College bulletin 1952 march

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Dr rna-Music Festival, May 1 3 Dedication

Services On May 4th

By Karl Weiss

Now wc' have a ma gnificent audi­

I The Chapel-Music-Speeeh Bu ld ng, By Theodore O. H. Karl

i

i

he retofore undreamed of. We ha\'(: had

porting cast. The play pbnncd for

by

Main,

Old

find them to bl' perfection itst'lf.

place

great

A Guided Tour tak e a g u ided tour thro ugh

ou r

daily

th ,' hl'art

of

men

and

the

God and His

purposes,

p roduct ions

the

be

will

spir i tu al influences of our College.

(' nduring presence of our cruci­

f poim,

hold

desi gn e d to incr(, ase the cultura l and

The b ui lding is of concrete and greens. The furniture is of �t�d construction, brick-faced to be

t

t houghts

m usic ,

and

fied a nd risen Lord Je s us Chri st .

hundred and fifty-fo u r fect at its wid-

to

Therefore, hoth in the field of drama

ll rn ed on at dusk as a testimony

hundred and twelve fe et deep by onl'

which

are close to

IS r dain ed at n i ght by floodlights that

is complrtely fire­

in

achi '\Trnl'nts in the arts and sciences

hall two fed in diameter. This majesty

on the campll�, and

primary

also are cons c ious of the fact that the

s

proof. The over-all d i m en sions arc two

thl:

of our entire school life, Howe\'cr, we

115 fee t , sur­

in harmony wi th the other b uilding s

that

Chapd services which ar

!"fOSS r isin g un top of a stainle s steel

to the

aware

purpose of this fine auditorium is a

the

mountl'd hy a sc\'C n-foot stainless steel

arc

arc

f1exi-stcl'! tables in

entire

a lIew type

const ruction with

finished

P hi lippi n e mahogany.

c"st wall of tlw

Music-Drama Festival

The Upper Campus

Long

thrr,'-rayed

bdore

the erection

of

The

Ill'!' -: ;u ri e d by the Lamb symbolizes

Christ's \'i cto r y on'!' dp. ath . This ban­

glass windows and doors which cau be

ner is called \'arious names: th

covered b. fu ll -kngth draw drapes in

ner

Enterin' the building throug' h tht:

lllain entranc I lo diou

The lounge and patio will be used for

, one finds a large, CO\ll­ concer t and play intennis'ions, for a

lobby with rubber tile floor,

f"culty l o un g e, for teas, and for dis-

Ball-

Dr.

of

Stanky

Directo r of Music :It the

Ma ('Oll­

Chapple,

C ni n' rsi ty of

\VashinglOn, will arri\'(' on our cam­ pus at an early hour in tit' morning.

There wil l be a long- re hear s al pe riod

i m'oh'ing many of our student> and sc\'cral of our llIusic f ac ul ty. F, Byard Fritts, a lllember of our piano f acul ty, a f{l' aduate of the who

Music, and

Eastman S cho ol of

has

already

lishcd hi ms e lf as a se nsit i ve on

the

piano,

wiJl

play

l'stab­

recitalist

the

Franck " Va riati on s" with th

Cesar Seattle

:lf tcrnoon performance. In a ddition to

co mposition, the O rch estra will afternoon program with

great cli­

max. The choral for es of the coJleg , the Choir of the West

of V ic to ry , the Easter Banner, and

the chorus the

Madrigal Group, and' the Lettl'r C lub,

�en'&

join

toge the r

with

festival chorus. They,

togf'ther

with

Glee

will

furth,... augmentation to form a large the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, un­ de r the direction of Gunnar ].

of an y thin g is symbol ic of the Be,lUt:­

mi n, will p l'"s cnt thl'

tude s. Each of these eight scmi-cirdcs

I

Mal­

Bach C anta ta.,

"Wachd Auf," and joh:lnn('s Brahms'

:\h. Karl and Mr. Weiss Festi,'al Directors

includes rays in g roups of three, again symbolizing Lhr Trinit)',

duc t ors hip

pe rformance will be truly a _

The furnishin!:( s

front porc h over the main t'lItr;]nCC,

d

grea t s ymphonic music. Thc e vc ning

Ld IH No, 2. The loun gt ' op('ns onto a patio death on the cross, S urro u ndin', �hc the buildin g , and when yo u visit the w hi c h also SfrVCS as the ro of of the ;\gnus Dei arc "ight scn,i-circl(',. Eight CJlTlpUS bring this with 'ou, as it 'J1J.y

