Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Days of Decision The story is told of a peasant living near Paris at the beginning of the nine- teenth century who, unaware of the epoch-making events around him, had never heard of Napoleon. Perhaps the peasant may he forgiven for his ignorance. But there is less excuse for a college youth today who is not awake to the importance of this day in the world. The pushing of a button over Hiroshima, the launching of a sputnik, the inau- guration of a program of international exchange—events such as these, today, may herald peace or war, may bring life or death to millions. And the decisions they express are all influenced by individuals, each working within the limits of a fleeting “today.” The decisions of any day in the life of a college student—decisions of honesty or dishonesty, of selfishness or love—may likewise be crucial in the formation of character and in their farflung influence for good or evil in the world. For all life is of a piece. “Our echoes roll from soul to soul, and grow forever . . Let us then “look to this day”—for what it can bring to us personally, but also because of its immeasurable effects in the world of men. Dare any of us face these “todays of decision” without the help of a Wisdom greater than our own? 26 —Bernhard Christensen

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For it is the very life of life . . .

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27 DR. BERNHARD M. CHRISTENSEN PRESIDENT