Reflections 1974 march

PACI FIG

LUTH E RAN U NIVERSITY

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What Shall They Say of Us? ... . 3 The World is Wa iting For Us .... 8 Report on the Commission on Academic Excellence; Vol ume LI V

March

1974

Published

times

annually

six

NO.3 by

Paci fic

0, Box 2068, Tacoma , Washington, 98447. Second class U niver s ity,

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Some Afterthoughts ......... 10 Two Kingdoms . . . ... . . . . . . .... 11

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EDITORIAL BOARD ,Pre s i d ent Dr. Eugene Wiegman Rev. Milton Nesvig Ass!. to the President Rev. Harvey Neufeld Director, C ol l eg iu m Ro n a l d Coltom . D irector, Alumni Relat i ons . Editor James L . Pete rson Kenneth Dunmire . Staff Photographers

Darrel Roa Ted Leonhardt

. Graphics Design

O.K. D evin , I n c.

C o n t ri b u t o rs: pre s i de n t Paul

Dr.

Eugene

Wiegman,

A Sea rch For the Ideal I ntellectual Climate . . . . ... . .

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Ne ws Notes .... . .. . . ..... . .... 22 University Notebook .. . . . . . . . 30 University Sports .. . . . . . .

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of Pacific Lutheran University; Dr.

Reigstad,

professor

of

Engl i sh;

Dr.

Philip N or dq u i s t , profes sor o f history; Dr.

Ulleland, president, PLU Alumni K elsey Redlin, 1973-74 student body pres i dent at PLU. Ch risty

Association;

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Wh tShal1 The Say Of s?

Eugene Wiegman

H i story i s a fasci nat i n g d i scipl i ne. It i s the study o f man k ind. H ist ory probes the past in order to better understand the present and p l an for the fut ure. I t is a f l uent d isci p l ine, for histo ry is constant l y being made. Even as we study h i story we must be mindfu l that we sh are in the event s o f the d ay that make h istory, A h i st o ri an worthy of the title labors diligently in research to set fonh an accur"ate pi cture of a t i me in the past. He or she labors unceasingly over the smallest of det ai l s whic h may appear to be insignificant to the casual observer", Yet it is just this sch o l arly work that opens the past to the p resent, revealing an enriching view of times gone by. We know, fO!" ex a mp le, that a first account of a historical happening may n ot in the long run be the most acc u r ate or helpful" Often decades or cent uries elapse befor"e a balanced and accurate account of a historical happening emerges. I t is difficu lt, if not i m p ossible, even f or sch o l ars to v i8'vv events o f their t ime with out emotion or bias, One tends to see th ings not only as they are, but also as one w i shes to see them. To be removed from a h i stori cal event permits a mo re acc u r ate and u n b iased view. Lo o k at the rnaterial s that are u n c overed yeal"l y r"egard i ng the American C i v i l War now more than a century i n the past , Diar i es, l etters, p i ct ures and d o cument s are continual l y un covered wh i ch add dimensi o n t o o u r u n derstand i n g of the events anci the ernotions o f that d ay.

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Making H is t or y Daily No one is more aware of the need for evidence to project an accurate picture of event s than our pr-esent leaders and po litic ians I know of rlO Pr-esident who does not want h istory to say anything l ess th a n that he was a dynamic, brilliant l ead er w h o exh ibi ted pat i ence, steadfastness, mercy, j ust i ce and k indness; who b r ou ght t h i s nat i on to t h e p i nn acle of success by d omin at ing the world th rough w i se dec i si ons and treaties; and w h o at h ome provided t ra n q u ility, econ omic prosperity and moral enlightenment. In short, every President wants to be a George Wash i ngton, Thomas Jefferson , Abraham Li ncoln and Fra n kl i n D. Roosevelt rolled int o one w ith, of course, only t h e good qualities of these men. For h i storical d oc u menta tion to be preserved and organ i zed for the pmsent and future h i storians one h a s but t o look a t t h e Presidential libraries and museums estab lished si nce the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the Ly nd on Baines Johnson Library now built, it will ta ke another decade to separate, organize and file r-esource materials. Already

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rVlr·. Nixon has set aside his Vice Presidential papers for historical research and has

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established a committee to lo c at e a site for the Nixon Pr-esidential Library. The highly controversial issue of Presidential recordings of conver'sation s in the Oval

Of fice of the President, n ow called the Nixon Tapes, was established p rim a rily by presidents attempt i ng t o captu re conversa t i on for h i storical reco rd s .

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To w h a t is a l l t h i s d i alog o n histor- i cal nrethod leading? It i s not, you can rest assured , a d i scourse on the Nixon Tapes and Watergate. I w i s h o n l y to exp l oi'e a thoug ht or two on , " w h at sha l l h i sto r i ans say of us and of o u r ti mes!"

S i nce we are mak i ng history d a i l y , i n d ividua l l y and corpo ra te l y , it shou l d not escape our atte n t i o n t h at our actio n s w i ll set the tone of ou r time. We cannot escape

from

ou r

h i s to ry ,

nor

sho u l d

we.

Sa ntay a n a ,

the

Spanish-Amer i can

phi losopher of th is ea r l y ce n t ury , said it all so wel l when he v,note, "Those w h o do not learn from h i story a re dest i ned to repeat i t . " God o n l y knows we w i sh not to repeat some of o u r past history and cer ta i nly not mo st of our h i s to ry of the pa st ten years.

Hovv s h a l l o u r ch i ldren and g ra ndchildren i nterpret o u r age? I surm i se that the l ow esteem held by A me rica ns for t h e leaders in governmen t s, ed ucat i o n , rei i g i on and commerce i s a r'e f l ec t i on of the shame fo r our deeds and low esteem vve hold for ourselves i n dividually and corpora t e l y . I t may be true t h a t President N i x o n has b ro u g h t d own u p on himse l f t he wrath of the peopl e by person al actions; but it should be noted it is no t d u e ent i re l y to h i s act i o n o r i nact i o n s , b ut rather to a general nat i o n al feel i ng o f despa ir, f ru stration and fea r- t h at is d i rected to h i m as the h i ghest e l ected leader, He is not re spo n sible for every negative event of the past f i ve yea r-so I\lo t hing co u l d be more u n fa i r and less he l pf u l to o u r understand i ng o f the d ay in which we live if we indu lge i n t he f o l ly of bla m i ng the Pres i d e n t fo r- the present s tate of affa i rs. We need to l o ok f i rst at our'se l ves i nd i vid u a l l y , seco nd ly at the U nited States of A mer ica, and fin a l l y , at the ent ire w o r l d . Let histo r i a ns deal w i t h Mr. Nixon, and let u s dea l w i th ourselves and w i th our ch allenges.

A Dynam ic People T h e b roader ques t i on we must be w i l l i n g to meet bold l y and honestly is whether we h ave t h e courage to l earn f rom our past a n d even greater co urage to work to strugg le to change t he present. I bel ieve we h ave such dete r m i na tion to meet t h e ch all enge.

I.Ne are a dynam i c peop l e. liVe were b o rn in a revo l ut i o n , eight years l o n g , in w h i ch r i c h and poor, y o u n g and o l d , sac r i f i ced nat i o n . We w rote

a

i m measurab l y

to give b i rt h to a new

const itut i o n, t he g reatest d oc u me n t issued on the d ign i ty o f

man, pushing freedom t o new heights, a governme nt with a covena nt w i t h i t s

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people stressing that conquered a rugged

a

nat ion's greatest resource is man and his self-realization. We

frontier,

developed the land and raw resou rces, establ ished

universal education, subdued the elements, reduced misery, poverty and untimely

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death. We fought a bloody Civil War to assure federal ism and national purpose and to expand human dignity to a race enslaved. We expanded civil liberties to all citizens, rich and poor, majority and 1l1inority, male and female. Wars were fought around the world to assure a measure of freedom and dignity in sllch places as Cuba, Philippines,

France, Flanders, Germany, Italy, Guadalcanal, Africa, Korea

and Vietnam. We have bled and died since 1776 for ideals so powerful that we have sacrificed life and

rescurce to

presel've

them. We have fed a hungry world,

rninistered to the sick, homeless and destitute�most of the time without thanks except that which comes from one's inner person of knowing what had to be done and doing it.

Recapture National Spirit We need to rec apture a feeling of national greatness not for the sake of arrogant patriotism , but rather for the spil'it it generates among us. Then, what is this spirit?

It is this: Man was created to be at harmony with his environment, his fel/ow man

and his God. H is endul'ing accomplishments are fashioned out of struggles clay in and clav out to preserve and to heighten the greatest gift man has-mankind itself. It

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i s a willingness to sacrifice for the common good, to be counted among those who h o l d to ideals, morals and way of life so firmly that they are more dear than life itself_ I n short, the greatness of a p eo ple is shown b y their giving of themselves to worthy cCiuses and to service of othe rs.

This is not a plea fOI- unenlightened altruism or softness-on the contrary. Such a nation of people calls for dedication, competition, excellence, stead f astness and courage. I t best flourishes where t here is {"espect for life, freedom of cho ice and m ove ment tolerance of ideals, sharing of knowledge, enhancement of the arts and culture, and most importantly of all, an openness ill search for truth. H ave no t all these virtures been a part, yes, even the fo u n dation o f ou r nation ? The pages o f h i story are full o f men and women w h o stood firmly agai nst a host o f adversaries and w h o th rough struggle and suf fering emerged victo r i o us l y They refused to g i ve i n and g ive way for- theywere convi nced o f the rightness of their cause I n short , they kept t h e fai t h . ,

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Courage to Act The only deadly sin I

know is the sin of cynicism. I t consurnes us and holds no

hope for today or tornorrow. Ther-efore, let us not give way to cynicism. L e t

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in

place rea ffir-rn the proposition that inan is crea ted to be at hal-mony with his environment, his fellol;\/ man and his God. Do we have the courage to learn from our past and move to change the presen t? If we do n ' t , who then shall do it? It must be begun now by each and eve ryo n e of us_

I cha l l enge you to act.

Dr_ Eugene Wiegman President, Pacific Lutheran University

What vvill h i sto r i ans say of o u r time? It is for us to say, for i t is i n our power to shape our l ives and ollr d est iny Let us act w isely, co u r ageously , con fidently, assured of o u r past and aware of o u r even greater future. Let the historians and our ch i ldren say of us t ha t "theirs was the best of times and the worst of times", but that a gl eat p eo ple did not let the A m e r ican dream d i e; that they did, in theil' time, give new meaning to the dignity of man. This is our challenge toelay and this is our .

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promise of tomormw.

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah

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TbeWorld )sWaiting For Us Christy N.

Ulleland

Is Christian higher education a viable option in the 20th centuryl I suspect that question could stimulate intense conversat ion in certai n circles. Much of that conversation

would

probably

relate

to

defining

Christian higher education or the church college and

our expect a ti ons of it. A lot of gut-level flak would fly as d iverse opinions were expressed. And we'd prob ably all come away still not quite sure we'd grasped the w h ole, and still questioning - is i t worth it! Can we afford it! What is it!

