College bulletin 1958 july

Pacific Lui:heran College Bullei:in VOLUiVll:: XXXVIII

JULY, 1958

NUMBER III.

o Expansion Program ------- -�--

D elopment Fund Nearing Million Dollar Goal Cash

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and

have

pledges

been

totaling

received

{I

the

I

De\"doprncllt Fund, according to a re­ ccnt announcement by Gerrit Vander Endt', general cha.inlIan and Tacoma

iVi id - P 0 1 nt Rea c hed

Hall for business administration and

(' ducation when fund.1 are available.

Designed by Lea, Pearson and Rich­

half-way

Llark in it s solicitation, accor ding to

ards, Tacom a architects, the Science

Herber t C. Socolofsky, division chair­

_�

uwn.

states that

gra duates

rem a rkable manner to this appeal.

Largest single gift to the Fu nd to date is a $100,000

will be 9,000 square feet in the three­

and

responding in a

pledge from the

college student body. They have ear­

story

an i ndoor Olympic Carnes size n\·immlng pool. To be used for in-

i

pool will be buil t adjacent to th'

}IJU.a:;iWII.

F

c ...lty

Plrdl.te

Gives Generously

luse to $900 per pe rson and

T�gcd

iot"lcd close to $80,000.

Support of th e community in this

dri,·e has b�en a thrilling experience, ,tates

S.

Pr�sidf"nt

C.

Eastvold.

th� Citize ns ' Committee of Sponsors.

A

group

of

80

persons

are

giving

hours and hours of their time in solici­ tation. A dir e ct i ng

PLC ENROLLM ENT SOARING; GET APPLICATIONS IN EARLY Anoth er sizeable increase in tbe e nro ll ment

again

for

i

of these

leaders

e xp erience , "

Dr.

Eastvold

,aid.

campus

in

for a

June:

six-

This represents an increase of 20

Highlight of the early part of their

per cent over last year at this time

trip will be attendance at the "sign­ Ing' ( c or on ation rite) of King Olav IX

when 379 ha d been accepted.

should get their appli cations in as

theran

soon as possible.

Church

Eastvolds

have

King to be his

Samuelson

the

who

estate

died

last

manuel

was a

Lutheran

Octobe r.

member of

Church in

Se att le

$275,000

charitable

organiza-

church

tions.

and

by

the

guests at a state dinner

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?,

Leaving NOf\�ay July they will . travel on the Continent In the comT.

O.

Svarc,

cultural attache at the U. S. Embassy

in Norway and his wife. Svare was a member of the PLC fac u lty from 1949

to

1 957, and was pastor of Trinity

Speaking on scienc,: he said, "It is (Continued on page four)

French Equatorial Africa, where they

doctor

of humane letters degree on

Dr. Schweitzer from Pacific Lutheran

Colle ge .

The ne xt three weeks will be spent m i s sion

visiting

Ta nganyika

and

fields the

in

Zululand,

Johannesburg

area. The first two weeks in Septe mber

will

where

find

the

them

in

Madagascar

Luthe r an · Church

has

a

there

they

fly

to

Ethiopia

rncir-avors and educational institutions

in India. At Nayudupet,Andhra State,

they will be g u csts of Miss Dorothy Mcyl'1', a PLC .graduate who teaches in a mission school.

Another

PLC

graduate

will

host

them in S uma tra the first days of N 0-

vcmher. H(· is the Rev. Ce rhard O. Reitz,

L utheran

World

Modern Labs Added

The third floor will have a chem­

istry

classroo m , a chemistry libr ary,

an anal yt ica l c hemistry lab ,

a

class­

room, a balanc e room and an office

completely eqnipped with a resear ch

lab.

The north

and south exteriors of

the addition will be of window- wall construction. Thesl"' are of ste.1, glass and plastic-coated c m nt and asbestos The

west

wall will be brick.

All of the labs

and classrooms in

the existing building will be refur ­ bished to match the new equipment.

A freight elevator will be installed.

"With

the increased

emphasis

on

and need for sc ience training in our astronautic. age, " President S. C. East­

voId commented, "this addition is im­ "

pcrative.

Union Gets Needed Space

Johnson- A ustin Associ a tes, Tacoma, are architects for the

Union ;.:mex.

To bt: primarily of cedar panel

nd

fir beam construction, the 91 by 104

foot annex will p rovide eating sp ace . . for 400 additIOnal persons. The pres-

will be added to the cafcteri . Two " deep fre c ze" type refrigeration u;lits will be installed. The present dry stor-

age ar C'a will be in c reased two and one-h a lf times.

Other featur es will include sheltered

checking room, a waiting· lounge, a

The next three we eks they wlll be

MEMORABLE DAY ON CAMPUS-Sunday, May 25, the Boord of Trustees and faculty gave a reception in honor of Pr e sident and Mrs. S. C. Eastvo!d, pictured above, left, on the accasion of their 40th wedding anniversary ond their 15th anniversory at PLC. Hundreds of friends from the Padfic Narthwest attended the ev en t . In this photo Mrs. Earl Eckstrom , far right, extends congratulations to Mrs. Eastvold. Mr. Eckstrom, who is a member of the College Boord; beoms his approval.

Additional space will be provide d

for food servin:. A third serving line

Federation area leading to the cntran e, a coat

representative.

ti ru :0 make to this bewildered world

time we oriente d science within the

l'ie xt s t o p w i l l be Lambar ene ,

and microbiology, physiol�

ogy and ge netic s.

km and Israeli. The month of Octo. . ent dining hall scats 700.

• b"r will be spent visiting m is sIona ry I

he told the grad-

'our service.

void, Jr., a medical m iss iona ry.

Cairo, Egypt, is next on the it incr­

you have f our great con tribu­

your !eadrship and

Cameroon, where they will be guests

ary and then come s a week in Jerus a -

piet v and decry the importance of

char act er,

French

the emperor, Hailie Salassie.

