College bulletin 1946 january

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The year 1C)46 \\' i ll likely be a lege on a high ducational level, year of destin y at Pacific Luther­ the faculty must be expanded with an Col lege. The p i oneer founders the additions of new lll1d welt dre ame d dream s of a great uni­ qualified profe ss or s in the va­ versity on th e banks of Clover rious fields of learning.

(3) Cr·ek. Fi fty- o ne years ha\' c om e \Vholeso m e apostolic spiritual em­ and gone sin 'e th d;,y of t he pha sis must alway., be made upon foundation an d dedication of O ld th e great truths liich have been Mail1. uring that time America entrllsted to US by J es li s Christ. has had three major wars and the .\;wstles, ano Evangelists as dq re sioll .

ins titu­

ur

tion of learning has had many ups and downs during these five de­ cades.

xperi-

B ut through all of th cnccs, there has iJetll detenninati n that the

a p er s i s te n t

til\:

future of

tilLllion should be

in.

ne of

destiny to the glory of God and

Hi� Kingdom. t all times through the,;c fiftyOIlL ye.Ir5, s eve n !Jre ident to gdher With the v ariou" Boards Trustees and the thollsands or frienel: of t\t� Col leg\: ba\ e been

the [lIrthe;'allce of

I',orking with might �nd main to the

OITrcome bring

into

ha.ndicaps

realizatiun

and

to

the ho p es ,

prcs ented

in the Bible and the symbolical books of the Lutheran

C hurch.

The BO:ll'd of Trllstees of th(!

College met on ct ou er 17, 1945,

.It wh i ch time the '.vhole build i n g program of the College lI'a, taken up for redc;\V with the r es ult that ,;ollle vcry i mp or tall t resolutioll, I'.'e're a do p l rl by unal1im01l5 con­ sent. It was t'e�olvcd that the fol1001'in,,' huil(liuf<5 are t o be e r e ct e d in 1946: (1) A n e w science hall.

(2) t\ new g-v1l1nasium. (3) A new girLs' do mit o ry. (4) A nell' se\'­ age disposal plant. (5) A college

Indeed,

th

Luthe.ran

THE SCIENCE HALL

Church throughout the nat ion has come incr�:l!)ingly to feel the re ..

sponsibility of giving to the great

Since a

iu titl1tion

of

l earn in g

which

to

is

gymnasilll1l

be b uilt, it has been dec ided that

\Ve t, thi' limpire-in-the-:Making, the

an

ne w

pre:,cnt

meaS llres

on

gymnasium, the

g round

Return And Enrollment Of Veterans Pacific

which

SOx 1 00,

w i l l make a contribu tion to home. shall be rebllil t into a science hall. genera.l purposes this Church, and state that will be For all

worthy of the great spiritual heri­

will b e a Ilew building when the

tage ent ru sted Lo it.

j ob is done. The three-story sci­

small C h ri s tian colleges in the na­

hO l l sed on the third floor.

Lutheran

I

College

i

1946

I

Free Tuition For 'Vives of Veterans The College . dmini tratioll has decided

to

free

give

w ives of

men who wen t a way from college

eluding six hours of

during the war are b eginnin g to trickle hack as student s . The Col­ lege is expecting to have om<::-

where in the neighborhood of 100 I'dcran� enrolle d in the fall of

1946. T hi s is going t

hons ing In

cre ate a

p roblem.

the

meantime,

the

College

has made an appeal to the Fed Govenlment for transfer

of

tuition

to

up to and in­

happy to announce that the young

cral

HISTORIC RESOLUTIONS

dn:all1s, amI asp ira tio ns of ,tll c on ­ shop. cerneel.

•

ave New Buildings

to

Board of Trustees Adopts Historic Resolutions

Illany

nlletin

�e",§

veterans

work.

The

veteran !11ust be in act ual att nd-

ance in order to have his wife receive t his

It

special scholarship.

is believ ed that if the wives of the

veterans atlend s ch o o l too, it wiIl add to their cultural advantages,

on the one hand, and to th ir use-

fulncss 111 the future, on the other .

'ome of its e mcrgency housing � l nd h aI11 Act. Ac­ details as to size of family and under Titlc 5, cording t thi arrangement, the nc:uls should be included.

I ,overnl11en t <.viII pay t he cost ot 1I10ving and erecting 0 f hOll. ing on or adjacent to the campus.

Family units and dormitories for

single

\· cte ra ns

llllil'crsi(i(!S

colleges

in

i n c lu de d

arc

in

ano

the

provision of t liS law. At the time

of writing th ese lines, the _\.d min­ istraLion

is

;OI'ernITlCnt

in

contact

with

:w

with

the

appeal

for

The Viking Room

The fourth floor in Old Main,

which is a do rmitory for girls, ha-s

been equipped with what we hal'e C011le

to

knoll'

Room." This fin ,.outheast

as

"The

jkillg

l ounge is in the

corner with three very

such housing to be pla c ed on the large wind olc looking ont over campus, the: prairie \\ ith a beautiful v iew Let it stlffire to say at this time of Mt. Raini r through the eas t th t I\'(: hOPe that th e I' -te ran s wind(HI·s. r00111 is about The and especially the married men , thirtY-5ix feet long and twenty- ix: vila wish to a t tend Pacific Luth­ fe e t wide at one eud. It is eq n ippe d eran C olle ge will s e nd in their re­ with a fireplace which has b ee n quest for re,cl'I-utions as soon as given a NorlVe"'ian de s i g n. The possible . .. First COllie, first served." 1'00111 is intended as a m em o r ial in

Please register for September at honor of the pioneers who found­ ed and built Pacific Lutheran

once!

