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PLC's Chapel - Music - Speech £ONTRAC S AlVARDED F R BlJILDING TO COS1' lPPRltXlMATELY $625,000
Bids fo r the Chapcl-M usic-Specch huild i n g w. re ope"ned in tht: College on June e. Three Tacoma finns w c r C awarded contrac ts totalin�
part of twenty or thi rty lc adi n .1t Ta
be
hope that that sum will be re ach ed
9%,
which
equals
good
will
and
01<
f ri en dline ss
the
colTla people give the adminis tration
the
by
31,
December
1951.
Added
to
that is a special chapel pledg'e which
will be vcry imp ortant in the com
plete furnishing of the
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ran Church, at its annual convention held in the Stu d ent t: nion B u ildin " at th,� College June 5 to 9, unanimou 1,. passed the following es' o lutio ns presented by the S t ewa rds h ip and Finance Com-
: American Luth
r
b uildin g. And
finally, it will be essential that the
W"HEREAS,
tIOn, which dq)('nds upon the. ye rly
must be added other eq uipment
offeri n gs in the congr('gations� \vill
curtains, stage be this yeo r and next year Illaxilnurns '·quipmcot, ('te., which mak� the: in lhe ingathering. tou'll pproximately $625,000. Class of 1950 Pled.ges $7,500 COM The Board of Trustcc:.es and the ETlON rATE: Sp e cial mention should be mad" Business M;1l1ager of lhe Colle g e of the pkd"e of $ 7 ,50 0 made by the ha.ve S]J('nt 111any Inonths going ove r G radu ati ng Class of 1950, this su m Located d irectly west of Old Main, lhe po::i5ible snllrccs of incornc in 01" to bc used in paying for the steepie the bui l din g will form a q uadrang le de.r to CQver the cost of the same. on the building and tower chimes, with the ':'clcnCe Hall, Library and !!edh;os8 to say to the m<wy well as pianos, chairs"
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inIonntd fr iends of the Co ll(, g e , this
will not be an easy task for thos
whom the
res ponsi b ility
falh
hours a nd give mus ic at chepe! time
On
Old Main.
O�'cr 21,000 Square Feet
The buildi ng' will be' 2:l1 feet long
as the stuclents, faculty and admini
s t rat ion corne and go from that im
lIlost
heavily. In addition to the cash on
and
154
wid:-.
f eet
It
will
cover
2 1 ,7 2 8 square feet on the ground. >1' cOlllparisoll this is abollt 50 (Ic, Thus, it is evi dellt to eH'ry reader larg er on the g rou nd than is Old cation Appeal in the E.L.C. to come of these l ine s that th e contract has lhrough with its $2,000,000 goal in�{ain, which was set up on the cam been let and the build ulg is in pro tact. It will be necessary for thc pus and dedicated on October 14, hand a.nd in banks, it will he I1L'CCSry iQi' the U nite d Christian Edu-
Northwestern District
to
reach its
.n;I:::11 . �(,;;l of �!(JO,OOO. It ..':ill L._ neces�ar'Y t 0 ge t tl 1C Sllppor t 0f "" · Tacoma ' lh e pe{')p1 c m W re fund tl Ie en t·lre $250 , 000 Wh'· Ieh was spen t on the .gymnasiuIII where there is stll' l
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Appeal Gaining The
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lhe Evanclical Lutheran Church au-
!-lin·her Educ at ion , the same in the
i Ilt ncst of Pacific L u the ra n College,
and WHERE,\S, the. Board of Thursday, June
, ,
the
M U SI c-Spee ch .
$528,000
of
tracts, plus
8, let a con t r act for new Chapel-
of . th::
ercetion
!