Him to the scrap hea p of

r

thert'

wher<' they will visit a Luthe ran mis­

exercises held on

your e ducation, y o u

From

sion and will ha\"l� an audience with

Wonl-out ideas. It is popul;:: r to scorn

-

will visit the

Lutheran mission fi � lds.

From

God ou t of much of life and have

or such a day,

Africa. Therc they

in

large mission program.

be cOllti1lllcd, "and we have c ro wded

]

the

will be guests of Dr. Albert Schweit­

tion of thc Stavanger Amt Lag.

Im- I pany of Dr. an d Mrs.

and le ft bequests totalling to

invited

an address in Stavan ge r at the conven­

of Jacob

Word of the b eq uest was received last Samuelson

The

event.

"People are cracking m e ntally, " the

u. k.;,

Paris

zoology, anatomy, h is tology and em­ b ryolo gy ,

On July 4- Dr. EaSlVOiO will .<rive zer from August 7 to 11. While there board panel construction.

Dr. Eastvold will confer an hono rary

The c ollege was named re c i pient of fro m

bl cn

this

follo wing the rites on June 22.

PLC WILLED $100,000 � 100,000

at

ipcJ.kl'f saiel, "because they have lost " lhe ,"",Il' morally . . {iurs is a I"flJ.i.erially I11indcd agc,�'

fa i t h"·

in

of th ei r nephew, Dr. Conrad E. East­

i in thl' gYlnnasium.

rr e.�at('cl

Svares

heim. Dr. Ea stvoid will be the official

next fall

a n d a throng of Qver

�' commer:cnIle-nt

the

representative of the Evangelical Lu­

com i n g

",OOU pe.rsons at Pacific Lutheran Col­ I

Le aving

Eastvolds will fly July 21 to the Sudan

planning on

('Il, \\ihitworth College president, told

1"

ye ars.

still being accepted, but students

are

()ur day is bewildered social ly, mor­

i, Gr-..tduatt:s

The se co n d floor plan includes fou r

l"hnr�tnrif'� fnr et'nlogy, hiology and

they will go to K'Gaondere,

admission

.Ii, and s p iritually , Dr. Frank F. War•

age "reas and a physical s cience lab

and class room .

'J1" N o rway in the cathedral at Trond·

for

Applications

winter.

15 Get Degrees At Commencement

the

month tr i p around the world.

dents had been accepted for fall.

library , two faculty offices, two stor­

Presid e nt and Mrs. S. C. Eastvold I Lu thrran Church, Parkland, for many

left

committee of 10

to assist higher cducation is a heart­ wa r min g

expected

search lab, a physics a nd mathematics

Easfvolds leave on World Tour; ITo Visit King Olav. Dr. Schweitzer

to press 458 freshman and new stu­

work. willing nes s

is

the fall selllester.

uutstanding financiers is doing a great "The

floor

Additions to the first floor will in-

He

said that 100 leaders arc members of

total

fect.

Just b efore this publication went

from fac u lty members av­

bringing·

THEY'RE GOING UP-Pictured above are architect's drawings of additions to the College U nion (top) and the Science Hall, which dud" an expanded laboratory, a re ­ were storted in June. It is expected that these praj ects, at a total coot af $350,000, wHI be completed by January 1, 1959.

trucrion .. 1 and comp etitive purposes,

It·

addi tion,

space in the structure to 24,000 squ are

I

ma r k ed their gift for the construction of

Hall addition will bring the size of that building to 50 by 160 feet. There

Man· Tommcrvik, a lumni di\·ision

d:3irman,

Hall costing $250,000 and

velo p mt: nt Fund. Next step will be the

busin ess and indus-

former s tudents arc

around

erection of Tacoma-Pierc e lVIemorial

concerns of Tacoma and Pierce the

begin

through contributions to the PLC De­

. ["he M emo ria l Division, whieh w­

reached

to

This construction is made possible

(he calilpns.

has

slated

lege Union costing $100,000.

[j(·cdcd buildings and eq ui pment on

County,

was

15.

$350,-

campus.

a social education annex to the Col­

of the million dollar goal for much

ma j or

Work June

the Scienc

This rlpresents ovCf three-quarters

ducles the

000 in construction on the

The projects include an addition to

ua nkcr.

1I ial

Science H II, College Union Get Additions

Contracts have been let fo r

$763,

for

ari:s

k itc he nette to serve parties and teas.

at mission stations in Formosa, Hong

The 44 by 84 foot eating area will

Kong, Japan and Korea.

have two 3ets of folding doors so that

Enroute home from Tokyo they will stop in

Honolulu briefly

i it may be

divided into three se pa rate

and ar rive . rooms for dinner meetings and other

back in Tacoma D ec e mber 2.

I functions.

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PACIFIC LUTHERAN COLLEGE BULLETIN

I Eleven New Faculty, Staff Additions IObtained for PLe's Fall Semester

Eleven prrsons have been added to State College and in public high the faculty and staff for the coming schools for six years. school year.

He joined the staff at the UniverThe new additions include: James sity of �ew Mexico as a teaching as­ Gabrielsen, football alld baseball coach sistant in 1954 and in 1956 obtained and physical education; Dr. John R. his master of arts degree. At the Holum, chemistry; the Rev. Stewart spring commencement this year h re­ G. Govig, religion: the Rev. Kenneth eeived his doctor of philosophy de­ E. Christopherson, religion; G e n e gn:e in English.

Miss Moe is returning to the PLC Lundgaard, basketball coach and physical education; Ruth Moe, physical faculty aft er spending one year at the rducation; Dr. Paul R<'igstad, English; University of Washington to obtain and the Rn·. Johannes C. Schiller, her master of arts degree in physic.a1 education. She received her B.A. de­ sociology. ' gn'(� from PLC in 1953. She taught The Rev. and Mrs. M. J. K. Fuhl at Centralia High School and Junior will be housdather and housemother College the following year and then ill Old Main, alld Mrs Olga Martaught in Tacoma for one year before lJuardt will be housemother in South coming to PLC in 1955. hall.

