ; with

ad -

visers, Dr. H . F. Schu h , Dr. S . C .

Sic fkes, and Dr. S. C. Eastvold.

H e n ry Schuh introduced th e

subject by skctehing the backgrou nd Ch urch has given the ma ttc r unanimous endorsement, and the several

The general organizational sctup

s ta ted that the Colle�e is tryinl'\' to

Appeal

in-

wind up a $500,000 appeal; that i t

cludes Dr. W i l l i a m Young, Colum-

will cost so m u c h t o build t h e walls,

the

in

the

gene ral

A.L.C.

and

so much to put o n the roof, so much

Dr. Henry Schuh, Columbus, Ohio,

more to put i n an organ, etc., so

Ohio,

the

director.

Development

chairman,

The

of

d irectors

C hurch, such appeals have bcen done

tions of learning are the Area Su-

as a unit operation. H owever, in the

pervisors. I n the case of P . L . C . th i s

prescnt case, the Synodical approach

means that Dr. S . C . Eastvold, P res -

wiil b e throul'\'h the areas surround-

ident

ing the yarious sp e cific Imtitutions

N o rthwes t District Ingathering.

of

of l ear n in�.

P.L. C . ,

will

d i rect

that also this mi ght be a "Progres­

in

Associations

each and eve ry one of th" I nst i tu-

sive Goal."

It was mov.ed by Rev. Goldenman and seconded by Mr. Rieke that "the goal set i n the Northwestern District for thc Educational Appeal i n 1 95 0

the

shall b e a "Progressive" one a s dctermined by the Board of Tru stces at Pacific Lutheran College and ap-

College Visita t i on

Cost of the Appeal

figure

should be set for the Northwcst Dis-

Lutheran

The cost of promotion i n

ipecific

no

triet as a goal. Rather, i t should be

general

approval. Dr. Schu h stated that ordi-

that

into the fold.

bus,

Districts have aired their unanimous

c0mpliment

Or !!;anizational Setup of the Appeal of

of the drive. The American Lutheran

regarded as a

proved by the Board of Higher Edu-

Includcd i n Dr. William Youn�'5

all of plan for informing and interesting cation of the Ameri c a n Lutheran

its phases will come out of the total the Chu rch constituency wai

�

a r cc -

�

)

to

fo rms ': 'Ye have purchased some fine­

p rc pa ratory

teams

20,

�o\'('mber

1 9+9,

should

Church."

good suit of clothes for any man,

be­

This then is an invitation to all'

kept i n tact for the soli cita tio n dur­

those

i n g the days of June 1 1 to 1 8 , 1 9 5 0 .

I t w a s moved a n d carried

en velopes provided by the Department of Stewardship and Fi nan c e of the American Lutheran Church, provided that in the judgment of the Steward ship

District

Committee

such

and

envelopes

F i nan cc would

meet the area nee d . "

Speakers' Bureau It was agreed by the Commit tee that a Spe ak .. !" s ict

under

up

Bureau

the

should

direction

of

be the

Dis tr i c t leaders. It was agreed that Dr. Eaitvold should head the Speak­ ers' Bureau and that as many faculty members and students at the Colle!e as pos s ible should be made available

for use at the special Sunday services between January and June of It

1 95 0 .

agreed

also

was

when

those Sundays

on

that

spe cial speak-

ers are i n congregatio ns, i t should be the program, wherever POSSl'bl C, to have some individuals seen i n a solicitatio n of advance gifts o n said Sunday

afternoons.

Dr.

who

t owa r d

I II

by the Committee that it would be permissible to finish the soli ci t a tio n in any congregation at such ti me as

Ba nd

a

News

Win ter send

in

Uniform

gifts.

F und.

Thank vou in a d vance.

Big Bend Area-Rev. Spokane-Rev . S.

F. l

Ahrendt

F. G old " nman

, Palouse Area-F. Sch n aibl

'

e

! S outh ern

A rea-H . D augs

I

Coast C onfe ren ce Seattle Area-H. C , Meyer Ta coma Area-Rev. F . Molter

P ortl a nd Area-Rev. E . C . Wuest Southern Area-Karl Ufer About ten assistants were electcQ' to work

with

the Kcymen in

each

of th e se conference areas. The

sec­

re tary was ins tru c te d to inform aU those who had been chos�n. ThciC' K eymc n shall also s�rve as collector.

of informat i on regarding the entire

p ro � ram during the year 1 950.

It is unde rstood that D r . William Young \vl' ll put out a handbook for the

by

u S�

Keymen,

Pastors,

and

\ ss i sta n ts .

thei r

!