One encounters many def i n i t i on s and expectat i ons of Chr ist ian h i gher educati on and the ch u rch college. T o some i t appears the pri mary function o f the Christian un i versity is to train ch u rch workers and leaders. T o others the Chr istian unive rsity is a pl ace where a p i etis tic li fe-s tyl e is pre-eminent, a "safe" place to send sons and daughters. To still others it is a place which of fers a sermon preached in every classroom with every lecture. And there are those who consider the

Christian

university

a

guarantee that

all our

church kids can go to college if they choose, their fitness for that p athwa y being irrelevant. To some a chul'ch college i mpl ies second-rate educat ion, faculty who

can't

cut

the

mustard

else'lvhere,

religious

fanatics who don't know how to live on earth, or an expensive inadequ ate attempt

at something public

univers ities can do much better.

Very

pro babl y someth i n g called Ch r i stian h i gher education has i n cluded elements of all the ab ove, and very probably it sti ll d oes in some i nsti tutions called church colleges. T h i s is not to say there i s no valid ity i n any of these concepts. (Obviously one's own experiences with Ch ristian h i gher education influence one's viewpoi n t and expectations.)

Perhaps a Christian university should

include

some of those

elements. But it seems to me they miss the point.

They're getting caught up in the circus sideshows and never making it to the big tent. Why limit ourselvesl The

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Christian

university

is

a

place

of' joy,

of

celebration, of e x citement, of sea rch, of l earning, of

Curricul um content, cou rse o fferin gs, teach in g to o l s

trut h , o f growth, of people.

and methods are all subject to ch ange with inc reasing

I ciJn say w i thout hes itation that my association with Pacific L u th e ran U n iversity h as been of g reat ben e f i t to m e , both i n my career as a physician a n d i n my private life. There were good t i mes and bad t i mes during my four years t h e re a s a student. Th ere have

k nowledge,

and

w i th

society's

need s

and

expectatio ns. As Ch ristian, it is a pl ace w h e re the Gospel

is bold ly prod ai med. Studen ts and fac u l ty

may test and d o ubt, in the classroom and wit h o u t , but a l w a y s with t h e c ross o f Ch rist as referen ce pOint.

a l so been good ti mes and bad times s i n ce. I n so me

submit

this

i nterdeg itat i o n

of

Chr i stian

and

c l asses I lear ned a great d ea l , in others l itt le that I can

university called C h ristian hig her education is not an

remember now some ten years later. W h en I a r rived at

option but a necessity for the twentieth century. We

medical

other

can't afford not to h ave it. Our society is desperate l y

wel l-trained

l oo k i n g for m o ral leadersh i p , for a sense of d irect i o n ,

sc h oo l ,

I

u n d e r g r adu ate

fo und

c l assmates

sc h o o l s ,

e q ua l l y

from

academic a l ly.

So w h at d i d

for a purpose in l i fe. The Christia n university has that l ea rn at P L U that I co u l d not h ave

l earned el sewhe re? I guess it i s not so m u ch w h at I learned there, but what happened to me the re. H o w do you measure t h e ef fect of a J e ns K n udsen on a student? or a Jesse P flueger? or an A n ne K nudson? or a

Walte r

Schnackenberg?

and

the

many

other

ded icated fac ul ty both from my e ra and oth ers?

to

give.

It

gives through

its people, o n

and

off

caillp us, facu l ty , sta f f , stu dents, and a l uillni. It gives in many ways - th rough a Lute Je rstad c l imbi n g Mt. Everest,

a

fiel d s o f

Dorothy Meyer labo ring in the m i ss i o n I nd i a ,

a Bill

Foege working to erad icate

smal lpox epidem ics in Afr i c a , a Walte r Capps teac hing theology, a Stan Trom serving as D. A. in Vent u ra County, a Jaso n B oe pres iding over the Oregon State

At PLU I was able to explore the wor l d and myself,

Senate,

to search for truth, to doubt and test my faith until I

aud i en ce with mu s i c that proclai ms the g l o ry of God,

k new what it was and

a Jon Pau l so n creati ng wo rks of art. Doesn ' t all that

who

I was.

(Ad mitted ly

I

a

Gunnar

Ma l m i n

moving

his

choir

and

wasn't a l ways aware of these pr ocesses at the time.)

make it worth the d oll ars and sacrifice and prayer and

What

sweat and tears and pa in and joy that have gone into

better place to have that happen than

commun ity wher e one is l oved

in a

and respected as a

A n d that, to me, is wh at a Christian uni versity is a l l about.

Pacific L utheran University? Sh a l l we give a l l that up?

No. Let us bo l d l y f l y the col or路sl Let us d a re to be

friend anel fellow c h i l d of G od?

People. Peop l e engaged toget h e r i n lea rni ng

different! Let us meet the challenge l We h ave noth i n g to l ose. T h e w o r ld i s wa i ti n g f o r us.

and i n the search for t ruth, alw'JYs striving to d o that task as wel l as it can be d o ne. People together l o v i n g a n d l iv i n g and sharing i n a c o m m u nity that val ues each member equa l l y. People together joi n i n g in the cel eb r at i o n of life and the Gospe l .

T h e f u n ct i o n o f a Ch rist ian university then becomes qu ite c l e a r. A university is a center路 of learning and a tra in i ng

ground

for

both

stu dents

and

fac u l ty.

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epo onthe Commission on Academic Excellence...

Some Afterthoughts Paul Reigstad On

May 9,

1973

the

Co mmissio n

on

Academic

Excel lence sub mitted to President Wiegman its final repo rt, which i n c l udes a st ate me nt of ph ilosophy and objectives as we l l as specif i c reco mmendations fo r the devel opment of the U n ive rs i ty in the years j u st ahead.

The

fa i rly

brief

11-page

document

summarizes

conclusio n s reached after" two an d a ha l f years of reseal"ch and discussion.

T h e Commission on A cademic Excel l e nce was an ad hoc c o m mittee appointed by P r esident Wiegman i n Marc h o f 1971. I t s specific charge was to study the educational program of the U n i ver sity i n order to reco mmend

how

best

to imp rove the

quality

of

academic life on the campus. The Commi ssion was made up of 13 members of the facu lty, representing all

major

divisions

of

the

U niversity;

th ree

administrato r s , wh o served in an advisory capacity; and two students. Thus, the total mem bersh ip was 18.

Partly because it was diffic u l t to get such a large group

together

regu l ar l y ,

but

a l so

partly

for

phi l o soph i c reasons, t he Co mmi ssion d id most of its preli m i nary work in fo u r sub-groups, each devoted to a specific inte rest: facul ty

and

(1) general U n i versity goa l s;

curricul u m;

(3)

students;

(continued

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(2) (4)

page 12)

Report on the Com ission on Academic Exc II nee...

Two Kingdoms Philip A. Nordquist

When the request to serve o n the Co mmission o n Academ i c E x cellence came t o m e I was i n Geneva, Sw i tLerland ,

on

sabbatical

leave,

I

was

deeply

engro ssed in my stud ies a t the U n ivers i t y of Geneva's Refo r rnat i o n I nstit ute and I was a l so obser v i n g rather c l o sely the work of the World Counci I o f C h u rches an d

the

L u theran

Wo rld

Federatio n .

I was a l so

thinki n g about home as h u man beings a re w o n t to d o w h en they a re someplace e l se for an extended period of ti me. Amo n g o t her things I was t h i n king that Paci fic Lutheran U n i vers i t y-and I do not claim any spe c i al g i ft of o bjectivi ty-was a rem a r k ably good educa t i onal insti t u t i o n . Its p rogra rns wer'e so u n d and its

" i mage"

was ap peal ing,

but

I

was espec i ally

con scious o f people. T h ere were, I was convi nced, some very able and dedica ted people assoc ia ted w i th PLU concerned with ri go rous ed ucatio n b u t also w i th

service and lives that make sense. (I cannot hel p but think as I w rite this of my late co l l eague, Walter C .

Schnacke n b erg, qual it ies.l

a

rema rkab le

example

of

these

At any rate fil led w i t h th ou gh ts of th i s sort I accepted the i nvitation. It may h ave been a mi stake. I am not thrilled by comm i t tees and t ask-forces n o r b y the product i o n o f rheto ric t h at gli tters b u t says very li ttle

and

produces few

i f any

resu l t s, The time (continued on page 13)

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structure

and

envi ronment.

Movi ng

slow Iy

and

recommendations

for

sometimes painfully through this early phase of our

Furthermore,

faculty

assignment. we eventually decided which problems

formal study after another-at least one during each

achieving has

that

gone

excellence.

through

one

we could properly and profitably study, and which

of the last three administrations-designed to help

lay beyond our province,

achieve academic excellence.

By September of 1972, a little over a year after its appointment, the CommiSSion had sing l ed out seven b road areas of con cern wh ich deserved i n tense study d uring the final year of i ts w ork: ( 1 ) the approp r i ate character and funct i on s of th e University as a w h ole and of i ts var i ous d i visions; (2) th e k i nd of student most likely to benef i t from P L U's p h i losophy and program; (3) the recruiting process at P L U; (4) possibilities for more effective governance; (5) trends and options in higher education for the nex t decade;

(6)

program development and procedul'es for periodic

I'eview;

(7)

and

recognition

and

pr o m oti on

of

effective teaching and learning.

But while I am somewhat disappointed,

I am also

pleased and encouraged as I r e- read the report now, nine months later, to be reminded of h ow muc h the

Commi ssion found to agree upon . I note par tic ul arly the red ed i cat ion to the ideal of liberal educat i on and the i nsi stence upon not only a Ch r i stian Un iversity b ut one understood from a d isti nctly L utheran perspective. I note the Comm i ss i on ' s agreement on the importance of a core curr iculum and on the need for continual evaluation of the core to i n sure that it i s fulfi lling its function, I note t h e emphas i s upon the fundamental responsibility of the f a culty for good teaching; upon the need to re-examine the gl'aduate upon the d es i r ab i l i ty of a strong

The final repol't of the Commission is essentially a set

program;

of

program; upon the crucial i mp orta n ce of the library

specific

recommendations

which

grew out of

discussions of these seven genel'8l topics. I mmediately aher receiving the report in May of 1 97 3, Pl'esident

Board of

Wiegman shared it with the f ac u l ty and Regents.

Responses

expressed

to

me

varied.

were

were the

Among

following

those

"Positively

elitistl" "The mountain labored and brought forth a

mous e. "E xcel l en t -provides a framework for future discussions." "Too b u sy to read committee reports," "Valuable bluepl int for plan n i n g the future of the Un iversity," "

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of the Commission I must confess to a in th e somewhat l i mited usefulness of the report as wel l as in the indifference

As

c hai r m a n

certain with

disappointment

which

the

faculty

I'eceived

it.

Yet

I

can

understand both results, I t is extremely difficult for

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c omm ittee

backgrounds

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this

and

members interests

constitutes

academic

d iff i c u l t

for

of to

excell ence,

them

to

widely

differing

agree It

a g ree

is

on

what

even more on

specific

honors

in promoting academic excellence.