Rev. Schiller received his B.A. d Tcachel"s in psychology and physics gree from Capital University in 1945 . w,jl be added to the faculty pnor to and was graduated from Capital Sem­ th,' opening of school in thc fall. inary in 1947. He will receive his Gabrielscn rcccin'd his B.A. from master of arts degree in sociology Concordia Collcge, Moorhead, Minn., from the Univ(:fsity of Kansas City in 1952. He received a. master of arts this summer. He has served past(}r­ degree in physical education from ates in Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska and few York University in 1955.

Kansas. Currently he is pastor of Gabrielsen has coached in Midwest Salem Lutheran Church in Lcahexa, high schools and for the past two Kansas. years has been on the physical eduRev. Fuhr is a graduate of Luther cation staff at St. Olaf College wher Seminary and has studied at Washing­ he was head hockey and track coach ton University. He has served Lu­ and freshman footbal 1 coach. . thcran parishes in California, Oregon, .

Dr. Holum has hIS B.A. h 0111 SI. Washington and is currently at KetchOlaf Colleg'c where he was a member ikan, Alaska. The Fuhrs' four ehil­ of Phi Bl,ta Kappa. He has his doc- dren have attended PLC and the tor's degree in chemistry from the youngest, Melva, will be a junior next Univcrsity of Minnesota. fall.

Dr. Holum spent two years in the Mrs. Marquardt, who will take the " t\rmy where he was attached to the place of Mrs. Agnes Kucthe as houst'­ chemical warfare laboratories in Mary­ mother in South Hall, has taught pub­ � land. For the past two years he has lic school in South Dakota for 18 i bcen on the faculty of Augsburg Col­ years and for the past five y,'ars hao kge, Minneapolis, as lli'ad of the been teaching in and nc. r Wallace, chcmistry department.

Idaho. She attended l 1\ g'r.. at Au­ R,'v. Govig received his B.A. de­ gustana in Sioux Falls IId' t Y. nkton gree irom &t. vIaf Coilcgc in 1948 pt'nt .se\'cral (S. D.) College. Sh , and a bachelor of theology degree summer sessions at tl ( U nivcnity ot from Luther Seminary in 1952. He Minnesota and has dl)D'" . pc- tal \ rk served as assistant pastor of Grace Lu­ at Springfield (S. D J -orrnal theran Church, Eau Claire, 'Vis., for one year and then WGnt to Princeton Fromm Throws Javelin Seminary where he received a master I 'of theology dcgre.e in 1954. The next To New National Highs John Fromm, PLC's All-American three yc<)rs he was a pastor at Grand Marias, Minn. This year he is study­ javelin star, has becn on another rcc­ ing theology on a Fullbright Scholar­ ord breaking rampage this spring.

At the Texas Relays in March he ship at the lJnivLrsity of Oslo, Northrew the spear 252 feet, 10¥� inches way.

Rev. Christopherson IS a graduate to set a new American collegiate rec­ of Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S. ord. This broke the mark of 248-1 D., whcre he received his B.A. degree. which he set at the NCAA meet last He has a bachelor of theology degree Junc.

At the NAIA national meet m San from Luther Seminary, obtained in I <)50. He sf'rvl'd five years as a parish Diego, June 6, he threw the javelin pastor in South Dakota and in 1955- 251·8 to brcak his mark of 243-11 56, was a Fullbright scholar in Nor- which he set last year. At the NAlA way where he did his work in history. I District One meet in Renton, May 31, Since 1956 he has been doing grad- he threw the javelin 238-6 to set a uate work at the University of Min­ mark for that meet. This was also the nesota toward a doctor's degree. While farthest the javelin has ever been attending t h e University, h e h a s thrown in the Pacific Northwest.

Fromm was slated to comp'He in sen'cd as assistant pastor of the U ni­ vcrsity Lutheran Church of Hope, the NCAA meet in Berkeley, Calif., .J une 13-14 and in the national AA U Minneapolis.

Lundgaard, one of PLC's all·time mect in Bakersfield, Calif.

ATHLETIC APPOINTEES - One promotion ond two additions in the tollege athletit staff were announted rece n tly. Mark Salz· man, right, assistant professor of physical education and track coach, has been named director of athletics. Gene Lundgoord, up­ per left, will be instructor in physical edu· cation and head basketball coach. Jam2S Gabrielsen, upper right, will be assistant profes sor of physical education and head football and baseball coach.

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Thirty Graduates To Enter Seminaries

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Thirty Pacific Lutheran seniors plan to enroll a t the theologi­ cal seminaries to train for the Chris­ tian ministry.

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Twenty of the men will attend Lu­ ther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. They include James Berentson, Charles Don­ howe, James· Florence, Rodney Kas­ telle, De a n Libner, Earl Liescner, Gary Lindbo, Frank Marks, Frederick Masted, Jakob Mallcrup, Thomas Nel­ son, Kenneth Olson, Gene Pcisker, Donald Peterson, Milo Scherer, Low­ ell Sheldahl, Wendell Stakkestad, John Svendby, Roy Tribe and Svcn Win­

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ther.

Those going to Capit.al Seminary,

--�_tn." h,tt , Otrm , 'nc:hrde ""�:;lc.y Ap-­

ker, Theodore Bondurant and Donald Cornell.

Kenneth Gjerde will enter Augs­ burg Seminary, Minneapolis.

Dennis and Robert Rodin will tend Augustana Seminary, Roc.k land, Illinois.

Going to Wa rtburg S�mi�ary, DU. buque, Iowa, w1l1 be :-.Iel1 Kn;rn and John Milbrath.

