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

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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

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The purposes of the school- to provide its students with the environment, the facilities, and the stimulus that will aid them toward spiritual maturation: that will deepen their spiritual insights: that will increase their awareness of both the privileges and responsibilities of membership in the Body of Christ: that will focus their attention upon the centrality of worship in the Christian lift-1 and that will bring them to a clearer and surer consciousness of their vocation as future ministers of the Church -were to be realized in three ways. First through an emphasis on worship in morning and evening devotions: second, through community living: and third, through formal instruction. The faculty numbered twenty-one on opening day. September 10, 1957. In addition to President Neeb and Professors W'alle, Bredemeier, Otto, XVente, and Jesse. the following fifteen men had joined the staff: Paul Harms. John F. Meyer. Erwin Meyer, Hlilbert Stelzer. Roland Haas. Martin Bertram, Frhardt Fssig, Harold Haas. ,. Herber.t.X.uec11te.r1ein,Thomas Coates, Robert A 'Seliiroettergii-dgarlllalz, Robert Schnabel, XVal- .it,.p ter.B'arga1i11g,. and,Miss Margaret Hermes. One days before the new school was set to open. Professor Paul Bente. who was to have taught in the 'Department ol English, was killed in a tragic automobile accident. l May 30, 1958, climaxed eleven years of plan- ning and three years of construction. At 2:00 P.M. on that date, Concordia Senior College was dedicated to the service of God. Dr. Mar- tin Neeb, president of the College, per- formed the dedication rites. Liturgists for the 5 r 1 . service, held in the college 0 mnasium, were Dean Wenfe, Pres. Neelo, Dean Jesse. and Dean Bredemeuer T PY .- . . - - - . . - the Reverend Hugo G. lxleiner, chairman ol moving info flue adrrnmsfrarlon building. , ' , , Synod s Board for Higher Education: the Reverend Ottomar Krueger, D.D., President of the Central District and representing the Board of Controlg and the Reverend Paul Dannenfeldt, D.D.. representing the Fort YVayne Pastoral Confer- CHCC. , In this dedicatorybsermon, based on 2 Timothy fl, 14-17, Dr. John XV. Behnken, President of Synod. aptly described the Scene when he said in his introductory comments: Throughout our country and -beyondjits borders, the -eyes of educators are upon usrffhcey 'c 1 cookrat this as somewhat of a bold adventure, a kind of trail-blazing ex- periment. They marvel at the beautiful loca- tion, the type of architecture, the decidedly modern classrooms, the unique arrangement of dormitories, the beautiful chapel, in fact the rather exceptional complex of buildingsf' In keeping with the admonition of his chosen text, the President emphasized the fact that all of the splendid facilities provided by the Church could achieve their full potential only if faculty and students conduct all their ac- tivities and studies on this campus in accord- ance with the eternal truths they have learned from God's inspired XVord. Professor Oscar T. Welle completes flue regisrrafion of flwe firsl sfudenf, lvlr. George lxflarquart. 13