Eastvold

this specific purpose. It was agreed

the

P . L . C . to

_ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Conclusion

consented to set aside as m any Sun­ days as po s s ible in that period for

read

Bulletin of

"that

the Northwes t District usc the pledge

Moving Picture Film A

Washingto n ; Rev. S . F . Goldcnman,

American

�orthwest

member-canvass

Coun-

gon ; Mr. H . W . Rieke, Cashmere ,

the

the

ary Fed e ration, the Young Peop!c's

as h as he retofore been

The

easc.

thc

1 949. P rese n t were: Rev. E. G .

in

of

"The Stt'wardship and Finance Com­

house

by P. L. C. with the notation: "We

"Yuest, chairman, Oregon C ity, Ore -

narily,

music. ''\Ie say th is with no i nt e ntio n

It was unanimously agreed tha t :

Church Mi nistcrirtl Gathering, Jan­

Lut h er Lea g ue , the Church

a s ta r or an aste r isk shou ld be p l aced

Lutheran College on O ctober I I a n d

Dr.

tiv e , yet not up to the standard 1ll

Advance G ifts

that publ icity regarding the Nonh­ we s t D is t ri c t Ap p eal should be given

Lu­

had a sma ll band, somewhat effec­

DcnJopmcnt A ss oci a tion . "

Gen< ral Publicity

tion was raised as to whethc:r or not

The District Stewardship and F i -

1 2,

a

housing

his musicians from the top of Old Mai n . All through the years we have

advantages that accrue in the Edu­

of

Pacific Collegc­

back i n th e ' 9 0 ' s when he directed

cational process.

wdcome advance

at

the

Band. We hear stories about the time

that our young people should

mittee

is

when Professor Spcrati had a band

be given nothing but the best in the

I t was agreed by the Committee

American

help,

dormitories,

e a c h , an a dd i t i on a l Classroom bu i ld­

promotion 0f the D nvc. ' Th c ques-

Finance Committee met

women's

to P. L. C . as "Ou r Colle ge " in the

District Stewardship and

C om m itt ee

Further needs would include two

. . ' " ' 1'tty 0f rcf errmg gardmg t h e ad Vlsaul

their final say in America.

nance

some printed

intelli­

au x il iary Chapel s (' ati n g 75.

of Stewardsh i p

the

and

College

started, namcly , o n Junc l l , an d con­ band instruments this year, but we <;t-:w a rd ship a nd F i n a nce Commit­ uary 30 to l' e b r u a ry 1, as well as tinue until June 1 8, and a s fa r out at the Coast Conference at the Luhavc no funds to go on with b and " ' '-s c a rly enou"h for possible criti­ re­ r; ther Memorial Church, Tacoma, into the year as i t becomes necessary. uniforms. sm as far as adapta t ion to the or­ during the week of J a nu a ry 2 2 , 1 9 5 0 . The plan is to have c on s e cra tion of Rece n t ly we d iscussed new robes. s pecific area is conccrned. yet Other rallies should i nclude t h e Lu- workers a t the morning service pre­ for our ehtli r. Such ro h(' s arc kss P. L. C . Status in A. L. C. one theran Brotherhood and other men's ceding the canvass. I t was su ggested , 'xpens ivc than band uniforms, for The meeting OIl Octobcr I I and .

Lu organizations, the W omen ' s Mi ssj o n - by D r . Henry S chuh that the every­ 1 2 gave comidcrab Ie diSCUSSIOn rehand u n i forms cost something like a

inevitable

an

Department

pious,

will s e at 1 2 00, and there will bc an

to determ ine tim e

Fin ance of

will

such Lutheran unity as this, organic become

fastid ious,

feel

oldest organizations

Luthcran

i n the entire western part of Amer­

probably inspire the writing of liter­

He

the

envy of almost every other college

ficiary in the Appeal, together with

grasp.

One of the newest and yet one of

Lutheran College which will be the

support Pacific Lutheran College to

slip from her

may

vdopes and pledge forms. The latter

If all Lutherans will act i n will

and will give a distinction to Pacific

ment could put on great plays and

tract,

i n the matter of building a material

union

one of the finest buildin gs of its kind

pl ai ned that the Dramatics Depart­

vide

p-p� t alon,,". to.Q":cthcr even t h e rans ca.n u plant.

will be a tremendous goal, i t will be

a bene­

Lutheran

B a n d I' N e e d s New U n iforms

dramatics

C ol l e ge

we have hCTC in th is cooperation of the

0 r g a n s,

College, will be set up as

American

theran Church has promised to pro­

"'. S I E FK E S , P res i d e n t. "

"S.

pi an os,

cquipment, and th e like. While this

C hurch, including Pacific Luthe ran

rtnd

"Fai th fully yours in His Serv ice,

scab,

ica. I t is time for those of us who

The

vcry

plek and furnish the building with

ex­

the

in

Synod ic al Publicity

much.

the

Alma Mater." Each and every Insti-

cause. In order that they may rcceive this c au se , pkase scnd in you r mail­

that

of music, but that if she docs not

l ion , manner of so doing, etc.

all n e c t' ss a ry information concerning

campus, and

that "this is not the last gift to our

schedule for di sseminating informa­

great

this

for

offering

the

too latc to lead in the fi ne r things

a rea ex . gratia )

opportunity to brin g a special

sacrificial

on

understand

to

given

un i t opera t i ons : Each area ( P . L . C .

an in our cong rega tions w i l l be g iv e n

need

Lutheran Church i n this area is not

in e a ch Institution shall proceed as

"This is not to be a hi g h pre s sure

is a great

ex­

ing

step, e t c . The various a rea projects

campa i g n , but evcry man and wom -

there

further

for a reall y outstanding Music Build­

fu nds for th e taking of the second

LutllCTan Church.