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David Knutson and Roger Olson will study under Rockefeller Brothers Theological Fellowships at Un i o n Seminary, New York.

14 AI�umni Finish Seminary Work Fourteen PLC alumni were STadu­ ated from Lutheran seminaries this spring.

The tcn who finished Luther Sem­ inary, St. Paul, and the places they will be serving include: Donald Bluch­ er, Army chaplaincy; Chauncey Chris­ tofferson, Solon Springs, Wis.; Iver Haugen, Cranfills Gap, Texas; Arnold Kjcsbu, Concrete, Wash.; Robert Les­ ter, Leonard, N. D.; Paul Running, Navy chaplaincy.; Loren Rule, Tan­ ganyika, Africa; D u a n c Tollefson, Sweet Home, Oregon; Otto Tollefson, Brazil; Kermit Undseth, Veblen, S. D. REV. JOHANNES C. SCHILLER Gordon Coates and Robert Randoy finished Wartburg Seminary, at Du­ buque, Iowa, and will be doing grad­ GIFT HHPS THEOLOGIANS uatf' work next year at Concordia Recently a gift of $5,000 for schol­ Seminary, St. Louis. arships was rce�ived by the college Conrad Simonson was graduated from W. H. Hartke of Litchfield, Ill. from Pacific Lutheran Seminary, Ber­ The donor stipulated that the money keley, Calif., and has accepted a call be invested and the income be used to Fremont, Calif. to assist students who desire to study John Rydgren was graduated from for the ministry but do not have the Capital Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, necessary funds. This gift has been and has accepted a call to Heppner, set up as the "W. H. Hartke Seminary Oregon.

Student Scholarship Fund."

REV. M. J. 1(. FUHR

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greats in basketball, received his B.A. degrec from PLC in 195 1. He then served for four years in the U. S. Air Force where he obtained the rank of sergeant. He was activc in athletics and coached several basketball teams.

For the past three years he has been a teacher and coach at Franklin Pierce High School in Tn.coma. He has done graduate work toward his master's de­ gree at PLC. Dr. Reigstad graduated from St. Olaf College with a B.A. degree in 1943. He was a teaching fellow at thc University of Minnesota in 1943-44 and then, after two years in the Armed Forces, he returned for anoth­ er year at the Uniwrsity. He was an instructor of English at PLC in 194748. He then taught at North Dakota

1958 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Sept. 20-Puget Sound, Lincoln Bowl, 8:00 p.l1I. Sept. 27-Humboldt State, at Arcata.

Calif., 8:00 p.m.

Oct. 4-E a s t er n Washington, at Cheney, 8:00 p.m.

Oct. II-Pacific U., Lincoln Bowl.

8:00 p.m.

Oct. 18-Seattle Ramblers, Catholic Memorial Field, 8:00 p.m.

Oct. 25-Westcrn Washington, Lin­ coln Bowl, 1 :30 p.m. (Homecom­ ing).

Kov. I-Central Washington, Ellens­ burg, 1 :30 p.m.

TOV• 8-Puget Sound, Tacoma, 1:30.

Tov. 15-Whitworth, Lincoln Bowl, 8:00 p.m.

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Eastvolds Present Pool to Students

cou pl es Usually married gift s when anniversaries ro ll

M iss Pat ric ia Th omps o n, member of

the music faculty, is slated to give lec tu re s , demonstr at ion appe ara nc es, bc.Core two conventions of the Music Teachers Associ atio n . Her t opic will deal with eurhythmics, a mcthod of teaching music which she studied in wit zerl and la st y ear .

S 011 June 24 Miss Th ompson was to appear before the: s tat c conve.ntion of the MTA in Tac om a, and on July 2 8 sh e is to sp eak before the western district conclave in M iss o ula, 110nt.

receIve

a round.

Recentl y , the situation was revcrsed

when President and Mrs. S. C. East\'old pre se nt ed an outdoor swimm ing pool to the stud e nts for their use. .:

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"Mrs. Eastvold and I ar c so gratc-

for the many

ful

wonderful things

which students and faculty have done

for us a nd

for

the many blessings

which ha\'C come to us from A l m i ghty

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God," Dr. East vold said, "that we are giving the pool to you today." He mack his rema rk s at a bri ef dedica­ tory program at tlw daily chapel exer­ cises. Students and fac ulty gave the president a nd his wife an ovation.

The E astv olds are celebrating th ei l' 40th w e dd in g anniversary and thei r 15th a nniv Cl' sary at PLC. The pool, 20 fe ct wide and 40 f et lon g, is a pre- fab style installed by a V,lashingto n co rp oration . It is nmc icet de e p at the d ivin g enel and thr ee fect at the shallow end.

There arc con cre te walls and a sa n d

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Carl Fynboe, PLC graduate and vice principal of Clover Park High School, was elected recently as president of the 23,OOO-member Washington Education Association. Fynboe received his master of arts degree in education

from

the

College

at

the

June commencement. He was elected

for a te.rm of onc year . *

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Be nj am in Hanson, former PLC st u :lent and Tacoma at torn e y, was ckct­ cd mayor of Tacoma r e ce ntly. In the dect ion s he ld l a st s prin g he. was swept into office as a city councilman with the high est vote of any of the candi­ dates. Hanson was chosen mayor by o ther members of the council.

His wife is the former Doris Steiro, a PLC graduat e . Hanson has been te aching business law h er e the past sc h ool year .

bot to m and the pool is lined on sides

bottom with plastic. There is a tile b order around the top and a concrete apron 10 feet wide surro unding the pool. Th er e ' is a ch lori nating system to meet state health d e part ment specifica tions and the wate r ch anges completely every six to eight ho urs .

A he ating system, powered by prop an e gas, kee ps the pool at any t emperat ure d e si re d.