College in 1894. i Tru st ees ence hall will include the fol low­ A limite d amount of furniture ing: T he physics department w i ll about the ISLll of February. The toe:ethel' with the Administration be hOllsed all the ground floor. Board of Tfllstees has budgeted has already been placed in this fe� I k 'enly the responsibility of large room. Someone suggeste d carrying ont the program of ex­ The biological department will be .70,000.00 for this part of the that gifts mig'ht be appealed for hOll sed on the seco n d floor, and bu i l ding prog r a m. panding Pacific Lutheran College I t is to be admitted that lI'e are among the friends for the purpose illto becoming one of the finest the chemistry de partment will be

The present Board

tion.

III order to bring this pro­

gram about, three things

essary:

(1)

The

are nec­

material

plant

l11ust be ex panded with buildings and equipment necessary to carry

The architects have been work­ ing

and studying this

layout for

nearly two yea rs and have final ­ ly

arrived at a satisfactory plan

with specifications and bluepri nts

now in the hands of the various out the program of a m od e rn col­ contractors with the expectation lege. (2) In order to keep the Col- that we will have bids on hand

d ents . •\ mo vemen t has been put \Vhilc the de c ision by on foot among the students for the B oard was ent h usiasti c and the purpose of purchasin g a Spinet.

L1l1animous, it is also understood piano. Among other fine uses to that if the price s should go far be ­ which this room will be p ut, will yonJ our estimate that some al te r- be that of the eveni ng devotionals

the: possible c osts in this time or

(Continued on Pa ge

1945. Dr. Schaefer has had a wide e perience in his cho en field of

study. He earned the degree Doc­

tor of Philosophy in Biology and related subjects at the Univer ity of Wisconsin. He taught at Wart­ burg College, Waverly, Iowa, be­ fore entering the Armed forces to serve in a specialized

field.

Dr.

2)

for t h e girls who live on that floor.

Join PLC Faculty

II

DR. P. E. HAUGE

(lst Lieutenant)

present school year in September,

(Lt. Colonel)

Dr. P. E. Hauge has returned to the PLC Staff after a leave of ab­ sence

which

has

extended

over

the past three and one-half years.

Dr, Hau e entered the service in June,

1942, as a Lieutenant and

came back as a Lt. Col. after serv­ ing with the A.E.F. on five con­ tinents which included the Medi­ terranean area-Egypt, Tunis, Sicily,

Italy

and

Corsica,

and

Schaefer's keen understanding of

Palestine. Later he served in the

the subject matter in his chosen

sumed his duties as Dean and Reg­

field, together with his love and loyalty to his church, makes him a very valuable addition to the fine faculty now serving the PLC student body.

this

inflation.

DR. 'V. H. SCHAEFER

PLC faculty at the opening of the

furnishing

of

splendid lounge room for the stu­

Two Veterans from World War Dr. W. H. Schaefer joined the

beautifully

all crossing ol l r fingers when we

think of the budget allocated and

South

Pacific.

Dr.

Hauge

re­

istrar on January 1, 1946. He first joined the PLC Staff in the fall

of 1920. He was awarded the De­ gree Doctor of Philosophy by the U. of Washington in 1941.

Page Two

PAClFIC

crable

Pacific Lutheran College

up and execltteu by the Board as

ed to lira W lII' plans and specifi­

d ents come to th

which will hon s e 80 to

leml)(�r of 194

chool in Sep­

gram

will need dormitory �pace for

ly po�siblc, the science hall will

b l! ready for use when the s tu­

TI,e architect has been instruc

cations

for

pledge

is

FIFTY DORMITORY ROOMS The Board of Tru stees resolved to send out an appeal to the

Col-

idelllls of the Colleg

ditional

Illig-ht jeopardize the whole pro­

ir cumstances demand. All in

the

this

legc. There are certain conditions to this pledge which

100 additional students in the fall of 1946.

all, if this pian is made practical­

of

attached

(Continued From Page I) we

amount

already in the hands of the

To Have New Buildings in 1946 nate plans will have to be drawn

a

girls'

i

a

Chapel from this source

for

in tItI:: future. \'Ve ask our friends

-

100 stu

150,00 0.00 whell We arc all intcre ted to know this will be one of the fines small cOlllpleted. 'vVhile preliminary science halls found nywhere in drawings arc bcin made, the how mllch cash mily be available any college. In the next issne of final draft will not be completell by Sept em b er I, 1946, for the Pllr­ tlw bulletin, we hope 0 ha ve Ctlts until the BO<lrd of Trustees has pm,c of carrying out the program

of the science hall and other new

acted

form so

of the Science lIall. At that time,

buildings

presented our

that

where may

in

friend

get a better

printeu

every­

idea

of w hat these fine new improvements

are going to mean to the expan­

sion of our College.

THE NEW GYMNASIUM A' tlte plans for the science hall are nearing completion, the a rchi tect is beginn ing to \york on

the p

the

:lnu

3.HS

neW

sPQ�tii''::;ltio�lS for cry li t tle

gymnasillm.

upon the

contractors'

includes

which

bid.>

which arc awaited in the I tling

builrlings,

we will be bet er able to judg

c ordi n g

the

the

a

a

of

dormitory

we

can

hl1 ild with the money that is avail­

THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT present

sewag-e

the

cwag"

the

three

college

disposal

to figur

s

be properly inscribed amI placed

of the rooms as the pledges arc made and paid for tllat pllrpose.

major

shop,

pl ant. which ar

I nr1uued in our budget of build­

and

ing fo r 1946 is twenty-fi\'e such

Ac­

room

be­

-pledge};,

and

paid

in

full.