that

Eastvold

their major importance on each and

Lutherans i n the West i s $500,000 , ' be that the first step must be fi­ as determinf'd by the Board of Trus - nanced at each and every I n s ti tu tion te - of Pa c i fi c Lutheran C o l lege , and before any I nstitution can receive approved by the Board of C hristian

Dr.

eVf'ry campus.

tution

" We are thankful that we have

in

$500,000.

giver w i l l b e

put ou r shoulders to the wheel, and

here

citimated, will cost a minimum of

Institution will have building needs

I n the language o f Dr. Schuh, t h e

i t means that every one of us must

the opportunity to join

gressive Goal" it is meant that each

December, 1 949

Thus, in a rat h e r hrief form, we have set up the plans, purpo�es, and program

of the

Northwest District

of the American Luther a n Ch ur c h in

its

used

Ingathering for for

building

fund.

purposei

to be on the

gathered i n the Northwest District. ommendation th t t e people l i v n� A $2,000 ,000 Goal � a ipecial speaker is in the congrega­ campus of Pacific Luther n Colle lle. a A l l mone y w ill b e sent di rect to around the I nsll tu ll o Ni of le a r m n g For general information, it should tion, a nd that the local canvass Commenting on the whole matter, Pacific Luther-an C olle r; e , After the be enco u raged to vi s it th e campUles, be s a id t h a t the Evan!e1ical Luthcr­ committee should finish the job.

Dr. Eastvold said, "One of the finelt cost of promotion has been taken out, and th at the Imtitutiom have peran Church has set a �oal of $2,000,­ Rev. Wuest and Dr. Eastvold were experience, I have had in my min­ the b al a n ce will be divided as fol- sonnel ready to Ihow them around 000 for its twdve Institutions of elected to set up the itinerary for istry during thirty ye ar s has been l ow,: 80% wi ll go to Pacific Lu- and explain the Col l eges to them ; ka rning. When that the ran

College,

equalizinl'\'

and

20%

fund between the

to

an

also Itudents i n the Institutions shall

Insti-

be used in the home con5re�ations to spe a k a word for the i r Colleges

tutions. The Synodical officials, deal-

and

ing with Stewardship and F inance,

in behalf of Christian Higher

Education .

will have full power to divide the 2 0 % to the Institutions as they se c

completed.

It

is

to be emphas i ze d

th at the C h u rch is a u nit in a l l her

At

the

request

of

the

District

Stewardship and Finance Committee, Dr.

Eastvold made some eom-

l!.ducational work, and that this will

mrnts

not bc forgotten i n the general pro-

P . L . C . He stated that the most im.-

motion of the Appeal. I n the speci fic

about

the

special

needs

at

mediate need, whi ch would be repromotion for each and every one of gardcd as the first step i n the "Prot h e Institutions of the American Lu- gressive Goal" i s t h e p r o p o s e d theran

Church,

the

"Progressive

Goal" will be s t res s ed . By the "Pro-

Pacific Lutheran

College

stands to s h are a net of about $ 3 3 7,­ 000 .

Inasmuch

as

the

Evangelical

Lutheran Church young people attending Pacific Lutheran Colle ge a re

P.L.C. Needs

fit when the Appeal has been finally '

goal has been

ach ieved ,

C hapel - Audi toriu m - Music - Speech

I and Dramatics Building, which, it is

about

three

times as

many

as

the

number attending from the Ameri­ can Lutheran Church, i t might be fair to assume that we could think

in terms of at least $ 1 00,000 i n the

Northwest District ill its Appeal in 1 95 0 . That is admittedly a ver y high

goa l.

If

a chieved,

that

could

possibly

be

t h e n we would h a v e about

a n additional $ 1 00,000 to be addcd

by other friends in orde r to com-

said corps of speakers.

No

tions

solicitation in

the

of

the

organiza­

cong regations

is

rec­

ommended.

I t was decided by the Committcc a

special

conclave

should

be

held at Pacific Lutheran College on M 0 n d a y, February

1 3 , 1 95 0 , at

which time the nine K eymen are to meet with the Area Supervisor and Director, Dr. Eastvold. The follow­ ing Keymen for the Northwest Dis­ trict E du c ational Appeal were ap­ pointed by the Committee: Spokane Confereace North C e ntral Area-H . H . Rieke

shown by

thcran

Church

the in

American ou r

Lu-

cooperative

venture at Pacific Lutheran College.

Keymen to Mcet at P.L.C. that

the marvelous cooperation which has

been

I have no word s with which to ex­ ag gerate the fin e tone which I have experienced during my nearly seven years

as

President

of

Pacific

Lu­

theran College. We now face one of the greatest tests of all in the Chris­ tian Educa ti on am

confident

Appeal that

the

in

1 950.

I

Northwest

District will come through with col­ ors f1yinl'\'. Let u s pray, work, and

give until we have achieved God's

will for Higher Christian Education

I i n the E ntire Church."