It seems

to me that neither the

a d m i ni stra t i o n

can

afford

faculty

to

nor the

igr:ore

these

recommendations of the Commission on Academic Excellence, If the report is going to be considered as merely

a

p assi n g

commentary

on

the

academic affairs at PLU by a committee of

state

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of

during

the years 1 97 1 -73, we sha l l have ig n or ed its greatest value: a context for plan ning and further d i scussion within spec i f ically defi ned I i mi ts agreed upon by a large and representative group of the faculty.

(Two Kingdomsl

seemed r i ght for such a t ask, however. The '70's and '80's gall o p ahead fraught with d i ffic u l t ies. P r ivate ed ucat i o n teeters in the balance. A clear d e l i neation o f p r i o r i t ies and pu rpose will obviously he l p a s vve fight.

paradoxically

perhaps,

for

d i s t i nction

and

su rvival. So I set to w o rk o n my return home fl"Om Europe and worked ha rd on the tasks at hand. So d id my co l leagues on the Commissio n . We got a l o ng very well and p roduced our f i n a l report with a "emarkab le

u n a n i mity . That f i n a l re port is not i n terlarded with mag i c n o r w i l l it b ring about some sort o f age" because of its

my st i ca l

"

go l den

i nsights. I t is rea l i stic , not

apocaly p t i c . It i s n ot a manifest o , not a decl arat ion.

It was pu rposel y ciesigned to be a re l at i vely sober, s traightforward

d ocumen t

concerned

the

with

possible wh ich , if taken se r i ousl y , would he l p br i ng about impo r t a n t and needed changes, i m p rovements, and ef ficienc ies . That c l early is q u i te a b i t . Whether i t is enought only some future histo r i a n can tell.

One o f the most import a n t ach ieveme n t s fou nd in the Commiss i o n Report- perha ps the most i mpo rtant of a l l-was the statemen t on the Chr i st i a n U n i versi t y I t .

has never been easy t o t a l k about Christ i a n and Un iversity

in

the

same

b,路ea th .

The

i nel uctab l e

demands o f sch olarsh i p and the razo r of i nte l l ec t u a l ho nesty a re not the same as the i mp e rati ve of the Gospel. The one can not be t r ansmu ted i nto the other.

Yet the

Ch,-istian

beg i n ning

Ch urch

at tempted

to

has keep

fmm a l most mind

a nd

the spi t i t -

juxtaposed. This has f r eq ue nt ly been hazardous and

t ensio n

and

headaches

have

been

produced .

Enol'mo u s benefits have resulted a l so. T he Christian Chu rch when it has been most effective h as n o t been atraid of inte l l ect and learn i n g. Surely effect i veness Or. Paul Raigslad,

professor of

English. has taught at

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PLU for

A St. Olaf Call ga advanCed degrees degrees from the University ot New MexiCO. V8llrs.

gradllllle, he holds

an d affirm a t i o n, as well as the c l a rity of proclamation

that ed u ca t i on can g i ve, are necessary now as the Church

a ttempts

fragment a t i o n ,

and

to

mi n i ster

to

the

co n fu s i o n ,

p a i n of th,s so-ca l l ed

Age of

Aqua rius. (continued on page

141

13

The

Commission

affirmed that

PLU

should be a

then be a "place" where Word and S acraments are

new understanding of what that means, but rather by

available and openly pr ocla i med. And where they are

returning to the original source of our identity-the

not cheapened or deb ased . It must also be a "place" where able and thoughtful people free l y add ress their various tasks w i th out fear or constraint . There w i l l inevi tab l y b e a dialogue between "Christ" and

Re fo rmation of the six teenth century. PLU shou l d have always understood and defi ned her mission in t h i s way. (There have probably been lapses from time to time occasi oned by forgetfulness or by the blad i sh ment of making culture identical with religion_

"Culture" in such a setting and all should welcome it.

The dialogue and the "place", however important,

Culture-rei igion has been one of the idols of the

cannot be nlistaken for the means of grace. They do

American experience.)

not br'ing salvation. They are part of w hat Luther

The exuberant, paradox ical,

anel Biblical theology of lViartin Luther provided the

called the "natur'al orders:'

basic mater-ials out of which this statement came. It

creation to be sure, but they are not recognizably

is,

Christian.

of

course,

not

possible

to produce

a logical

syllogism out of the though t of Luther. Nonetheless, the

statement

d yn a m ic

is

an

effective

t hem e s

d em a n d s -intelleC l u I

and

summary it

openness

of

some

a l l o w s-e v e n

and

honesty_

The

first four paragraphs are expecially i mportant: Paci fic

L utheran

unreservedly as

University

a Christian

identifies

itsel f

University_ Moreover, it

understands this identity from a distinctly Lutheran perspective_ Only so does it maintain its university

without

compromising

i ts

i nte gr ity

as a

ch aracter

as

Christian.

Fo r

a

that

university

is

Lutheran,

faith

cannot

tyran nize reason nor can cul ture be subsu'11ed under the fai th . To do so l eads only to legalism, which is the

g reatest enemy of knowledge.

The

Re forma tion's

of

oonception

the

"two

kingdoms"-God's grace and God's power-frees us t o appreciate evaluate reason

the

true,

the

good,

and

the beautiful

found in creation or culture, as well as to

wherever

critically all

by

human

every

creat i vity

appropriate and

ca n on

of

thought-without

"Christianizing" the world's knowledge or skills.

At the same time, for a university that is L utheran, reas on cannot be offe red as a substitute for faith nor can the means of g race be subsumed under culture. To

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A Christian university in this understanding must

Chr-istian university. It did this not be devising some

do so leads only to the idolatrous

usurpation that

claims

God,

for

man

what

belongs

to

and

to

a

That is,

they

They ar-e part of God's are

not w her'e God has

pro mised to be in a recognizable way, in a saving way, and man cannot through his own efforts find God save where He has promised to be.

In the realm of the "natural orders" h owever-in cultural h istory, and the physical wor l d -a l l kinds of t h i ngs can be known and curiosity is perfect ly appropriate and desirable. Reason is the instr-ument man uses to und erstand. It can be used without embarrassment.

T here certainly can be no Inquisitor-General directing traffic. That would be the worst sort of arrogance.

This understanding of a Christian univer-sity is rooted

in this Institution's heritage. It is part of a tradition that has existed for centuries. It makes possible the yoking of Athens and Jerusalem in a most powerful way. I think it is enormously exciting for those who take both learning and Christianity seriously. I 'Nould have found it both exciting and reassuring if I h ad

encountered

th i s

understand ing

of

a

Christian

un ivers i ty as an undergrad u ate. The reaffirmati on is

exciting and reassuring in the d ecade of t he 1970's.

The Comm ission f oc used on much else. Professor Paul Reigstad has mentioned many of these things

benighted arrogance that obscures both worldly real ity

e I sw h e r e

and t h e merits of Christ.

reaffirmation was the section on Iiberal education.

in

this

i ssue.

Another

important

PLU has from vi rtua l ly the beginn i n g been concerned with

l i b er a l

e d ucation,

although

here

too

forgetfu l n ess, various pressures, and b l and i shments have

from t i me to t i me produced an

i nst itutio n a l

crab- l ike gait. The Commi ssion agreed unan i m ously that

"the

pr'eeminent

emphasis at the Un iversity

shoul d be on l iberal ed ucation. The proper goals of such

education

a re

in

no

sense

anci Il ary

or

preparatory; they are at the heart of the University's reason

for

exi stence."

Most

i n d i vidua l s who have

been asso c i ated w ith P LU for any l e ngth of time w i l l r"aise a cheer for th is, I am sure.

A fter- these introductory secti ons on the Ch r i st ian �n i v e r s i t y

and

l iberal

recon:me ndations '!Vere

e d u c at i o n

made

s p ecific

in the eight sections

that followed. Good teach i n g was a domi nant theme in the section on the Facul ty. A considerable amount of space was devoted to the Students. That sect ion was

introduced

University's

w i th

l imited

the

suggestion

resou rces

that

requ i r e

"The

that

its

adm ission po I icy focus attent ion on those students most

l i kely

to

benefit

from

its

phil osophy

and

p r ogram." Other topics were i n troduced un der the head i n gs "Qual i ty of L i fe on Campus," "Educational Facil ities,"

"Program

Devel opment

and

Review ,"

"Gra uate Prog rams ," "Co n t i nuing Education," and " F i scal

Po l icy."

Dozens

of

suggest ions

were

subsumed under the head in gs.

A fter two years of I abor on the project and some mo n ths of re l ative ca l m s i n ce i ts comp l e tion what can be sai d ? Was the game worth the cand l e? I think so, Certainly

I learned a great c1eal a n d cla rified many

thoughts" But beyond that there was p roduced a rich vari ety of tak e n

in format ion and suggestions that can, if

s e r io u s l y ,

b ri n g

i m p ortant

changes,

p reoccupation w i th our proper tasks, and the k i n d of students, faculty, and support we need to accompl ish ou r work. Much is already being done. It w i l l be some years before we can fully assess the r"esults.

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A Sea reb For ��The Ideal Intellectual Climate" Kelsey Redlin

Not l on g ago I read o n e of the more poi gnant stories of the

despair

i n private col l eges and un iv ersities.

S h imer Col l ege is located i n rural northe rn Il l i n o i s and thi s yea r the mo n i es f r o m student tuit i o ns a n d i ts m i n iscule

endowment

are

u nable

to

meet

the

ope rating budget. Its tn.fstees have decided to close Shi mer" s doors. members, "u n i q u e

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however,

a re

st u dents and 32 faculty figh t i n g

o p p o r t u nity"

of

to

mai ntain

atten d i n g

the

Shi mer

Col lege-what the Harvard Educational Review called a n "idea l i ntel lectual cl i mate."

The

l atter ph rase intrigued me and I searched the

art i c l e for some further el uci datio n.

It seems that

such an at mosphere should not be un ique to S h i mer.

I n fact, I t h ink there have been t races of it w i thin my own

educat ion-those

seductive

encoun ters

w i th

reason.

It must be admi tted that du ring the course of an education t here are few times when one i s actu al ly forced to exercise reason. Periodica l l y i t i s suggested or even urged, but ordinari ly th ese opportu n i t i es can be effectivel y si de-ste pped. The determination and execution of what w i l l please a g iv e n instructor is accompanied by only slight stra i n . Neve rtheless there are those intoxicat i ng moments when an idea, ones own m o t i vat ion, or an inst r uctor of exemp l a ry skil l prompt reason to l abor and are enough to i ncite one to

habitual

usage.

This

expe rience

rest lessness and dissati sfaction

gives

rise

to

with any less. Yet,

much of educat ion seems bent on the prevent i o n of free inqu i ry and in stead transfers determ i ned bodies of know l edge or i mp l a nts bel i efs. Th is propensity is no rece n t i n n ovation.

Prior to the seven teenth cen t u ry,

l earned persons

were i ncl i ned to mai n ta i n and i n struct others in the "wisdom crit ical

of Aristotle"

without giving thought to

exami nation. For exa mple, they were quite

content to affirm that women had fewer teeth than men; ch i l d ren wou l d be hea l t h i er if conceived when (continued on page

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easi ly

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is a l most

vvith sa l t, o l ive o i l , and warm water. T h e a dvent o f

d i stracting and

the

method

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forgotten but it may l i e f reque n t l y d o r m a nt. ( Even

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A l t hough we pr ide ourselves w i th living in an age of education. I f education emph asizes sc i e n tific methods of i nquiry, i n depe nden ce of m i n d wil l be encouraged.