The pool arca is enclosed by a cy ­ clone fence and use of the facil itie s is restricted to students and faculty. It is strictly for recreational p urp ose s. and

THE FAMILY LIFE CONFERENCE held in April was one or the highlights of the entire school year. Three outstanding Lutheran authorities in the field of home and family gave a series of lectures and conducted discussion groups. The above photagraph shows the three speakers being greeted on the:r arrival on the campus by two member> of Spurs, !:ophomore women's service group. From left to right those pictured are: Darlene Kelly, Dr. Grongpr Weslberg, professor a: FaJerated Theological schools and the Medical School at th University af Chicago; Dr. Martin H. Scharlemann, professor at Concordia !>emillo. Y. St. Lou; ; Camille Emerson, and Dr. Fredric M. Norstad, professor at Luther Seminary. St. Paul. Thi" Family life Conference was made possible through a grant by thl! LUlhcron Brothorhood life Insurance Society. They have extended a similar grant 1 r lie-xi �ar.

PACIFIC LUTHERAN COLLEGE BULLETIN

July. 1958

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Eastvold

C.

S.

President

was

se-

Iccted recently for his sixth straight term as the president of the Associa­ tion

of Non-tax Supported

Colleges

and Universities in Washington. This is an association of eight private col­

leges in thc state for the purpose of

Forensics Record Is OUl:sl:anding

soliciting the support of corporations and other businesses. *

Pac;f;('

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.1Ith�r�n Coli"

'e ath l et es . past and pr ese nt , received accolades at the annual Hall of Fame ban quet sponsored by the Ta coma Athletic Commission last M ar ch. M a rv Har shman and Mar\' Tomme l'vi k, who were athletic greats from 1938-41, were selec ted for inclusion in the TAC's

The PLC f ore nsi cs teal1l h as an­ o th e r outstanding year in comp e ti tion with c olle ges and universitics through ­ out the nat ion. Prof. Theodore O. H. Karl, chairman of the Depa r tm ent of Speech, states that the team members won a tota l of 27 first places, 34 s ec onds and 26 thirds .

Sports

T

Hall of Fame. John Fromm,

against 54 colleges and A ll- A meri c an track star, was selected universities in the 1 [ western states as Tacoma's athlete of the year. * * * the tw o senior debate teams too k firs t Roger Mikulecky, elass of 1958, replace in the Western Speech Association Tournament i n L o s Angeles. crived an unusual present on gradua­ T homas Reeves and Donald Dou gla s tion day. His wife gave him a baby took first p la ce in s enior men's de- daughter, Vicki Lynn, on graduation bate and Jan et Turman and Be ttd ou morning (June 1) at 8 a.m. Roger M a cdon ald were first in senior wom- hustled back to the canl-pus for bac­ calaureatc and commencement exer­ LIl ·s. This was the f irst time in history of th e tournamcnt that both cises. The Mikuleckys have another senIOI' t e am s from the same school 'I child. Theresa, age three, * * * had won these events.

P ro fe ssor Frederick L. New nha m At the Seattle Pacific College tournal1lc :n t, devoted m ainly to j uni or d i ­ and wifc are spending the su mmer vision c omp e tit ion, PL C won five visiti ng relatives in Scotla nd and tour­ ing Europe. Newnham is a nati ve of PRESIDENT S. C. EASTVOLD received the J. A. O. Preus Award Ihis spring from the, fir s ts, five scc ond s and two th ir ds .

Lutheran Brotherhood Life Insurance Society for distinguished service in the field of Once a gai n PLC wo n s we ep st ak e s SI. Andrews, Scotland, and his mother education. Dr. Carl Granrud, right, president of the society, holds the plaque which he .<l t the C o'I I egc of Pugc,t Su 0 nd T yr 0 and other relatives reside in that ci ty . presented to Dr. Eastvold on the occasion. The PLC president holds the $2,000 check . . . o urth tIme They will re turn in time for the open­ f the was ThIS . t en m rna ou t which was given him as part of the award.

I in the past ten years that this had ing of school in Sept e mb er.

Competing

the

I

I I

accomplished.

At the Linfie ld College Tourna­ TIlt'nt of Ch ampions in Oregon the Lutherans took two firsts, ten s econds and six th irds .

For the second time in t wo y ears ' the college w as invited to parti ci pate in the Hcart of America Tournament sponsored by the Unive rsit y of Kan ­ sas. F o u rte e n schools fr om all over

*

been

I

I

the

nation

were

invited

and

those

*

I a nd Douglas survived the elimination

able to get to the quarter finals with a rec ord of s evCn wi ilS and t\VO losses.

Calvin Capener was adjudged the round

and

were

CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATE-Families and friends from many states and territories b est mo derator at the Portland Town .converged on the campus June 1 to be with graduates for commencement. Here Joan i\1ect ing.

Flaig, San Diego senior, receive. congratulations from family and friends. ,

Outstanding students received r<:c­

o gn it ion at the annual Awards Day convocation.

The

$300

Lutheran

B roth e rh ood

sch ola rships were presented to juniol'll

Ro be rt Bills and B ett el o u Macdonald

by Clifford M. Korsmo, l ocal repre­ sen ta tive of

the life i nsu ra nce

society.

Seth E. Anderson, JI·., receive d thc f i r s t annual Dr. Richard Blandau A wa rd for o uts tandin g pre -medical I work in his junior year. Dr. B1andau is assistant dean of the School of Med. icine at the Univ ersity of Washingt 0Konrad Koo sma n, Jr., received the $300 sch olarship of The Board for Christian Social Action of the Amc:.r­ I ican Luthe ran Church. This is given I to a s ocio logy major who bel ongs to the ALC. Thomas Reeves was given the indi.

v id ua l speech achievement award tro­ phy for his ou tst and i ng work in for­ ensics durin g his four years at PL .

Kenneth Gaal rece i ved th mathe­ matics award and Dani el Benson UIC ch elll is tr y award given annually to outstand in g freshmen in these ficldJ by the C he mical Rubber C omp an .