\IVhen all of the fifty roo Ins are

taken

that much away from the debt that mirrht be incurred.

fee to tlte cost of the proposed BUILDING COMMITTEE buildinrrs, the mone.y that will be The B o a rd of Trustees elected nee(kd lor tll wltole prog ra m, if ommittce witll full we arc to have ca. h on hand for a B ui ldin g the same, will be $394,500.00. At power Lo ad unde!'-thc Fesolution5 the beginning of the yeal' we are for the buil ding p rogram. The

able. It ' hoperl th;].t this dormi­ tGry Ill;)y be built aud ready for use in September, 1946_

The

each

the (lllrpose of bnilding that

on the door of each and everyo ne

ing, the net available cas h for the prograul outlined is $311,851.7 9.

If \\"(, add the estimated architect's

better position to decide how

much

for fifty ad­

at $400.00

fOl-e liS at the moment of this writ­ thus taken care of, we \V i II have added that mil ch to the assets and

present day co<;ts and we will be

in

pledges

lIlany rooms in the new dormi­ e\-erywl\ere to join with us in tory. \Ve already have seventy-five leaving' this matter prayerfully such pledrres of gifts for the re­ beiore our Lord fo r a final solu­ fnrlli -hing of rooms in the Old tion.

Main. The same program will be PRESENT BUILDING ca rrier! out in the building of the FUND ASSETS new dormitory. i\ silv e r plate will

dormitor y

It is b elieved that dents and to co t

.

Janua ry 1946

OLLEGE WINTER NEWS BULLETIN

UTHERAN

disposal

o m nlittee consi ts of then 'bort oi our goal by the Building amount of $82,648.21. As we start the execntive comntittce which in­ ran red. That news will have to out the new year, we will ha v e c1udes the following members: Dr. pa s the ins p e c t ion of the state au­ be res rved for a la ter news re­ to ha\'e faith that somehow we I-I. L. Foss, c ha irman ; Rev. A. R. thorities. The College has been lease. It can be stated at this tillle are going to get $82,648.21 in ad- M. Kettner, vice-chairman; Rev. notif ied that a new sewage dis­ that on January 1, 1946, ash amI clition to the full p aym e nt of all S. J. 1 T. Ylvlsaker, secretary; Mr. posal plant \\'iII be required by pledg� totalling $115,000.00 have pledges together with the cash, R. F. EngvaIl, t,'easllrer; and Mr . the state. becn subscribed and reccived ad bouds, and notes re c eiv a bl e now A. A. Mykland and Rev. The Board of Trustees has from friellds in Tac oma.

Sandgreen as special members of at haud. budgeted '10,000.00 for the first N one had faith enough to be- the Building Committee. The he Memorial GYll1nasi1lm i\ p­ unit of a sewage disposal plant peal wa started in Tacoma about whid, will cv-entnally cost $20,- lieye that ',�-e WOllld be in slIch a Building COll1mittee has all thor­ healthy financi;].l condition when ized the president of the Colle:-re, ov(:mber 1, 1944. It Itas been in 000 0 . . 0 . Eastvol d, to h ve the we started in January, 1944, only Dr. S. progress until this time. Abollt THE COLLEGE SHOP two years ago. It is qllickly as- plans and 'pecifications drawn lip 350 gifts have been recei\ed from The College ha, no shop at this ,ullled, of course, that the last by the allege Architects: Lea, I adillg artd high-min tel citizens timc except a very small room in $100,000.00 will in 110 way be a J:'earsoll alld Richards of Tacoma. and fricnds of almost very creeel the ha,emcnt of Old 11aill. Such CQsy to raise a� the first $300.- The Hoard of Trnstees authorized in the city of Tacoma. These ar a shop has been a pressing Ileed 000.00. The job becomes harder the Bnilding Committee to pro­ Iill1ited to busine s men and wom­ mallY years. Therefore, , . \\" push toward the goal. That ceed with the whole program pro­ en of our city. It should be . tated through the Doard has budgeted $5,000.00 is always so in life. Hut we have vid i ng the cost does not go more that four peo[llt ha\re subscribed to be sp nt for a very plain 11IIt the .'trcngth whch comes to us rhQn 5'1�) beyond the present esti­ $10,000.00 each and one person Itas seful College shop where the frOI11 the achievements already at- mQte. III case the costs � hou ld be­ underwritten a pletlge of $15,- u college tools may be stored and tain U. This is no t a c hallenge for come higher, the Board has re­ 000.00. Two other friends are se­ where the me c han ics may be able one person, nor for the Board of solved that the fnll Board shall riously considerinrr underwriting each.

If the e two to do their work with greater Trustees, nor only for the 1)a- be called together to solve what­ $10,000.00 spe ed and efiiciency. ciiic Lutlieran College S50clatlOn. ever problems may a r ise. should be reali z ed, then the full But i t is a challenge for all ChrisTHE LIBRARY $135,000.00 for the gymnasium FACULTY COMMITTEES will be subscribed and underwrit­ It will cost about $40,000 to tian people everywhere who be­ \Vith the consent of the execu­ lieve in Christian education as ten. comp lete the lib r ary which was ti \- e cOllll1littee of the Board of between 1936-1939.