S c ience d o es not suppose that its answers are abso lute or" f i nal but that given what we presentlv know they a re

probable.

A l l o w i ng

persons

to

recognize

this

d oubtful ness frees t h e mind a n d suggests d i rect i o n s fo r i n vestigat ion.

The

met h od

repeated ly Once

agai nst

ac h i eved

forces

it

is not

must

be

l ea rned

and

kept

sharp

w i th

co n t i n ued use. ( I ad m i t to shar ing Russel l ' s prejud ice that it i s best learned in the d i scipl i n e of ph i l osophy. ) Reason

cert ai n l y

can

and

does

exist

at

Pac i f i c

Lut heran University a n d i t i s t he stuff o f acade m i c excel l ence. A student can t ruly say : " I got so mething preci ous f ro m t h i s pl ace." ( As f o r S h i m e r C o l le ge- No rt h e r n

I l l i nois d i rectory

assistance repo rts that it sti l l has a ph one numbe r . )

of reason encourages exa m inati on o f

wha t o n e i s to l d , and for mation

a nd

powe rfu l .

Kant had to be awakened from h i s dog m at ic sl umbe rs judg ment

science we d o not practice its i n tegral p r i n c i pl es i n

constant

of

mental

this i s i n strum ental i n the

habits which

l ead to sound

j udg ments . The aff i r m a t i o n of an idea is based on its reaso n a b l en ess,

not

solely

on

the

aut ho r i ty

that

propo u n ds it. T h e ideal intel l ectual c l i mate is ful l of uncert ai n ty but i t s excitement i s depend ant on th i s un cer"ta i n ty, as i t c o n sequen t ly g i ves each student's reason a ful l field

of oppo rtun ity.

p repa red

f o r this envi ronment,

difficu l t

and

the

exert ion

even

e x h i larat i o n

comes to

t h ose

at mosphere

when

learns

"suspe nded persons

one

j udg men t."

and

ideas

is

The

In a m i n d not

t he uncerta i n ty

is

pai n fu l . But the

steeped

in

what

R ussel l

such

d i alogue

welconr-ed

and

an

cal l ed

between d i fferences

enth usiast ic a l ly rece ived . The desire i s fo r t r u t h and t h is often co mes as much in the expe r i enci ng and exami n i n g of the problem as i n find i n g a solut i on.

C reat i ve t h i n k ing and proffered /

for

all

anot her's

expressions of apprec i at i o n

ideas are

and

crit ical

appraisa l . This funct i o ns best when pe r meated with

I

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News Notes I N MEMO R Y OF DR. SCHNAC K E N B E R G

1 958 a l u rnnus, he was h onored as P LU A l u m n us of the Y ear i n 1 973.

H e wrote, " A truly gl'eat teacher is

The Walter C. S chnac k enb e r g iVl emorial L ecture has been created at Pacific Lutheran U n i v e r- s i t y in memory of a d i s t l n g u ishecl professor'

of h i story a t P LU w h o passed away Dece mber 5.

T he Lectu re , i n st i t u ted by the S ch nackenberg fam i Iy and the facu l t y of the Department of H i story, will b r ing national ly and internationally recogn i zed sch o l ars of h istor'y to the ca mpus. I t w i l l b e inaugurated d u r'ing the 1 9 7 4- 7 5 acade m i c year.

Deve l o p me n t of such a l ec tur e ser ies was one of D r. S c h n acken足 berg ' s most frequently expressed wishes.

H i s was a d i st i ngu isheci career o f serv i ce at P L U from 1 935 when he enro l led a t PLC as a freshman; from 1 942 when h e began his teach ing ca r eer' here, f ro m 1 947 when he returned fro m m i l i ta r y serv i ce and began extens ive research h ere on the h i s tory of L ut heran ed u ca t i o n a l i n s t i t u t ions i n Wash i ngton , research that cu l rn i n足 ated i n a P h . D . , and from 1 952 when h e retu rned to the campus fac ulty p e r m a n en tly.

-

'

Dr. Thomas R eeves, professor of h i story at the U n iversity of Wisco n s i n - Pa r k s i de, was one of

D r. S chnacken ber'g ' s studen ts. A

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a rare a n d valuable creat ion.

He

must possess and e x hibit a nu m ber

of u ll co m m o n q u a l i t ies: integc i ty, compassion, patience, hum i l ity, an a p preci at ion of i ron y, a b road sense of h umor, and a com m i tmen t to h igh i ntel lectu a l standards. Walter S ch nackenberg was q u i te s i m p l y t h e best teacher I h ave ever k nown. " H e en r i c he d the l ives of thousands of young peo p l e.

He w i l l long be

re m e m be r'ed w i t h fondness and respect.

Few men, I su spect, can

ask more. "

Sch n acke nberg

News Notes SW E D E N 'S L U C I A B R I D E G U EST OF P L U W i t h e y e s and s m i l e as b r i g h t a s the crc\·vn

o f seven ca n d l es t:13t she

wo r t ,

S we d e n 's na t i o n a l L u c i J B r i de,

M a i gre t A n dersso n , pa i d

f i ve- day

pre- C h r i st m as v i s i t to P L U arld the

Sea tt l e- T ac o m a area.

Swed e n ' s good w i l l a m t)assadress

arr' i ved co urtesy ot Scand i n av i a n A i r L i nes a n d w a s hosted by t h e P L U S p u r s , sop h o m ore wo rn e n ' s

serv i ce orga n i za t i on .

Mi ss A n d e r sson gu es t at wa rns

I II

(j

t h e h o n o r ed

was

nU lliber of h o l i d ay p ro­

the Sea t t l e-T aco ma a r ea ,

os we l l as a

at seve r e d

vi s i t o r

Her

h o sp i t a l s a n d r e t i remen t h o mes. stops i ncl u ed the

a

-o m a

Lodge C h r i s t m as F es t i va l

,

Elks

PLU

C h r i st illas F e s t i val C o n c e r t s i n Tdcorna ' n d Seatt l e , a Sea t t l e

S we d i sh Club l u tef j sk d i n n er a n d the G e thser lane L u ther a n C h u rch

C h r i s t m as p rog r a m a l so i n Sea t t l e . ,

S h e v i si t e d t h e R e i n i e r e h i l d r e n ' s ho rne i l l B U lk l ey a n d He r t hs tone

r e t i remen t h o m e and C h i l d r e n ' s O r t h o ped i c H o s p i t a l

I[)

Seatt l e.

A n a sp i r i n g po l i c ew o m a n whose f a t h e r is

il

p o l i cemiln i n her h o m e­

town ot L i l1desbe rg , Swed en , M i ss An dersso n f o u n d

a

to ur of the

Taco m a P o l i c e D epar t l l 1 e n t J s p e c i J I

tr a t .

H e r v i s i t to A meri c a p receded h er prese n ta t i oll to the Swed ish pu b l i c

i n a S t o d; h o l m cere l 'l o n y D e c

..

1 3.

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News Notes CO L L E G I UM, A L U M N I

adm issio n s co u n selor i n 1 966. H e

cou n se l o r to d i rect the f i r st ca p it a l

D I R ECTORS NAM E D

h a s s i n ce served as d i recto r- of f i na n C i a l aid and asso c i ate d i rector of adm issio n s.

wh i c h led to the co n st r u c t i o n o f the

progr-arn and R ona ld C o I t o m a s a l Ll I ' i n i d irector were a p p ro ved by

A M a r i ne Corps vetera n , he taught

Chr i s K nu tzen F e l lowsh i p H a l l a n d t h e R amstad H a l l ad d i t i o n .

the P L U Bo ard of R egents i n

S c hoo l i n P ar k l a n d before j o i n i ng

J a n u ary_

the campus staff. H e ho l d s

presiden t tor deve l o p r n e n t at P L U .

bach el or' s a n d maste r ' s deg rees

H e spearheaded t h e

fro m

of Lo ng-R ange U n i versity S p ec i f ics) ,

The a p po int ments o f H a rvey l\J e u f e l ci as d i rector of the P L U C o l leg i u m

N e uf e l d , a 1 9 54 P L U a l u m n u s, has se rved as P L U a l u m n i d i recto r for t h e past two- a n d-a-ha l f years. H is

a n d coached at F o rd J un i o r H ig h

P LU.

Neufeld

Coltom

new position puts h 1m in charge o f

adm i n i stration b u i l d i ng, the o r ig inal

Si nce 1 9 60 he h a s served as v i ce足

P L U S ( P rogram

w h i ch was a imed at achiev i ng new level s of teac h ing , sch o l ars h i p s, co u n se l ing a n d research.

a major l ong-range deve l o pme n t a l

D u r i ng that period q u i te a

prog ram f o r t h e u n iversity wh ich w i l l con centrate o n peo p l e r-a t h e r

n U ln ber af ne"v bu i l d i n gs were

th an on bu i l d ings. A m ong the

addecl to the P L U p h y s ical p l a n t ,

pr imary go a l s o f the Co Ileg ium a re

i n cl ud ing M o r tved t L ibrary, O l son

to b u i l d the universi ty's e n dowment

A ud i to r i u m , U n iversity C e n ter,

and stu dent scho l ar-sh i p resources

swi m m ing pool, Co l umb i a Cent e r ,

and to f i n anci a l l y insu re the

A icl a I ngr' a m H a l l a n d f iv e res i d e nce

co nti n ued ex cel le nce of the academ i c program.

at 0 cean Shores, Wash . , prior to h i s a p po i ntment a s a l u mni d i recto r , N e ufeld served as d i rector' of chu rch rel a t i o n s at P L U ho m 1 9 6 5-69 . H e h o l d s

PET E R SON R E S I G N S A S V P ; T A K E S H OSPITAL POST

Pastor of G a l i lean L u t h e ran C h urch

a master o f

d i v i n i t y degree f ro m L u t h er S e rn ina r y , Saskatoon

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fund r-a i s i n g program f o r the co l lege,

Sas katchewa n ,

C l ayton B. Peterson , v i ce-pres i d e n t for deve l o p m en t a t P ac i f ic Lutheran U n ivers ity f o r the past 1 3 years, has accepted a position as d eve lop足 ment counselor for C h i l d re n ' s O t heoped i c H o s p i t a l i n Seatt l e. H is new d u t ies began M arch 1 .

a n el has done grad u a te work at

The C h i l d r e n ' s O r t h oped ic H o sp i t a l ,

Concord ia Sem inary ,

one o f the a u tstand i n g ch i Id ren' s

S t. L o u i s ,

Mo. H e i s a cancl i d ate f o r a m aster

hosp i t a l s in A me r i ca , i s involved i n

of science degree in theo logy ho m U n i o n Co l l ege, U n iver-s i ty of

a program o f lo ng-te rm deve l o p ment

B r i t i sh C o l u mb i a.

faci Iit ies.

h a l l s.

