Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The President's Message TOMORROW OPE and conviction have ripened into determination as this AUGSBURGIAN goes forth. For many years the students and faculty have hoped and persisted in hoping that the day would come when a new building at Augsburg would be a realization. All the friends of the school have cherished that hope. The need has become so urgent that what so long has been a dream has resulted in a conviction that something must be done soon. There is at the present time no difference of opinion about the necessity of securing more fitting surroundings in which to carry on the great work of Augsburg. The only response to the question raised by the weather- worn dormitories is You surely need a new dormitory. If you will listen carefully with an ear appreciative for all that these old buildings have meant in the past you will hear them say, Have we not faithfully done our duty and served you well? Is it not fair to release us now so that younger and stronger servants may take over our task and carry it on? Our spirit will gladly support the sacrifice necessary to provide you with what will serve you better than we have been able to do. It is now more than thirty years since any forward move in building has been made at Augsburg. That fact lends strength to the conviction that the time is here to take such a real step. The past history has shown an abiding faith in the work that has been done as worth the effort. That faith has conquered many a diliicult time. It is a faith which has carried through from year to year and now has grown into a faith in the future of its own work. The past is alive in the present and has no doubt about the future. The same spirit abides and upon it Augsburg builds its hope and its conviction and also its deter- mination. To be sure this is a determination about the equipment required to meet the needs of our work. But there would be little strength in the determination which is rapidly taking form if it were not for the assurance that that for which Augsburg has consistently stood is an abiding reality in life. For this reason we feel that we are on the road Augsburg has been given to tread. The road which Augsburg has trod! A road with direction and purpose. A road on which men travel, but it is also a road laid out by the Lord. A determination which rests upon fidelity to the past carries into the future. Our fathers built on the vision given them of the Kingdom of Christ as that is meant for the children of men. The Augsburg of today has no other wish than to serve our Lord Iesus Christ as faithfully as our fathers in their day served Him. fm? 1 JAJAM f President

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DR. GEORGE SVERDRUP President

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H. N. HENDRICKSON Pl'0fl'.t'fOl' of I-Iixlory and I IIIIII Rcgzshm B.A., M.A., C.T. P. A. SVEEGGEN Professor of Euglixh, HOP7fl1CflL5 B.A., M.A. I. S. MELBX' Profcxsoz' of Chrixlifllzily, Dorm of 1 an B.A., C.T. GERDA .NIORTENSEN IlI.ffI'!1L'l0l' of Hislory, Dean of IVomen B.S., M.A. BERTHA LILLEHEI l1l5fI'!lL'f0l' of E11g'Ii.fh BA. MARGRETHE PETTERSEN Ill.ifl'!IL'l0l' of Piano SVERRE Noluxolzc Profexsw' of Chrixfianily B.A., M.A,, PILD. 'I A