lor
bUlldmg-
for
the
fIxtures
bringing the total to
thorrzed an app.. al for Its tw h m c , -, $600,000, and
st t lJlions of learning in the amaunt
Trust'e5
PJcific Lutheran C oil (. g e on
of
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1948 b i e nn i al convention of
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mUll! goal of . 100,000 for Chri�ti:an
LS
a
total
general con . and fU � rllt u re, approxI m a tel y un-
01 $2,000,000. It rs h ardly necessary dcrst()od that the full amoLlnt of to mention that the pro gress of th" '
appeal has been "slow, but sure." To . dal" the total rer:;eIpts amount to . 1. ] ] "'I ,,') 00 ,000 . It a itt e 11 Ion:: tlan ,D n1cans that bc:.fore the l.nd of 1950
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WHEREAS,
it
definitely
$100 000 is abs o lu te ly ('ss ntial to . ' nd· �.. rec t l on 0f sal'd bUI'Id'lng, d
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th
WH ERE A S a num b e r of the par. ' .. he Ch2.rr· �/r.'�;(-'-��I'F'rh huilti ....... ltt!"r-.. hkss the thousands of 1:Jllc:') 111 Lh....:: �'V"''''''''';·I:':':,j.!.er:-£ n' • • ing w il l Corm tJ1C up. i "h t part of the . friends of the Co!!ege with . wlllmgare already in process of raising the . . . "T" shaped buildin� and will run the c on g-rr' g atL ons of the E.L.C. will ness t o support the lnst l tutlOn with minimum allocatiol< to each parish This l .$800,000 almost -ais" to h0.\'[' e cast and west with the main nt rance . their prayers, good will , the young .\0 t h at '279 familiL.;i ha\ " contributed on the east faci ne[ Old Main. The call be done ! It is ve ry important peopl" who are to be students and a total average of $ 77.69 per pledge. 51, g�, music a nd .;p "ch sect i ons will that this goal is re ach e d, especially fut ure leaders, with gifts both large and be in 3 thre e -s to ry unit runnlllg for Paeifir'" Lutheran College. If we WHER �AS, tht· plan f or the In and small, so that the name of God fail in this appeal, it will me.an that n orth and south. I will lw glorified and His kingdom g a th ering as outlined by the Amer the Coll ege will need to borrow Seati ng lor 1200 ica n Lutheran Church 'such sets built through Christian higher edLl of faith involved. Let us pray that
I God
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portant hour at 9AO o'clock each
hureh hilS carlier, t hrou £h its two
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UGUST 14, 1951
. 'orthwestcrn
the
American Llltheran
onfc:rences, res olve d to set .a n1ir·-
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United Christian
which will ring out. the daily c la ss
r
The Northwestern D i s t i ct of the
"�"'f
Roll Call :;md Dn'c!opmcnt Associa
approxinwldy $25,000. To thi� fig
ure
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legal fight to expect th is , but the
nTchitect's f,c plus he -W ashingto n �ak !ax, fo r a total of $47,598.3 . Thus the buildi ng without furnish ing tlnd equipment will cost $5 7 6 , "i69.39. TIle seating in thc main bu ildi n c; for 1200 people wi l l cost
.:i.uch
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. 85,675 to be raised. P.L.C. has no
, 528,87l. To this basic figure must added
ing to Become Reality Northwest District Unanimollsly Bauks Appeal for $100,000
1894.
will
(atioll for the
and th' world.
The au ditor iu m will s ca t 900 on Speech buiding. tire main Door and 300 in the bal-
Ch ur ch, for AmericJ.
money to complete its Chapcl-1'.1usic-
1951
eady in
COllY, for a total scating- capacity of
1200. The balcony
Construction of the new Chapel-
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with
Music-Speech bu il ding is under way.
1951-
f i rm,
designed
torium so that it 'an
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Kenneth
li 1-fanagcr at the
J aco bs,
t I 1(;
l
lVfembns
Plant
of
C\Try m crn bcr of every co ngr egation
goal
as s i gned
Eigh ty
pcr
for
it
th e
cent of t hat
for a generous g ift for the
appeal.
school in
its area, this solicitation to take! place
goal has
beginning
Sunday,
Ju ne
or on some late r date: . . . the co ngn:gatlon,
been achieved by July 1, 1950. With
six lllon th s to go, \\'e should go over . . t ] Ie top lrl th e PaCI'f'lC D'ls t n ct. Th e . . R ()Ck'Y '{ l\' QUntaln D'lstrrct h as go ne
11,
1950.
selec ted
by
1, H f. REF 0 R E, BE IT RE . -
I S(JL \' E will
br the alTa under THA ,wt: e xtend our thanks and possibly reach 200'10 of its minimum the balcony. This will leave a seating ap pre ciation to the p st ors and lay closed off, as can
; ol l: " c, will be the
clr-rk-of-the-works.
be divided into be
th ree sections. Th' balcony can
build ing an d w i ll s uperv ise construc tion.
U niv ers it y chairs so that it can
here will be curta ins in thc audi-
Lea- Pear son and Richa rds, l'acoma
atchitcctural
� quippc d
be utilized as a largc lecture room.
It is "":pc ted that the bu ildin g will be complet d by SeptcmbCl' 1,
will be
forth the program to simply contact
he Pacific D istr ic t
will vcry likel y reach the min.imum
area l the largest
c apa c ity of 600 in the
to
the
the �tag-c.
c ose st
over the top almost 70'A and goal .