He was i n vo lved i n b r i n g ing nu merous nat i o n a l and wor ld leaders to c a m p u s , i n c l u d ing the R obert Jaffrey C ity Cen ter' B a l let Tro u p e for summer res idency, t he Scand i nav ian Tracie Conference feat u r i n g more than 50 t o p leade rs

to u pd a t e , improve and ex pand its

Co l to m , a 1 96 1 P L U g r-ad , j o i ned

Peterson was f i rst cal led to the P L U

t h e P L U ad m i n i strat ive staff as a n

cam p u s i l r 1 9 57 as a p r ivate f u n d

Peterson

News Notes fro lTl Eumpe, the A rchb i shop o f

p l ight of the A m er ican Ind ian at

W A D E TO H E AD N EW

Can terbu ry and many others.

Wounded K nee, where he said he

CO L L E G I U M B O A R D

Peterso n ' s i n terest in govern menta l ,

"d id a great el eal of l i sten i n g."

G eorge Wade o f Seattl e,

iJ

me mbe r

Asked to test ify abou1 h is exper­

of the P L U Board of R eg n ts , has

i n vo Ived h i m in numerous org a n i za·

i e n ces there before a fed eral g rand

been e l ec t ed i nt e r i l l l c h a i r man of

tions and proj ects both on and off

jury, he refused , was c i ted for

t h e Col leg ium,

campus. H e was fo u n d ing pres i d e n t

con te m p t and sentenced to a yea,. in

co n cerned w i th l o n g · range p l a n n i n g

of the South Suburban Sewer D is­

ja i l . To testify, he sa i d , wo u l d have

f o r the un iversity.

trict, p resident of the Lakewood

v i o l ated a tr"ust r e l at ionsh ip he had

R o tary C l ub, and was a mem ber and

w i th l eaders of the A mer ican I n d ian

Wade's elect ion was announ ced at

offi cer in the Cha m ber of CO l Tlmerce,

Move m e n t .

the M arch mee t i n g of the Board of

c i v i c a n d cu Itural affairs have

UG N, F a i th H o me, Boy S co u t s, Daffod i l Com m i ttee, Ta coma A r 1 Museu m and Taco m a C l ub.

I N D I AN R I G H T S ADVOCAT ED D U R I N G PA U L BOE V I S I T Rev. Paul Boe, former American Lutheran C h u rch executive "vho recei ved national atte n t i o n for h i s i n vo lvemen t 'in the I n d i a n r ights strugg le at Wounded Kn ee, S.D., last yea r , was a g uest on t he P L U campus i n March.

R ev. Boe Jo i n ed l ocal I n d i an leaders in a pu b l ic d iscussion of local I n d ian concerns and the i r re latio nships 10

The day h e was t o e n ter jai l , January 1 6 , the E ighth U .S . C i r cuit Court of Appea l s a n n o u n ced in S t. Louis that the conte m p t citation had been reo versed. The a n n ouncemen t said a three-judge pan e l had ru led that Dr, Boe had been "den ied d u e p m cess of notice and mean i n gfu I opportu­ n i ty to present h i s defense."

The reversa l , accord ing to Boe,

il

new p r o g r a m

R egents, a l ong w i th the appointment of five add i t i o n a l me mbers t o the new C o l leg l u l l l board. , hey are Earl E ckstr o m and R e v. Laverne N e l son of S ea t t l e and A ug u s t Von Soek l i n, E a r l Dryden a n d M r s.

Ph i l i p G re n l ey, all of T acoma.

The Col leg iu m is e m b ar k i n g upon a ten ·year prog r a m of u n ive rsi ty f i n a n c ial a nd aca de m i c deve l opmen t .

removed the specter of a year i n

Ad d i t ional Col league a p p o i n t m e n t s

ja i l but fa i led t o advance t h e cause

w i l l be annou nced in M ay

of j ustice for I n dians which he had

of the Col i eg i ulll wi l l ul t i mately

intended his co nd uct to help ach ieve.

Boe

I\Il e r n bers

i nc l u de a lum n i , par e n ts, facu l ty and other d i s t i ng u i sh e d persons concerned w i t h the we l f a re of P L U .

the nat i o n a l strugg le.

Ma i n issues surfacing from the d is· cuss i o n s i n vo l ved governme n tal atti tudes toward I n d i an treaties,

The Ulllegium

tribal gove r n men t, and leve ls of justice,

B oe po i n ted out that i t is

appare n t t h ere are two leve ls of j usti ce, one for wh i tes, one fOI' Ind i a n s.

Boe foun d himse lf sensit ized to the

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ews Notes N O RWAY'S AMBASSADO R

Du r i n g A pr i l 1 9 73 he serveci as

TO U . N . V I S I TS P L U

pres iden t of t h e I n tern at i o n a l

p l ates i n t he

Co n ference o f E x pe r ts for t h e

than a decade t h ey were a b l e to

O n e of t h e most exper ie nced d i p l o m ats in the wo r l d , t he No rw eg ian am bassador- to t h e U n i ted N at i o n s , v i s i ted t h e P L U ca mpus i n M a rc h

O l e Aa lgaard del ivered a p u b l ic l e ctu r e on N o rway ' s respo n se to t h e energy cr i s is, and d i s u ssed w i th students and co m m u n i ty leaders a w ide range of lO p i cs, deve lop i n g fro rn h is vast exper ience in the d i p l o m a t i c f ie l d _

U n i ted N at i o n s , A a lg aclrCl served i n No rw eg ia n em bassies i n bo t h M o scow and P e k in g _

F rom 1 966-7 1

he was the NO fl."Ieg i a n ambclssador to t h e Peo p l e ' s R e pllbl i c o f Ch i n a.

He began h i s d ip l o m t i c career 27 years ago a s secretary to the

N o rwe g i a n e m b assy i n Moscow.

Aalg aard h a s s e r ved as permanen t

represe n t a t i ve to t he U . N . for less than t h ree i l l o n t h s.

He h os

bee n N orway ' s in ter i rn a n l bass ad o r

for t h e p a s t two years.

W ieg man, Aalgaard , Mortved t _....

F o r mor e

ob ta in t h e u n i q u e issues w i t h relat ive ease. T w o v i s i ts t o

The co n f e ren ce was he ld i n O s l o .

Scanci i nav i a and a n u m be r of g i f ts

men t s i n V ienna a n d B ru ssels_ H e headed O l so ' s D i v i s i o n of E a st- E u ro pean A f fa i r s, Po l i t i cal D e partmen t , M i n i ster o f F o re i g n A f f a i r s , f r o m 1 9 56-6 1 .

P LU R EC E I V E S VA LUAB L E

The p r esen ta t i o n of a ne a r l y com­

p l e te co l l e c t i o n o f wo r l d - famo u s B i n g and G r o nc i a h l Christmas p l a tes t o Pac i f i c L u theran U n iver s i ty p r o v i d ed a spar k l i ng h i gh l igh t to

the c a m p u s ho l i d ay season i n December_

The l re <'lsllrecl co l l ect ion was a g i f t fro m M r s. H e nry T h u e , fo r m a n y years

a

D ash Po i n t , Wash . , r·e s i d en t .

I n rllak i ng a r e ce n t m o v e f o l l o w i n g t h e dea t h of h e r h u s ba n d , M r s.

T h ue fou n d l h a t she no l o nger had

the space to d i sp la y her p l ates.

R eal i7 i ng t h e w i despread i n teres t in t h e Scand i n avian h e i r looms, s h e so u g h t an appropr iate p l ace

where t h e p u b l i c m ig h t e n j o y the d i sp l ay .

S h e selec t ed P L U because

of i t s S ca nd inavian h e r i tage and

its co n t i n u i ng effo r t to p reserve S can d i navian c u l t u r a l and h isto r i c a l r n a t e r i a l s and a r t i f a c t s

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id 1 9 50' s_

and A pa r t h e i d in so u t h e r n A frica.

B & G P LATE CO L L E CT I ON

Prior t o h i s ass i g n me n t a t the

rn

S u pp o r t o f V i ct i m s o f Co l o n i a l i sm

H is career' has a l so i n cl ud ed ass i g n ­

.

T h e T h ues began co l l ec t ing l h e

h e l ped t h e c o l l ect i o n g ro w

M r s. Thue

.

News Notes U nt i I very rece n t l y most of the

P E E R YO UTH T R A I N I N G

youth gro u p s. A l l participan ts t a ke

issues were very reaso n a b l y priced ,

P R OG R AM O F F E R E D AT P L U

part i n a " hu man learning laboratory"

M rs. Thue i n d i cated, R ecen t l y , however, like most c o l lecto r ' s items, prices have gone "out o f sight."

C H O I C E Cente r , P L U 's cOITl mu nity service age ncy, h as been designated a

ex per'ience to wo r k t h ro u gh the 1 2-session program.

as a train ing ce n ter by Y o u t h R e­

The P E E R wor k shop is de signed for

I t was a l so in ver y rece n t years t h at

search Cen ter of M in n ea po lis to offer

adu l t s and co l lege age youth who

M rs. T hue realized t h at the co l l ec·

Y R C ' s P E E R Leader Tr ain i n g P rogram

tion was nea r i ng co m p l etion.

in the N orthwest , accord i n g to

wo r k with youth in sch o o l , chu rch ' or other co m m u nity settings, and

"I t

was not a co nsci o u s goa l , " she said. " I j ust seemed to f i nd good p l aces for them i n var ious co rn ers. "

R obe r t Ivlenze l , director o f C H OI C E .

The f i rst p i lot train ing INo r k shop i n the y o u t h ser v i n g educatio n a l pro­

who wish to co nd uct back-ho me g rou p s in the P E E R progra m . " P E E R i s o r i e nted toward m a k i n g u se o f positive experi e n ces, toward

T he co l l ection accepted by P L U

ject was held Jan. 1 1 - 1 3 . The work­

i n c l udes the 1 898 ed itio n a nd a

sho p attracted 44 particip ants.

o f their ovvn attrac t i veness a nd

N ext worksho p s for P E E R P rogram

wo rth and tovvard becoming alJv are

co m p l ete set f r o m 1 9 02 to the p resen t. S i x were m issi ng from the 1 8991901 .

Thue co l l ecti o n , 1 8 9 5-97 and

O n e o f the six miss i n g p l ates, how­ ever, vvas d o nated to P L U less than 2 4 h o u rs after a story a bo u t the co l lect ion appeared in the T acoma N ew s Tr ibu ne. T he 1 900 edition was presented by M r s, H aro I d K u l aas

o f Wen atchee, Wash.

fo r Y o u th are sched u l ed fo r April

he l ping participants beco me aware

of th e attr act iveness and wo rth o f

26- 28 and J u ne 1 7- 2 1 .

others," Men z e l said.

