Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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John Stensvaac Dean of the Seminary ADMINISTRATION K. Berner Dahlen Dean of Students Burton 1 . Fosse Business Manager Mildred Joel Merton P. Strommen Gerda Mortensen Registrar College Pastor Dean of IVomen

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Summer ground-breaking exercises for the new George Sverdrup Library were participated in by representatives of the Board of Trustees, the administration, and the Alumni Association. The retiring president of the Board of Trustees, Rev. Ernest Larson, turned the soil. Dr. Martin Quanbeck Dean of the College To promote knowledge and reverence simul- taneously, to make men more capable of dealing with their physical environment and the problems of social relations and at the same time to make them more acutely aware of their need to rely on God—that is the function of the Christian college. And this task it must approach humbly, grateful for the foundation laid in the lives of its students by home and church, and recognizing that its efforts, to be successful, must be directed and moved by the spirit of Christ. The members of the college community may well pray with Tennyson, “Lei knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well. May make one music as before. But vaster. 10 Martin Quanbeck

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I Dr. I Miami scans the pages of n real old- timer. The book is a New Testament written in Greek and l.atin and printed in the 17th cen- tury. It is a part of his personal library. According to Webster, religion is “any system of faith or worship;” philosophy, “the science of the theory of knowledge.” The religion and philo- sophy with which the Augsburg department of the same name concerns itself are of a far more speci- fic and personalized nature than those defined by Mr. Webster, however. Advancing on the assump- tion that Christianity alone is the basic force for satisfactory human existence, students are instruct- ed in the means to personal faith in Christ and encouraged to support their knowledge on this faith. This assumption underlies all phases of activity at Augsburg. Therefore, each student is required to register for at least one course in religion per semester. These courses provide a backbone for other study through the years; they also provide at least one common bond between all students. Faculty members and students unite in the Re- ligious Life Committee to direct the devotional life of Augsburg. One requirement of the course in Christian Churches is visiting the worship services of churches.of dif- ferent types. Augsburg students also find their church homes in the city’s many churches. 12