College bulletin 1957 july

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VOLU

Pacific Lui:heran

M E XXX V I I

011 9

JULY, 1957

8 eachers omlng;

Three More eeded lh,

faculty

fal

b,'

w i ll

utlwlS futull.

fall,

th,'

obt a ine cl

and

th

in

thnT

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At commencement exercises, NIay 26, the ollege conferred 181 degre�s at home Jnd I in slo. Norway. \Vhil·2 more than 3.000 persons jammed the PLC gymnasium. another group was gathered in the senate chamber of the Unt· versity of Oslo, The president of the Oslo school, representing PLC. con· ferred the honorary doctor of laws degree on the Rev. Trygv O. Svare in the presence of Crown Prince Olaf. university teachers and Amaican diplomats,

Th.. thnT p(J�itions rt'llIaining to be

fille d <lIT

in

En�lish,

Husin,'ss A dmini stra tion , new

The

faculty

a nd

Physics,

th �ir

and

fields

include: Dr. Verno n Utzinger, �p('('ch;

Span·

Dr. John H. Ocker!, psvchology: Dr. CathLTin<: Jordah l, French and

ish:

I

I

Hden E n� ('r physica l education; r-"Iiss � Jane G. SmIth, speech: Rev. H, M, 'hldersnl, s o ciology ; and �1iss Almyra Dr. l;tzin ,'n returns to PLC ,

g

_

J""'mil sen'Cd for the past lour years '" aetmg postmaster for Tacoma, Prior to tha t time he was on the

1950

faculty from

1953.

to

He has

bis barhl'lor of arts deg rce frorn ;'\mth

Centra] College in Illinois, his lllastn

of arts degree from Northwest",," Ulli· ,,-,.,ity, alld his doc tor of philusophy U"gn"f' from the Unin·rsity of S o uth·

"rn California. HI' has also don(' grad·

uat,· work at the UlIive"it)' of ,Vis· {)nSltl.

For many )",'ars h,' taught at Car· r'lll College

then'

while'

Wisconsin and

in

Mr. S\'an', cultural attache in Oslo's

L.

a\'t'rred. "The fiction that scrence 15 ' ollLl1ipote nt must b(- discarded, for i t

PLC he·

S. {'mbassv. was on the

ulty un ti l January and was pastor of I ot the May 26' T i nity Luthnan Church here from

who hod leoding roles r commencement exercises were these men. Left to righI, they ore: Dr, H, L. Foss, presi-. 1 924 to 1941. He was cited for his den t of the Pacific Di�trict, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and ch irmon of the board ! � outstanding parish mi ni stry and his I of trustees, who rece,ved an honorory doctor of lows degree; PreSident S, C. Eastvold ' , (ontl i , , d' .' 'ibutions. <lea cml( of PLC, who conferred the degrees on the 182 g aduates a n d wh � � preached the baccaafter la ureate ,ermon; a nd Dr. Joseph l. Knutson, preSident of Concord,a College, Moorhead, ,\t PLC th e same degnT was con·

Baker, assistant librarian.

t

I

Dr. J<:ns Knudson, bi olo g y : Miss

(' onduc tt'd a "''' ," '''ular rad io l )ro· �r""l for tW("!\'l' years 0\'('1' a Mil· \\,�llIktT statioll.

COMMENCEMENT PRINCIPALS-Among those

Minnp,ota, who gave the

Pacific: Lutheran Co . II egc f ac·

arc

ture, made of concrete, nanccd by

doing graduate work

Rduruing- to hn native Wi lhelms-

han'n" Gnrnany, is Dr. Ottilie Little, Germall.

sbe was thr'rc

The last time

Wodd

War

broke hun),

11

,nd sh,' had to ll'a\"' in a ,

gifts from

will be

fi-

the classes

I Wor Id L ut h eran Lea ders C om ·I ng

itual

I

I

stewardship, libera l

I

arts

becaust' they whieh

have

stress

of the

the content

Come from Pennsyl v ania

'v 'I any

. I tanrcs II � s>

parents

travclcd

to attend the

L m'('rnc ' IliS pare nts, r\ "r'1 l'ne fl.('W

,Stougll L .�

Ions- di,. . ' graduatIOn. To

�et hIS d Ip1oma •

c.