Announcement was madc that eight senio rs havc received graduate teac.h­ ing ass ist an tship s, fell owshi ps and s cholarshi ps. T he y include Arthur assistantsh i p in J oh ns on , grad ua l<.: ma them atics , Wa shington State Col­ l eg e ; James Florence a nd F r ed T o bi a son, teach in g fe llowships in history and c he mi st ry, re sp ect iv e ly, M i chigan S tate Univ ers ity ; Norman Fornc5S, scholars hi p in history , Wash i ngton State C olleg e; Lavern Weber, research assi st antsh ip in biology, University of Kansas; David Wake , fel lo wsh ip in b iol ogy, Unive r sity of Southern Cali­

­

fornia; David Knutson and Roger Ol­

son, Ro ck efe lle r Broth c rs Th eologi aJ sch ol arships ,

i nary .

Union The ol ogi cal Sem­

J oyee H ansen received the Ameri­ can Association of U nive rs ity Wome (AAUW) S cholarship , and DoloreJ Jordan received the Ladi"s of Kiwa ni, scholarship. Betty Meseus received the ann ual scholar ship gi ven by Mu Phi Epsil on, Tacoma chapter; and He n , rietta Stolte received the Spurs schol­ arshi p which is a memori al to Miriam Stoa. Fern Russell received the Tas­ sels s chola r sh ip and Dana Turcott the AAUW mem bers h ip award . s ludent wee k ly. The od ora Gulh au gen, S ac rame nt o, Cal if. , w a s ch osen editor of the student yearbook, The Saga, and Arthur Elli ckson, of M o ntebello, Calif., business m an a ger . *

*

*

Professor Gunnar J. Malmin, mem­

ber of the faculty since 1937 and di­ rector of the College c.hoir, has bec:a appointed head of the music dcpan­ ment,

replacing

late

the

Professor

Karl E. Weiss. *

*

*

Helen Enger, instructor in physica.l

education and member of the clas of 1953, was unit e d in marriage t o Ken­ manager of the Lakewood Center and neth N. Olson on May 3. Olson is the Allied District Holdings. Lakewood son of the Rev. and Mrs. Roy O lson, Center is an attractive shopping area d i rec t or o f p ublic rd at io ns , and his wife. in southwest Tacoma.

of athletics and coach at PLC from 1930

to

1948,

*

has

*

Donald Douglas, elected this

been

appointed

*

*

of Tacoma, was

Stud�nts for

school year.

Other students elected include Jay T ronsd ale , Clar e shol m, Al bert a, vice­ president; Connie Thompson, Olym­ pia, s e cret ary ; and R obert Larson, Cody, Wyo . , treasurer.

Ri ch ard Lon dgre n, Tacoma, was sekcted editor o f the Mooring Mast, the coming

*

..,

Eight seniors have been accepted

at

spring to serve as presi­ medical schools upon completion of

from the west were the U nive r s ity of dc.nt of the Associat�d

Southern California and PLC. Reeves

Scholarships And Awards Given

*

Clifford O. Olson, former director

Page l

t he i r pre-medic.al studies at PL

Those going to the Washington

School

of

University

•

of

Medicine in­

clude: Bruce Amy, James Knorr,Geor­ gia

Lee,

John

Moon,

John

Nihen,

Richard Schwindt and Roy Schwan.

James Haaland will go to the Univer­ sity of Oregon School of Medicine ill Portland.

J u ly, 1 958

PAC I F I C L U T H E R A N C O L L E G E B U L L ET I N

Page 4

College Academic Era Comes to End; Dr. Pflueger Retires After 18 Years

C o m mencement exerc ises e n ded an acade m i c era in the h i s t o r y

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o f Pacific L u theran C o l l ege.

D r . J . . P . P f l ueger, pro fessor of religion a n d philosoph y , m a rched w i t h the faculty a n d grad u a t i n g seniors for the l a s t time J S a f u l l - t i m e teacher. One of the m o s t belov2d a n d i n f l u e n t ia l jFofl",,.;8cl i n the scbool's his tory, b e i s ,;. -----He was

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Rock I s l a n d, I I I.; and

Dr.

13 Conventions Set for Summer

0:: UJ III ::!: => z

and

conventions

Thirt('cn

to every

0>

t ract

'"

c los e

to

campus.

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of

2 ,000 pcop ir

Am('I'ica

their

hold

will

their

A.

gu st

national

4--8.

This

convention a

is

organization.

here

young

Au-

crated

The second wee k i n J u ne the North-

western District of the American Lu-

It-adcrship,

he

told

the

I

halls.

to show

of

c rc a t ion

by

I c a n ctT

God,"

Dr.

year

alter

an

Illness

of

over

two

mon t hs. Her h u sband, the Rev. C. K.

1\1all11in,

c o n t i nu e d

as housefath c r i n

Ol d Main u n t il the comple tion of the

he

that

school

the

�1rs. C. K. 11alrnin, housemoth e r in Ol d lV� ain, died i n February from

classrooms When

family d u rin g

just compl e ted.

I

I

year. He will be housefath e r

s cho o l

I In

th e new Evc rgnTn Court this fall

a d w i l � also co�tinue his teach i n g o f � . e s.

NorwegIan cours , Allen

Schackd,

1 9,

Angeles

Port

sophomore, died i n November after a brie f

illness.

Death

believe d

was

to

have be e n caused by a pulmonary dis-

purposes Pflucg-er states. "The heart of educa- ordn.