.Idd to your pkasure .

in kf'cpincr with our

On Satur ay,

�rd, \V •.' return to m usic, The Seattle

compkte th

for the Resurrer:tion Banner. If th' p, ' n­ Lhis lounge Wt'l'C a gift to the college nallt is white ill color (and it is in the from th., PLC DOfl ni tory Auxiliary ehapd window), it repre se nt s Christ's

tan and brown,

b('

Christian ideals,

this

vin i ty , or His el i" inl ' nature, The ban­

loung e i� of

pr odu c tion will

Symphony Orchestra at the Saturday

this

significes the di­

ni mbus

in the staring role with a s tude nt sup­

S ym phony orchestra , undn tht:

A College Chapd We

campus with a sp irc rising to a height

ground of

Itst th,' :lCOus­

ti c al properties of the auditorium a nd

:ril'nce Buildin g, Library, and the '-' hapd - M us ic - S pe ech Building, it s a1lds majestically, looking over the abQ\'C the

activities in drarn� and music

('\'ery opportunity to

i n g achievC'ment of this program, Lo­ formed

b(' pre­

s e nte d with another great personali ty

hold

catl'd on the west side of the quad­

reading. For the c"ening

which w •.' may

torium and stage in

th' nrwcn of several st ru ct ure s on the Glmp 5 at Pacific Lutheran College , is th climax of an ac c:el cr a ted build­ in� pc gram during the past se ven 'ars. It is wi thout a doubt the crown­

rangk

i ntcrpretiv

perform ance a great play will

"Son,>:!' of D('stiny."

Also that evenin g,

the colkge take; great pride in pre­ The Trinity bllildin� began, it has becn ou r run· se nting Frederick ); ewnh am of tit The Tr i nity is portr ay,'d symbol i­ b it i on to establish at Pacific L ut h ran I-oict' department. �[I'. );e wnh am pos­ ally when on(' stud ie the s Yl Il bols Colkgl' a center of good music < nd sess e s a rich baritone voice which has

from !eft to right hori zont;] l1

t hrou gh

drama for thl> e nti re Northwcst area,

gaincd f;],'orabk notic,' in the rc c it:l l

cent r. ,\t the extrcllle left is the with a dra ma -musi c festi,'al as an an­ world both hne and abroad, symbol for God he Father. G d is nual a ffa ir to be h eld in th" first w{'ek Northwest Art Displ ay often reprf' ('nted ill C h risti a n art or in May. So it is th:lt this fc ti";]1 is to Many ir1tercsting sid el ights to the the Hebrew ktter "Yod" enclosed in

the

all

equilateral trianglc,

thc

"Y d" i"

first \cttt'!' in the word Yahweh ( God ) , Tht.' (' 4uilate ral tria ngle lTpr,'s('nts the lIoly T rini t y,

In th,'

as has

cmter,

alr e ad y been said, is the symbol of God the Son,

the Lamb, At the right, is

the symbol of God the Holy Spirit. The dove is the m ost lo,'ed of the sym­

be

hdd

the

first thru' days

:\-[ont h of May,

in the

dfTful, e xc iting, and beautiful exper­

iencf', anti if successful this year, i n gaining

th(·

main

progralll

19,')2. It will be won­ Ther,' will h,'

inte r e� t

throu gh attendanc("

of t h e

people

it will most cer­

tainly become a definite part of the col! t- gc c:alendar.

exhibit

of

ha\','

011

bee n

planned.

art ,

involving

disp l ay

);orthwl'st

a sple ndid

pa i n ting and s culptur i n,!;( , This di �lay

will

b

unde r the

direction of Mr.

Gorge Roskos who h('ads our art de­ partment.