The reprcsented by Pacific Lutheran The Faculty Gy na s ium Com­ built Trustees, Dr. S. C. Eastvold has College in the west two-fifths to mittee is very mllch fearful that Board of Trustees r �olved to appointed three facuity commit­ one-half oi the nation. $135,000.00 will be rant when tackle that Job as so n as funds tees to work to -ether with the Ad­ UNPAID PLEDGES co mpared with the needs and the become available. ministration and the Board of At hand t oday we hav e $25,000.00 Trustees in the planning of the pr�sent C(}st of building. How­ BUILDING FUND ASSETS e ver, the a rc hitec t has bet:n in­ Tlte total building fund assets as \\-ortil uf ullpaid pledges in the buiJdings as such as well as the structed to dra \\' liP plans and of January 1, 1946, total, in round N L ·. burches of the P.L.e. locations for the buildings. These specifications th:1I may be real­ numbers, about $500,000.00. Of this area. �Iost of these are in the cOlllmittees have been at work, ized with the cash and pledges on amount a little more than $100,- form of very small contributions_ ha\'e done a fine job, and have '[­ 000.00 has now been spent in the If one thousand people fail to pay made very valuable contributions hand for thal purpose. J t is can be saiu at this time as to how

this building will be bnilt and ar­

plant is entirely inadequate to the pre s c llt lIecd' and would sca r c ely

pected

remodelling

that

the

new

gymnasium

wi ll be ready for usc when school opens in September, 1 946.

THE

been

a

dream

dormitory

for

many

a

refurbishing

has

ne\\', modern, and up-to-

in s ta l latio n of

new

electrical in-

leis with a fireproof vallit for the y ears. transformers as required by law;

Dnring Ollr entire history we have had boys and girls living in the

new offices and a new apartment for the dean, as ,,-ell as a g u e st

has

refurbished

Old Main Building. Of course, it

rate

been divided into two sepa­ dormitories by proper

par­

titions. N on et hel s the situation has been far from id a!.

With

fourth

the

floor

completion in

the

Old

pledges in the amount of to the program thus far.

The faculty committee worki ng $1 0.0 0 each, it will be a l oss to t he build ing fund in the amoun t of with the architects and the Ad­ $10,000.00 _ Let every friend be ministration 011 the science hall quic k to di" ce rn the tra gedy which include the following: Dr. O. l\L will follow the failur e to stan d to- Jordahl, professor of mathe m atics geth er and be faithful to one an - and physics ; Dr. \"1. H. Schil efer, other in the paying of these professor of biology; and Prof. pledges. Ma n}' little streams make A. Ramstad, professor of M. a big river. If all the little streams chemistry. The faculty comm ittee

their

of

ing hall on the grollnd floor; the

DORMITORY girls'

cludes

and

Main Buildin g. This in-

elate kitchen, recreation rOom, d i n-

NEW GIRLS'

The new

the OIJ

of

the Main

dr y l ip, then the hig river will dry up too.

room on the sub-main floor; the floor;

the

rooms

on

the

main

'liVe are fully aware of t he fac t that so me of these pledges will paid. Therefore, 'NC be n� ver han! to s e c u re new WI ll ifts in order to take the place of those that wil l fail us in the

re f ur bished rooms on

second and third floors and the new fourth floor with fortysix

beds, together with nine new up-

to-date lavatories which take the

Building, we are now able to place of the almost hopeless wash house 166 students in the present rOOI11 conditions we had up to paying of these pledges. This item can be a very serious jolt to us if dormitory space. Sh onld the fifth 1943.

Five hundred thousands dollars it is no t car ed for in due time. We floor be finished into dormitory ac­ of cash and pledges also include 189 stndents in the a pledge of $100,000.00 made by present dormitory. However, even one person for the purpose of with the present enrollment, we setting up a College Chapel and have every available space filled. music hall sometime within the It is confidently expected that not too distant future. A c o n sid space,

we

commodate

would be able to

I

working with the a rchitects

and

the Administration on the gymna­

I

Sillll1 in clude the following: Coach Cliff Olson, Dr. ]. P. Pflueger,

�nd Mrs. \.yalt �r E. Youn ?, pro ­ lessor of phYSIcal educatIOn. A third cOlTlmittee is headed up by

Prof. E. M. Akre and includes aU the

members of the faculty not

otherwise

appointed

to

special

duty in the building program. This

have faith to believe that many of committee has been charged with our friends are going to send in the responsibil.ity of recommend­ additional gifts which will in some ing the adoption of a future land­ meas ure make up for losses so scaping program which is to in­

that we may have this full item of elude the place and position of $25,000.00 by the time we need it. the present and future buildings.

J a nuary

I r-------, I BASKETBALL is now football SCHE DULE

This com mittee has recommended th a t the gymnasium be placed the area w h i c h

in

down

cour se,

gol f

a

as

L'� e d

I

field, near t h e tennis courts across the road from the club house.

Pacific

T h e n e w g ir ls' do rmitory is t o

for

both

dormito ries

Luth eran

r e s ll m e s

again

he p l aced a l o n g the s i d e of the h i l l � o L\ t h a n d \Y e s t from t he site now o c cupied by the library. Tlus p la n 1 a v es s p a c e f o r a Col lcge Chapel, r l1 t u re

the

with

C o llege

ac tivities

a t h letic the

reo p e n i n g of

\Vashi ngtoll

giate Conference.

B as k e t b a l l

is

I ntercolle­

the

s t a rting

p o in t in the new era o f Lu t h ­

men

eran athletics. vVe b egin the season w i t h Marv H ar sh man

a n d women a s w e l l as a site for a b u i l d i n g to be u s e d by m u s i c a n d

as the new coach ,. n d

a rt . S h o u l d a C Ol11 m o n s bu i l ding eve r b c ere cted, a p lace h as also

SC] u a d

new tion

bcen designated for that.

The s e wage d i s p osal p l a n t w i l l

of

follows :

D ec.

(::l ovcr Creek.

the

excep­

Perrault,

1 4-Everett Jr.

C o llege

tle)

Ja n.

( B el­

1 0 - 1 2-W.V-o/. C. E.

lingham, here)

Jan.

( B el­

1 8- 1 9-W. W. e.E.

