Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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the augsburgian mmwmm progress Augsburg is alive. It has been growing steadily. The triends of Augsburg and the churches affiliated with the Lutheran Free Church have worked patiently and in fine faith to keep the school running. The faculty and students likewise have joined hands to cherish that purpose and spirit entrusted into their hands. Do we fully realize what it means to have responsibility for a living thing? It is our privilege not merely to enjoy its use- fulness for our own personal ends, nor only to keep the “wheels of '.he machine” in motion. A living thing is more than a machine. If we assume the responsibility which follows upon associating ourselves with a living purpose such as a school, and, in particular, a school with a specifically Chris- tian aim. we at the same time tacitly, but none the less directly, agree to cooperate in the enlargement of the opportunities of the school to do more work and to do the work more efficiently. With the past achievements in mind and with renewed dedication of self to the high ideals which have carried the school up to the present, it is our privilege to turn our faces to the future. Fite one word which will cover the obligation we have to our school as we look forward is Progress. As in the proverb “all is not gold that glitters,” so here we are concerned to maintain the real values and to build on the foundation already laid, so that our superstructure will rest squarely and completely upon those foundations. True progress is gained by building from within and not bv putting a flashing exterior on a tottering skeleton. We have entered upon a period of expansion and growth. Let us give ourselves to this work with enthusiasm and faith, at all times making expansion secure by keeping the inner realities as the controlling forces which determine the extent and the degree of expansion. Augsburg is frankly founded upon faith in Christ. Its reason for being is that faith. It is in that faith that Augsburg strives to progress. An opportunity is an invitation from the Lord to enter into purposive living. Do not rashly rush into responsibility, nor in sloth or cowardice seek to avoid it. “He strung and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou guest.” “ Fake heed now, for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong and do it.” WM 1927 '» 1928 Page 9