P E E R ( P ositive Edu catio n a l E x per­ iences in R e l atio n sh i ps) is a p rogram

Persons interested i n the progl'arn

deve lo ped in Y o u th R esearch Center' s

Center a t PLU f o r fu rther i n fo r m a­

Project Y O U T H , wh ich is f u n d ed by

tio n .

m ay vvirte or phone the C H OI C E

a two year g r a n t f ro m the N at i o n a l I nstitute for M e n t a l H ea lth. P u r'pose of the project is to eq u i p y o u n g peo p l e of hig h sch o o l age with i n te r­

M rs, K u laas, who moved to \JV enatchee

perso n a l ski l l s so that they can

from Decol'ah, I a . , last Septernbe r , wa s g i ven the p l ate 1 6 y e a r s ago by

for thei r p eers.

befriend and serve as help ing p erso n s

M rs. 0, A. T i ngel st acl . iVl rs. T i nge l stad , T he P E E R t r'aining program has a l so who moved f ro m D e corah to Seattle been se l ected by the newly estab­

in 1 9 57 , was the w i dow of Dr, O. A. T i n g e l stad , who ser ved as pres i d e n t

T acoma as the reco m l nended y o u t h

of P L U f r o m 1 928-43. A residence

training wagram of the yo uth

h a l l on the P L U campus is na med i n

serv i n g agency.

h i s h o n o r.

P r i o r to and f o l l o wing h is ten u re at

lished Y o u th S ervices B u reau i n

The wo r k sh o p s are design ee! to p ro­ vide t r a i ni n g for pub l i c a n d p rivate

P L U , Dr. Tinge ls tad wa s associated

schoo l co u n se l o r s, co mmu nity

with L u ther Co l lege i n Decorah,

youth leaders and leade r s of chu rch

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News Notes P LU I N T E R I M R E V I V E S

yocielers, j ugg lers,and m u si c i a n s

CHAU TAUQUA MO V E M E N T

p ro v i ded " per i p hera l " en terta i n ment.

C ha u ta u g u a , an educat i o n a l move­

Now in i t s f i ft h year as an i n teg r a l

ment wh ich swept the n at i o n a fter

p a r t of t h e P L U ca lenda r , i n te r i m

the C i v i l lNa r , o r i g i nated as an

is a one-mo nth m i d-year m i n i­

evange l i ca l Protestan t response to

semester d u r i n g wh ich students

the co n f l ict between science and

have the f reed o m to develop spec i a l

re l i g i o n , b u t sw i ft l y became an

i n terests b y co n cen t ra t i n g o n a

i n strument f o r the mass ed u cat ion

s i n g le cou r se. M a n y of the courses

of a p u b l i c largely untou ched by

a re i n novative and free- fo r m i n

the f o r m a l un ive r s i ty.

natu re, al low ing facu l t y to teach i n

A fter seve ra l years of su mmer ca mp meet i n gs at Lake C h au tauq ua, N .Y . ,

d u r i ng t he regu lar semesters.

t h e mov ement organi zed fo rma l l y

I n add i t ion , the mo n t h ' s calendar

in 1 8 7 4 as t h e C haut auq u a L i terary

i s f i l l ed w i t h a var iety o f lectures,

and S c i e n t i f i c C i r c l e.

I t a i m ed , in

en tert a i n me n t and spec i a l s k i l l s

the eyes o f its fou nders, to estab l i sh

opportu n i t ies fo r the pu b l ic a s we l l

a re l a t i o n sh ip between c u l t ure and

a s the stud ents.

daily l i fe , to teach the q u al ity of i n tel lect and perso n a l wo rt h , and to em p h asize t h e brotherhood o f man.

I n add i t ion to the ca m p u s o f fe r i ngs, P LU students h ad the o p p o rt u n ity to p a r t i c i pate i n t h e i n ter i m ex­ cha nge p rogram by e n ro l l i ng in

I nter i m 1 97 4 at PLU i n J a n u ary

i n t e r i m cou rses at other col leges and

celebrated not o n ly the cen ten n ia l

u n ivers i t ies. T h i rty P L U students

of th e u n i q u e C hautauq u a mOve­

stud ied at other schoo Is t h i s year;

men t, but so u g h t to rev ive so me of

55 v i sit i n g students p a r t i c ipated i n

the att i t udes and co n cepts that

t he P L U I n ter i m .

made C h a u tauq ua a v i a b l e educa­ t io n a l i m pact for over 30 years.

Up t h rough the turn of the cen tury , t h o u sands of co m m u n i t ies proud l y spo n sored t he i r own C h aut auq uas.

I n su m m er tent meetings and w i n ter lectures, such p ro m i n e n t perso na­ l it ies as W i l l i am J e n n ings B ryan , H o race G reeley, \I\l ende l l P h i l l i p s a n d M a rk Twa i n i n s p i red anci i n ­ for med t h e i r aud i ences, wh i l e

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areas and ways not a l ways ava i l a b l e

News F or ty-fo u r years after she gradu ated

" T h is cl ass has g i ven me a l i ft . "

from the U n ivers i t y of O regon , M r s.

she co n t i n ued. ' ' I ' ve heard s o

Jones ret u rned to the c l assroo m .

m u c h abo u t tod ay ' s k i ds.

S h e enrol l ed i n a G er m a n course

appreci ated meet i n g yo u ng peo p l e

I n te r i m at Pac i f i c L u t heran U n iver足 sity.

reaso n s for tak i ng the co u r se, b u t feel i n g young aga i n wasn ' t one unex pected.

The grandch i l d o f G er man em igran ts, her f a m i l y w h o never l ear ned t he mother l a n g u age. H er paren ts brothers and si sters spo ke G erman i n the i r m i dwestern schoo l s.

enough for schoo l , the fam i l y had moved to Wash i n g to n , later O rego n , and E n g l ish was spo k e n i n t h e

students, facu l t y w i ves a n d P L U secretar ies t o S u sy K i n t ner' s d u r i ng t he J a n uary I n te r i m , o n e of t h e seve ra l non-cred i t cou rses

S u sy , a j u n io r , has b a k ed bread for her f a m i l y for eight years. F o r the past two years she h as prepared t h e lo aves used by the P L U U n ive r s i t y

scho o l here.

Co ngreg at ion d u r i n g week I y

E ven in co l l ege her cu r r i cu l um

servi ces of H o l y Co m m u n i o n .

had n o t per m i t ted a c:o urse i n G er m a n .

S h e ho pes to pursue a career i n

Her seco nd reason w a s m o re p r i vate.

is curren t l y major i ng in h i story

l i t u r g i c a l teach i n g a n d stud ies and

" I l i k e to read and I l i ke to stud y , " she said. " B u t l at e l y a l l I have read and heard are the prob l e m s we

Y o u ' re never too o l d t o go back t o

are h a v i n g i n o u r gover n m ent and

schoo I , a n d chances are it

in po l i t i cs.

you fee l y o u nger.

of food att racted near l y 1 00

o f f ered d u r i n g t h e m o n t h .

B y the t i me M r s. J o n es was o l d

i I I make

take m o r e care i n t he pr eparat i o n

en r i ch me n t c:o u r'se i n b read b a k i ng

grew up with it, and her o l der

IN

B R E A D BAK I N G A

Perhaps an i n creas i n g d e s i re t o

M rs. Jo nes was t h e f i rst pel'son i n

T O T H I N K YOU N G

I ' ve real l y had t o wo r k to keep

PO P U L A R I NT E R IM CO U R S E

of them. That was rather

YO U ' R E N E V E R TOO O L D

group o f y o u ng iIlen and wO l'ne n . up w i t h t h e m . "

M rs. Jones had two i m port a n t

Mrs. Pau I Jones

I rea l l y

i n t h is co urse. T hey' r'e a beau t i f u l

d u r i n g t h e f o u r-wee k J an uary

S usy K i ntner

otes

I wanted to get away

fro m it for awh i l e.

A t least t h a t has been the exper ience

" A n d i t ' s wor ked l " she added ,

fo r M r s. Pa u l J ones, 66, of T (J CO I l l 8 .

rea l l y h asl

and re l i g i on at P L U .

"We al'e hav i ng

a l i t u rg i ca l rev iva l i n t h e L utheran chu rch ," she sai d . " I t i s beco m i n g t h e ce lebra t i o n o f a C h r i s t i a n c:o m m u n i ty i n a rea l a n d m o re perso n a l sense.

I wo u Id even t u a l l y

l i ke t o con t i n u e wo r k \l'l i t h t h e "it

c h u r c h i n a l t a r g u i l ds or perhaps in ed ucat i o n at the co l lege leve L "

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University Notebook I t req u i red as m u ch fa i t h to a cept the lheory o f evo l u t io n as it does

Twen ty-two Paci f i c L u t h e r a n

to b e l ieve in t h e C reat io n , D r. D ua ne G i sh asserted d u r in g a se r i es o f

U n iversi ty sen i o r n u rs i ng s111dents were honored at III i d -year cere­

l ectu res a t P L U i n F e b r u a ry.

mon i es at P L U i n D ece m be r _

Dr. G i sh , a ch e l11 i t by

T h e s t u d e n t s received p i n s s i g n i fy i ng

profess io n ,

t h e co m p l et io n o f t h e f o u r year

i s cu rre n t l y assoc iate d i rec lo r- o f t h e I nst i t u te f o r C reat i o n R esearch i n

n u r" sing p rogram at P L U . Dr. Do r i s

S an D i ego . H e spends a good deal

Stucke, d i recto r o f t h e S c hoo l o f N u rsi ng , presented t h e p i ns.

o f h i s t i me l ec t u r- i n g t hroug h o u t the co u n t ry w i t h

a

p r i m a ry p u r p ose i n

Pop u l at i o n , po l l u t i on and t h e energy

I n ind t o i n f l uence both h i gher

a n d reso u r ce c r i ses

ed u c a t i o n a n d the p u b l i c s c h ool

were

at P L U in J a n u ary by a na t i ona l l y

sy s tems ro present crea t i o n ist, as

­

k nown scien t i s t a n d author.

we l l as evo l u t i o n i s t , v iews in t h e

The speaker- was Dr. I rv i n g S .

schoo l s,

B enge l sd o r ff , a u t h o r o f t h e eco l og y " We d o n t wan t j ust a page o u t o f

boo k , " S pacesh i p E ar th , Peop le

t h e B i b l e a n d l et it g o a t that,"

and Pol l u t i on . "

he e x p l ai n e d . " T h e re is p l e n t y o f

o f science com m u n i cat ions a n d

'

scien t i f i c evidence t o s u p p o r t t h e Crea t io n .

F ro m t h e o t h e r po i n t of

v i ew , there are j u st as Ill a n y un­ an swered q uest i o n s i n regards to

o b se r v

d, i s t h at many

S u san H o ma n n and A n n e O s m u n , all of Puyall up.

M i ch e l l e B l ake, Co l b y , Wash. ;

Techno logy.

Caro l I vy , A n cho rage , A l aska;

T i r n es. He cu r re n t l y a u t h o r s a A to r n s a n d M a n , " for t he N at i o n al

Eve l y n Bowe n , A u b l l r n , Wash.; H e l e n K l a t t , T u l e l a k e, C a l i f . ;

J eanette Peterso n , P ac i f i c a, C a l i f.; P a m e l a Schoch a n d K r ist i M o l and , Spo k ane, Wash.; and M i r i a m A n d ru s, D e s M o i nes, W a s h .