Jan.

t he

Feb .

l i ngham, there)

stories

(EI­

25-26-- e . W . C . E . ( h ere)

lensberg,

s ary siuce t h e b u i l d ing, i n c l uding

1 -2

College

Seattle

-

Jt · gh . No� th at the two top floor...; are in p r o cess of bcing completed,

Feb .

essential b o th for passengers a n d

Feb. 8-9-E . vV . e . E . ( Cheney,

e l evator

becomes

f o r fr ight.

M r. Chris

(there)

Feb.

C o l l ege w i th a gift o f $ 1 0,000.00

Feb.

e l evator.

friend

Feb .

made would c o s t a t least $4,000.00

F eb .

for

p r e s ented

d iscovered that

this

good

M : arch

to

p r e­

able

this

th a n

$4,000.00,

at the top of O l d Main for such

a

chapel at the very head of the ele­

v a tor shaft. T h e B o ar d of Trustees deep a n d

heartfelt t h a n k s a n d appreciation.

W h e n the Tower Chapel is b u i l t ,

G o d w i l ling, and the hou r of dedi­ cation COIll e s , we have the p romise

from the donor to be a l l owed to 3

n n o u n c e his name. coliege

The

architects

have

been advised to invite in for con­

s u l tation s o me e x p e rienced c h u rcn a r c h i t e c t in o rde r that this work

may he done in the very finest possible

way a n d manner.

Board

of Trustees unani­

mously passed a resolu tion at its

l as t

session

inviting

the

Pacific

Synod of the ULCA in conjunc­

tion

with

the

United

Lutheran

C h ur c h to place a full time p r o­

f e s s o r at P LC, the same to be fi­

nanced by the cooperating Synod.

\!\Io r d

has

reached

the

Athletic

plant

a lso,

ticipated

by

loyal

College

and

o rchestra

lamp .

I n the afternoon at 2 : 00 o'clo ck,

have

present

the Trinity Lutheran L a d i e s ' Aid

f ed era l institutions for t h e enjoy­

m eeting where D r . E as tvold c o n­

sons.

Programs

greeti ng.

erans

H o s[, i t a l ,

had

the

o p p o rtunity

to

been

p re­

At

s e n t e d at the American Lake Vet­

dial School a t B u c k ley, Was h i n g'­

w as

geuerous

t a k c n through t h e i n s t i t u tio n fol­

w a s presented. D r . Eastvo l d de­ c l a red that D e cem ber 1 9th w a s

at

S te i lacoom,

lowing

the c o n cert.

C h r i s tm a s

co ncerts

were

a fternoon

and

at

was

in

Central

Tacoma i n t h e even ing. Th e foll o w i n g day a concert

C h urch

given

at Jason

l

L ee

Ju nior High School i n Tacoma.

T h c choi r h a s also been p re s e.nt. e d four tImes o n radIO statIOn K 1,,[ 0 i n Tacoma, t h e first b ein g t h e " C a m p u s \7I,T orkshop" program

the following evening. O n the same p rogram, the choir p resented a C h r ist m a s concert b y tran scrip t io n D e cember 25th and 26th. at

four

months

of

the

of

the

rather varied

a nd

some i ntere s t i ng

experiences.

September

For the first t im e since t h e s t a r t

b u s s es, so the c h oir will resume it s ten

day

trip

in

the

S p ri ng,

choir memb

rs

paid.

w h i c h the arrangements are n o w

n;

0

P e n d l eton,

ed

i n an

ou tdoor

Ritzville,

and

O dessa,

Cashmere,

and

during

lhe

Plans

annual

vVil­

\!\Ia s h ington,

sang

b o th

a

solo

choir

A simi lar festival wa s held a t the

Civic Auditorium in Seattle o n De­

cember first, w h e r e the " Choir o f the

'Nes t "

sang

one

group

of

songs as a solo choir a n d several o ther songs with the many other choirs

represented there.

Another

interesting

experience

w a s that o f singing o n the aircraft

the near future.

S

carrier "Commencement B ay," on II

n day

afternoon,

December

* * * **

C o l l e ge

are

also

p l an n ed

Olympia

are

being

made

been

carefully

guarded

for

the

College

day

by

had the

p res id en t but somehow the information leaked o u t a n d the s t u d e n t

body in a very cheerful a n d h ap p y

mood sang " H ap p y B i rthday" for the

president

at

the

it

is

old

at

spirit

Pacific

is

evi d e n t

Lutheran

in

*****

East\ o ld on D e cember 1 9t h . T h e the

of

The RoU Call and Developmen t Associatio·n brought $7,000.00 to the College as of January 1, 1 94D. The b udget calls for $ 1 0,000.00 at

least. The College will be grateful to the p a s tors and congregation s which have money for these p u r ­

poses

on hand if i t i s sent i n a t o n c e . I t i s also h o p e d t h a t the congregatio ns which ha\'e not tak­ en up the Roll Cal! O ffering for the c u rrent y e a r will d o s o as soon as p ossible.

Three different gatheri ngs s a ng B irthday" for Pres i d e n t of

unt i l

p a yment

thank G o d for peace within our organizatio n while we are living in a world that i s grop i n g for p eace.

** • • *

" H ap p y

meaning

value

i s t r ue among the the maintenance s t aff, in the student body, in the faculty, and in t he a d m inis tration. We

This and That

secret

w o n derful

p eo p l e

sometime

Lutheran

cash

carly

College. T h i s

for

Spring.

Pacific

no

An

everywhere

"Thanksgiving

as

M on­ Canada,

***.*

A

n u mber of v i s i tors.

