Augustana College South Dakota - Edda Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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7 w 1 'puz-zle - something puz- zling, a puzzling question, matter, or person, puzzled or perplexed condition. Syn. Puzzle, riddle, enigma refer to some- thing baffling or confusing which is to be solved. A puzzle is a question or a problem intricate enough to be perplexing to the mind, it is sometimes a contrivance made purposely perplexing to test one's ingenuity. Puzzle, bewil- der, perplex imply mental confu- sion and consequent inability to decide or to act. Puzzle sug- gests mental embarrassment amid a complexity of possible deci- sions, bewilder suggests com- plete bafflement, the mind being lost in a multiplicity of con- siderations and alternatives, Perplex suggests such an entan- glement of one's judgment that he is uncertain as to what to think or how to act. it . .E H-fsvlfki These dictionary terms help one focus on the many facets of the meaning of puzzle or what is puzzling. LIFE IS A PUZZLE? Yes, I agree. From the very beginning of mankindis ven- tures on the planet Earth, man has continually searched for the meaning of life, what is the good life, what makes life mean- ingful. Philosophers over the centuries have wrestled with these basic questions, and they are still being pondered today. How- ever, God never intended for man, with his earthly wisdom, to learn all the answers. This is part of th t life and what keeps LIFEA PUZZLE. e gm mysmy of President Halcer duties mcludv helping ou g20 'Wai ,f-rs, r I at freshman nn ts tgrr I Q A wi! alum

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AUGUSTANA A PUZZLE? I think not. I believe it should provide some partial answers to the puzzle of life, but should never become a puzzle itself. If Augustana dow become puzzling to students, faculty, alumni, parents, friends--then it is because we have lost sight of its pur- pose and meaning and its role. This past year my adminis- trative ' team and I worked out the following MISSION STATEMENT which I feel provides a suitable guide for all future actions of the college community--a benchmark by which we can test altematives in our continuing search for better ways to educate people. The mission of Augustana College is to serve as a Christian educational community for the exploration and generation of ideas, for the transmission and extension of the intellectual and cultural heritage of mankind, for the comprehension and manifestation of a value system in accordance with the teachings and life of Jesus Christ, and as a research and service center for the Northem Plains region. Augusta- na College- is a resource of the American Lutheran Church for the support of those in pursuit of the highest scholarly, aesthetic, spiritual, and humane goals to which mankind can aspire. ,1 n , me 1. ' WW , 3 rl I I . I 2 -. , ' -. 'T f fs is ' . I , Q , . .,i' , ., ff V ,Al . 1 If li: F A Q -. X . KX ' . .,.,, V M f f fffi - 'X qv ' M 'f i 1 'H'f'ff '. - Mr. and Mrs. Balcer engage Ruth Leslie and Al Smit in a little friendly conversation. 21