.

broth,,!, Lonn and SIstel ' uut from DIllsburg, Pa,

Mal"n�· the ir first trip to the main·

fou r years. "You reCCl\T your just re-

'"

saying the church

new ('l'caturr in Chris t.

strati\T ability and for his le ad ership

ward today," Ill' said. "Th e maj orit y , . 01 young peopk not gOln i( to rolkgT ' not WI'11109 to pay t IIf' ay arc tod. ' f pnc(', h,. add(" d "they W!'Il not Sll)' , J"ct th"lIlsehTs to the dlsclpltne of ('o!le l," g

the

sonalit y of the indi\'idual and to un­

district preside nt

CO[\lll1l'll ct'ment speaker Dr. Jos eph . I..... . Knutsun, pre'SICI ent 0f C uncord'la

the

of

pkmc nt the f[ospel as it dew lops the

for the past 25 years, for his admini· on the college board,

by

from life

the

en abli ng them to reach into the per·

PLC b oard of tftlS'

lr-adcrship as

power

to

arship bccause of the motivation

L'.0 11 cgt\ M oor head ) 1iVl'Inn., 1 audt' d th e J local "cradnatcs for stickinu' it out for

of 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1957,

in this COllntf\.',

professor of

erected in the

�Iain and the Chapel. The struc"

IrlCf stud):in,�' and tr;l \'("li n,� iu Eur ope. 'ine others

be

its

matter

He co n cluded

tccs, Dr. Foss was cite d for his spiro

center of the campus between Old

nlty m�lflt),"r L S are s pcn d'Ing thc sum ·

_

will

of

college should produce the b e st schol·

the Evengelic;,l L uthera n Church, and

This Slimmer a kiosk·style bullet:n boarci

spirit . "

on the R e\', H. L. Foss of Se.

c hairman of the

extend

cannot r ealm

attle, president of the Pac ific District,

Bulletin Board

,

Four

krred

- . .- . -. .-------

Professors Travel, Stu d Y T h "IS S ummer

n1

�ativc of Germany

address,

NUMBER 3

PLe Gr nis 1 Degrees ere, ne In Oslo; Foss a nd Svare Get Honors

I

Ei.�ht l<'achns han, h('en add,"d 10

Bu lei:in

l

land were the parents of :\"thalic Ho

Hon olulu ' Hawaii.]. E. Danielson " ... sllpcrtntendent of the KetchIkan ' Al as· . . , u l p sch c WIft: Il t-w ol hlS and s, o t b ka, d own to sec da u•.gh te r Delp hiuc g'et . her dlpl( rna. ()thers cam(' from Ur '" � gOll, Cahforllla, Idaho and Montana .

of

�\ n;tti\,(, uf �fa�dl�bunL GerInl111Y:l Hlc,.,hltght of I,,"r trtp wtll b(' a re· DI (>ckf'rt did his und er · g radua te UlliOli of thos" who rr'ef'iv('d th(·ir due· Si x Lutheran woJlJ lcadl'l" will be . n \. It lit, �Iatl' Tt'aehns Colle:;" in tor of philosophy dcgrt't's at the: Lni· at Pacific Lutheran College SeptelB' :\'on.Conforrni�t Two students Irom B <l ghdad, IIMI, Ii, din. lit ,"IS his rna.'t'·I's degree "'lsit, of Hamburg in 1937. Ill'r :l.(j for th,' Pacific :\orthwl'St Re· Spc<lkin� on "Thl' P a ra doxe s of the wt're .graduatcd. I"[cd HlTrncz will enMrs. Little took with htT " box of Qio[wl '["rsity of Post'li alld his I '"i Ita, l, Tlll'ological COllf'"II"I1C'" spon· Christian l:ulkgc:' Dr. Knutson stat. leL Lougla-s fir �l.'t"{b, a �i[L uf Lilt: �;i.<llC .s.·ol·"cl 1)\. ' tl·,,· Lu tll' ,,'\11 W " l'ld v('d"T_ 1. ii,' Llli\'<:I�llY vI VVf: t �hll1 .,t[tUTl Q, '101 , I! 1osophy lkgn,· troll! th, r . cd the church college doC's not con· Medical School in th, fall, and Jil yl n" " it� ,,1 Brt'slau, Coming to this of Washi[ll(ton, to h,' pl anted in tlw ation. form itself to this world: rather dot"� . Kayaian will do �Tadllat(' \.vork In . " ..., I t\ W 11l5:� hI" did graduatt" work for I.' � t arca of [Jorthl'rrl Gl"nnany, . Ebh"p Johannes !.,melllo, prtrnatc 01 it separate itself from the w o rld and , . . businc�s there. th' LII"'('!'sity uf Pnllls),kania whIch was dl'\'aslatt'd durin g the war. I !\'Olway :lnd s",'on(; \'I('c"pn'sident of wages war against its dominating phil· To Conduct Tour President S, C, . E3 <S t VOld 0f PI"', C' Jl1 \'-VhtTl' hl' l',-lrOl'd anoth t: r lllastt"l"'s de­ ' th,' L\VF, will .l!in· all addn'ss at the osophy, standards and practic,'s, "The Dr. ,Valtn C, Schnackenberg, pro· gi\'ing the bactalaurc«t" sermon in th l! 1<"" ill his field of psychology. public rally to be held TUl:'sday (,\'t'. wurld ,ubjects such an in s t i tution to chilpel, admonished th ... s l' ni ors , "Do For the past year, Dr. Ocker! has kssor (If hist"ry, and his wife arl' con· nin!!, Sept. 3, at 8·00 ill the college constant ridicult- and pr e ssure, trying not live in such <I wa)' that )'OU mo,·'d Iwen professor of psychology and di· ducting a 1'\ at io n al LuthcI'an ;ouncil 1('ctOl' of