P uget S o u n u Navy Y a rd , where they

will

F al l s ,

p r o gram, it w i l l b e necessary t o receive a d ditional p l e dges and g i f t s i n t h e amou n t o f nearly $90,000.00 during 1 946.

choir

and as a p art of a large chorus.

schedule

G reat

p led g es w i l l b e app reciated a great deal. If the College i s to b e spared b 0 r r o w i n g any considerable amount o f money i n its building

O rego n ;

February 8-9-10

enjoyed a trip to

P f h l eger ' s

i t has

for

been

B remerton, w h e re they participat-

in Con temporary

the

to

theme,

\;\ford

o f t h e w a r , we arc a b l e to c harter a v a l u e as s oo n as i t is made, b u t

have

the

o f the

is grateful for ev ery p le dge that has been m ade to the b uilding f u n d . A p ledg'e has

r e turn to j o i n the choir.

P.L.C. Reunion On

16th,

of

h im

The

alumni reunion o n Feb. 8-9- 1 0.

Alu m n i officials are making ar­ travelled to Kent to sin g as a p a r t ' range ments for the first three­ of the L u ther League horal day celebration since before the U n ion. Late i n Septemb er, the war and arc expecting a large On

t he same

tana , and to \,yinnepeg, w h ile D r. E as tvolrl w i l l speak at Chicago, D etroit, and Sagina \Y , M i c h i gan.

.M a l m i n expects to see several vet­

Seattle

educational

on

Centrality

D r.

"'lith the beginning of the sec­

Conce rts

have p ro v i d ed

l e c t ur e

vVork

ta k c

ond semes ter on January 28th, M r.

year

and

it i e s in auada will b e

nati on and in

C h u rch . "

the

school

engagements

th

the

coma.

Spokane,

C h ri s t mas. T h e nature

T h irty-s i x o f the l ea d i n g

"The

Reformation services i n both Seattle a n d Ta -

erans

� D r. J. P. P fl ueger a n d D r .

S . e.

E astvold h a v e been ch os e n to b.e sp eakers a t t he L ut heran Scm!­ . . nars w llIch WIll be held through. o u t t h e Ulllted States a n d Canada d ur i n g the m onth of Fe br uary.

will

O ther a[lpearances o f t h e choir b een

in its a m o u n t and

v i s i t e d by t h a t m a n y lecturers in teams of three during t hat p eriod.

Doctors Eastvold and Pflueger

o n O c tob e r 1 6th, with a transcrip tion of t h at p rogram being gi ven

ha\'e

the

l i v ed a n d s a i d that l i f e I'eally m u s t begin at fifty.

ity L u theran C h u r c h in Park land the

presented

the h a p p i e s t b i r t h d a y h e h a d e v e r

p re­

s en t ed o n D e cember 1 6th at T r i n­ in

and

beautiful in t h e s p i r i t i D which it

ton, w h er e t h e group was fed a n d

as the " Choir o f the \Ves t," has

preceding

f a c u l ty

C o ll ege

bur,

during the

the

a

guest o f h o n o r with a check which

H o s p ital

returning to Parkland on M on day,

been unllsua l l y active

brought

the

Mental

\Va lla \'V a l l a, \"1ashingto n ; L ew is­

T h e college choir, w i d ely known

o'clock

5 :00

their

a n d t h e \;\f a s h ington State Cus to­

t o n a n d Mo sco w, I daho ; L a cros�e,

The College Choir

and

d e v o tions

at

ga thered in the reception room of

O r e g

Lutheran

B i rth day"

State

\V e: s le r n

t h e fo l l o w i n g other stop s : Baker,

and

ducted

m en t o f those less fortunate p er­ have

" H ap p y

sang

programs at our n e a r b y s t a t e and

first, o n M a r c h 29th, a n d includes

that the matter will be presented

o the p r o per Synodical board in

ch o ir

u l e ta k e s the c h o i r to K e nnewick

teams

m a r e

The

i n the form of a very u seful floor

II.

War

'World

Music Festival" sponsored by t h e

The Pacific Synod The

field

Tacoma and Pierce County d ea d

from

b e i n g m a d e. T h e t en t a t iv e sched­

will

I w i ll pay i t in fulL" A n iJeal place has been located

this gift w i t h

scale

sented D r. Eas tvold with a valu­

a b le birth day a n d Christmas gift

rial service h el d in honor of the

A p r i l 8th.

y o u p l ease s e n d m e t h e b i l l and

a c cepted

p rogram

will

P.Le.

b o o sters.

friend said, " \Vhatevcr this Chapel m o re

sports

full

greater a c h i evements a re an­

J n han ding the: check of $4,000.00

t:�)sts

a

h o p in g

vVith the advent of our new

a

b ea u t i f u l m i niature Tower Chapel.

Eastvold,

is

i n the s p ring s p o r b , too.

$4,000.00 fo r the p ur p o s e of equip­

President

conduct

C o l l ege

a n d if enough men are avail­

sen ted the College with a gift of

to

8-9-Seattle

Con ference

sp ri ng

A T O WER CHAPEL

,wer

Col­

( there)

( here)

in A merica.

ping the top o f Old 1Iain with

4-Cen tralia J r.

l ege

The

W. C. E. Col­

( h cre)

M a rc h

A il a n onymous friend has

E.