"

tion

is

to

makc

that

accc ptabl e by

r('� sonablc and divine infiu c nc � . "

o u t e a ge r hands to serve the i r gener-

S u n of

a college professor, Dr. Pfiut:-

Three coeds were killed in a n a u t o-

mobile accident i n March cnroute to a

student

conference

at

a dormi- . College i n Sioux F a il > ge r w a s born and rais e d i n lory a t Capital University, Columbus, were: jeannette O l so n, -,

a nd wherever you go, you will se rve

man Legion-sp onsored Boys' State at-

his

his voice

b :.'auty a nd goodness a rc the

tru t h ,

a tion. R e solve that whatever you d o

tion. The following week The Ameri-

the

i n to

of e d u c a t i o n h a s been

H e challcn g'ed the seniors to reach

ther'an C h u rch hcld its annual conven-

e chos

thruugh

one

Te a c h i n g is his life . "My philosophy

class.

I th an among th ose w h 0 soun d taps,

least

s id e o f the, s t �gc where th<:: electronic

" You could be among those who shape the destiny of m li' n and nations rath e r

couples

Death cla im ed five members o f the

PLC

PLC

clc\'I(:c ca n t pick u p hiS vOIce.

There is a dearth of strong, consc -

The Presbyterian Mariners will hold

Deal:h Takes' Five I n School Year

D r.

s pl'a k l' s i n c h apel he vi ews the micrO, phone W i th scorn a nd moves off to the

moral and spiritu,:! character."

lion and s everal foreign countries.

> X X X UJ ::!: => ...J o >

a nd

to the world its s u preme n eed, strong

attract students from all over the na-

times,

"n til

r e verbna t ('s

"You

drunkenness.

t he

An cnthusiastic le cturer,

have th e sober re l ponsibility of giving

25-3 1 . This will

Ashram h e re .'\ ugust

and

of

th ' y' \,(' had at : � cOUl se, fl. om h i m.

ph:t

in crime, lust, mur-

the whole world

del', divorce

to PLC, as well as spcech, debate and

argumentation.

st ude nts fcc l th e ir e ducat i on isn ' t com-

wh e t he r scient i fic,

p robl enl

a breast

lremely popular with students.

are prone to forge t that we arc leadin g

annual

taught that subject when hc first came

row mind c d nc ss have made h i m ex -

our g-l'!' a t colle ge s and uni ve rsiti e s but

The Luth(' ran S t u d e n ts Association

i n fine arts next fall a t the college. He

leader,"

the day a nd his complete lack of nar-

He said that we speak proudly of

th

to

and

Pfiuegt:: r is remarkably alert. H is prac-

phi losophical or historical."

Included among these events arc

sp�akcr

tic a l appro ach to the social ethics of

and b e t te r scie n tists, b u t above all else our need is fo r a C hris t i a n app roach

t wo national concia\'cs which wi l l at-

co

Alwavs

( C ontinued from page one )

summer.

tC:lchn,

insatiablc desire to teach truth."

men!

realm of the constructive rathe r than the destruc tive. Ameri c a needs m orc

eonfe r-

a

of generations of s tudents through his

Commen

cnces w i ll be h('ld on the ca mpus this

"He has bee n an outstanding man

And he'll be doing some teaching.

, H e has consen ted to teach two classes

mented. " He has influenced the lives

Fredric M. N orsta d, professor at LuH.er Seminary, St. P a u l .

�

-

-

him, but he'll spend many hours in his

President S . C . Eastvold of PLC com­

gave the a d d ress; Dr. Eastvold; D r . Arthur O . Arnold, professor "t Aug ustana Seminary,

� 8

o iI o till(

�s

Seminary, C o l u m bus, Ohio; Dr. Frank F. Worren, president of Whitworth Col lege, who

� ;;

I

ary and community leader.

Eastvold, center. From left to right they i n c l u d e , Dr. Edward C . Fendt, Dean of Capital

� >-l

...

bers i n his rich life as pastor, mission­

H O N O R E D AT C O M M E N C EM E NT-Four c h u rch educational leaders were given honorary doctor's degrees at commencement June 1 . They are pictured here with President S. C.

..... � .... ....

..

make several Glfyings. Fishing bores

\ 't' n c r a bl t, professor h a s influ­

thousands of PLC students in

his classrooms and re, ched l i ke num­ sailboat on Lake Spanaway.

g �

II>

2 8 years o n the fa culty. well as his s y l l a b u s on C h risti, m ethic5. i O on june 6.

An a y i d wood car\'er, h e plans to

retiring a fter

Auc:ustana

:!)

0;

j

nt lr

T t:y

from 500 high school l eaders your God, your cnuntry and you r felP 1 I Ohio. He got his education there, tak- Tofirld. A l be rt a : D i 10\V , ,.,''} " hr. ''� ; r' :.<> t!:� �:l1::pt". ' ' I'l·no. ', iiI., ing every course on the cu rriculum of sophomore f om ]'vlo n t, . . . .

T wen t y stu der,ts were grad uatcd that mstltu tlOn. From there he w en t and Miriam Stoa, 20, l' unior frr·m The first week i n july the ALC Lu. ' . . . . ,I1 Il onors. Th .� 1 2 \V h 0 receIved \Vlt to Tulane and studIed m e dlcme, and attle. tl l e r L ('ague L ea d ers h·Ip S C h 00 I WI'11 b . " . . . . . ....

C th en ' cJ e g ret's curn 1 au d e'" ( WIt h hontl1t'n o n to Lelpslg U n l\'C r sl t y m Gerh e Id . Th e f 0 II owmg ' wee k th e E van� B le ss ed be the memory ()i lh�c tir: · PLC faculty members wrote a n d ' B runner, Charles Donors ) were j u I la . many, gelical Luthcran Church L u t h e r ' parte d ffiends. p r o d u c e d t h e impressive religious h owe, j ames F' lorence, Norman For, !If a r I eu t s h ort h'IS I n d la W orld ,, traeted some

PLCil:es Write,

I

Produce Pa g eanl:

League

pageant, "Seedtime," which was prescntcd to an audience of

Leadership

School i s sched-

ness,

uled and the next wee k the ELC will

Ross

.

