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OPENING SERVICE Dedication - Induction For the first time In over IG months the academic program can be conducted under more normal circumstances with the last of the current construction projects completed. Certainly we should all begin the 1968-1969 academic year with a sense of gratitude to our gracloos Godfor provldlngthis mstttutton with attractive and functional fac1l1t1esto aid it In carrying on the work He has assigned to us In His KIngdom. Last Aprll wewere permitted to dedicate Luther Memorial. It stands as a gift of God-Wholed the members of the Wisconsin Ev; Lutheran Synodto produce through M1ssloDel the fruits of faith necessary to fund Its cons truction. In connectionwiththe opening service on September 18 at 8:30 A.M.we will be permitted to dedicate another project made possible through Missio Del. This completed project Is the addition and the alterations to the main classroom building.It Is appropriate that the service willbe conducted In thenewchapel-audltorlum of that bulld1ng. The speaker for thecombined (Continuedon Page 2).
MESSENGER
Freshmen to Initiate New
Curriculum After several years of work In that direction, the faculty Is ready to Introduce the newcurr~culum. It Is designed to provide the student with a broad general background In education as well as to give him the sequence of courses necessary
for professional training. This year's freshman class w1l1be the first to use this course. There are several new fea .. tures In this arrangement. First, It will g1ve the student the choice to elect a field of study In which he takes a spactal Interest. Under thepresent setup, however, election wlllbe ilmlted to four fields, namely, the social studies, Engilsh, mathematlcs, and music. The new system also grants credit for physical education and instrumental music courses. Since this newcourse w111be begun with the freshman class, the course of. study will of necesslty be changedas this class advances to meet Its program needs. Another feature of this curr Iculum Is that it w111mean fewer class hours for students. With this class load reduction and his InvolvementInthe election of an area of concentration,