Vol. Lil No. I
October 19 61
MUSIC HALL NEARS COMPLETION
PROFESSORS INSTALLED There are five new faces in the a c a d e m i c d e p a r t m e n t of DMLC's classrooms this year. Three of the young men were in stalled as professors at the open ing service on September 6. The other two men are working here for one year as a part of their vicarage. P r o fes s o r Herbert Jaster comes to us from the Tri-Parish at Doyleston, Wisconsin, where he has served as the minister of three churches for the past two years. He is a graduate of North western College and the Seminary and first served as assistant pas tor in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. He was also an instructor at Winne bago Lutheran Academy. Profes sor Jaster is teaching tenth grade history and twelfth grade social science. He is especially inter ested in cla,ssical music, as his collection of more than 400 L.P. 's will testify. He also enjoys read ing, history, and languages. Next is P r o f e s s o r Martin Schroeder of Bay City, Michigan. Professor Schroeder received a Bachelor ot Arts degree tn r:ng= lish at the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science and Ed ucation degree at Concordia in River Forest, Illinois. Before c o m i n g to DMLC, P r o f e s s o r Schroeder �ught and later be came a principal in two of our synodical schools. He was in Ann Arbor for five years, and in Bay City for another five years. He ls now teaching high school Eng lish, grades 11 and 12, and is working for his Master's degree. Professor Schroeder enjoys mus ic of all kinds. Continued on Page 2
This year our DMLC campus has the unusual experience of hav ing as one of its new students a young Japanese named Osamu Shoji. Mr. Shoji's home is in Mito City, lbarakiken (prefec ture), Japan. It is only about seventy miles from Tokyo. It was here that Mr. Shoji attended elementary school for eight years and a junior-senior high school for four out of a possible six years. Following this, he went to college at lbaraki University; and after completing the required course, received a certificate for elementary teaching. How ever, along with his studies in elementary education, he also did much work both in English and child psychology. Although Mr. Shoji would have pr to t,egtn teacldng im mediately after graduation, the head master of a junior high school persuaded Mr. Shoji to teach English and Japanese in his school because he was having dif ficulty finding anyone else who might be as capable of teaching both subjects.
SCHOOL REOPENS Another school year began at DMLC with the customary regis tration. New and old students passed from table to table ob taining scheduies and other infor mation which was necessary for opening classes on Wednesday, September 6. During the after noon and evening of Registration Day an orientation program was held for the new students who were taken on a tour of the cam pus and introduced to the various student organizations of DMLC. An opening service was held on Wednesday morning at which Professor Schweppe delivered an inspiring address. Three new professors were installed, and the new instructors were intro duced. An abbreviated schedule of classes then followed. Continued on Page 3
After two years, however, Mr. Shoji was able to teach in an elementary school in Mito City. And since he did not find his day by-day preparations for teaching too time consuming, he continued his studies in child psychology and in English. He also furthered his studies in English by attending Nihon University in Tokyo for nearly two months out of each of his five summer vacations. During one of these! journeys to Tokyo on a train, Mr. Shoji met Pastor Poetter, the Lutheran missionary working in Tokyo. Mr. Shoji was very much im pressed by Pastor Poetter when he spoke with him because the pastor spoke a very fluent Jap anese. Mr. Shoji was also moved at this time by Pastor Poetter' s Continued on Page 3
New Music Instructors With the beginning of our new school year, new faces have been added to our music faculty. A brief introduction of all the new music per.sonnel is, therefore, in place. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Mr. Ames Ander son, whose home is in Minneapo lis, Minnesota, comes to us with a M. A. in Musicology. During the past year he was an instruc tor of music at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Mr . Anderson has had experience as a church organist and choir director and is teaching organ at DMLC. Mr. Christian Kock of St. Paul, Minnesota, and a graduate of Northwestern College, Water town, Wisconsin, is teaching ill College Music Theory class, organ lessons, senior singing class, and he also conducts the high school choirs. Mr. Kock, who taught music here two years ago, is working at his M. A. in music. He is filling the position held by Professor Bruce Backer while Professor Backer is attend ing school, and will be here only this year since he has accepted a call to teach at the Lutheran High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, next fall. A resident of Omak, Washing ton, Mr. Roy Zimmermann is perhaps known to most campus residents as the band director. Besides being in charge of band, he also has some high school singing classes and teaches piano lessons. Attending Central Washington College of Education, Ellensburg, Washington, he was graduated with his major and minor in the field of music. Mr. Continued on Page 3
By December we hope to have the use of the new music hall. Our $350,000 building has 8 piano rooms, 7 piano studios, 7 organ rooms, 4 offices, a faculty room, and a music library. With this addition, approximately 120 piano practice periods a day will be added to the schedule. The choir room, located µl)stairs, will eas ily accommodate 100 singers. The band room, on the lower lev el, is complete with 4 connected practice rooms. Approximately $100, 000 is being spent on equipment. This in cludes all new pianos, 8 new or gans, a dehumidifying system to help preserve the organs in the basement, and music book lock ers. Of the 8 new organs, 3 will be here by January 1st and the others will follow in the next year. The DMLC Ladies Auxiliary is N-PnieAiRfJ the di-apes fur all the rooms. The music hall is the first step in the building program auth orized in August, 1957, by our synod. This program involves a n expenditure o f $1,500,000. Toltz, King, and Day are the ar chitects.
POETRY CONTEST ANNOUNCED The National Poetry Associa tion announces its annual compe tition. The closing date for the sub mission of manuscripts is Nov ember fifth. Any student attending either junior or senior college is eligible to submit his verse. There is no limitation as to form or theme. Shorter works are preferred by the Board of Judges, because of space limitations. Each poem must be typed or printed on a separate sheet, and must bear the name and home ad dress of the student, as well as the name of the college attended. There are no fees or charges for acceptance or submission of verse. All work will be judged on merit alone. Manuscripts should be sent to the offices of the Association: National Poetry Association 3210 Selby Avenue Los Angeles 34, California