S c i ence I-\ ssociat i o n , and i s sen io r

peo p l e have co n l e to acce p t evo l u­ t i o n as a fac t , rather t h a n as a

lect u rer i n t h e Dep a r t l T I e n t o f

theory.

Chem istry at t h e U n i versity o f

Purpose o f t h e I n st it u t e fo r Creat io n

Sout hern C a l i fo r n i a .

A h i gh reso l u t i o n n u c l ear mag net i c reso nance spec t ro m eter i s one a t severa l p i eces o f new eq u i p ment

H e w a s o n e of the f i r st rec i p ie n t s

o b t a i ned by t he P L U chem i stry

scien t i f i c creat i o n and t h e deve l op

o f t h e A t o m i c E nergy C o m m ission

e1epartrnent a s the resu l t o f a n

ment of

P re- Doctoral F e l lows h ips and h as

$ 1 8 , 000 gra n t m ad e fJo ss i b l e t h ro ugh

R esearch is to co nd u ct stud i es i n ­

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Portm a n , a l l of T a co m a , and

A n i ta Boerge r , D i ane ' astama,

A l so A n ne B a l er u d , V i sa l i a , Cal if.;

synd icated sc i e n ce co l u m n , " O f

in h i s campaign. O ne of the

M ue l ler, E l i 7 abeth N evers, J a n i ce T u rner, J a n i ne G ibson a n ci R u th

lect u rer i n science co m m u n icat i o n s

as sc i ence ed i t o r o f t h e Los A n ge l es

G i sh c l a i m s to be I na k i n g headway

G reenWOO d , D o n n a Li b by , J u l i a

a t t h e C a l i fo r n i a I nst i t u te o f

Benge l sdorf f served fo r e i g h t y ears

C r-ea t i o n , " he i n d i cat ed.

p r o b l e i l ls, he

He i s a l so d i re ctor

P r i or to t a k i n g h i s present post ,

evo l u t i o n as t h ere are i n regards to

H o no ree! students i n c l u d ed J i l l i n da B o s se n , C i ndy B u tt o n , M rgaret

d i scussed

co h erant system of

creat ion ist i n te r p re t a t ion and a p-

won two West i ng h o u se S c ie nce

t h e N ot i o n a l S c i ence F o u nci a t i o n

pi ica t i o n i n every f i eld.

Wri t i ng Awa rds.

eel u cat i o n eq u i pmen t p rogra m .

University Notebook The f\I M R inst r u m e n t assist s t h e

co rnpeted w i th tea ms fro m the

che m i st i n d o i n g struct u l-al analysis

U n iversi t ies of O x ford and Cambridge,

M u s ic, d r a m a , l ectu r-es, career co u n­

and in terpretat i o n o f mo lecu l es.

Erlg l a ll d ; D u b li n , Ire l a n cl ; Upsa l a ,

se l i ng, bas k etba l l a n d a student

Accord i n g to P L U chem i st ry p ro­

Swed e n ; and a team from A u stralia.

o p en ho u se were a rnong the B l a c k

fessors D r. C ha r les Anderso n a n d D r . F red Tobiaso n , w h o wrote t h e

H i story Wee k act i v i ties a t P L U in

M i ss R ed lin, a P L U sen ior from

grant p roposa l , the i n st r u m en t fil ls

Crosby , N . D . , was st u d e n t body

a l o n g t i me need i n the departmen t

p r eside n t at P L U t h i s past yea r. She

and wi l l be used by students i n orga n i c chem istry , phy s i ca l chem­ ist r y , i n st rumen tal a n a l y s i s and I-esearch.

is maj o r i n g i n phi l o so phy.

a

Tacoma sopho more , has

been se r v i ng t h i s year as p r-es ident o f Pi Kappa D elta o n campus anel

sp i n cieco u p ler, f req u e n cy generato r ,

is maj o r i n g in cOlll m u n i ca t i o q arts.

freq ue n c y co u n te r o sc i l l o scope a n d

K e n t , Ca n terb u ry , E ng l a n d , wa s he l d a t P LU i n December. E n g l i sh debaters D a n i e l T h o mas H a rd y and

,james Par- k e r teamed with P LU debaters R ay H eacox a n d K e l sey R ed l in to d i scuss the topic, " R eso l ved : T hat D e m oc r a cy Does I\) o t E x i st."

H ardy and H eaco x suppo rted t h e

reso l u tio n; P a r k e r and M i s s R ed I i n too k the negative p o s i t i o n .

.

..

si n g i ng gro u p , Vo i ces o f U n i ty , a l so perfor meci .

D r . N o l a n E l l i so n , pres i d e n t o f

Sea t t l e C e n t r a l C o m m u n ity Co l l ege, Career D a y progra m.

L u a n n a Lee,

Pac i f ic L u theran U n iversity st u d e n t s

a voter reg i stra t i o n o f f i c i a l for- the

CO i l d u c led a " S hare and C a re Wee k"

T aco rna U rban League, lectu red o n

on c a m p u s in D ecernber to r a i se

the topic, " P o l i t i ca l I nvo lveme n t i n

f u n d s tor needy perso ns.

the Community."

Act i v i t i es i n c l u d ed a toad fast , an auct ion, an amateur- t a l e n t n ig h t anel

a

" h ottest perso n a l i t y o n ca mpus

campus" co n tent. Win n e rs of the

l atter two acti v i t ies were d e te r m i ned by m o netary votes.

B l ac k stu ci e n t u n io n bask e t ba l l teams

from loca l co l l eges and u n i ve rsi t i es co rnpeteci i n a t o u r n a m e n t on

Cdm­

pus. T he a n n u a l stu d e n t open h o u se prov ided an opportu n i ty f o r pe rspec­ t i ve students to meet with faculty mem bers, st u d e n t s , a n d ad m i ss i o n s

M o n ey raised was d i str i b u ted to

co u n se lo rs.

P i er ce Cou n t y i\l e ighbor s in �Jeecl ,

T he wee k ' s act i vit ies livere co n c l u ded

W o r l d U n iversity Serv ice and

w i t h a co llcen by the P reservat i o n

A me r i ca n s for C h i l d re n ' s Rel ief.

H a l l J a L L B (l n d o f f\lew Orleans.

T h i s was the f i r st time s i n ce the

' early 50' s that P L U d eb ate rs have

Arts West, a P uget S o u n d a rea per­

was the featured speaker d u r i n g a

te achi n g f i l ms.

d ebaters fro m the U n iversity o f

The wee k ' s events got u n derway w i t h with a d ra m a presented by B l ack fo rm i ng g roup, P L U ' s gospel

H eaco x ,

T he g ra n t a l so provides for a n u cl ea r

A d ebate exh i b i t i o n fea t u l- i n g two

F ebru ary.

D av id ,j ohn so n , the studen t coor­

B l a c k H i st o ry Week was s p o n so red

faced f o re i g n co mpet i t i o n , acco rding

d i n a to r was a l so the coord i n a t o r

by BA N T U , t h e black st u d e n t

to Theo dore O.H . K a r-I, c h a i r illan

o f P L U 's two previous student

orga n izat i o n on ca m p u s.

of the P L U Department of Com­

hunger- fasts , w h i ch r a i se d a to tal

m u n icat ion Arts. At that t i me, ho w­

of m o re than

ever, t he P L U fo r e n s ics sq uad

area food ba n k s.

$ 3,000 f o r

T co ma

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University Notebook 1) A C h ri stmas program featuring t h e

6 ) Seventy C h inese students at Paci fic

class i c A r t hur Honegger " C h r istmas

Lutheran Univers i t y spon sored a dinner

Cantata" was pre sented b y the P L U

and celeb r a t ion for t h e i r f e l low s t ude n t s

D e pa rtme nt of M u sic in f i ve campus

i n observance o f t h e C h i n ese N ew Y e a r

performances and at t h e S e a tt l e O pera

( Y ear of t h e Tiger -

House during the an nual C h ristmas

Parti cipating in a C h i nese dragon dance

Fest i va l Concert series in Decemb e r .

were freshman G erald Ma, left, a nd

It w a s a l so featured on rad io programs

sophomore Edwa rd Poon.

broadcast from si x sta t ions t h roughout

from Hong Ko ng.

the state. More than

9,000 peo p l e

enjoyed t h e l i ve performances.

4 6 7 2 ) Jan. 22-23.

Bot h are

7) C l a ude St-Denis, Canada's leading mime for many years, made his t h ird

2) Thomas Tottie , h ead of the admin is足

appearance at P LU in the past five years

tra t i ve department o f t h e R o y a l Lib rary

in February. St- Denis, who present l y

of Stockholm, Sweden, in s pected t h e

resides in P a r i s , F ran ce, presented two

Mortvedt Library a t P L U in December

shows in t h e University Center Cave

under t h e guida nce of l i b rarian F ra n k

co ffeehouse.

H a l ey . Tott ie, on a t o u r of o u t standing co l l ege lib raries in t h e U . S . a t t ha t time, wil l be inco rpo rati ng h is findings in a new building for t h e l i brary of t h e U niversity of S tockhO lm, s l a ted t o b e bu i lt n e x t year.

3) Soprano Caro l N eb l e t t and bar itone

8) One of the stage h ig h l i g h t s of t he year at P L U was t h e reviva l o f t h e a l l - time h i t Rodgers and H a mmerste i n musica l , " O k la homa ! " F e b .

1 4 - 1 6.

The production was a coo perative effort of the D e pa r tments of M usic and Co mmu n i ca t i o n Arts.

Douglas Lawrence, two o f A m er ica's prom i ne n t young o pera stars, a ppeared

50 years

jazz i n New O r leans more t h a n

the s po n sorsllip of t he PLU A r t i s t Se ries.

ago performed for a smal l b ut most

M iss N e b l e t t i s a sta r of the N ew Y o r k

appreciative a udience a t P L U in

O pera Compan y ; Lawrence per forms

F e b r u a r y . The m e n , a l l in t h eir sixties,

wit h t h e San F rancisco O pe ra.

seventies a nd eighties now, are members

4) A c l assic Oscar W i lde co medy, " Th e I mportance o f B e i ng Earnest," was

of t h e Preservation H a l l Jazz B and o f N e w O r leans.

staged at P L U in J a n ua r y by t he campus

1 0 ) A PLU a l umna, M a rgaret I rw i n足

chapter o f A l pha Psi Omega, national

B ra ndon, was one of t h ree members of

drama honorary. The p l a y starred

the E a r l y Music Callio pe o f Po r t land ,

Jim Degan o f R i ch l a n d , Wash.; Craig

O r e . , which p e r formed a t P L U i n F e b r u a r y .

H u isenga of B i l l ings, Mont.; KathY'

L hmann of B e l levue, Was h . ; and M a r y Seward of S a n D i ego , Cal if.

5) Four w e l l - k nown northwest musicians were feat ured as so l o ists with the P LU

T h e Cal liope i s a t rio of mus icians spec i a l i zing in t h e mus i c and insHumen足 tation o f cen t u ries past, concentrating on the he ritage of t h e B aroq ue and Renaissance eras.

