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

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'Fe Dedicaficf Se-w':e was HeVdinH1e gymnasium on May 30, I958. R ,, -L ,W W- wf W' T .X twill wrxicc of thanksgiving' was umdlutcd in thc Krruncr NIClllUI'iIll Chapel on thc mm'ninQ, wi ,Inns l. ,XL this service thc Rcx'c1'vml XN'illimu .X. BIICQC. Pnsun' of Christ c.IlllI'l'h Ill Mm- Q , llulfmulix was thc icstival SPt'Zllxl'l'. 'IQIIYCL' rlmrnl xcspcr sn-lwiccs wcrc lmcld. T hmm at 5:00 l'.NI. and NIH' l'.NI. un NIM 30 were lilL'lllliLll. AX lhml wokplgucarS:1l0l'.NI.m1Nlaxil. wr.: I f I A -..- -5 ,,,,,., ' 1' 'V 'e 1 f P05 He-fm:-f+ NuQfiP1'qflffIn played Clwomlg-5 X f ' ' f Eff: ,f-'. -' Diva' 14 SOLI DEO

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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

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l i i i s 4 3 i l i In J ' J Dr. John W. Belmlcen delivered the dedicatory sermon. YVith the graduation of the class which is responsible for the publication of this first yearbook, the greatest single Construction project ever undertaken by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is corn- plete: CONCORDIA SENIOR COLLEGE. Aerial view ol the campus looking northeast, GLORIA