Collq(t"

.l!uiuan('t·

r

at Easte n 'Baptist

in SI. David's, Pelln. He also

t"ught ont'

y('ar at liuntington Col·

kg,' ill Indiana, Ul.

(�1rs.) Jordahl, tIll' wir,. of (Jur professor, Itas It<'l' baeh..!Ol·'s

pl1\'sil"

d"Yll'"

from

I n dia na

L·nin'!'sity.

.Hnl'd both lilT lIIast,.,.'s 'J[ philusophy d("grn's at

t

Wiseo nsill

of

if),

and doctor the linin'!'·

the

In

I nnch and Spani;h, �h:' .... P(·l'It Oll{' )Tilr �lS

Sh,'

fields

of

\\,hil," in collr-ge all l'x('hang(' stu­

(ColJtinu,·d on pag"

:l)

will

be

j'

. . . c..stlVltws

held Friday through Sunclay,

"\<'1l1lw1'8-10. Karl haugrn,

Ul\

ite

dents,

co-chainllt'n

all �radua te'

£, i"ncb

plus

r

pa e nts

fol'

th"

Gul·

e\'ent,

and furtner

'tu-

st udents

and

of

of the ('ollege, to at l l '·nd .

Centl'red ahout the therne, "Say It

With undt''!'

Music," way

the program

with

coronation

will get of

th ..,

qUITn and a varic ty prO'lTam friday

nigltt. Saturday rn orning there will be

the

girls football game in tbe annual

Puwd n-pu ff Bowl, and the Homecorn·

in� parade. In the afternoon at u'dock,

the

football

1 :00

team will meet

W h it worth , In the cvening there will

b,' a banqLl"t at 6:00

10·day·to·two·wcek con·

attr'nd

ferencr-s ill Berlin,

p,rn, in the col·

l"�e union, follow('d uy :l. play at 8:30.

Finland and two

ot h,.,. German art'as, all sponsored

th,' Luthl'l'an World Federation.

PLC

Thfl'l'

by

stud'''lIts-Jarlles flor·

Bjnk

,"nL'l', Rogl'r

and :"\orrll�n F o r·

[ll'ss-joi[l('d stud"nts

frllnt

12

ot h er

schools in th,' na tio n in this group.

Miss ,\nna :"Iarn Nielse n, director

of

training,

t";Jehel'

and Dr.

E. C,

KIICH[, profn�,sol' of �ociolugy, will b( kcturt-rs

a

at

tl'tlchers wurkshop

0 r w a y.

In

'"rt"acbers of

English ill til<' fi,'" Scandinaviall coun·

tri,'s will a ttL- lld this ",''''nt to

by

,on·t!

tlw

State. �lrs.

Knorr

S,

C. .

l�

1)("

spon·

D('P;lftllll'nt

.

aCCOlllp<1HYlng

of

1-lel'

husballd, and they are spe n ding' COll" sidcrabk

Tlu'odora

and

Forsell

will

Elingsgaard,

Homecoming Is � 5;1: JorJI N'c;;: 97.-1 . 'TIIC annuaI HorrwcorJllog'

Student Study Tour of Europe. They

Germany,

time

\'isiting

A ll of thes,' faculty

relatin's

rTwmbers

its

for discussioll at til('

0

o

conference in·

Jiness

V lk ma r Herntrich, Bishop

of Hamhuri(: In

!lebar!,

r ob

of

it

its

distineti\'c

Mrs,

F " iedric h W.Krum·

.. '

East

Gntnany:

pnllclp',j

11Iar,' Il1 Adet l c idl"

Dr.

S.

P.

01 Imrnanud SeHl'

r

{\us t alia ; alld Dr.

lInrnall Dit'lzklbill.�I.'r, Bi'hop of Ba. .