Symphony Orchestra d uring the orches足

1 1 ) T h e Royal L i ch tenstein Quarter-

tra's second co ncert of the season i n

R i ng S idewa l k Circus, b i l led as the " wo r ld's sma l l est ci rcus," perfo rmed a t PLU In

J a n u a r y . They were vio l i nist A n n

2

9) M e n who h e l ped create Amer i can

in co ncert on campus i n J a n uary under

Tremaine, oboist Robe rt B e rgeson,

Febr uary_ T h e show featured t rained

bassoon ist C l are B a n tsari, a l l of Tacoma,

animals, acrobatics, a fire-eater and

and ce l l ist Theresa B enshoof of Seatt l e .

fairy t a l e pantomimes_

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University Notebook Com poser' s Foru m , a q uarterly music se r i es devoted to the wo r k o f students e n ro l l ed i n P L U ' s

s t i I I rel a t i ve l y new co m po s i t ion curr i cu l u m , i s now in i ts fou rth year", Febr"uary ' s F o ru m spo t l ighted t h e work of s i x st udents, th ree of whom

will be a mong the fi rst cl ass o f co m p o s i t i o n studen ts to grad uate fro m P L U , They rece i ve t h e i r degrees i n M ay,

I n add i t i o n , the program featu red a four-cha n n e l mag n e t i c tape com足 posi t i o n prepared by students part i c i pat i ng i n an e l ectro n i c mus i c laborato r y p roject th i s past fal l sel lester", T h e compo s i t i o n studen ts are u n der the g u i d an ce o f T ho m a s C l a r k , i ns t r u ctor of m u sic, w ho joi ned t h e facu l ty t h i s year. The wo r k p rod uced by the students i s q u i te varied, t h o ugh the newer co ntem porary m u s i c f o r m s p re足 do m i nate, The m ost reoent concert p rogram featured so l o co m p os i t i o n s for oboe, c l ari net and d o u b l e bass, a jazz q u art t and seve r a l sm a l l er i nstru mental e n sem b l es.

Sen io r co mpo se r s featured were Scott 1V1 acGo ugan and S teve C o l em a n of T aco m a and M ary Lou N orberg o f S te i l acoo m ,

University Sports

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BOB HOPE PLU VISIT B E N E F I TS L U T E F U N D AI1Jer i cCl' S K i n g of Co med y , Bob

Hope, perfo rmed e f o r e all en L hu si' stir: s e l l o u t P a l e n \ ' , Wee k end c r ow d a t P L U ' s O l son A ud i t o r i u m M a rch

1 0.

• Pr ceeds f ro m the p r o g r a m , s p n so red by the L u te

C l ub a n d

ASP L U , benef i t ed the n a t i o n I

to I I nament at h le t i c travel f und .

T h e f i r st g r o u p of a t hletes to

benef i t from the su ccess f u l Bob H pe Show wer e member s of t h e .

PL

swi m m i n g t earn , w h i c h p l aced

s i x t h i rl Hie n a t i o n a l N A I A to u rna­ men t a t D o w n e r ' s G ro ve , I I I .

P L U d oes not budget fu nds for

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n t i Oni'l l tou rna men t trave l .

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A g i a n t ph otograph autogra phed by Bob Hope d u r i n g h i s v i s i t to P L U w i l l be auc t i on d Apr i l

2 6 - 27 a t t h e a n n u a l

Tacoma B AS H ( B u i ld A Scholast i c

The req uested on beha lf of B A S H b y P L U Pres i d e n t Eugene W i egman.

Heri tage) Scholars h i p Benef i t .

autogra ph was

P L u women's track star K i m G reen was

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one of [he students playf u l l y i n terviewed

by Bob Hope d u r ing the comed ian's

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appearance a t O l son A u d i to r i u m March

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D i rec t i ng the orchestra for the B o b H o pe Sho w at P L U was composer-arranger­ m u s ic i a n George Wag n e r , a PLU a l u m n u s .

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G reer. T h e three fr o n t co u r t stars

CA G E CHAMPIONSH I P

each aver ged approx i lll a te l y

Ear I y i n t h e N o r thwest C o n f rence baske tb a l l seaso n , P L U Coach G ene L u n dgaard we n t o u t o n a l i m b . " We

ay not l o se a n o t h el' co n f e r ­

ence game the rest of the

ay , "

LUTES PLACE S I XTH I N NAIA SW I M M E E T A nat i o n a l N A I A swi rn m l f 1 g p o wer

ile sa i u .

for severa l seasons u nder Coach

I t was a cour geo u s st tement in

G ary Ch ase, P L U th i s s r i ng

l i g h t of t h e fact til at t h e L u te s

were 1 - 2 in c o n ference p l ay at that p o i n t .

Never t h e l ess , h e c a me w i th i n o n e u,

se t loss at W r l l a met t e 01 see i n g

h i s p ro p hesy fu l f i l l ed , and P L U i s

l aced

s i x th i n the n a t i o n a l N A I A S w i m ·

mi ng and D i v i n g C h a m ionsh i p s at Down r s G ro v e , 1 1 1 . I t was t h e t h i r d consec u t i ve year t h a t t h e Lu tes have f i n i s h ed i n th e top

sev en tea ms in the n a t i o n ,

able t o sh owcase i t s f i f t h NVVC

A l th o u g h t h e squad d r o p p ed f r o m

b<Jsk etb a l l c h am p io n s h i p t r o p h y

th i rd t o si x t h t h i s yea r , Ch ase

in ei gh t y e a r s .

b I ieves t h a t th e Lu les were I epre

Lun gaard 's rei uven a te

11 10

sq u ad won

of i t s f i n a l 1 5 g mes overa l l a n d o f 1 1 conference c l a shes to

record a

1 6- 1 0

season mar k , the

bes t s i nce 1 9 68 . T h e f ig u r es "Jere exac ! l y reversed f ro m l a s t year when t h e Lutes su fered t h e i r f i rst

l o s i n g ca mp a i g n i n 26 years.

T h e L u tes were not as f o r t u n ate i n

terms of t h e N A I A p l ay o f fs. race for a p l a y o f f berth

final g a m e

0

u nti

I n t he

l the

the seaso n , they

dropp d a n 8 7 - 79 d ec i si o n to a s tr o ng S t . M ar t i ns q u i n t e L S t.

Mar t i n s wen t on to face Centr I Welsh i ng- t o n in the d i s t l ie t p l ayoffs.

Til is yea r ' s L u te a t tack was spea r ­

headed by three ju n io r l r n s f er s , T o n y H i c k s , Jeff B y r d

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po i n ts per gal Ie dl l r i n g the seaso n .

nd Lave l l e

sen ted by a more powe r f u l tea m t h i s yea r , as wi tn essed by n i ne P L U

sch o o l r ec o r

s

set a t t h e n a t i o n a l

m ee t .

S p o k a n e so pho ll'lore S c o t t Wak ef i e l d sp l ashed to in the

400

a

n a t i o n a l ch am pi o nsh i p

i n d i i d ual m ed l e y ,

s et t i ng

a na t i o n a l record i n t h e p r oce ss .

O t h e r rner

ber s of tile P L U n a t i o n a l s

tea m we re G a ry H afer , C h r i s

P a n k ey , G a ry S h e l lgren , B o b Lover i n , S teve R nd l e , Pete C a rde r, E r ic H au g e n , G l enn P es t o n , M i k

Fost r , Paul G r ave n , and Ken Wi l s o n .

O LA F G U L B R A N S E N LOV E D

And O l af loved P L U .

PAC I F I C L U T H E RAN H e enrol l ed a t Pac i f i c L u theran

U N I V E RS I T Y

Academy in 1 8 95. A f ter several Johan O l af G u l bra n sen . 9 1 , P L U ' s

i n te r r u p t i o n s , he near l y c o m p l eted

oldest a l u m n u s f o r a n u mber of

h i s st u d ies in 1 9 03 b u t was cal l ed

yea r s , passed away in F e bruary.

He

was a u n ique i n d i v i d u a l . T ho u sa nds

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away aga i n two mon ths befo re grad u a t i o n . S i x ty-e ig h t years l a ter

of P L U s t u d e n t s , facu l ty , a d m i n i s­

he received h i s d i p l o m a in spec i a l

tra tors and friends over the years

cer emon ies a t com mencement

have k nown and loved h i m .

exerc i ses i n 1 9 7 1 .

H e served as a member o f the Board o f R egents from 1 922 to

1 9 3 1 . He was the board secretary for seven of those n i ne years.

A l i f e l o n g res i d e n t of S ta nwood , Wash . , O l af moved to P a r k l a nd i n

1 9 66, two years a f ter h i s w i fe's dea t h .

D u r i n g the past seven yea r s

he h a s been a freq u e n t v i si tor a n d guest a t c h a p e l services, c u i tura l even t s and a t h l e t i c con tests, and paid regu l a r v i s i t s to i n d i v i d u a l members of t h e c a m p u s co m m u n i ty.

O l af loved P L U , f i rst as a s t u d e n t , and t h en as an a l u m n u s , f r i e n d , o f f i c i a l , and f i n a l l y as a patro n .

S o me yea r s ago h e set u p a t r ust wi th the un iver s i ty wh ich pro­ vi ded h i m w i t h an i n come for l i fe.

U po n h i s death PLU received the assets rema i n i n g i n the trust, assets wh ich have now become a part o f

PORTLA N D A R E A Mr. Ga lven I r by Rev. Donald Tay lor WES T E RN WAS H I N GTON Mr. Joh n B u stad M r . Chester Hansen Pev. David Wold EAS T E RN W AS H I N GTON Mr. E . Lee Barton Mr. Roger Larson Dr. Jesse Pf I ueger Rev . Robert Oue l l o OREGON Rev . P h i l i p N atwick I DA H O Rev . G l enn H u sby Mr. F r ank S ig l oh CALI FORNIA M r . Theodore Carlstrom A D V I S O RY Rev . Walton Berton, A L C D r . Donald Fa rmer, D r . Dwight Z u lauf and D r . E mmet E k l u n d , fac u l t y

provide perpetu a l i n come to

D r . Norman F i nte l , A LC Mr. Perry Hend r i c k s , J r . , treasurer Mr. Tracy Totten, student Rev. Llano Th e l i n , LCA

O l a f G u l br a n sen w i t h former A l u m n i

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S EA TT L E AREA Rev . Dr. A . G . F j e l l man M r . John Nelson Mr. Gerald S c h i mk e, vice-chairman Dr. Roy Schwarz Rev . Dr. Clarence Solberg Rev . D r . A l bert S t one Rev . Warren S tr a i n M r . George Wade

P L U ' s endow men t f u n d a n d w i l l genera t i o n s o f studen ts.

Assoc ia t i o n president Ray Tobiason

BOA R D OF R E G E N TS TACOMA M r . T.W. Anderson, chair man M r . George l. Davis M r . Carl F y n boe M r . Gene G rant Mr. La wrence Hauge, secretary Mrs. Ruth Jeffries Dr. Richard K 'iein M r . M e l v i n K n udson M r . Warren Peterson Dr. Eugene W i eg m a n , P L U president

O l a f ' s l ove for P L U l i ves o n .

D r . Richard Solberg , LCA