Goetz,

DaVid

Hillesland,

------

missionary career after three years and

1 0,000 i n the Milton jcter, Thomas Reeves, Lowell Luther College Confers he came to Seattle where he was pash ol d its annual district parish cdueaM i n neapolis A u d i toriu m, j u ne 2 0. . .

Sheldahl, Ma rilyn Stolzcnbu rc: Dana �, tor of Queen Anne Lutheran Church Degree on Dr. Eastvold tIOn IIlstltute. From july 20 to 25 thc The Rev. R obe r t W. Lutnes, pastor Turcott, and janet Emilson, from 1 9 1 6 u n til he came to PLC in ALC Northwestern District will hold Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, con­ of the student congregation, wrote the Those who were graduated "magna 1 9 30. its parish education institute. The last ferred an honorary doctor of divinity pagean t w h i c h was an allegorical history

0 f

t h e

Evangelical

I

Lutheran

C hurch from the time of i t s conceplion in

1 9 1 7 until the present.

Prof. Theodore O. H. Karl, ehair-

man

of the

speech

producer-d irector

department, was

0f

which had a cast of

t h e

pageant,

built and designed the sets and was Robert

Fleming,

David

From August

10 to 1 6

Barbara

therc will be

the following week

ference,

Lcague

Calvin

Capener,

Luther

to

20 the Washington E d u cati on

were conferred

'{' n ac tive in dramatics at PLC, had

the lead roks.

M i lo

Scherer,

on Professor Fredric

Paul, M i n n . ; and Professor Arthur

18

Island, Illinois.

Dr.

Lu­

Warren received

a n honorary

doctor of letters degree, and Dean Ed­

ward C . Fendt of Capital Seminary,

hold i ts meeting.

Columbus,

Ohio,

received a n honor­

ary doctor of law, degree.

Reprinted b y permission o f K i n g Features Syndicate, Inc.

to

shift

thc to

class room

self

he

discipline.

w i ll He

wants to get some of his sermons and

addresses i n shape for publication, as

degree on President S, C, Eastvold a t

i t s commencement june D r , Eastvold

2,

gave t h e address

to

the graduates, speaking on the topic,

"This Troubled World."

E l even N urses Receive Ca ps A b i g d a y in t h e life of a student

nurse

is whc'n she

receives

h e r cap

and makes the' Florence Night('ngaic pledge.

Elc'vcn sophomore n u rses came up

tion, and the Rev, Robert C , Hovland

George Morken, director of n u rsing,

of

East

Waldo

Calif.,

Palo

benedic tion.

L,

Ellickson

gave the

Alto,

Calif.,

invoca­

gave

the

Dr. H. L, Foss of Seattle, . _hair11lan of the board of trllstees ' I sIJoke bri('fiy.

Sp,>a k ing at the baccalau rt'a te s c rv ­

I icC's

Sunday lrtorning, President S . . astvold of P L C expressed t h e hopL

tTI\.ed

I to the

UNIVERSITY CLUB, BIGCOME STEAMS OFF RE OLD SINkWA,ER U. FALLING BEHIND lHE TIMES • • • •

I

have

of

from Emanurl Hospital i n May for

Rev.

, Montebello,

I

What of the future ? Used to the

discipline

of

The

IN HIS

O.

Arnold of Augustana Seminary, Rock

As-

theran Student Association board will

OUR OLD SCHOOL IS STANDING STILL! ALL 'TH E OTHEI<S ARE 60ING AHEAD WI'TH 81G EXPANSION AND BUILDING P�I<AM5i 'THAT 5TICK­ IN-'THE - MUD \¥E GOT AS A COLLEGE P"'ESIDENT 15.-I'T PROGI<ESSIVE IN 'T}lE LEAST ' "

and

M . Norstad of Luther Seminary, St.

sociation V I P conference is schcduled,

and john Rydgrcn, all of whom have and from August 20 to 2 4 the

Ristau,

Honorary doc t o r of divinity degrees

Leadership

School will be held. From August

john Moon, Roger

DaVid Wake.

another ELC Lu ther League Lcader­ ship school, and

K n u tson,

Olson, Genc Peis!,cr, janicc Rindahl,

ca tion institute here .

1 00 persons. E ri c the Augustana synod, Columbia Con­

Nordholm, also of the speech faculty, tt'chnical director.

cum laude" ( w i th great honors) were

week i n j u ly the Presbyterian Synod

of Washington will hold a parish edu-

g ra duates

that

they

had

rc -

mo re than hook learning in col­

legr>. "We hopc you have la id un

hands God and will go out into the world

w i th tha t fa ith."

"�rnle grt'"arness/' he said, "consists in serving G od t h 1'Ough faith i n Jesus C h rist. Have a fai t b that stand, ::lIon' and

t h a t stands ::or something posi.

tive," he exhorted.

This Bulle tin was written and edit ­

ed by Milton Nes 'ig,

the

annual

capping ceremony.

lVl rs.

performed the rite. I n the photo, left,

she is s(' en placing the cap on 1\1iss Marjorie Roth. Looking on, right, is the

Rev . H. George Randolph, Eman­

ud chaplain, who gave the seTmon.

Students who were capped include :

Sy

Ivi

a

Bierman,

Carlene

Florenc e

K i rby,

Carlson,

Shirley Harmon, Judith Hawkins , Ann

johnson,

Klokker,

M a r i

Cha;'lotte

I u Miller, M a rjorie

H oth, Nancy Thompson a n d Patricia

Thorkildson.

Twenty-one

nu rsing-

students

who

havt! j u s t completed tht:ir fil's t year at the

college beg a n their two years of

clinical training a t Emanud on june

2 3 . There arc 18 i n the junior ciass.

Twenty senior nurSeS received Bach­

elor of Science degrees in Nursing at commencement exercises

this spring.