College bulletin 1950 august

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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

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f ri en dline ss

the

colTla people give the adminis tration

the

by

31,

December

1951.

Added

to

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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

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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

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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

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

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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,

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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

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

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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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colfjr

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

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with the

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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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