The c oll cg

band of fifty

members, undl'l' the dir ec tion of Har­

The Festival Progr am ley Christopherson, will p re Se nt two The festi,'al program, whic:h will pro",rams during th int eri m of th head is sur rou nd ed by the colo r red, ope n Thursday e\"l'ning, ]\Iay 1 st , will afternoon and evening p r o p'arm, on symboli c of Pentecost Day when the present at that time the gr cat 1oletro­ both rid ay and Saturday. Holy Spirit was se nt tll work among pulitan mezzo soprano , IRRA PET­ Crowning May Qucen men. E\,A, in recital. On the following day, Lutheran Symbols Onc of the lovely affairs here at th bols for the Holy Spirit. 1\"ote that the

t

I ust pla s i c wainscoting

up th

som('

six fcct

wall, and a celote" ' pa neled

'the Dl

rna

and

heard band concerts as wt'll as other

(' olllpetition. In trophy t

cases

arc

Speech

Pro g ressin g ,to the third floor , should

one steer his cour, ,, to the front of the

onjunction with the

building again, une will enter a vcry

ticket

and

e phone b 0 hs, as well as tw

( r che king of

Depart­

I,uhlic pleasi ng and rooms

w ca ring apparel.

q uietly st'fl'nc devotional

0 III

the

symbols

or vcrtically

Speerh an d Drama will prescnt two

outstanding p er fo rman c es in the field

of drama. A great stage personality

th rough the ('t'ntcr, At th... top, the open

intcr-colkgi;]tc

repres ent ing

one studies

plays; and from the balcony will be from top to b o t t

At ei th er side of the lo b by are instrumental "ntertainments, Devotional Chape l trophy cases displayin g thc p rn wess ments,

when

ca lly

ceiling. of

F riday, May 2nd, the Department of

Lutheranism is portraye d symboli­

Foyer to Main Auditorium

Bible

is symboli c

theran Church

as

of The

will

Lu­

Ix'

j.>r t's( 'nt ( 'd in :In

3 ftl'f llo on of

college is the crownin g of the l\'by Queen,

This

(Continued on Page

the Church of the

Opcn B ible. The cente r represents the

the tca ching of the Lutheran C hu rch a� tha t of the Atonement of

core of

Christ. The bottom symbol is Luthe r' s ­

chape l. This chapel h;]s a capacity o f eoat-of-arms which has been called one hundr e d. It i s c 0 III pIc t e l y tht, Luther rose and has become a sym­

l

equipped with pews, kncdin g benche s , bol of Lutheranism, Each part of the B alcony and l\'lodern Lounge ,tairv.'ays to the se con d floor arc on a ta r rail, altar, cross, c andelabras , Luther rose ha s symbolism, The bbck "ithl'f ide of the lobby, converging On baptisma l font, an d lccturn, All wood­ cross re prese nts the suffering sacrifice C. tl tranc es to th· ba lc ony, which scats work is of Philippine mahogany fin­ of C hrist , Th(' red heart re pr ese nts the three hundred and eight persons. The .11'111 type so that this an'a Illa), bl" used rJr

l ec tu r '5 and for

1"'5L's. In

rspccia By lar ge

faith of the believer, The white rose

ished in blond,

The Art-Glass Window

(hairs in the ba kony . rl' of the tablct­

represents

Abovc the altar and the- center of onf"S

at tl' n tion

is

the

outst andin gly resents hcavcnly joy

art- glass

Christians

beautiful

rOOllls for men and

which is

( ' igh t fen in diallH:tl'l and ring of

wOlllen. At the \'ery front of thl build­

conta ins,

in

... n rit nees to rest

('ircular a

comfort ,

s ome what

wllldow,

c lov e rlcaf

and

peace

produced by fa ith , The blue field rep­

the hallway one finds tht:

joy,

e"en

t'xpcricnecd by

on ear th ,

e t ernity shows

endures fore ,'c r.

The

gold

that sah'ation

The Gospel Symbols inl! on thl" S cond floor is l oc a t ed a pat t e r n, art sVlllbols of th r Church. In The Gospels are re prese nt ed by fou r l(lunge ,,, i th n a sp ha lt tile floOl and it YOll will find the Agnu5 Dci, indud­ IYlllbolism: Tht.' symbols, fla nking each side of the paitlttd in a. mod'rn patt(Tn of rust lll,� th., fo J l owi n , .1 nd

(:haJ'treuse, cOlllp k tc ly furnished

vith

\' ariJ:d

.-hairs

in

colored

I' d

and

da ve nport lig ht

and

- nd dark

L;;tlllb I ,in!; up on the Bool. of S,'wn Seals rrpn',ents the s uff.-ri ng Th[� hrad

a\'ior.

shown surrounded with a

pe n Bible at the top, and

flanking

each side of tht: Luther ROSL at tht:: (Continued on

Page 2, Col.

1)

I

will be pre s e nt e d as �l

special cvent in c onnec tio n with one

Balcony and Modern Lounge

4, Col. 4)


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