Concordia College - Spire / Concordian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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' A, fl , 6 K. ' CW? vi W A WZ 1 '1 . X c ! 'z - ' I 11' vga Qs , e I X ,X . va ' itt.y I ix ' iw ,, ' P ' ky ,t. I: -3' Null . '57 Y X I V 9 l t X . 1 't ft 7 X 1 l ' . X t . it 1 l U -. tr -J , - - ' in: M ' -'I , Q u l Y I . ri Hi I X Qi V It ,V , ' I N- -A U 9 1 ry Efvtrq fre ffeel structure ol Kramer Crane IO Contracts, which included the mammoth job of site improvement, were soon awarded. john Dehner, In- corporated, began the construction of a concrete bridge, eleven thousand square yards of parking areas, a mile of drives and roads. and four miles of sewer and water lines. Fight of the academic buildings, first contract to be awarded. were built by XVCI'lUlllll, Inc. All other campus construction, except faculty housing, is the work of the Hagerman Construction Company. In january. 1956, the architects design for Concordia Senior College won the highest award for Higher Edu- cation projects in the third annual Design Awards Pro- gram of I'r'ogrmxi1't' .'iI'l'lIfll'l'flll'1', a professional maga- zine with the world's largest architectural circulation. In May. l958. the college received one of five coveted First Honors .-Xwartls from the American Institute of .Xrchitects lor excellence among projects completed in the l'nited States during the last five years. Roofing Kramer Chapel. 0082 616 02 1 833 4 3 I l I l 7

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,-1-,f ': f-oq'i'3'. gg!-n i ------M - ...i. 4 -i'! l.,.' , ALA...-...M ,Am-,vm-.,,,-M ,,,,,, A ,,,, QM Rev. Auliclc, Dr, Lichisinn. Dr. Behnlren, Dr. Birkner, and Dr. Krueger officiating ai Jrhe groundbreaking ceremonies. I The pitched roof, symbolic of the North European church, is his key architectural expression. To unite the buildings in one spirit, he pitched the roofs of all the buildings toward the steeper pitch of the chapel.-V the Words of the architect, 'AThe village-like cluster of the smaller buildings around the theripitched roofsiseerrred to make ta pleasing and expressive silhouette. fTl1e chief burildingsethe classroom buildingg gymnasium, student union, dining hall, administration 'buildingj snag the dormitories-are arranged innsuch away that the bulk of student traffic crosses the open court adjacent to the chapel, emphasizing the importance of religious values. 9

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Selection of administrators and faculty for the new institution was the most important of all the organizational tasks. !g,.-'. , -,....--.i4.,c-:- . m:..L..... . - A fi lvlr. George Wilkinson welding an arch ior the classroom building, YValter H. XVente was chosen as first academic deang Richard A. jesse as dean of studentsg Herbert G. Brede- meier as dean of administrationg Oscar T. XValle as registrarg and Lando C. Otto as librarian. The members of this administrative team began their task as much as two and one half years before the opening of the college and succeeded in providing Synod with an efficiently organized and operating college from the beginning. 'zixq -' r' - -, Nh. - Do you recognize +l'ie classroom building? NW corner. In the person of Dr. Martin J. Neeb, who had ten years of administrative experi- ence as Executive Secretary of the Board for Higher uliducation, plus eighteen years of teaching experi- ence, Synod found an able and talented man for the responsible post of Presi- dent. Main boilers in the basemenr oi llwe Aucliroriurn. H