·

today is st" cula rism ,"

con.

he

linued, "and our cultural lif.c no 1ong' t'r centers around faith in G od s

macher, wif<: of the Bishop of Pomer. an,,,

to

"TIt(' most insidious fo rm o f wo rld

Utht:.r leaders wbv will gi\'e papers clude

best

character.

att,'stt'd

I

by

our

l itl'latulc,

art

;

and

rllu sic . " . . -1 he church college alTlIS for sehol

·

arsbip but not intelkctualt . ·sfIl, he s a id

"Science. has enrir11l'd lift-, p, olongcd

Coll.-g,· will he the l'onf"l'l"n('(' chap-

life and made the earth Olle corn ,u, . . , rtJt�', but It h,lS not lllade man hapP,er, . hetter, more ratlOnal and the rukr of

lain.

his own �pirit.'·

\ana.

Dr.

Harold Ditrn.lnsoll of St. Olaf

All pastors in the ,In'a all.' wc'lcOI1H

The speaker did not a d\'oc a tc

abolition ()f science, but that wc· cense

to

to pol

�<{ ilt on 1\"S\ig, P. 0, Bux 2066, -+-+, Washin,l·.toll.

"Do not Ii\[' ' with evil, hut follo" truth, justic,' and

l ,'ontinucd. p ki

I

I

OLlr t ru st in it. We no longu

clare look to science for sakation,

h,�

:\dherlands,

will

gre"

June

a t th.,

2 1,

Agnes

r

(with great honors) wr;cr

G i ffe n,

Beatrice Hitch,

Lien and Anita Schnell. (with

11

World

honors)

Elsie'

Cum l aude

graduates

Wl.'rt�

W illiam Foege,

Del· Pa­

Sylvia

Barba ra

KirkC'bo,

Xl'!son,

S hirley

Virginia.

official

C. Eastvold w i ll be onc Evangelical Lutheran

h de legate s to tbe Lutheran

Federation Assembly in

Min·

neapolis August 15 to 25,

of philo ophy de·

thesis

cum laude

Chu rc

of

From there he will go to O b(' rlin ,

University of Wisconsin

His

Sixteen students w eI e J!raduatcQ with hmwrs. Thos,' graduating magna

Presid,"nt S,

economics and business administration,

his dortor

lashed out at rationali' ' lll nlld ur' �, ,·d ' . , . . IllS ltste[l('rs to ha\·,·. jalth III God J ,

of

week of September.

received

as

Eastvold Appointed to LWF. wee Delegations

The)' all left Tacoma the first weck

prof�ssor

Man"

Prochnow and David Steen.

BdglulTl,

in J unt' :1nd will be retu rning the first Axford,

"R ca 1

MacIsaac,

September Return

M.

the

life of X atha nicl, he ur�ed th gladu.ltt's to behonest in th, pur· � Slllt of theIr ltfe , s <lllll, He flaved the . ' , . an of p�ltq' t'XIHdl( ncy and a de:­ :, ' <, ptn, , h ,att. Be straIght as a plumu , Itn" In your dealtn!!'s," he urecd Ae

Hullt"ngren,

Franu", Italy, a nd Switz,"rland,

Herbert

On

ri�htrousn('$s:' he

triria Gahrinf[, Mich a el Griffen, Hope .Hammer�trom, Law r ence Heirn, ElSie

cO ll ntri,"s as England, Scotland, Scan"

the

ng

phine Danielson,

take t he "grand tour," visiting s uch

dina\'ia,

S ea

I set'n in the

th,'

to "ttend and should send ,.,",,'ryations TaeOlna

to apologiz e for yonrsch-cs"

in

was a study of

Ohio, wher e he will be one of d elegate s to the

small businesses in America.

O F F TO EUROPE-Thes. faur p rofessors are spending the summer traveling and study- ' little, Miss Anna Morn Nielsen and Dr, E. C.

Knorr,

c

Schna kenberg ,

Dr,

Ottilie

ELC

Churches to

be held Septe m ber 3 to 10, ing in E u rope, From Idt to right they include: Dr. W, C.

6

Oberlin Conference

of the Wor l d Council of

Jon E r i cson , sptoeth instructor, is a

will be worship Danforth Foundation scholar working 'en'ICt"S, towards his doctorate at S tanford U niPlan now to attend HOMECO:\<t - - n-rsit\', Junet Runback of the "duca· I 'G, No\'Cmbcr 8-IO! (Continued on page 3) Sunday morning th ere

Chapel. .\11 church p,·opl(" in the area

an' i",·ited.

A recogni zed leader in world Lu" .clreles, Dr. E astvold is first

theran

\·ice·president of the ELC,


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