Concordia College - Corona Borealis Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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18 “AURORA” CONCORDIA COLLEGE STUDENTS CARL SCHUTZ—“Fuzzy” Spruce Grove, Alta. Softball. He enters a room voice first. RICHARD SCHULTZ—“Porky” Vernon, B.C. Band; Orchestra; Handball; Hockey; Softball. “Don’t do today what you can put off till tomorrow.” ALFRED STEFANI—“Stef” Sudbury, Ont. Ambition: to make Concordia’s Hockey team. “Wait till I’m a Primaner, then look out Sexties”. EDWIN ULMER Spruce Grove, Alta. For exercise he reads a detective story and lets his skin creep. A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR %IEDEL Professor M. W. Riedel, who has served Concordia College for 16 years, has resigned from his work. It is with regret that we hear of Professor Riedel’s resignation, for he has been a faithful teacher and the students’ friend. He was called as professor in 1926, the sixth year of Concordia College. During his years as professor at Concordia, Professor Riedel taught Greek, Latin, and ancient hu¬ manities. This year he also taught physical education and religion. For many years Professor Riedel has been the faculty advisor of the staff of the College paper, the Aurora—a work which the staff appreciated exceedingly. Also the Athletic Club has benefited much from Professor Riedel’s well-considered advice. His knowledge ranged over many fields; but his great wisdom consisted in his thorough knowledge and understanding of the “Book of books”, the Bible. Unassuming in his attitude, modest, and sincere, he led us by example and by precept. With the welfare of our institution and of each student at heart. Profes¬ sor Riedel has shown himself to be a true, untiring worker in the vineyard of the Lord. May the blessings of the Savior be with him and his family!

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EDMONTON, CANADA AURORA” 17 The Library Our library is young and therefore small in comparison with others. Yet it is growing steadily and, we feel sure, is a helpful tool to our students who are called upon to make much more extensive use of its facilities than formerly. The total number of volumes on hand at the present time is 3,890. It has become necessary in the past few years to add new shelves at a cost of about $85.00. The entire library was reorganized in the year 1936. All books and pam¬ phlets were reclassified and catalogued according to the Dewey decimal system. This has aided in. making the books more readily available, though our indexing is by no means complete. Due to the increased demand for library work and also because of the scattered character of our lesson schedule we decided at the beginning of the school year to have the library open at all times. This means that a student has the privilege of drawing books or working in the library whenever he is at leisure. With the co-operation of the students this plan is working out satisfac¬ torily and we hope it can be continued next year. Funds for the library are obtained from a grant of $250.00 from Synod and from library fees which the students were required to pay for the first time this year. Besides this, Synod makes available all new books published at Con¬ cordia Publishing House free of charge. In addition to the library proper a reading room is maintained in, the dormitory which contains copies of most of the latest magazines. Some twenty- two for faculty and students are on the list at the present time. As our religious section, grows, our library is serving in increasing measure the clergy of Western Canada. The ‘Reception Tyiom In former years it was the dream and wish of many a student that the col¬ lege would have a reception room, a place in which to entertain parents and visit¬ ors and to en.joy a private chat with them. Last year the alumni took a hand in this matter. They generously contributed sufficient funds to bring the students dream into reality. A chesterfield, several armchairs, a table, floor and table lamps, a mirror, some pictures, a rug, and some paint for the walls transformed an otherwise empty suite into a bright and cosy reception room. The tasteful equipping and decorating of this room was carried out by Mrs. A. H. Schwermann. Gone are the days of conversing with visitors in the corridors (when long standing frequently developed cramps in the legs), and gone are also those days when the visit of parents with their sons in the dormitory rooms would cause awkward embarrassment. Students of Concordia will always appreciate this room; and they will ever gratefully remember the generosity of the alumni.

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