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

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28 “AURORA” CONCORDIA COLLEGE LOCATION Concordia College is situated in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta, a city of 90,000 inhabitants, 801 miles west of Winnipeg, 771 miles east of Vancouver, and some 350 miles north of the Montana boundary. The city dates its origin from the year 1795, when it was established as a fur trading post by the Hudson’s Bay Company. It was incorporated as a town in 1892 and as a city in 1904. Lying in the centre of one of the most prosperous farming communities in Western Canada and being the gateway to the fertile Peace River Empire and to the gold¬ fields in the far north, the city has long been noted as a progressive community. With its University of Alberta, provincial Normal School, eleven colleges, and two public libraries, it offers excellent educational and cultural facilities. Concordia has its home in a quiet residential district in the eastern part of the city. It lies high above the beautiful valley of the Saskatchewan River, borders the scenic Highlands golf course, and adjoins the Fair Grounds and Borden Park, in which are found the Edmonton Zoo and a municipal swimming pool. The distance from the college to the heart of the city is a twenty-minute ride on the Highlands street-car line. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT On a campus comprising approximately ten acres, Synod erect¬ ed in 1925 an administration building, a dormitory, and a service building. The administration building contains six classrooms, labora¬ tory, library, office, faculty room, chapel, vault, and heating plant. One of the rooms is being used at present for the Correspondence Sunday School, which offers religious instruction by mail and has an enrolment of almost 1,000 pupils ranging in age from six to 60 years. In addition to the dining hall, steward’s quarters, a small gym¬ nasium, storage rooms, and lavatories, the dormitory contains 16 suites of rooms, the larger of which are designed for five and the smaller for four students. Each suite has a study and a bedroom, the latter being equipped with a dressing table and a spacious locker for each student. All floors in these rooms are covered with battle¬ ship linoleum. In the service building are located the kitchen, refrigerating room, storage room, room for maids, and in the second storey the sick-rooms. All buildings are of fire-proof construction. The residences for the principal and four teachers are near the college buildings. The entire property represents a value of about $180,000. HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL DATA Concordia College was officially opened on October 31, 1921. From Octo¬ ber, 1921, to June, 1942, 358 were enrolled; Ontario 1; Manitoba 11; Saskatche¬ wan 126; Alberta 213; British Columbia 7. Thirteen first graduates o the High School Department left in 192: Upon resolution of Synod the First College Year was added in the fall of 1926.

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EDMONTON, CANADA AURORA” 27 Purpose and Aim of Concordia College MINISTERIAL STUDENTS Concordia College was founded primarily for the purpose of training young men for the ministry in the Lutheran church. The course comprises three years in the high school section and two years in the junior college department. While its training is academic in character, offering a broad foundation in general knowledge, the foremost aim of this school is to prepare its ministerial students for the special study of theology, which its graduates pursue for four years at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. NON-MINISTERIAL STUDENTS In response to insistent demands the courses and facilities of the college have recently been greatly expanded. The courses offered in Grades X, XI, and XII are, with the exception of religion and Greek, those prescribed by the Department of Education for the high schools of Alberta. Sufficient credits may be obtained to enter the Normal School by those who wish to prepare for the teaching profession, or to enter a university or some other higher school of learning. Accordingly, Concordia College bids welcome also to all such Lutheran students as wish to complete their provincial high school work. The college aims above all to develop Christian character. The courses in religion, the daily chapel exercises, the attendance at the church services on Sunday, the instruction by teachers who are pro¬ fessed Christians and who teach all subjects in the light of Holy Scriptures, all tend to encourage and strengthen a thoroughly Chris¬ tian attitude. RELATION TO THE CHURCH Concordia College, founded in 1921, is owned and controlled by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States (Missouri Synod), a church body of about 1,300,000 souls, serving congregations in North America, South America, Africa, India, and China, and maintaining 18 colleges, normal schools, and seminaries in various parts of the world. Through its official repre¬ sentatives this synod calls the teachers from its own midst, deter¬ mines the general educational, administrative, and financial policies, provides the physical equipment, and exercises supervision.

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EDMONTON, CANADA AURORA 29 Ten acres of land, known as the Fraser Esrate, were bought in November, 1924, at a cost of $13,800. The new college buildings were dedicated January 10th, 1926. Nine first graduates of the Junior College Department left in 1928. Four residences for teachers were constructed in 1930. DISCIPLINE All students are required to live a Christian life and to con¬ form to the rules and regulations of the college. They are not to be made Christians, but are to be Christians when they enroll. For that reason admission is granted to such students only who can fur¬ nish written testimonials of their Christian character, and only such will be retained on the school’s roster who submit to Christian dis¬ cipline and conduct themselves in every way and at all times, whether on or off the campus, as becomes Christian young people. Profanity, theft, offences against Christian morals, etc., are causes for expulsion. Or if in the opinion of the faculty a student’s attitude and behavior is at variance with the methods and spirit of the in¬ stitution, or if his class standing is unsatisfactory, he may, for the obvious good of the school, be dismissed even though no specific offence meriting suspension or expulsion be charged against him. Regular church attendance at one of the three churches of our Synod is obligatory. In accordance with the motto of the college, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”, every teacher considers it his first aim to imbue the student with a reverence for the Holy Scriptures and to give him a thoroughly Christian training. Requirements for Admission Applicants must have passed every subject in Grade Nine be¬ fore they are permitted to enroll. The application for admission must be signed by the applicant’s father (or guardian) and pastor. A health certificate from a licensed physician is also required and must accompany the application. This must show that applicant has no functional disorders and that he is free from infectious and contagious disease. It should also state whether he has been vaccinated against smallpox and inoculated against diphtheria. Official application blanks as well as any desired information rray be cotained by writing to Rev. A. H. Schwermann, Principal, Concordia College, Edmonton, Alberta. Every student is required to be present in the opening service at the beginning of the term.