(EI­

2-Centralia J r .

lege

fo! u s e i n Septemb er, 194D. The B o a r d of 'frIIstee.!; b elieves tlliJ.l t h is is the finest e levator

cleva to r w i l l be insta l l e d a n d ready

made

( there)

25 -26 -

M a rch

and

C o l l ege

22-23-e.W. C.E.

the

Company

Puget

1 S-Everett Jr.

( Cheney there)

h a s no w been l e t to the Montgom­ Elevator

of

(here)

l e n s b erg,

the best e levator

vcr t h e entire c ost. The contract

ery

Puget

(there)

mo re, he made an extra p ledge t o c

1 4-College

Sound

the

the p u r p o s e of i n s talling this \,y hen

(there)

here)

Knutzen o f B u rling­

\V ash ington,

t o n,

of

4-C o l l cge

Sound

a b s o l utely

ninth. The occasion was a memo-

L u t h eran

Jan. 5-Se a t t l e P a c i f i c (here)

p ose of i n stalling a n e w elevator i n the l I d }"f a i n w h i c h i s n e c e s ­ six

as

Jan. 4-Seallle Pacific ( Seat­

THE NEW ELEVATOR I II a d d i tion t o the b u il d ing p ro · Pacific outlined, already g- r a m Lutheran Co l lege h as t h e joy of co un t i n g a m o ng its friends one who h a s given a giit for the p u r­

is

our

s c h e d u l e is

yea r's

( h e re)

gTou nd. floor,

whole

a

sparkp l u g.

This

b e o n the w e s t e n d o f the prop­ u c h w the hill a n d across

with

E rnie

p re-war

erl y

an

Page Three

PA C I F I C LUT H E RAN CO L L E G E W I NTER N EWS B U L L ET I N

1 946

morning

There a r e about 250 p ar i s hes in

i

the

three

Pacific

Synods

Lutheran

P.L. e. Area.

;vhich

College

support in

the

I f every p astor to­ gether with the leaders in his par­

ish

wou l d

f u rn i s h i n g

become

serious

s t ude nts,

we

about

would

only need two from each p arish in

order to have a s t u dent body of

c h a p e l h ou r . On the following day

500 Lutheran young peo p l e at Pa­

on behalf o f the entire group pre-

( Continued on page 4)

the president of the student body

cific

Lutheran

College. Together

..

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Ol paAOWa� 0

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UM0W{ Un 0

pas"Ea:laG 0

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Page Fou r

This and That (

o n t i l1 u e c1 from page 3 )

P AC 1 PI C The Faculty Committee on R e­ ligious Activities has arranged for a Spiritual Emphasis Week to be hel d from February 1 8 through the 22nd. Rev. Walter H. Hell­ m an, pastor of the Peninsula Pea c e Lutheran Church, Portland, Oregon, bas been se c u r ed as the

D U LLETIN

t h e s a m e d a y two La,lies' "\id s o ­ c i e t i e s m e t a t t h e C o l l e ge, o n e iroll1 Trinity L u t h e r a n C h u rch o f Pa rk l a n d , a n d the o t he r f r om a s h o n L u theran Church, Vashon I sland.

w i t h the f i ne you ng p eo p l e who a t ­ t e n d [1'0111 o the r ue nQminations, i t i s easy t o see that Pacific Lu thran College could vcr)' soon be­ Th e c h a p e l p er i od on D e . 18 c o me a n i n s t itu tio n whIch w ou l d \�as spent ii i n g l l1 g Chri stm a s Rev. week.

500 , t n d e n t s by Cj u i t e a guest preacher f or the excte 1 carols a n d h y m n s . I n the e v ening H e ll man is a f o r mer member of good de�, l . t h e Viking and G e r m a n C l u b s had the PLC faculty. We h ear tily wel­ t h e i r re s p e c tiv e Chris tID a s p a rties. come his corning and pray for Th is b u l l e t i n \\'111 b e s e n t o u t t o "' ''' * ,,* G od's richest blessings upon h.is aho u t 7,000 ad d resses. The C o l ­ ministry amon g us.

The <[('me of the pre-h oli day lege w i l l a p p re c i a te it :t great d e a l events was reached on Thursd ay, �:'i:*** i f tho s e rece i , j n g t h i s bulleti n D ec. 20. At 6 : 00 p. m . on that date will send in corrections of ad­ P a cific Lutheran College w a s t tl e an nual tudent body Chri st­ ac­ d n:sse� a s they m a y occur. th seenC' o f many and varied mas b a l l lj uet w as h e l d in the C o l ­ tiv i t i e s d u ri n g the d ays preceding ***,.,* l e ge d i n i n g hall, w h i d! was dec­ Let u s do o u r utmost b e s t to th holiday vacatioll. o rated for the occasio n w i th a p ­ The chapel p rogram o n Thurs­ e n c ourage our o w n young people p ropriate m u rals, b e l l s , c a n d l e s, day, Dec. 1 3 , was i n charge o f the to attend ou r own Lu theran Co l­ trees, and stars. D r . ( L t. Col . ) L SA, which presented the Luth­ lege. Pacific L u therall College i s Philip E. H auge, w h o returned as eran vV o r l d Action a p p e a l f o r im­ a fully accredited Liberal Arts D ean o f the College on Jan. I , p ovedshcd Europe. A t the c lose Col lege with a l l the usual p re­ was the gu est speaker, telling o f of the period a sizable col lection profe ssional courses . There should his visits t o B eth lehem, the site of was contributed for the c a lIse by l>e n O real goo d reason w h y our t h e first Christmas . Inc luded in b o t h faculty and students. young peo) Ie should go to any the evening's e n tertainment were ***** o ther institution o f learning when vocal solos b y Anita Norman and we have one s o fine of our o w n. " C h ristmas i n Literature" was flute solos b y Afton Hjelm. Anita the thellIe developed by Miss Roth a cted as toastmis tress. Co­ ***** B lomquist, gnest speak e r at the chairmen in charge o f the event The maintenance staff of t h e D R G (off campus girls) C h rist- . w e re Ruth Bj erkan and Georgina Coil g c! i s doing a g od j ob i n mas party on the afternoon o f the King. ** * ** repairing and rebuilding many same day. * ***'" The evening was well rounded nooks and corners that have been left rather desolate through the Friday evening, Dec. 1 4, found out b y the " Christmas Serv'ice o f difficult years which we refer to the L u tes defeating t h e Everett Carols and Candles" sponsored b y i n the simple language as "the de­ Junior C o l l e ge t e a m in b a s k e tba ll the freshman class at 8 :30 fo l l o w ­ ing the all-school banquet. Dr. J. pression." INe have four very fine by a handsome margin, 45-22.