The
was
fuL lowing
n:solution,
a
people of the variuIls congregations
which
who have already started the solid-
til tio n
p res e nte d to the biennial con
and have set the high stand-
B uil din g Commitkc include Dr. Ii. vc nt i on of the Evangelical Lutheran educational circles on the Pacific ard of giving as an G"Xa lnpl e for the L. FosS' of Seattle, Ch airman; the Ghur<:h by thc C h u r e h Council Coast . It w ill b 31) fcd de,> p ane! others who have jillt gotten ready Rev. F. ]. Molter, 'ice-Chairman, through its Secretary, Dr. Nils Kev 72 feet wide. There will be a steel to start 01' who \�111 be do ing the Pastor of Luth(�r Memorial Church en, was unanimously adopted by the C(ridirion 54 feet above the stage work during 1950, and in Tac oma ; Dr. S. C. Eastvold, floor, and the distlmce from the General ' onvcnt ion : "]3. it res lved THAT, the Northwestern District Pr sid en t of the College; Morris E. that every effort be put forth for the floor to th e top wiIl be 75 feet. in Convention assembled ur"cntly chools fm Ford, Superi ntt:ndt'nt of earli ·t po ss i ble completion of this Orchestra Pit requt'st every pastor and delcga tc at the Franklin Pierce School D istr i ct task and tha.t cOllgregations not havThnc will be an. orclH'stra pit m th' Convention, to gd hc r with tvr.ry Parkland; Arne Strand., Principal of . ing co m pleted their ingathering - be IlH":'Illber in every c.ongrcgatlon front of the stage. Excavation facili. to Sumner High School: Fran c is E. urged to do.s o at the artiest possible ties will be included so that some join wholeheartedly toocther in th' " Edlund of l.lympiiL . • . opportunitv." ThU5 th· stamp of ap, time in the futu re an h y draul ic 5ySltl"athcnn" so th:H the full mml" proval has been pl."lced lIpan the Fourth �lajO[ Projc t tem can be i nstalle d to r a ise the . 1 be reach ed or passed , mum noaI '" wd pr gram of i gatherin�. This n<'w structure will be the orchestra a The stage will be
platfo rm to
in
the level of
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The commIttee dcah ng WIth tIll, be added to the stage. TIL\ T, every confirmed member the P ac ific Lutheran campus in the ,\ fly �al kr y will be installed 20 under the a. b l � l a dc,rs hip Of Dr: an d c,' cry h ead of cvery family Mals Dale, ha, dLclded to u,e. th� should be c onta cte past f o ur years, under the admini- f c e t above the stage floor with d personally ac . ,tration of P resident Eastvold. he compktc system of counterwejghts . months of September, O ctobe r and cordLllg to the plan of the Ameri can fou r th major p roje ct to
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library has been c omplete d and Id On one side of the ata.r{e then' wilI November for a gC IIL Tal "clean up" Main comple tely rcfurbi,;hnl at a bc a switchboard !'('om with glass of the appeal. Let us wOI:k, pray il �d coolbi ned cost of a bou t $:)50 , 000 panel facing' the sta·;e. n the other gIve so that the Church's record III p p cal dlLri.ng' tha t four-year period. side there will be, ,J. public addre s this import;r nt mid-century
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Luth c r<l.ll Ch tl rc h a nd esp e cia lly as
l set
forth in the re sol ut ions of the Northwestern Dist rict, "nd THAT, f'V ry p ast o r or delegate � The new building wiII be of rc- and radio control room. This will WIll ,tand out a� an examp k 0 1 what rcpn"cming the p a sto r at this Con inf or ccd con crete £onstru cti on, brick make it possible to broadcast pro- ca." be done wl.lcn faith and d:ter- v ention contact the Area K yman lI11nat'on ha\'t' Jr'Jrned together m a for the purpose of s<'(Curing veIH'C't'C1. w ith cast SlOllC trim. The graIns direc.t froIn the aud_i t or iu Ill. Ma.u u a ls, great enterprise. �C'neral typ' of are'hitcctLlrc and the s u ffi c ient pledge books for the rnHuge Pipe Organ
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of uw orick and ,tom' will ha!'wit h the Scit!IlCt, Hall, Li-
monize
brarv ,md Studen t Union.
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. huge
stc Ikd
pi p ,
in the
organ
wil !
au ditorium
. (Cuntinued on
be
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with the
'I'Iage Four)
The
gave
a
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general Church convention galhering, and to announce the dates I unanimous forward r.narch when it i '!lI:p cc:t e d the solicitation
command. Let's all go!
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