P. Pflueger b rought the message, cooks hand ling the preparing of ***** the food for our splendid student b ri ngillg out the wonder and awe M r. C. Davis vVeyerhaeuser \\' hich should u e and are evoked by body. Wi t h the new kitchen, this gave his C h ristian testimony in , ork has been m a d e much more the B a b e of B e lh 1ehem. Music was c hapel OIl Monday, Dec. 1 7, urging

by A l ice Stockton a n d Arne e sy and the in c reased efficiency the students not to b e " drifters," Aakre, v i o l i n a n d vocal soloists, is easily noticed. a n d not merely "getters," but respec tively. The Christmas Gos­ ***** "givers." ...* * pel, read by members of the fresh­ The B oard of T r u s tees will h o l d O n M O llday ev e n i n g at 7 :30 the man c bss, was s u p p 1emen te(l by its reg n l a r s p rIng ll Ieeting sh o rtl y L D R held t h e i r C h r i s tm a s p arty, carol s i nging by those p resent. A t after Eas ter. w rap p i ng p reseuts w h i c h they had o n e p oin t in th e s ervice the ca n ­ .***. p u r c h a s ed for the b o ys and girls d le s held by all assembled w e re Tentative plans are b e i n g made i n the Parkland Chi ldren's H O llIe. ligh ted by c a n d l e s w h i c h dcri\'cd r a guest p rofe s r t o vis i t th e The Cbri t l11 as story was pre ent­ their flame from a l ight o n the C o ll ege d u r i n g t h e first term o f e d i n reading and song, and re­ a ltar. Chairman for the o c casion th su mmer s c h ool St�ssion. vV llen rreshments �'e re s erved. H o s tesse \ a s alborg R u s tad. and if arrangemen t s are finally for the p arty w e re the M i s se s ***** made, we shall send o u t the an­ Be rg. B 10 m Cj u i s t, Chilson, and no uncements i ll d ue season.

Kiclsen.

I n spite o f severe transporta­ ***** tio n diff i c u l ties, a l mo:,t al l s t u ­ The classrooms ilt the O l d Main Dr. S. C. Eas tv old, president o f d e n t s \yere w e l l on t h e i r way Oll t have been renovated and clocks P L C , s p o k e i n c h a p e l on \,y ednes­ of town by Friday evening, D e ­ have een purchased for tach and day, D ec. 1 9, o n a porti n of Is. cember 21, i f one w e re to j u dge every one of t hese f 0<l Il1 S and will 9 : 6 : "For tInto LIS a child is born ; by the d e a dness of the dormito­ be installed as soon as possible. unto liS a son is given . . . " O n nes. While the students were

J a nua ry 1 9-16

away, the f a � u 1 t y mem bers u'lr­ riec! on s oc i a l l y in groups, s m a l l . n d large.

M any a l u m n i , s t ude nts, f a c u l ty lllembers, a ld o ther frie n d s u f t he o l l c o'c wc re p resent at the wed· ding o f \ j I a r c u s S t u en, '43, a n d -P rj c i l l a P rClls, '44, wh i c h took p lace a t T r i ll i t y L u th e ran Church in Park land OIl D ec. 30 a t 8 :30 p . m. dark j , a s o n o f Prof. and 1\1 rs. . J . St uen o f t h e C o l l ege, a n d Pri s c i l l a i s a dau ghter of Mrs. P a u l Prens, <l 1 s o of PaTk1and. The young c o u p l e w i l l l ive ill M ilwa u ­ k ee, \<Vis., where the bridegroom is a medical student at M a rquette U i n t h e Navy V-12 program. ,,** * *

T h e College kitchen i s finally nearing completion. vVhi1e install ­ ing t h e t e a m d i s h washing equip­ ment, the representative of the Green-\i\iinkler Company of Seat­ tle said, "This is now the fines t and best arranged kitchen I have seen in either restaurants 01' schools in the no rthwest." *****

The P. L . C. Faculty spent a very pleasant and informal hour in the Viking Room of Old Main o n Saturday afternoon, December 29. Counting the wives and hus­ bands in attendance the count was about 40.

Refres h ments were served b y Mrs. Eastvold and M rs , Holstad. * * ** *

A New Year's Eve gathering at the ho m e of the College Presi dent has become a Facu1 t), tradition.

The t h i r d ga t h e ring of thIS kind w a s held o n December 31 between 9 and 1 1 :30 p . m . D r. :llld Mrs. S. C. E ils tvo l d IYl' r e th e hosts. A b uf­ fet s n p p e r was se rveLl. A beauti­ ful a n d f r i e n d l y C h ristian s p i r i t prevai led t o c l i m a x a full year o£ coope ratiOll at the College. A t 1 1 :30 uutil m i d n i g ht the entire c o m p a n y joined with the College congregation at T r i n i ty (h u r ch for a Ne\\ Year's Eve Watch I N i g h t service.

D r.

P f l eugel' brough t the me ssage. *****

Cont ri bu tions to this I s s u e of the news b ul l e t i n have been made by the following professors : Young, Harshman, Satre, and Eastvold.